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Originally Posted by kiterunner
I wonder whether it is certain that Sarah was Job's sister?
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To (try to) answer my own question, from looking at ancestry trees: James William West married Hester Yates 30 Jan 1821 at St Saviour, Southwark, and the witnesses were John West and Sarah West.
Eleanor West married Nathaniel Crossland 25 Dec 1817 at St Luke, Finsbury, witnesses John West, Sarah West, and Mary Ann Crossland.
So there was definitely a Sarah in the family.
Then there is a Mary Ann West who marries Edward Alfrey Parks 19 Mar 1815 at St Luke, Finsbury, witnesses John West and Sarah West. On the 1851 census Mary Ann's birthplace is Chatham, but I don't think we have found a baptism for her yet. The ancestry tree that I was looking at gives her dob as 26 Dec 1793 but I'm not sure where they got that from.
Anyway, it does look as though John and Sarah in post #24 could well belong to the same family as Job, in which case the 1787 marriage does fit with the dates.