Nathaniel West (captain)

Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel West of Poplar Neck (c. 1665 – 1723) was a resident and the member for King William County in the House of Burgesses of the US Colony and Dominion of Virginia. He was the oldest son of Colonel John West of West Point, Virginia and Unity Croshaw.

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Biography

Liutenant-Colonel Nathaniel West was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses for King William County, Virginia 1703–1705. The House of Burgess was the representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the First elective governing body in a British overseas possession. The assembly was one division of the legislature established by Governor George Yeardley at Jamestown July 30, 1619; the other included the governor himself and a council, all appointed by the colonial proprietor (the Virginia Company). Because each Virginia settlement was entitled to elect two burgess, the original membership of the House of Burgess was 22.

Marriage and issue

On May 14, 1702, Nathaniel married Martha Woodward (1665–1727) in York County, Virginia. Martha was the widow of Gideon Macon, and the daughter of William Woodward, "the Immigrant" (England, 1635 - 1690), who resided in England and Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and wife Martha West (c. 1620 - ?), who resided in New Kent County, Virginia, daughter of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and wife Lady Cicely Shirley. It has been suggested, but not proven, that the mother of Martha Woodward was Martha West, thereby making Martha and Nathaniel West second cousins. They lived at Poplar Neck and had the following children:

From Martha's first marriage to Gideon Macon, there were seven children. Their daughter, Martha Macon, married Orlando Jones. Martha and Orlando Jones were the parents of Frances Jones and thereby the grandparents of Martha Washington.

Nathaniel and Martha both died in 1723 in New Kent County, Virginia.

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