Hi: Sorry, but the tombstone does not check out. I asked a Cape Cod cousin to photogaph it a year ago. She located the cemetery, but the tombstone is missing. The cemetery officials reported that the tombstone had either disintegrated or been stolen. However, they have a record of the inscription, and the inscription was as follows: "Samuel West, D. D., & c, the son of Dr. Sackfield West, by his wife, Ruth Jenkins, was born at Yarmouth, C. C., March 3rd, 1729 -30. O.S. Ordained this place June 3, 1761. Reduced his pastoral charge in June 1803. Died at Tiverton, R.I., September 24th, 1807." The inscription can also be found in : The History of New Bedford" by Daniel Ricketson, published in 1858. It never connected Samuel to the DeLaWarr family. I have no idea how this misinformation got started. But there is still nothing to connect Francis West of Duxbury to the Governor [De La Warr of Virginia. I'd love it to be otherwise. Ardis ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [WEST-L] Ruth West -MA m. Edward Cartwright > Hi back Susan, what I have that links your Dr. Thomas West to Francis & > Margery is book on the DeleWarre lines and it states that a tombstone was found in > Tiverton RI that had the inscription of the lineage of the deceased and it > stated ( based on the book) that Samuel West d. 1807 (who died in another state > but was buried in RI), was son of Sackfield West, son of Thomas West, > Physician, son of ____West, brother to the 3rd Lord Delewarre. This would indicate > that ___West would be Francis West of Duxbury. This is the only "documentation" > that anyone has ever found that links Francis of Duxbury to the DeleWarre > lineage. > Hope this helps. I should look more into what I have photo copied to see if > there are any dates we can use. I photo copy stuff all the time but never get > around to putting it into the computer. > > Have a Happy Thanksgiving > > fran in mi > > > ==== WEST Mailing List ==== > To contact WEST-L listowner send a post to > Myra Chambers at [email protected] > >