My 7x great grandfather appears to have been a farmer judging by the will and probate file I found at AmericanAncestors.org. I found information about his family in an article, FRANCIS WEST OF DUXBURY, MASS., AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. By EDWARD E. CORNWALL, M.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y. from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register on Googlebooks:
Peter West (Francis), died Feb. 20, 1720/1, married Patience ______ who died May 8, 1725, in Plympton, Mass. He lived in Duxbury, Mass., and inherited his father's estate.
Children, born in Duxbury:
i. MARY, b. Oct. 3, 1675; d. young.
ii. MARGARET, b. Mar. 12, 1678; m. Jonathan Bryant of Plympton.
iii. ESTHER, b. Sept. 20, 1680.
iv. ANN, b. Feb. 16, 1682; m. May 7, 1705, Elisha Curtis.
v. WILLIAM, b. May 4, 1683; m. 1709, Abiah Sprague of Hingham, Mass.
vi. MARY, b. Dec. 7, 1685.
vii. BENJAMIN, b. July 7, 1688.
viii. ELISHA, b. Mar. 2, 1693; m. (1) Dec. 10, 1718, Mary Bearse; m. (2) Martha. He lived in Kingston and Pembroke, Mass.
ix. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 4, 1697.
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1906 - New England
I'm descended from Peter's son Elisha and his first wife Mary Bearce.
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