Agnes (Smith) Webster (1585 - 1667)

Born 29 Aug 1585 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Webster — married 7 Nov 1609 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England

Descendants

Died 1667 at about age 81 in Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Name and Origins

Name: Agnes Smith^{[1] [2]}

Daughter of Richard Smith and Agnes Wraske.

Agnes Smith was the wife John Webster who served one term as the governor of Connecticut in 1656.^[3] Her English origins were published in The American Genealogist in 1953.^[1] She was born at Cossington, Leicestershire, England, the daughter of Richard Smith and Agnes Wraske.

The Websters moved from England to Newtown (now Cambridge) Massachusetts in the early 1630's. About 1636 they moved to the new settlement founded at Hartford, Connecticut by Rev. Thomas Hooker.^[4] From 1656–1657 John was governor of Connecticut Colony. Later they relocated to Hadley, Massachusetts where John died in 1661.

Birth

Baptized: 29 August 1585 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Married: John Webster, governor of Connecticut on 7 November 1609 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England.^[1]

Children: of John Webster and Agnes Smith:^[3]

1. Matthew Webster.
2. Margaret Webster.
3. William Webster.
4. Thomas Webster.
5. Robert Webster.
6. Anne Webster.
7. Elizabeth Webster.
8. Mary Webster.
9. Faith Webster.

Death

Agnes died in 1667, "probably in Hartford."^[5]

Notes

• 25 JUNE 1659 Hadley, MA John Webster's Will Text: "To my Deare and beloved wife Agnes Webster I give one bed and comely furniture for ye same. As also my house and lands in Hartford all the profitts of the same during her natural life. And upon her decease all shall come into the hands and be at ye disposal of my executor."

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The American Genealogist, vol. 29 no. 1 (January 1953): pages 80-86. Ancestry of Agnes (Smith) Webster, by S. H. Skillington. AmericanAncestors.org Link
2. ↑ Connecticut State Library has 4 page pdf file to download http://ctstatelibrary.org/governors/
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} See Wikipedia for Gov John Webster.
4. ↑ Citation needed - probably wrong.
5. ↑ History and Genealogy of the Governor John Webster Family of Connecticut (Rochester, NY: E. R. Andrews Printing Company, 1915), p. 16.

Source list:

• The American Genealogist, vol. 29 no. 1 (January 1953): pages 80-86. "Ancestry of Agnes (Smith) Webster", by S. H. Skillington. AmericanAncestors.org Link

• The American Genealogist, vol. 24 no. 4 (Oct 1948): pages 197-214. S. H. Skillington, "The Ancestry of Governor John Webster," by S. H. Skillington. AmericanAncestors.org Link

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Webster_(governor)

• Virkus, Frederick Adams. The Compendium of American Genealogy (Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1942), Vol. 7

• "The abridged compendium of American genealogy" Author: Virkus, Fredrick Adams ed. v.6 1937

• Governor John Webster's Will Source cited: Northampton, Mass., Probate Records, pages 20 and 21
• Virkus, F. Adams., Marquis, A. Nelson. (1925). The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America; a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. Chicago: A.N. Marquis & company. P.815

• "Find a Grave", database with images, Find A Grave: Memorial #48988372 (accessed 8 May 2023), Memorial page for Agnes Smith Webster (Aug 1585-Jul 1667), citing Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mary Jo C. Martin (contributor 46931071). with image of gravestone.

Acknowledgements:

Chris Holler, Brian McCullough, Alan Morton, John Putnam, Molly Ramage, Rick Parrott, Sheri Havens, Robert Kennedy, Nova Weller, Scott Harris, Jonathan Watkins, Becky Syphers, John Schmeeckle Beverly Walth. Note: This list may be incomplete.