Susannah (Cowperthwaite) Webster (1693 - 1777)

Born 1693 in Chester Township, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of William Webster II — married 16 May 1717 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1777 at about age 84 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

She is named in the 1732 will of her father as daughter "Susannah (wife of William Webster)"^[1]

Hugh Cowperthwait, a native of England, was born in 1648, and emigrated to Long Island in 1674, and settled at Flushing, where he followed tailoring and taught school. He acquired considerable estate. He was a minister of good repute in the Society of Friends, as appears from the minutes of Flushing monthly meetings-"A substancial friend, a minister for nearly forty years, and universally beloved." He deceased May the 20th, 1730, and by the minutes of the meeting at Flushing he devised to that body a legacy of £100. He married first, in England, Elizabeth ______, who died at Flusing, Long Island, December 5th, 1697. In February, 1698, he obtained a certificate to travel in the New England States, and whilst there married his second wife, Elizabeth _____, who died August 27th, 1707. CONT CONT The children of Hugh Cowperthwait and Elizabeth, his first wife, were- CONT John, b. m. 1-1-1690, Sarah Adams of Flushing, LI. CONT Hugh, b. m. 1709, Grace Burling 1st. CONT m. 1731, _____ ______ 2nd CONT CONT John Cowperthwait and Sarah, his wife, removed to Chester, Burlington county, N.J. , prior to 1700. CONT Children were: CONT Thomas m. Mary Burden CONT John, m. Rachel Stokes CONT Hugh, b. m. Kesiah Atkinson CONT Elizabeth, b. m. Abraham Shadwell CONT Susanna, b. m. William Webster CONT Hannah, b. m. Francis Hogshead CONT Deborah, b. m. Ambrose Copeland. CONT John deceased in 1732. Will proved Dec. 30th, 1732, and dated the 4th of the same month. CONT CONT CONT Thomas Cowperthwait, son of John Cowperthwait and Sarah Adams, m. Mary Burden, dau. of _____ _____ CONT Children were: CONT Thomas, b. m. 8-26-1761, Mary Willis CONT William, b. m. 2-4, 1767, Hope Shreeve, 1st wife. CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT 282 CONT CONT William b. m. Hope Lippincott 2d. wife CONT Hugh b. m. 1772 Rebecca Roberts CONT Job, b. m. 1777 Anna Vickers CONT Phebe, b. m. Samuel Andrews CONT Mary, b. m. John Killie CONT Elizabeth, b. m. John Dewall CONT Thomas died 1781. Will proved August 27, 1781 CONT CONT CONT John Cowperthwait, son of John Cowperthwait and Sarah Adams, m. Rachel Stokes, dau. of Thomas Stokes and Rachel Wright, his first wife. CONT Children were- CONT Joseph, b. Colonel in Revolutionary War CONT Samuel b. went to Philadelphia CONT Jacob, b. went to New Orleans; had three daughters CONT Sarah, b. m. Josiah Prickitt 1st CONT m. John Gill 2d. CONT CONT Thomas Cowperthwait, son of Thomas Cowperthwait and Mary Burden, m. Mary Willis, dau. of _____ _____. CONT Children were- CONT Thomas, b. m. Elizabeth Bassett CONT Samuel, b. CONT Mark, b. CONT CONT Hugh Cowperthwait, son of Thomas Cowperthwait and Mary Burden, m. Rebecca Roberts, dau. of Joshua Roberts and Rebecca Stokes. CONT Children were- CONT Mary, b. CONT Hannah b, CONT Rebecca, b. m. John Evans, son of Enoch Evans and Mary Wilcox. CONT Thomas, b. m. Hannah Ballinger, dau. of Thomas Ballinger and Susannah Dudley. CONT Phebe, b. m. Benjamin Hunt, son of John Hunt and Esther Warrington. CONT Deborah, b. m. _____ Copp, M.D. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Complied by Richard Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J.) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Complied by Richard Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Complied by Richard Haines. Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J.. 1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page

• Source: S464 Abbreviation: HarrisonHeitman Title: Bruce Harrison, HarrisonHeitman (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583 CONT Last updated 20 December 2001 CONT Accessed 21 December 2005) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Bruce Harrison, HarrisonHeitman BIBL Bruce Harrison. HarrisonHeitman. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583 CONT Last updated 20 December 2001 CONT Accessed 21 December 2005. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Bruce Harrison, HarrisonHeitman (http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583 CONT Last updated 20 December 2001 CONT Accessed 21 December 2005) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Bruce Harrison, HarrisonHeitman FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Bruce Harrison). HarrisonHeitman. http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583 CONT Last updated 20 December 2001 CONT Accessed 21 December 2005. Page: http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=harrison-heitman&id=I1583
• Source: S683 Abbreviation: Quaker Miscellany: New Jersey (magazine) Title: O.B. Leonard, Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38) (Edited by Willard Heiss, Fourth Month, 1963, Indianapolis) Subsequent Source Citation Format: O.B. Leonard, Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38) BIBL O.B. Leonard. Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38). Edited by Willard Heiss, Fourth Month, 1963, Indianapolis. TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE O.B. Leonard, Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38) (Edited by Willard Heiss, Fourth Month, 1963, Indianapolis) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE O.B. Leonard, Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38) FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE O.B. Leonard. Early Friends of Plainfield Meeting (originally published in Friends Intelligencer and Journal, 1888, Vol. XLV, No. 38). Edited by Willard Heiss, Fourth Month, 1963, Indianapolis. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page

"Our Quaker Ancestry" by Rusha Wesley 1945

Sources

• Genealogy of the Stokes Family Title: Complied by Richard Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family, Descended From Thomas and Mary Stokes Who Settled in Burlington County, N.J. (1903, Sinickson Chew & Sons Company, Printers; Camden, N.J.)

• Death record: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/31906_284105-00110?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=ce40cf66c5460841138cacca5bc8ce14&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DBj1986&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.99409369.675522648.1595171211-69617887.1575390212&pId=1808640&backurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ancestry.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsse.dll%3Findiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2189%26h%3D1808640%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26queryId%3Dce40cf66c5460841138cacca5bc8ce14%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DDBj1986%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource

• WikiTree profile Cowperthwaite-9 created through the import of Lupton file.ged on Jul 7, 2011 by Kim Ostermyer.

• WikiTree profile Cowperthwaite-19 created through the import of ancestors.ged on Aug 19, 2011 by x x. See the Changes page for the details of edits by x and others.

1. ↑ New Jersey Colonial Documents, Vol. XXX, page 110: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2793/images/32669_236594-00115?pId=16113