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John Webb Sr. (abt. 1615 - 1670)

John Webb Sr.
Born about in Panfield, Essex, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colonymap
Husband of — married 16 Oct 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 55 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 14 Sep 2010
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Disputed origins and other conflicts:

Biography

John was born either about 1618, possibly in Sussex, England or 1627/8 maybe in Massachusetts or England. New Haven, New Haven, CT has been given as a birthplace. However, it was not settled by Englishmen untill 1638.[1] According to American Genealogist[2] the first record of John Webb was 'shows that he was released from his master William Parks of Roxbury on Jan 6, 1633/4. If he was eighteen he would have been born about 1615. John married Ann Bassett about 1640 in Hartford. They had 7 or 8 children.[3]
John was probably living in Hartford, CT 5 Feb. 1647/48 when his daughter Mary was born.[4] He acquired lot 42 as a 'new' settler in Hartford in 1648 on Trumbull Street.[5] 1649 was an interesting year for John. He was put under bonds to keep peace due to difficulties with one Ralph Keeler. In March that year, John recovered 4s for damages from Ralph Keeler. John failed to recover on slander later.[6] John was listed as a brazier in CT, presumably in Hartford on 11 Oct. 1649.[7]
On 26 Aug. 1650 John was apparently in Boston as his mark was on an acknowledgement of debt to one Edward Dare.[8] Apparently, John couldn't read and write. In 1651, John was living in Boston. That year his daughter, Susannah and son Richard died in Oct. 1651. And according to Boston Town Records, on 25 Nov. 1651 was admitted to inhabit the Towne for six. If he behaved for a longer time.[9] On 23 May 1653, John was in CT, most specifically Stamford where he signed as an original settler for Northampton (MA) to "settle in Northampton" and 3 Oct., 1653 was present at meeting and signed agreement to settle in Northampton the next spring (1654).[10] John had a two acre lot east side of Pleasant Street.[11]
After Ann passed away in 1667[12], John married Elizabeth Swift on 16 Oct. 1667 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA.[13]
He passed away on 19 May 1670 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA[14][15]
  • This John Webb had been associated as the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Gregory) Webb; sources/reasoning was not disclosed, but they would not have been his parents.
A report that immigrant "Richard Webb of Boston, Hartford, Norwalk and Stamford" was born at Dorsetshire, England, married Elizabeth Gregory, and had son John Webb (the "fifth child" among "eight children" born to the couple) was published as least as early as 1914 in Richard Henry Green, "William Webb, September 19, 1746-September 23, 1832."[16] The undocumented 1914 reporting was flawed in many respects.
John Webb of Northampton is reported born "about 1615, England."[17] He was born too early and was probably married to Ann Bassett before Richard Webb married Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Gregory Webb/Gregory-177, died 24 January 1680 is certainly otherwise Elizabeth (______) (Grant) Webb, whose death was recorded Norwalk, 24 January 1680[/1].[18] She was married first, about 1635, to Seth Grant, who died Hartford before 4 March 1646/7 (date of inventory).[19]
  • In 1954, quoting from "Judd ms,"[20] authors of "John Webb of Northampton," included a claim that John Webb "may have been a brother or cousin of Richard Webb of Stamford."[21]
Richard Webb of Stamford is a different person than Richard Webb of Cambridge, Hartford and Norwalk and also a different person than Richard Webb of Weymouth.[22] In his article about the man who migrated early to Cambridge, Robert Charles Anderson reported no information that would suggest a close family association existed between the Cambridge immigrant and the other men,[23] who died Norwalk, July 1665.[24]

from Geni: John Webb, Sr. Birthdate: circa 1615 Birthplace: Dorset, England Death: Immediate Family: Son of Richard Webb, of Norwalk and Grace Webb Husband of Elizabeth Webb and Anna Webb Father of Jeremiah Webb; Peter Webb; John Webb; Richard Webb; Sarah Price; Mary Webb; Susannah Webb; Lydia Webb; Richard Webb and John Webb Brother of Richard Webb, Jr.; Elizabeth Stone; Joshua Webb; Samuel Webb and UNKNOWN Webb Half brother of Richard Webb, II

John Webb, Sr. Birthdate: circa 1615 Birthplace: Dorset, England Death: Immediate Family: Son of Richard Webb, of Norwalk and Grace Webb Husband of Elizabeth Webb and Anna Webb Father of Jeremiah Webb; Peter Webb; John Webb; Richard Webb; Sarah Price; Mary Webb; Susannah Webb; Lydia Webb; Richard Webb and John Webb Brother of Richard Webb, Jr.; Elizabeth Stone; Joshua Webb; Samuel Webb and UNKNOWN Webb Half brother of Richard Webb, II

John was born in 1615. He passed away in 1670.

