Nathaniel West (captain)

Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel West of Poplar Neck (c. 1665 – 1723) was a resident and the member for King William County in the House of Burgesses of the US Colony and Dominion of Virginia. He was the oldest son of Colonel John West of West Point, Virginia and Unity Croshaw.

Biography

Liutenant-Colonel Nathaniel West was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for King William County, Virginia 1703–1705. The House of Burgess was the representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the First elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Governor George Yeardley at Jamestown July 30, 1619; the other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company). Because each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two burgess, the original membership of the House of Burgess was 22.

Marriage and issue

On May 14, 1702, Nathaniel married Martha Woodward (1665–1727) in York County, Virginia. Martha was the widow of Gideon Macon, and the daughter of William Woodward, "the Immigrant" (England, 1635 - 1690), who resided in England and Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and wife Martha West (c. 1620 - ?), who resided in New Kent County, Virginia, daughter of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and wife Lady Cicely Shirley. It has been suggested, but not proven, that the mother of Martha Woodward was Martha West, thereby making Martha and Nathaniel West second cousins. They lived at Poplar Neck and had the following children:

• Colonel Francis West (c. 1705 - ?), who resided in King William County, Virginia, married firstly to Susan Littlepage (c. 1705 - ?), who also resided there, and had one daughter, and secondly to Jane Cole (c. 1720 - ?), who resided in Warwick County, Virginia, without issue
• Unity West (King William County, Virginia, 1702 – Elsing Green, King William County, Virginia, 1753-1754), married on March 18, 1717/1718 in King William County, Virginia, Colonel William Dandridge of Elsing Green (Great Malvern, Malvern, Worcestershire, December 29, 1689 - at Sea, near Greenwich, London Borough of Greenwich, London, Greater London, August 27, 1744), who was British Navy-Commander of "The Wolf", "The South Sea" and "The Ludlow Castle", resided in England, Elizabeth City and "Elsing Green", King William County, Virginia, and was brother of John Dandridge and Martha Washington's uncle. He lived on the opposite bank where his brother lived of the Pamunkey River with his wife at their estate, Elsing Green, in King William County. Chestnut Grove burned down in 1926, but its former site was only four miles from the location of the current county court house for New Kent.

From Martha's first marriage to Gideon Macon, there were seven children. Their daughter, Martha Macon, married Orlando Jones. Martha and Orlando Jones were the parents of Frances Jones and thereby the grandparents of Martha Washington.

Nathaniel and Martha both died in 1723 in New Kent County, Virginia.

Ancestry

Sources

• "St. Peter's Parish Records, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, VA
• "Genealogy of the Harris and Allied Families. Gandrud, Pauline Myra Jones, 1929.
• "The Sneads of Fluvanna. Hatcher, Wiliam E., 1959.
• "Gideon Macon, York and New Kent Co., VA (Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, Volume 4, Number 3, July, 1925)
• "Middle Peninsula Historic Marker "Cockacoeske"
• "The Powhatan Indians of Virginia: Their Traditional Culture. Rountree, Helen C., University of Oklahoma Press, 1989.
• "Cockacoeske, Queen of Pamunkey: Diplomat and Suzeraine." W. Martha W. McCartney.
• "Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast by Peter H. Wood.
• "Tax Rolls, March 1660. 3 March 1659. 1

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