West, Stephen

Born in Tolland, Connecticut, the son of Judge Zebulon West, Stephen West (November 2, 1735-May 13, 1819) graduated from Yale College in 1755.  He succeeded Jonathan Edwards as a missionary to the Stockbridge Indian community, serving from 1758 to 1775.
 
Charles Allen, Report on the Stockbridge Indians to the Legislature (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter State Printers, 1870), 12. 
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