Surname origin
'Man from the west' or 'dweller to the west' of a certain place. Maurice de West 1152-1170 Colchester, Essex.
A Dictionary of English Surnames by P H Reaney. OUP revised third edition 1997. 019860092-5.

Before 1400 the surname mainly occurred in the the coastal district of South West Sussex, Pagham and nearby places such as Shripney and North and South Bersted where there were lands belong to the Archnishop of Canterbury's manor of Pagham
The surnames of Sussex by Richard McKinley. Leopard's Head Press. 1988. 0 904920 14 3.

John WEST of Lindfield married Ann LANGRIDGE ( -1798) at Lindfield in 1758, they had children:-
• Ann (1759-?)
• John (1761- )
• Samuel (1764-1825) married Hannah SCOTT (1789 - 1862) at Lindfield in 1808.
  • John (1809 - )
  • Elizabeth (1811 - )
    • //William WEST (c.1831-?)
  • Ann (1813-1851) = Richard EMERY
  • Mary (1816 - ) =  James TIDEY
  • Samuel (1818 - 1888) = Barbara WICKS (c.1822-1887)
    • James (1845 - ) = (1) Emily Jane WEST (c.1846-1867) = (2) Harriet ANSELL (c.1855-1887) =(3) Mary ?
      • (1)Mary Ann Elizabeth (1867 - )
      • (2)Edith Sarah (1876 - )
      • (2)Henry James (1878 - )
      • (2)Ernest C (c.1881 - )
      • Albert (c.1883-?)
      • Arthur (c.1889-?)
    • John (c.1848 - ) = Mary BONIFACE (c.1849-1920?)
      • Louisa Mary (c.1877-1947)
    • Sarah Elizabeth (1849-) = William WOOD (c.1841-?)
    • Mary (1858-?) = James TIDEY (c.1857-?)
    • William (1854 - 1913) = Eliza BARTRUP (1851 - 1923) of Great Yeldham, Essex
      • Alice Mary (1877 - 1944) = John COBBY (c.1870 - 1924)
        • John William COBBY (c.1900 - 1977) = Ivy Ellen EVERY (1898 - 1983)
        • Alice Maud COBBY (1903 - 1965) = Alfred G MILDON
        • Winifred Maud COBBY (1908 - ?) = (1) Jack HADLEY = (2) George A UDALE
      • Clara Louise (1879 - 1958) = Frederick James HUGGETT (1879 - 1950)
        • Frederick William HUGGETT (1906 - 1969)
      • Annie Elizabeth (1882 - 1961) = Alfred John COX (1885 - 1954)
        • Alfred John William COX = Irene Mary FITT
    • George Ambrose (1861 - 1920)  = Sarah Ann HARRIS (1865 - 1916)
      • Annie Louisa (1884 -1930) = Albert Charles MITCHELL
      • Joseph Ambrose (1888 - )
      • George William (1890 - )
      • John Henry (1892 - 1926) -  = Florence HOUNSOME  (c.1887 - 1952)
      •  Rosie Margaret (1895 - 1957) = Ernest Michael LEONARD (1890 - 1958)
      • Minnie Catherine (1899 - 1934) = William Thomas EDWARDS (1898 - 1961)
  • Caroline (c.1822-Liv.1871) = Henry WICKS (1809-1870)
  • Eliza (1825 - )
  • //Esther (1850 - )