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John West | |
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| Member of the House of Burgesses for New Kent County | |
| In office 1680–1691 Serving with Charles Turner, Richard Littlepage, Joseph Foster, William Leigh | |
| Succeeded by | John Lyddal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | circa 1632 Bellfield Plantation, York County, Colony of Virginia |
| Died | 1691 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Unity Croshaw |
| Children | John West III Thomas West Nathaniel West |
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| Occupation | Planter, militia officer, politician |
Colonel John West, Jr. of West Point, Virginia (1632–1691) was a planter, commander of the New Kent Militia in the Colony of Virginia and represented the county in the House of Burgesses, as would his sons. Complicating matters, while this man sided with Governor William Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion and had his property at West Point severely damaged, his cousin of the same name (John West, son of Anthony West) who lived on Virginia's Eastern Shore sided with the rebels and briefly (in 1676) represented Accomack County as a burgess, and received a pardon after the conflict (as well as had two sons named John and one named Jonathan as well as Anthony and Alexander West).[1]
- ^ Tyler p. 356