Talk:Nathaniel West (captain)

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I have moved this ahnentafel here because it is not supported by any sources what so ever and as can be seen by this recent edit, by 213.30.96.102 it is still being filled out without any reliable sources being added.

I have been editing the article Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, in that article there are four children listed with reliable sources. There is a fifth child listed "Martha (born 1615), who married William Woodward" but the source:

• "Martha West". www.geneall.net. Retrieved December 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

is not a reliable one (WP:SOURCES). The editor who added the Martha (born 1615) information to Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr article is the same IP adddress that added it here (213.30.96.102)

I came to this article to have a look for the sources used to support the inclusion of Martha West (born 1615), only to find that the sources for this article are more of a mess than those of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr.

Come on people it is the inclusion of un-reliabley-sourced speculative information that gave Wikipedia a bad name as a source that can be used by students. All of the information in this article for which reliable sources can not be found quickly should be removed from article space, until such time as verifiable reliable sources are provided. -- PBS (talk) 14:12, 28 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the following:

- Martha West was 50 years old at the time of this Martha Woodward's birth, therefore, Martha West can not be the mother of Martha Woodward.

- William Woodward and Martha West did have a daughter named Martha Woodward, but she married John Biggers.

- If this Martha Woodward is indeed related to William Woodward and Martha West, she would more than likely be their granddaughter.

Ladygreymare (talk) 19:17, 29 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Is there proof of the use of slaves in Nathaniel West history as a plantation owner? If not then this statement, ..."Nathaniel West farmed using slave labor" is erroneous and should not be stated.

The Virginia History Museum communicated to me that they had 'five boxes' of Charles Ingram's plantation business papers. I know the West family information would be coveted and sought after to control due to the relationship of West Point and the academy. Likely they would drop a word out in public to appease the masses, and maintain control of the property, but is there proof of the West having slaves.

This family is closely associated to the Spencer family, i.e. 'Lady Diana Spencer', formerly a.k.a. 'Princess of Wales', later in the American colonization, but they are also associated as descendants of the Powhatan Tribe, original signers of the Treaties with England, descendants of King of England, Edward III Plantagenet also of a relationship to the King of Germany.

2600:6C47:A07F:D596:A6:C0DC:DAA8:7DFE (talk) 13:37, 14 October 2024 (UTC)freeborngemini (User talk:freeborngemini)[reply]