Sources

  1. Source: #S84 Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut Accessed 20 Oct., 2017 Certainty of Data: 4
  2. #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/n1/mode/2up Accessed 11 June, 2022
  3. Source: #S223 Page: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LR8Q-TFV/details Accessed 20 Oct., 2017 Certainty of Data: 2
  4. Source: #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/n1/mode/2up page: 129 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Certainty of Data: 3
  5. Source: #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/n1/mode/2up page: 129 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Certainty of Data: 3
  6. Source: #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/n1/mode/2up page: 129 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Certainty of Data: 3
  7. Source: #S727 page: https://archive.org/details/volumerelatingto00aspi/page/346/mode/2up?q=Dayer Page: 346-7 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Text: These prsents witnesseth that I Edw. Dayer seamen doe hereby discharge John Web of Connecticot brasier of one bill of reed the 11th October 49, wch was for peeces of stiiffe recd by the sd John Web of me Edw. Dayer & I have- ing rec'd the sd peecs of stuffe aforesd I Edward Dayer do hereby give a full discharge for the sd bill Quality of Data: 4
  8. Source: #S727 page: 347 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Text: 26 (9) -1-6-5J1. These presents witnes to whom it doth con- cerne that I John Web of Connecticot brasier doe acknowledge my selfe to be indebted unto Edw. Dare the full & just summe of seventeene pounds sterling to be p'd in beefe porke pease & floure wth in fyve weekes after the date hereof uppon paine of forfeiting the double summe unles either wind or wether shall hinder, in witnes whereof I have set to my hand the day above written Witness John Sanford (signed) John Webb his mark. Certainty of Data: 4
  9. Source: #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/130/mode/2up pg 129 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Certainty of Data: 3
  10. Source: #S728 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.afj7688.0001.001&view=1up&seq=45&skin=2021&q1=john%20webb Pg 13 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Quality of Data: 3
  11. Source: #S728 page: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.afj7688.0001.001&view=1up&seq=50&skin=2021&q1=john%20webb Pg: 18 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Text: John Webb lad two acres, bounded north on Main Street and east on the (Pomeroy) brook. Certainty of Data: 3
  12. Source: #S577 page: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1947-01_23_3/page/n1/mode/2up pg: 129 Accessed 11 June, 2022 Text: John..married (1) prob about 1640, Ann Basset, who died 26 Aug., 1667 in Northampton
  13. Source: #S392 Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3R-V5X Accessed 20 Oct., 2017 Certainty of Data: 3.5
  14. Source: #S391 page: 27 Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-2RSY Accessed 20 Oct., 2017 Certainty or Quality of Data: 3.5
  15. Without further reference, Fred C. Warner and Harrison E. Webb, "John Webb of Northampton," The American Genealogist 23 (1946):129 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
  16. Richard Henry Green, William Webb, September 19, 1746- September 23, 1832 : his war service from Long Island and Connecticut, ancestry and descendants (1814); digital image Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
  17. Without further reference, Fred C. Warner and Harrison E. Webb, "John Webb of Northampton," The American Genealogist 23 (1946):129 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
  18. Edwin Hall, The ancient historical records of Norwalk, Conn. : with a plan of the ancient settlement, and of the town in 1847 (1847), 188, for entry, "Elissabeth Webb"; digital images, Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).
  19. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 3 vols. (1995), 2:804-805 (Seth Grant); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
  20. Not reviewed, but possibly "Judd Manuscript: records of Northampton [Massachusetts] 1661-1833," available via Family History Library Catalog.
  21. Fred C. Warner and Harrison E. Webb, "John Webb of Northampton," The American Genealogist 23 (1946):130 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).
  22. Harrison E. Webb, "Richard Webb of Stamford," The American Genealogist 25 (1948), 194 (in particular part); digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014.
  23. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III 3 vols. (1995), 3:1954-1956 (Richard Webb); digital images, American Ancestors (accessed 2014).
  24. Charles William Manwaring, A digest of the early Connecticut probate records, 3 vols (1904-1906), 1:249 for Richard Webb; digital images Hathi Trust (accessed 2014).


