Phebe Webster (1796 - 1870)

Born 7 Sep 1796 in Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Jun 1870 at age 73 in Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Phebe Webster was born in 1796, the daughter of Joseph Webster and Sarah Bailey.^[1] She never married.

Phebe was living at Atkinson, NH when the censuses were taken in 1840^[2] and 1850.^[3] In 1850, her nephew, John Francis Chandler (1831-1915), and his wife and newborn son, were living in her home.

Phebe Webster of Atkinson, NH, “a single woman”, executed a will Sep. 10, 1861 in which she made bequests to John Franklin Chandler, Charles W. Chandler, sons of her nephew, John F. Chandler, and to her nephews Samuel G. Chandler and John F. Chandler. She appointed her nephew, Samuel G. Chandler, her executor.

She passed away in 1870, at age 73.^[4] Samuel G. Chandler was appointed administrator of her estate July 13, 1870.

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records, Atkinson| Birth, Phebe Webster
2. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Atkinson, Page 242, Line 23| 1840 US Census, "Phebe Webster"
3. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Atkinson, House Nbr. 5, Line 35| 1850 US Census, "Phebe Webster, Age 52"
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #203323219 for Phebe Webster

Other References:

• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, by Alfred Poor, 1858, Reprinted in 1986 by Parker River Researchers,| Page 108, lower left-hand column
• Family Search | Phebe Webster

Acknowledgments

• Many thanks to Chris H. Bailey, Accredited Genealogist, Eustis, Florida, for the "Descendants of Ebenezer Bailey's Daughters", dated October 2019