Hezekiah Webster (1766 - 1835)

Born 18 Mar 1766 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Goodwin) Webster — married 1794 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 20 May 1835 at age 69 in Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States

Biography

The son of William Webster and his second wife, believed to have been Anna (Case) Webster, Hezekiah Webster was born in Windsor, Connecticut^{[citation needed]} in 1766. He was baptized on March 30 of that year.^[1]

He married Anna (Goodwin) Webster, the daughter of Morgan Goodwin and Mary Hawley, marrying in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1794^[2] and having ten known children together. They resided for a time in Farmington, Connecticut where in 1800, Hezekiah headed a household of four: one male and one female between the age of 26 and 44, and one male and one female under the age of 10, indicating at least one child who died in childhood and is not listed above.^[3]

Hezekiah Webster served as a Captain with Sterling's Regiment of the Connecticut during the War of 1812,^[4] later being promoted to the rank of Major,^[5], while residing in Canton Township, in Hartford County.^[6] By 1822, his family had migrated to Sennett Township, New York, in Cayuga County, purchasing land there.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Hezekiah Webster passed away in Sennett, New York^{[citation needed]} at the age of 69^[11] and is buried at Old Sennett Cemetery in Sennett, New York.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 7, Bloomfield, p. 209. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Ancestry Record 3032 #738176with attached Image
2. ↑ Hezekiah Webster discovered in U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900[1] via @Ancestry. Source number: 972.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: HDG. Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1800; Census Place: Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut; Series: M32; Roll: 1; Page: 394; Image: 212; Family History Library Film: 205618. Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Ancestry Record 7590 #10507 with attached Image
4. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-9P3W : 12 March 2018), Hezekiah Webster, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 221; FHL microfilm 882,739.
5. ↑ mention in wife's death notice in U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, 1837-1849, page 369
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL6-DDW : accessed 16 December 2020), Hezekiah Webster, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 81, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 281,235.
7. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8747-5QW2 : 15 September 2020), H G Webster, 1822.
8. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:87YK-VD3Z : 15 September 2020), Hezekiah G Webster, 1822.
9. ↑ "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CTZG-7X3Z : 10 July 2020), Hezekiah G Webster, 1829.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP3-9R7 : 19 November 2020), Hezekiah Webster, Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States; citing 225, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 88; FHL microfilm 17,148.
11. ↑ "New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQDR-9R6Z : 13 June 2019), Hezekiah Webster, citing Burial, Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 007844469.
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7R-R3SL : 10 June 2021), Hezekiah Webster, Burial, Sennett, Cayuga, New York, United States of America, Old Sennett Cemetery Find A Grave: Memorial #177368031