Husband of Cecily Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley. They married at Fleet Street, London on 25 Nov 1602 and had six children, four of which survived: Henry, Robert, Lucy (Mrs Robert Byron) and Cecily (Mrs John Byron).
Sir Thomas was the first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia, 1610. He arrived at Jamestown June of 1610 just in time to save the colony from abandonment by the colonists, convincing them to stay despite the Powhatans had killed their council president, Lord Ratcliffe. West, in turn, practiced Indian like tactics against the Indians, victoriously. Thomas left a deputy, Samuel Argall in charge and returned to England and published, "The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia" in 1611. Receiving complaints about Argall's methods of governing, Thomas set sail for Virginia in 1618, and died en route to the colonies.
Thanks to Anne Shurtleff Stevens for the bio.∼s/o Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, of Wherwell
& Anne Knollys
d/o Catherine Carey, making him a great-grandson of Mary Boleyn.
He married, Cecily Shirley 1581-1662
"Archaeologists will continue searching the church site and expect to eventually find the burial of Sir Thomas West, the early Governor of Virginia who led a rescue mission to save Jamestown when the colony was collapsing"
He was also known as 3rd Baron Lord De La Warr, was the namesake of the Delaware colony.
brother, John West
Ferdinand Wainman & William West, also of the Jamestown Colony,
were both related to the powerful baron.
Husband of Cecily Shirley, daughter of Sir Thomas Shirley. They married at Fleet Street, London on 25 Nov 1602 and had six children, four of which survived: Henry, Robert, Lucy (Mrs Robert Byron) and Cecily (Mrs John Byron).
Sir Thomas was the first Lord Governor and Captain General of Virginia, 1610. He arrived at Jamestown June of 1610 just in time to save the colony from abandonment by the colonists, convincing them to stay despite the Powhatans had killed their council president, Lord Ratcliffe. West, in turn, practiced Indian like tactics against the Indians, victoriously. Thomas left a deputy, Samuel Argall in charge and returned to England and published, "The Relation of the Right Honourable the Lord De-La-Warre, of the Colonie, Planted in Virginia" in 1611. Receiving complaints about Argall's methods of governing, Thomas set sail for Virginia in 1618, and died en route to the colonies.
Thanks to Anne Shurtleff Stevens for the bio.∼s/o Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, of Wherwell
& Anne Knollys
d/o Catherine Carey, making him a great-grandson of Mary Boleyn.
He married, Cecily Shirley 1581-1662
"Archaeologists will continue searching the church site and expect to eventually find the burial of Sir Thomas West, the early Governor of Virginia who led a rescue mission to save Jamestown when the colony was collapsing"
He was also known as 3rd Baron Lord De La Warr, was the namesake of the Delaware colony.
brother, John West
Ferdinand Wainman & William West, also of the Jamestown Colony,
were both related to the powerful baron.
Gravesite Details
Specifically: He died en route to Virginia and was thought to have been buried in the Azore Islands or at sea until recent research concluded his body was brought to Jamestown for burial.
Family Members
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Lucy West
1572–1572
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Lady Elizabeth West Pelham
1573–1633
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Robert West
1575–1594
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Walsingham West
1579–1579
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Penelope West Pelham
1582–1619
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Catherine West Barlowe
1583–1650
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Governor Francis West
1586–1634
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Helena West Savage
1587–1637
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Anne West Lechford
1588 – unknown
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John West
1590–1659
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Lieut. Col. Nathaniel West
1592–1623
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