William’s birth date entered as 12/6/1808. Was this a Quaker date?3
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William West, eldest son of John and Sarah (Pearson) West, born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1724 ... married in 1767, Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Passmore) Shaw, the former of whom died on his way from England to found a home in Pennsylvania. William and Hannah (Shaw) West were the parents of four children, Passmore, Samuel, Hannah and Sarah.4096