The ancestry of William Barber West is given in Cutter's Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York, 3:1183-4. In addition to the usual sources, a substantial amount of material on this family is found in notes of both J. Thacher Sears and A. W. Miller at the Holden Room of Crandall Library, Glens Falls

Francis-1 West came from England to Duxbury MA; m. 27 Feb. 1639 Margaret Reeves.

Samuel-2 West b. Duxbury in 1643 and d. 8 May 1689; m. 1668 Tryphosa Partridge of Duxbury.

Francis-3 West b. Duxbury 13 Nov. 1669 and d. 1731; m. 20 Dec. 1696 Mercy Minor of Stonington CT; res. Preston, Stonington and Tolland CT.

Christopher-4 West bp. 1709; m. 25 Oct. 1732 Amy Delano; res. Tolland and Coventry CT.

Jonathan-5 West b. 30 Dec. 1737; d. 17 Sept. 1795; m. Elizabeth Hamilton; res. Lee MA; Revolutionary soldier.

William Barber-6 West, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Hamilton) West, was b. prob. MA ca. 1760 and d. Queensbury betw. 1836 and 1840, bur. on West Mountain. He m. ca. 1783 Abigail ?Platt, b. ca. 1764 and d. Queensbury 11 May 1811 in 48th yr., bur. in family plot on West Mountain, located in woods off Butler Pond Rd. Local lore of the supernatural concerns the burial place of Abigail, which has in recent years been a gathering place on Hallowe'en. She is said to have been struck by lightning, and various unexplained phenomena in the neighborhood are attributed to her spirit. Her headstone at the family plot was vandalized. When the stone was later rediscovered, a descendant had it placed in Glens Falls Cem. Abigail's husband was listed as "William B." at Queensbury in 1800 (31010/11010) and 1810 (12201/00210), and on the 1805 assessment roll. He is said to have moved here from Dutchess County. William B. served as poundkeeper in 1796 and as pathmaster, 1795-8, 1805, 1808, 1810, 1812, 1815, 1817, 1819-21. On 3 Feb. 1802 he was named an ensign in Capt. Justus Smith's Co., Washington Co. militia (Council of Appointments, p. 582), and had resigned by 1807 (p. 936). William B. West of Queensbury conveyed 11 acres in Lot 87 of Queensbury Patent to Seth, Alpheus and Elias Hawley for $250 in 1816, an abutting owner being George P. West (H/367). In 1817 he conveyed for $1,000 property "near Glens Falls", bounded south by the highway to Sandy Hill, to Halsey Rogers and William Wing. Abutting owners were Jabez Kendricks, William Wing and Widow Wing. The property measured 5 rods on the highway and 13 rods deep. In 1819 William B. mortgaged the 155-acre farm in Lot 44, Luzerne Tract, later owned by son Thomas, to John Ferguson of Luzerne (C/159). In the same year he mortgaged to Nathan Lewis and his heirs 43 acres in the McAuley Patent, Caldwell (C/230). Note that William B. was sometimes referred to as "Barber" West in early Queensbury records. He was incorrectly designated as David Barber West in the family account published under Cutter's auspices, data prob. provided by the family of a great-grandson Henry Emerson West. Children:

i John b. ca. 1781

ii George Platt b. ca. 1783; d. Queensbury bef. 1840; m. Marilla Buck, b. c. 1785 to David and Mary (Chase) Buck.

iii Thomas C. b. c. 1793; d. Queensbury in April 1835; m. Mahala Buck, b. in 1790 to David and Mary (Chase) Buck.

iv William.

v Abilene.

vi Mary m. 15 Sept. 1814 (Thurston Genealogies, p. 127) James Thurston, b. 9 Nov. 1790 to Gates and Elizabeth (Pollard) Thurston; he was a farmer at Tioga Co. ca. 1835.