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| 62"The only proof that she married Francis West is the diary of Samuel West. He wrote that his great grandfather Francis West came to America soon after the first settlement at Plymouth and married a daughter of George Soule and that his sons were Francis, Thomas, Peter, William, Richard, Clement and John and daughters Martha (who m. a Fones) and Susanna (who m. a Barber). "Francis West may have lived in Plymouth Colony for up to 20 years, yet he apparently never owned any land." | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 56Susanna2 Soule (George1) b, prob. Duxbury, abt 1642, d. prob Kings Towne, RI in or after 1684. She m. place and date unknown Francis Wast/West and resided with him in that part of Kings Towne RI which became North Kingstown in 1722/3. The place or date of birth, date of death or parentage have not been found for Francis. When Gov. Andros took over the King's Province in 1687, he levied taxes on the inhabitants of Kingstown RI - renamed Rochester. Included in the list were Francis Wast, Sr., Francis Wast, Jr., and Richard Wast. Only Francis, Sr., had a rate, that of 2 shillings 1 pence. The children of this family have been difficult to trace. Francis, Susannah, and Martha remained in the Kingstown RI area; William removed to Newport, RI, prob. after the d. of his first wife; Clement moved to Charlestown, RI and then disappears from RI records, perhaps moving to Dutchess County, NY; Richard returned to Plymouth and Bristol County, living in Middleboro and Taunton. Have not found Peter, John nor Thomas. This family name has a variety of spellings in the public records; Wast, West, Waste, Weast being common variants. Some of Susanna's children are identified in the Samuel West Memorandum Book pub. in the Mayflower Descendant. | ||||||||||||||||||
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