Samuel West

Background

West, Samuel was born on February 21, 1731 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Doctor Sackfield and Ruth (Jenkins) W.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1754.

Career

Mistress Lovisa (Hathway) Jenne, January 1790. 6 children. Ordained to ministry Congregational Church. Pastor church Dartmouth (later New Bedford), Massachusetts, 1761-1803.

Served as chaplain Continental Army in Revolutionary War.

Noted for deciphering treasonable code letter for George Washington (letter written by Doctor Benjamin Church, intended for British admiral at Newport, Rhode Island). Member commission to frame Massachusetts Constitution.

Member Massachusetts Convention for adoption United States Constitution. Took Arminian side in theological argument with Calvinists.

Achievements

• Samuel West has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member commission to frame Massachusetts Constitution. Member Massachusetts Convention for adoption United States Constitution.

Connections

Married Experience Howland, March 7, 1768.

Father:

Doctor Sackfield West

Mother:

Ruth (Jenkins) West

Spouse:

Experience Howland