Special West

Special West (1740-1817) was a son of Friends resident in Southwark, Surrey. In early life he ran away from home, enlisted as a soldier and went abroad. On the conclusion of the war he returned to England. In 1773 he married Hannah Haggar and moved from Barking, Essex, to Hertford, and occupied a farm at Northaw. He had very few advantages of education but became an able Quaker Minister.

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