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First Generation
First Generation
1. He died on 13 Sep 1592 at the age of 28 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. 1
Matthew Webster and Elizabeth Ashton had the following child:
Matthew Webster and Elizabeth Ashton were married on 17 Apr 1587 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.1
Second Generation
2. He died on 5 Apr 1661 at the age of 70 in Hadley, Massachusetts Bay, British America. 1–3 John Webster was born in Cossington, England. There he married Agnes Smith [Richard Smith and Agnes Wraske] on 7 November 1609. All ten of their children were born in Cossington. Eight survived to adulthood:
Matthew [1609 - 1675, m. Sarah Waterbury]
Margaret [1612, m. Thomas Hunt]
William [1614-1688, m. Mary Reeve]
Thomas [1616-1686, m. Abigail Alexander]
Robert [1619-1676, m. Susanna Treat]
Anne [1621-1662, m. John Hunt]
Mary [1623-1687, m. John Hunt]
Elizabeth [1624-1688, m. William Markham
Mary [1618 - bef. 1623] and Faith [8 April 1627 - 16 April 1627] died in infancy.
Webster was an active member of the Congregationalist All Saints Church in Cossington. He held office in the church in 1618 and 1630.
John sold his property in Cossington [houses, cottages, land and grazing rights] for £1200 in preparation for taking his family to America. The Websters set sail on 11 Junw 1634. The trip cost £200, leaving John with £1000, a considerable sum among those families bound for America.
The Websters settled in the Massachusetts Bay community of Newtowne / Cambridge between 1630 and 1633. Webster joined Rev. Thomas Hooker's 1636 migration to Hartford, Connecticut. He became one of the city's founders and leading citizens.
Webster's political career began with his appointment as a magistrate in 1639; a position he held until 1655. That year he became the colony's deputy governor. Webster was governor in 1656. From 1657 to 1659 he was chief magistrate.
Gov. Webster opposed Rev. Samuel Stone's views on baptism. Stone believe that those outside the communion should be allowed to have a child baptized and non-communicants should be allowed to vote. Webster was part of the council that found Stone's ruling unacceptable. Stone ignored the council and the issue went to the General Court in Massachusetts. The court found in favor of Stone's liberalizing the baptism ritual and agreed that he was too strict in ignoring the council. Former Governor Webster and his followers were granted permission to relocate in May 1658. They founded the town of Hadley, Massachusetts in April of 1659. The group included his son-in-law, John Marsh.
In late March 1661, Webster came down with a fever and died after 11 days on 5 April. Agnes died in 1667.
Matthew [1609 - 1675, m. Sarah Waterbury]
Margaret [1612, m. Thomas Hunt]
William [1614-1688, m. Mary Reeve]
Thomas [1616-1686, m. Abigail Alexander]
Robert [1619-1676, m. Susanna Treat]
Anne [1621-1662, m. John Hunt]
Mary [1623-1687, m. John Hunt]
Elizabeth [1624-1688, m. William Markham
Mary [1618 - bef. 1623] and Faith [8 April 1627 - 16 April 1627] died in infancy.
Webster was an active member of the Congregationalist All Saints Church in Cossington. He held office in the church in 1618 and 1630.
John sold his property in Cossington [houses, cottages, land and grazing rights] for £1200 in preparation for taking his family to America. The Websters set sail on 11 Junw 1634. The trip cost £200, leaving John with £1000, a considerable sum among those families bound for America.
The Websters settled in the Massachusetts Bay community of Newtowne / Cambridge between 1630 and 1633. Webster joined Rev. Thomas Hooker's 1636 migration to Hartford, Connecticut. He became one of the city's founders and leading citizens.
Webster's political career began with his appointment as a magistrate in 1639; a position he held until 1655. That year he became the colony's deputy governor. Webster was governor in 1656. From 1657 to 1659 he was chief magistrate.
Gov. Webster opposed Rev. Samuel Stone's views on baptism. Stone believe that those outside the communion should be allowed to have a child baptized and non-communicants should be allowed to vote. Webster was part of the council that found Stone's ruling unacceptable. Stone ignored the council and the issue went to the General Court in Massachusetts. The court found in favor of Stone's liberalizing the baptism ritual and agreed that he was too strict in ignoring the council. Former Governor Webster and his followers were granted permission to relocate in May 1658. They founded the town of Hadley, Massachusetts in April of 1659. The group included his son-in-law, John Marsh.
In late March 1661, Webster came down with a fever and died after 11 days on 5 April. Agnes died in 1667.
Gov. John Webster and Agnes Smith1 were married on 7 Nov 1609 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.1,3 She died on 15 Jul 1677 at the age of 91 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, British America. 1
John Webster and Agnes Smith had the following child:
Sources:
1. Jack Mount, "My Webster Ancestral File," database, Digging for My Roots, Jack Mount's Genealogy (nostalgia.esmartkid.com/webster.html: accessed 7 June 2017), Webster family.
2. Wikipedia, "John Webster [governor]," database, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Webster_[governor]: accessed 9 June 2017), John Webster bio.
3. Eugene M. Webster Jr., How the Websters Came to America: My Family History (Eugene M. Webster, Jr., July 2008), 7; digital images, Eugene M. Webster, Jr, How the Websters Came to America (http://genekellerhousewebster.com/GeneWebster.pdf : accessed 9 June 2017.
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