Hi List, Here is my contribution to the WEST roll call. Copied below are the earliest known WESTs in my wife's line. Any ancestral or descendancy information will be appreciated. Thanks, John Hale Falls Church, VA Descendants of Ambrose West 1 Ambrose West .. +Nancy Green ......... 2 William West b: Abt. 1810 in Virginia d: January 1873 ............. +Courtney Brown b: Abt. 1815 in Virginia d: Aft. 1880 .................... 3 Ambrose West b: Abt. 1831 in Virginia d: July 11, 1864 in Petersburg, Virginia ........................ +Mary Callis .................... 3 David West b: Abt. 1832 in Virginia .................... 3 John W. West b: Abt. 1834 in Virginia ........................ +Sarah Ann Robins b: 1831 m: May 16, 1856 d: 1935 .................... 3 Margaret Ann West b: Bet. 1837 - 1840 in Gloucester County, Virginia ........................ +John R. Coates b: Bet. 1818 - 1820 in Gloucester County, Vvirginia m: November 07, 1865 in Gloucester County, Virginia d: November 12, 1880 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 Charles W. West b: Abt. 1842 in Virginia ........................ +Mary Susan Brown b: 1840 in Virginia m: November 20, 1860 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 Lewis Henry West b: Abt. 1844 in Virginia ........................ +Hester Smith b: 1847 in Virginia m: December 17, 1868 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 Nancy (Nannie) West b: Abt. 1847 in Gloucester County, Virginia d: Bef. December 1889 ........................ +William L. Coates b: Bet. 1847 - 1849 in Abingdon District, Gloucester County, Virginia m: January 07, 1868 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 William West b: Abt. 1848 in Virginia ........................ +Sarah A. Brown b: 1846 m: December 18, 1869 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 Mary Susan West b: Abt. 1851 in Gloucester County, Virginia ........................ +George Calhoun Coates b: Bet. 1849 - 1851 in Glass, Abingdon District, Gloucester Co., VA m: October 28, 1870 in Gloucester County, Virginia .................... 3 Sarah West b: Abt. 1851 in Virginia