John
Webb
Born in Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Webb
and Mary (Heyward) Webb
Brother of
Richard Webb II, Mary Webb, Joseph Webb, Micah Webb, Sarah Webb, James Webb, Rachel Webb and Daniel Webb
Husband of
Ann (Harrod) Webb
— married
18 Aug 1691 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin Webb and John Harrod Webb Jr.
Died
at age 50
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Apr 2012
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Contents |
Biography
John was a Friend (Quaker)
John was the son of Richard Webb and Mary Heyward, and was born in Gloucestershire on 23 August 1661.[1][2][3]
He married Ann Harrod (the surname in the Quaker record is hard to decipher) at Gloucester, Gloucestershire on 18 August 1691. Both were described as of the city of Gloucester. His parents and his brother James are listed as being present.[4]
He and his family emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1700, along with his brother Richard and his sister-in-law Elizabeth and their families.[5] A certificate of removal from the Quarterly Meeting of Gloucester, England was dated 27 August (6th month) 1700 and received on 31 January (11th month) 1700/1 - 1701 in modern reckoning.[6]
John's death was recorded by Philadelphia Monthly Meeting and Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania as having occurred on 13 December (10th month) 1711. His occupation was recorded as tailor.[7][8]
From Rootsweb...
John Webb Sr. came to the Pennsylvania Colony on the ship "Canterbury" in company with William Penn on his second trip to America in 1699 [this should be 1700 - see Research Notes]. He had a child, John Webb, Jr., born abt 1695 in Gloucester, England, d. 10/18/1774, Berks County, PA, (now Reading, PA) John Webb Jr. married Mary Boone, 9/13/1720 in Gwynels Meeting House. They were Quakers. She was the daughter of George Boone III and Mary Maugridge. Mary Boone was born 9/23/1699 in Devonshire, England and died 1/16/1774 in Berks County, PA.
Their children are:
John Webb , b. 3/14/1720, m. Rachel Willits abt 1747.
George Webb, b. 9/3/1723, Berks CO> PA, d abt 1812 in Sullivan County, TN
Mary Webb, b. 1/26/1726
Sarah b. 10/17/1729
Benjamin, b. 12/28/1732. He married Rebecca Boone. (Not sure of the relation, if any, to his mother.)
Joseph, b. 5/6/1735 d abt 1781
James, b.3/6/1737 Berks Co PA, d 12/31/1825, Letcher County, KY
Samuel Webb b. 5/23/1740 d abt 1817 married Rebecca Paine.
Moses, b. 10/2/1743.
Research Notes
Date of Emigration to Pennsylvania
A previous version of this profile said, citing Rootsweb, that John and his family sailed to Pennsylvania "on the ship "Canterbury" in company with William Penn on his second trip to America in 1699." The passenger list for the 1699 voyage of the Canterbury has not survived, and John Penn is not listed on the reconstructed list on Wikipedia. Quaker records make it clear that he left England in 1700 - see the main section of the biography. That is when Penn's second voyage to Pennsylvania on the Canterbury took place.[9]
Miscellaneous
John was the paternal sixth great grandfather of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle.
Sources
- ↑ England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQVX-R62
- ↑ England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece 1190: Quarterly Meeting of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (1614-1683), Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece 1469: Monthly Meeting of Gloucester: Births (1652-1771), Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1578-1841, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire: Monthly Meeting of Gloucester, FindMyPast and accompanying image
- ↑ R Lacock. Quakers in Gloucester: the first fifty years, 1655–1705, article in 'Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society', Vol. 125, 2007, p. 291, BGAS website
- ↑ Albert Cook Myers. Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia 1682-1750, Ferris and Leach, Philadelphia, 1902, p. 27, Internet Atchive
- ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, records of Nottingham and Little Britain Monthly Meeting, Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ Wikipedia: Canterbury (ship), footnote 30
- Webb, Alfred. The Webbs, Heads and Tales, Book II, 1991 p. 45 and p. 59 jaga.io. NB seems to be no longer accessible on the website, so I have been unable to check what it said - Michael Cayley, 14 August 2019.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Webb-2452 created through the import of LNMaggard GEDCOM.ged on Apr 9, 2012 by Larry Maggard
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Event Type: Birth Birth Date: 23 Aug 1661 Birthplace: Gloucester, Gloucestershire Christening Date: Christening Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Death Date: Death Place: Burial Date: Burial Place: Father's Name: Richard Webb Mother's Name: Mary Webb Affiliate Publication Number: RG6_1469
Citing this Record: "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWF8-7FQ : 11 December 2014), John Webb, 23 Aug 1661, Birth; citing p. 14, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.