  • Source: S577 American Genealogist vol 23 page 129 publisher. InternetArchive.org
  • Source: S-1343374148 Repository: #R-1559356376 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=42021003&pid=526
  • Repository: R-1559356376 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S223 John Webb LR8Q-TFV Publisher: FamilySearch.org
  • Source: S391 Title: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,database with images Publisher: FamilySearch.org
  • Source: S392 Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database Publisher: FamilySearch.org
  • Source: S727 Title: A volume relating to the early history of Boston, containing the Aspinwall notarial records from 1644 to 1651 Publisher: Archive.org
  • Source: S728 Title: History of Northampton from its settlement in 1654 vol. 1 & 2 Author: James Trumbull Original Publisher: Press of Gazette printing co Northampton MA 1898-1902 Publisher: Hathi Trust Digital Library
  • Source: S84 EnWikipedia.ogr

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Acknowledgements

See Also:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/es/LZWQ-STQ/anna-bassett-1618-1667

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Webb-15628 and Webb-240 appear to represent the same person because: Ann Bassett-49 died 26 Aug 1667, John Webb married next Elizabeth Swift 1640-1691 who married Robert Danks d23 Feb 1692, after John Webb died 1670. Donald Lines Jacobus, American Genealogist Records,

Anderson's Great Migration, John Webb 1615, states connection will not be made in his records, however, information supported by Jacobus. Jeremiah Webb-5072 b 12 Jul 1668-5 Mar 1734 son of Elizabeth Swift and John Webb

His profile discusses problems associated with his parentage. Are there any reliable sources showing his parentage?
posted by S (Hill) Willson
I went down quite a rabbit hole before realizing the Richard Webb I was looking at was of Norwalk & not Stamford. And there's the question still of whether Elizabeth Gregory even married Richard Webb of Norwalk, etc. etc.

Might be safe to sever the connection btwn this John Webb Sr profile and the two parents as to not confuse folks (such as myself) who look @ the parentage on first glance and not notice all the disputes in the profile body. It was even discussed back in 2020 by one of the profile managers (Walter H).

posted by Shaun Sindelman
edited by Shaun Sindelman
Webb-24562 and Webb-240 appear to represent the same person because: same person

https://www.geni.com/people/John-Webb-Sr/6000000005966027196

posted by Leslie Walsh
There is a marriage record in Northampton, Hampshire, MA John Webb Sr, 16 Oct 1667 to Elizabeth Swift of Farmington

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q1-9SS3?i=39&cc=2061550

posted by Beryl Meehan
Any possible connection to edward webb of the fenwick colony nj? Surely others too.

The sussex thingy, knew it was familiar..and some from ny had gone to nj..all so devastatingly confusing.

posted by Gail Smith
John Webb is born to early to be the son of Richard Webb (who is not known to have any children). Any objections to disconnecting?
posted by M Cole
No objections to disconnecting John Webb from Richard Webb
posted by Walter Harrington
Webb-2752 and Webb-240 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth and death dates at same locations.
posted by Walter Harrington
Webb-2759 and Webb-240 appear to represent the same person because: identical birth and death
posted by Robin Lee
Webb-2752 and Webb-2769 appear to represent the same person because: It appears on here that this is the same data, uploaded from a gedcom? However, I have variations in our family files, ours reads like this: John Webb, b. 1628 in New Haven, CT, d. 19-May-1670 in Northampton, MA. He married Anna Bassett, married 1640.

Children: i Sarah Webb b. 1646, d. 29-Feb-1704. ii Mary Webb b. 5-Feb-1648, d. 14-Mar-1676.

2275. Anna Bassett, b. 1618 in New Haven, CT, d. 26-Aug-1667 in Northampton, MA.

And, I created a profile for Anna (Bassett) Webb, as they'd had no children for her father (john) and Margery Holland.

posted by Gail Smith
Webb-240 and Webb-636 appear to represent the same person because: major identifiers match
posted by Cheryl (Stone) Caudill

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