Archaeologists seek to identify remains found at a church in Jamestown, the first permanent English colonial settlement in the US. A team of researchers believe they may be a historic figure.

Early Years Thomas West was born on July 9, 1576, the son of Thomas West, second, or eleventh, baron De La Warr, and Anne Knollys West, of Wherwell, Hampshire, England, where mostly likely he was born and christened. The barony De La Warr (pronounced “de la ware”) was created first in 1299 and then again, due to a legal dispute, in 1570. Read more about: Thomas West twelfth baron De La Warr (1576–1618)