Thomas West of West Point (c. 1704–1743) was a Virginia planter who like his father Captain Thomas West represented his native King William in the House of Burgesses, but only for the year before his death (1742–1743), whereupon he was succeeded by Bernard Moore.Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond, Virginia State Library 1978) p. 79 This Thomas West also inherited the 4000 acre ancestral plantation, West Point, after the death of his cousin Charles West. This Thomas West married Martha Cole, daughter of William Cole, and had children, including John West. The West family register : important lines traced 1326-1928 (Washington DC, 1928), p. 39 Winston of Virginia and allied families (Richmond, 1927), p. 281 Genealogical and Ancestral Notes: ser. 1, v. 2. 47 families of Robinson ancestors (W H Edwards, 1957), p. 74 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct.1917), p. 432 Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine Volume 6 (Richmond, 1925), p. 115 The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol 14, No 4 (Oct. 1934), p. 349
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