William Webb (bef. 1600 - 1644)

Born before 1600 in England

Descendants

Died Dec 1644 after age 44 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay

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William Webb migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 7, p. 258) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

WILLIAM WEBB, of Roxbury. Immigrant. Freeman, 25 May, 1636. On Rev. John Eliot's record of members of Roxbury Church. On early Roxbury records, list of persons and estates: William Webb, nineteen acres, four persons, estate £2.

Wife, Rebekah; parentage unknown.^[1]

In 1640, son Joseph born, 19 August. In 1643, " 8 mo., good wife Web" disciplined by Roxbury Church.^[1]

Rebekah was restored to communion, recommended to Boston Church, and admitted there with her husband, 7 April, 1644.^[1]

'In December of same year, William Webb was buried.^[1]

Research Notes

Candidate couples for William & Rebecca (Unknown) Webb in England in this time period are few and far between online. Located 7 Dec 2019:

Wilim. Webbe m. Rebecca Sucket, Kent, England, 24 Nov 1614

This marriage was, interestingly, recorded -- evidently, multiple times -- both at Broomfield, and 30 miles southeast on the coast at Burmarsh. See (subscription req.): [1], [2], [3] (Broomfield) and [4] [5] (Burmarsh)

No record has however been found of the above couple having a daughter Sarah.

Identification in some online trees of this couple's Rebecca as née Rebecca Harlan seems questionable: Rebecca Harlan evidently married William Webb of Gloucestershire, and after emigrating, they apparently lived in Pennsylvania, not Massachusetts (see [6]). It is intriguing, however, that a William Webb of Horsley, Gloucester, fathered a daughter Sarath [sic] in 1618 (mother's name not recorded); see [7] (subscription req.)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Davis, Horace. Ancestry of John Davis : Governor and U.S. Senator ; and Eliza Bancroft, His Wife ; Both of Worcester, Massachusetts. San Francisco : [Published by the author], 1897. Pages 43-44. Archive.org; also: Gengophers.com

• Ancestry of John Davis, governor and U.S. Senator, and Eliza Bancroft, his wife, both of Worcester, Massachusetts"; author: Davis, Horace, 1831-1916

• Emigration; family: Great Migration 1634-1635, T-Y. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011; p. 160, sketch of William Webb.subscription