James West was born about 1779 in Kirkby Overblow,Yorkshire,England the son of George West & Sarah Addison. James married Jane Hodgeson on 13 June 1802 Marton cum Graft,Yorkshire,England. They had the following children: Elizabeth, John, Jane, James, William , Thomas, Ann, Mary, Richard. James & Jane came to America with children: James, William, Ann, John, & Richard. May/June 1836 the family sailed upon Sylvanus Jenkins from Liverpool to New York. Anyone working on this family?