Curtis, my WEST line also started in Chester Co PA. My John B.West was born Valley Forge PA in 1801. (i have found no documentation for that.) he married in MD (frederick county) had children in MD and NJ (Union Co). is your chester co. branch from valley forge? or have we talked before and am i embarassing myself? ;-) janet janetb@bigfoot.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Irish Wests > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 21:38:00 +0000 > From: "Curtis A. Ritter" <c.ritter@worldnet.att.net> > To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com > > Beverly, > My WEST line(at least a branch of it) went from Chester Co PA to > Richmond,VA, then on to South Carolina (Gresham and Marion) in the > mid to late 1800's. I have a hunch that they may have been preceded > by others in the family I have not yet identified.