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Richard WEBB and Grace Wilson

HUSBAND:
[F14464]. Richard WEBB. [PC T1-17].
Born (5-S3,S4,S5,S7,S9)(15-S10) MAY 1580 at (Norwalk)(Norwick, Dorsetshire, England-S3)(Warwickshire, England-S4)(Bearly, Warwickshire, England-S5,S9,S10)(Stratford, Warwickshire, England-S7); son of Alexander WEBB [F28928] and Mary WILSON [F28929]. (S3,S4,S5,S7,S10).

He married (1) Sarah Upham in 1609. (S10).

He married (2) Grace WILSON [F14465] on 1 MAY 1610 in (Norwalk, Dorsetshire, England-S3)(Dorsetshire, England-S5,S7,S10).

It appears that his wife Grace died in England.

Richard was one of four brothers (Richard, John, Christopher, and William) who came to America in 1629 with their father, Alexander Webb Jr. It is mentioned that he had at least his son Richard with him, but it is not said if a wife came with.

He married (2) (Elizabeth GREGORY-S5,S7) (1629-S9)(about 1630-S5,S7) in (Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut-S5,S7)(Brearly, Warwickshire, England-S9). He is said to have arrived on the same boat as Elizabeth GREGORY. They were probably married shortly after arrival in America, though it seems more likely that they were married in England.

Though it is certain that a Richard Webb married Elizabeth, it is not certain that it was the Richard Webb who was married to Grace Wilson in England. The Richard who married Elizabeth bequeathed the entire Webb property to Elizabeth when he died. No children have been identified by this second marriage.(S10, S11).

Here is the record of Savage (S11):
RICHARD, Cambridge, freem. 6 Nov. 1632, is count. as one of those order. by Ct. to [[vol. 4, p. 446]] rem. from Braintree, by Dr. Holmes in 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 10, certain, went in the great migrat. with Gov. Haynes, and other friends of Hooker, and sat down at Hartford, was of the gr. jury 1643, in few yrs. aft. rem. to Norwalk, and there, too, was one of there first sett. He had w. Elizabeth and d. July 1665, his wid. wh. d. 24 Jan. 1681, being then charg. for est. larger than any exc. three in that town. He left no ch. [?] but took Sarah, d. of Rev. Samuel Stone, and brot. her up, until she m. Thomas Butler of Hartford; and in Hall's Hist. we see that the wid. empower. a friend, in 1677 to adj. with Butler and his w. for their claim of the est. of her h. Butler's w. had half. and by the Court was distribut. other portions to Bartholomew Barnard, wh. was h. of Sarah, d. of Thomas Birchard, to Richard Homes, Stephen Beckwith, Thomas Barnum and others, of whose degrees of consanguin. it may not be easy to determine. Still, in 1694, among the voters in that town is Ebenezer W.

Settled at Norwalk, Connecticut in 1646.(S10). He was one of the first settlers of Norwalk. [Norwalk is said to have been settled in 1649.].

He died (1656-S7)(JUL 1665-S4.S5)(1 January 1676-S3,S10) at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut (S4,S7,S10). He was buried in 1656 at Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.(S3).

WIFE (1):
Sarah Upham.
She married Richard Webb in 1609. (S10). She apparently died soon afterward.

WIFE (2):
[F14465]. Grace WILSON.
Born (about 1578-S7)(about 1594-S5,S10) in (Dorsetshire, England-S7,S10); daughter of John WILSON [F28930]. She married Richard WEBB [F14464] on 1 MAY 1610 at Norwalk, England. She is said to have died (24 JAN 1679-1680-1681-S5,S10) at Norwalk, Connecticut, but this apparently refers to the third wife. Grace probably died in England, as she is not listed with the family when their emigrated to New England.

CHILDREN of Richard WEBB [F14464] and Grace WILSON [F14465]:
  1. [F7232]. Richard WEBB. Born (9 JAN 1611, S1,S5)(4 JUL 1611-S7,S8)(1623, S2)(1622-1623-S3) in (Norwalk, England-S5)(Stratford, Warwickshire, England-S7,S8). He married (Margery MOYER-S5,S10)(Margery-S6,S7,S8) (between 1599 and 1630-S4)(about 1644-S5). He died 15 MAR 1675 at Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
  2. (daughter) WEBB. Born (about 1612-S5,S7) in (Dorsetshire, England-S5,S7). She married (Thomas BUTLER-S5,S7). She died (16 JUL 1665-S5,S7).
  3. John WEBB. Born (about 1615)(in 1615-S10)(1627-1634-S3)(about 1632-S7) in (England)(Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut-S7)(in Dorsetshire, England-S10). He married (1) Anna BASSETT in (1640-S10) at (Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut)(in Massachusetts-S10). He married (2) Elizabeth SWIFT on 16 OCT 1667 at Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. (S3). He died (19 MAY 1670-S3,S10) at (Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts-S3,S10) and was buried there.


WIFE (3):
Elizabeth GREGORY.
Born in (1603-1604-S3)(1621) at (Great Bentley, Essex, England-S3); daughter of Henry GREGORY [F4260]. She married Richard Webb with whom she arrived from England with the Winthrop Fleet in 1629. [If she was born in 1621 she would have been too young to be a wife of Richard at that time, and her father, Henry, is said to have arrived in 1636. It makes more sense that she married the younger Richard Webb [F7234]., but I see no evidence for this. Source 10 is quite clear that she was the second wife of the elder Richard Webb [F14464]. It therefore appears that 1603-1604 is the correct birth time for her.

She married Richard Webb probably about 1630, in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. (S10).

Elizabeth was the administrix of Richard’s estate upon his death.

She died on 24 January 1680 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth Webb, the widow of Richard Webb, formerly of Norwalk, died the twenty-fourth of January, 1680. (S10,S12).

CHILDREN of Richard WEBB [F14464] and Elizabeth GREGORY:


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