Paul, my West family came from South Carolina. My family tradition never mentioned any royalty, but did say the family was Scotch-Irish, ethnic lowlander Scots from what is now Northern Ireland. Beverly missbev@theshop.net >Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 11:45:12 -0700 >From: "Paul W. West" <paulwest@uswest.net> >To: WEST-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <36682DB8.973C3C3A@slkc.uswest.net> >Subject: [WEST-L] West Family in North Carolina >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I just learned the other day that not all the Wests in North Carolina >and Virginia are descendants of the Lords de la Warr. Some of them were >evidently poor emigrants from Ireland. Does anyone know more about this? > >I've been searching for the parents of Joshua West, b. 1725 in Camden, >Currituck Co., North Carolina. He married Sarah (Sally) Cowell, b. 1758 >of Ladeau Ridge, Currituck Co., North Carolina. From all I've been told >by my grandparents, etc., we were supposedly descended from the famous >Wests of Virginia, but I'm beginning to have my doubts. > >Can anyone help me make a connection to his (and Sarah's) parents? > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, Paul West