CAPTAIN JOHN WEST.
Captain John West, a younger brother of Lord De La Warr, and
long a member of the Council, succeeded Sir John Harvey when the
latter was "thrust out of his Government" April 28, 1635. He was
superseded by Sir John Harvey, April 2, 1636. He remained in Virginia,
and has many worthy descendants in Virginia in honored family
names. In March 1659-60, the House of Burgesses passed an act acknowledging
"the many important favors and services rendered to the
country of Virginia by the noble family of the West, predecessors to
Mr. John West, their now only survivor."
