Unity Susanna WEST

Unity married Capt George Thomas MARTIN in 1676 in New Kent, Virginia. George was born in 1656 in New Kent, Virginia; died on 9 Jun 1709 in Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: 15 Nov 1689, Date of Will

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Col. John West, served as captain, major and lieutenant colonel of militia, 1652-73, loyal to Governor Berkeley during Bacon's rebellion; member House of Burgesses, died testate (will dated 15 Nov 1689).

He is purported to be the first white child born on the York River, and in consideration of this fact, was granted land at West Point which was entailed for several generations. (Note: His will of 15 Nov. 1689 was probated about 1691/2. it was destroyed along with the other County records in a fire in 1787.) Colonel John West acquired land in the seventeenth century, where he built a fine, small brick Jacobean lodge before 1690, the East dependency of the manor house. It became known as the Elsing Green plantation. Colonel West's son, Captain Nathaniel West, inherited Elsing Green upon his father's death in 1692.

John married Unity CROSHAW before 4 Nov 1664. Unity was born on 8 Feb 1635/6 in West Point Plantation, King William, Virginia; died on 20 Apr 1669 in New Kent, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the daughter of Major Joseph Crowshaw, who was an attorney. Joseph was a burgess in 1677, justice in 1659, sheriff in 1656 and a member of the Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg.