Joseph Webb (1654 - 1698)

Born 30 Mar 1654 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Husband of Hannah (Scofield) Webb — married 8 Jan 1673 in Stamford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1698 at age 44 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Joseph Webb was born on 30 March 1654, Stamford, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

According to Selleck, Joseph Webb was born 30 Mar 1636.^[1]

He was married on 08 January 1672/73 ("11th Mo. 8, 1672", Old Style) [this could be interpreted as either the 11th day of mo. 8 or the 8th day of the 11th mo.] to Hannah Scofield^[2] (b. 1653, Ipswich, Massachusetts), daughter of Richard Scofield and wife Elizabeth.^{[citation needed]}

Waters gives Richard Scofield's wife as Mary.^[3]

Children of Joseph and Hannah:^[4]

1. Joseph Webb, Jr., b. 5 Jan 1674, Stamford; d. 15 Nov 1743, Stamford; m. 23 Feb 1698, Mary Hoyt.
2. Mary Webb, b. 14 Apr 1677, Stamford;^[5] d. 1 Apr 1714, Stamford;^[6] m. 23 Sep 1697, Daniel Weed.^[7]
3. Hannah Webb, b. 9 Jul 1679, Stamford;^[5] d. 26 Jun 1723, Stamford;^[6] m. 9 May 1711, Eleazer Slason.^[7]
4. Sarah Webb, b. 16 Oct 1681, Stamford;^[5] d. 19 Oct 1706, Stamford.^[6]
5. Margery Webb, b. 4 Oct 1683, Stamford;^[5] d. 2 jan 1736, Stamford;^[6] m. 10 Aug 1716, Joseph Lockwood.^[7]

Joseph died on 11 October 1698, Stamford, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

"Joseph Webb, son of Richard and Elizabeth (Gregory) Webb, died in Stamford, Connecticut, March, 1693. He owned valuable property in Stamford, and was one of the most respected citizens of the town. He married June 8, 1672 [this is incorrect due to misinterpretation of pre-Gregorian calendar], Hannah Scofield, of Stamford."^[4]

After Joseph died, Hannah is said to have married (2nd) to John Finch.^[8]

In his will, written 15 Mar 1702/3, John Finch gives first to his "loving & most beloved son-in-law [meaning "son by law"] Joseph Webb, my feather bed & feather bolster & one pillow & one sheet & one couorled [coverlet] & one Great Chayr [chair] & one small iron pott, & one friing [frying] pan: also all my Right in ye land comonly called soqust Land." He also gave to his daughter-in-law [step-daughter] Sarah Webb "one sheets & one cotton pillow coat & one of Linnon: & all ye rest of my wooden household stuff & two earthon pots, & one earthon pichor [pitcher] & two spoones one of pewter & one of ocomy..." He doesn't mention his wife or any children.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Selleck, Charles Melbourne (1900). Supplement to Norwalk, Connecticut, Vol. 1. Genealogy (in alphabetical sequence) of Ancient Non-original Home-lot Households. p. 466.

   The father of Joseph Webb^3rd was Joseph^2nd, born January 5, 1674, who married February 23, 1698, Mary Hoyt. Joseph Webb^2nd was son of Joseph^1st, born March 30, 1636, who married August 11, 1672, [marriage date does not reflect Julian Calendar which was in use by Great Britian and the colonies until 1752] Hannah Scofield of Stamford. Joseph Webb^1st was the son of Richard, Jr., the only son, presumably, of Richard Webb^1st of Norwalk.

2. ↑ Stamford Vital Records 1641-1852, Vol. I. p. 113. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ Waters, Thomas Franklin. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Ipswich, MA: The Ipswich Historical Society (1905). p. 407.

   "Richard Schofield. The other original lot in this locality was owned by Richard Schofield, leather dresser, before 1652. Richard and Mary, his wife, sold a house and land to Moses Pengry, Aug. 26, 1652 (Ips. Deeds 1: 109).

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Genealogy and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. III. Compiled under the Editorial Supervision of Cuyler Reynolds. New York (1914). Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD (1997). p. 1451-52. NOTE: New England Marriages gives Elizabeth Gregory as Joseph's 2nd wife.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
8. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1985). p. 266. No date given.
9. ↑ Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Also see:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #126936955
• Scofield, Blair C. & Spiers, Robert. Descendants of Richard Scofield (1613-1670) Part 1, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 1997) Vol. 39, No. 3, Page 125.