Robert
West
Born about in Sussex, Delaware
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Robert West
and Elizabeth (Lewis) West
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 30
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Aug 2019
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Biography
Robert was born about 1730. He was the son of Robert West and Elizabeth Lewis.
He was a boy when his father died in 1742. His father's will left him ten pounds and a share of the estate to be paid when Robert turned age twenty.
He died in late 1760/early 1761. His will left bequests to his four brothers and his nieces and nephews.
Sources
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index 1682-1948 Wills, book A 1682-1781. Image 470-471. FamilySearch.org [1] accessed 17 Oct 2019.
- Will of ROBERT WEST
- Signed: 8 Mar 1736/37; Proved 24 Nov 1742
- Heirs: wife,Elizabeth West; children: eldest son William West, John West, Wrisham West, Robert West, Lewis West, Peter West
- Executors: wife, Elizabeth West
- Witnesses: John Russell Junr, Esther Fl(?)ood, John Russell
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, books B-D, 1751-1794: images 12-14, Ancestry.com [2] accessed 26 Aug 2019.
- Will of Elizabeth West, widow, of Sussex County upon Delaware
- Written 30 January 1746; Proved 3 May 1751
- Bequests to: Sons Wrixam and John, minor Sons Joseph, Peter, Lewis, Robert; sister Sarah White; grandson William West
- Executors and guardians of children: son John West and brother Benjamin White
- Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971: Sussex: Wills, books B-D, 1751-1794, images 123-124. Ancestry.com, [3] accessed 26 Aug 2019.
- will of ROBERT WEST
- written 10 December 1760; proved January 1761
- Heirs: brothers Joseph West, John West, Wrixam West, Lewis West, Peter West; nephews Joseph West, Benjamin West, John West; nieces Elizabeth West and Comfort West, daughters of John West; niece Mary West, daughter of Wrixam West.
- Sussex, Delaware Orphan’s Court dockets and minute dockets, 1728-1802. Image: 203. Images available at FamilySearch.org [4]
- 2 March 1762
- account of Joseph West, executor for Robert West, deceased. Receipts from John West and Wrixam West for their 1/3 portions.
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