Tombstone Tuesday ~ Thomas West, died 1745 Beverly, Massachusetts

This tombstone was photographed at the Abbott Hale Burying Ground in Beverly, Massachusetts

HERE LYES THE

BODY OF Mr.

THOMAS WEST

WHO DYED JUNE

THE 7TH 1745

IN Ye 38TH YEAR

OF HIS AGE

Thomas West, son of Thomas West and Christian Woodbury, was born 30 August 1707 in Beverly, Massachusetts.  He married Mary Herrick on 14 February 1731 in Beverly and had five children.  She was the daughter of Henry Herrick and Joanna Woodbury, born 11 November 1711 in Beverly, and died 22 January 1787 in Beverly.

I'm a first cousin 9 generations removed from Thomas West.  We have common WEST, WOODBURY, WILKES, JACKSON, and WEEKES ancestors.

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ Thomas West, died 1745 Beverly, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted January 5, 2016, ( http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/01/tombstone-tuesday-thomas-west-died-1745.html: accessed [access date]).