John Harrod Webb Jr. (1694 - 1774)

Born 30 Dec 1694 in Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Boone) Webb — married 13 Sep 1720 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1774 at age 79 in Berks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

John was a Friend (Quaker)

John Webb Jr. was born in England.

John was a School Teacher and it was he that preserved the family births and deaths and passed down to his nephew John according to his fifth Great Grandfather to Lillian Porter and Loretta Lynn and her siblings (Direct line).

John was born about 1694. He passed away in 1774.

Both John & Mary Boone Webb are most likely buried in the Exeter Friend's Burying Ground. There are no stones or markers there covering the old graves. By 1817, the grounds were filled with the remains of Boones, Ellises, Hughes, Lees, Lincolns & Webbs.

As no additional land could be purchased, the Friends hauled in additional soil and covered the old portion of the burying ground with 4 feet of topsoil and started a second tier.

All of the records here were taken from the handwritten copies made by the eminent Quaker historian & genealogist, Gilbert Cope (bn 1840) from original papers no longer available to the public. The Cope transcriptions are in the Library of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1300 Locust St., Phila.

The Web Family History. "In some way their courtship (John Webb and Mary Boone) did not comply with the regulations of the Society of Friends (Quakers), for on 26 July 1720 in Gwybedd Meeting, Mary Boone's father George, openly acknowledged his fault in allowing John Webb to "keep company with his daughter in order to marry, contrary to ye established order. After their marriage John and Mary probably settled in Exeter township, as their affairs continue to be recorded in Gwynedd and Exeter Meetings.

John Webb was the son of John Webbe who emigrated in 1699 to Pennsylvania Colony on the ship "Canterbury" in company with William Penn who was making his second visit. John Webbe Sr. was a son of Robert Webb. The Webb history goes back to 1430 when William Richmond married Alice Webb, a daughter and only heir of Thomas Webb of Draycott, country Wilts. (The Web Family History, by Donald E. Webb.)

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John and Mary had the following children:

1. John Webb (1720/21, he married Rachel Willits),
2. George Webb (1723),
3. Mary Webb (1726/27, married Mordecai Lincoln or John Sterrat [last marriage is per Exeter MM]),
4. Sarah Webb (1729),
5. Benjamin Webb (1732),
6. Joseph Webb (1735),
7. James Webb (1737/38, married Mary Matthews, daughter of Robert Matthews),
8. Samuel Webb (1740 married Rebecca Paine),
9. Moses Webb (1742).

Research Notes

I've posted this particular source (Exeter MM Quaker records) down here as the source pages show the following for "Mary Webb, child of John Webb and Mary Boone, died in Berks, Pennsylvania" and it also shows the children and grandchildren of John &Mary (Boone) Webb and some of their important information for the family. Be careful of double date issues and some missing information. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Death: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," database with images, Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 2189 #2652427 : subscription required, accessed 6 August 2023)

   Name	Mary Webb
   Marriage Age	23
   Event Type	Death
   Birth Date	26 Jan 1727
   Birth Date on Image	26 1727 Eleventh
   Marriage Date	1750
   Marriage Date on Image	1750
   Death Place	Berks, Pennsylvania
   Father	John Webb
   Mother	Mary Boone
   Spouse	John Sterrat
   Monthly Meeting	Exeter Monthly Meeting
   Religion Sect	Orthodox
   Yearly Meeting	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
   Meeting State	Pennsylvania
   Meeting County	Berks

• The Web Family History, by Donald E. Webb. Floyd County Times. 23 Sep 1969, Sec 3, page 3.) Family Search. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/160103/?offset=&return=1#page=4&viewer=flip&o=&n=0&q=
• Genealogy of James Boone https://ia600308.us.archive.org/13/items/GenealogyOfJamesBoone/JamesBooneGenealogy.pdf.
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM2H-2RN : 19 September 2020), John Webbe, 1694.
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, pages 39-41. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61157/images/46155_b289627-00043?pId=480972.
• U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136225145/john-webb?_gl=1*iitq0b*_ga*MTIyNjQyNDE3NC4xNjg0NDMyMTMy*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*MDdkZGNiMGEtYzFmYS00Nzg5LTk4MjktODM4MjcwYWUyZTJjLjE5LjEuMTY4NDg2MzM2Ni40MS4wLjA.
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1939. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_283788-00617?pId=62652455.
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_283805-00209?pId=12705508.
• England and Wales Christening Index. 1530-1980.(Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002.) Ancestry: transcription: John Webb Gender Male Christening Date 23 Aug 1696 Christening Place Tadley, Hampshire, England Father John Webb Mother Ann Webb.
• Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61056/images/BOD180_B_2_025?pId=151533010.
• England Select Deaths and Burial, 1538-1991, daughter Hannah Webb. Ancestry transcription no image: John Webb Gender Male Spouse Mary Child Hannah Webb.
• Genealogies of Kentucky Families from The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. I. Pages 49-52. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48032/images/KYFamiliesI-000279-49?pId=168763
• ”An American Family History” https://www.anamericanfamilyhistory.com/TennesseeFamilies&Places/Webb%20Family/Webb%20John%201695.html
• England Select Births and Christenings. John Webbe. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/30112832?h=8b6b22. transcription: Ancestry no image: John Webbe Gender Male Birth Date 30 Dec 1694 Baptism Date 30 Dec 1694 Baptism Place Coln Saint Aldwyn,Gloucester,England Father John Webbe Mother Anne FHL Film Number 425382, 855685.
• Westminster, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812. John Webb Baptism. Nov 6, 1693. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61865/images/61865_314054001181_17976-00050?pId=929220.
• The Webb Family History, by Donald E. Webb article in Ployd Co. Times 25 Sep 1969 sec 3 page3. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/1834967/person/312406248902/media/44d07913-b20f-4199-9b29-5e890d0a11a2?_phsrc=gIr1&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=6&sort=-created.
• The Boone Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of George and Mary Boone who Came to America in 1717; Containing Many Unpublished Bits of Early Kentucky History. Page 591 (John Webb and Mary Boone declare marriage intentions May 26, 1720). https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Boone_family.html?id=xnIZAQAAMAAJ.
• Ancestry.com $$

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ron Eldridge for creating WikiTree profile Webb-4327 through the import of Eldridge Family Tree.ged on Nov 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.