My Descent from Thomas Webster, Sr.

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Thomas Webster, Sr.-Margaret -----
Thomas Webster-Sarah Brewer
Sarah Webster-William Lane, Jr.
Joshua Lane-Bathsheba Robie
Anna Lane-Joseph Johnson, Jr.
Levi Johnson-Mercy Longfellow
Levi Johnson, Jr.-Elizabeth Lincoln
Elizabeth L. Johnson-Horatio N. Keene
Anna Evelyn Keene-Francis Woods Darling
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True
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Thomas and Margaret Webster, Sr.

Thomas Webster, Sr., resided with his wife Margaret (last name unknown) in Ormsby, Norfolk County, England, where he died in April 1634. His widow, Margaret Webster married William Godfrey, with whom she came to America, bringing with her a son, Thomas Webster, child of her first marriage.

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Thomas Webster

Husband:
Thomas Webster		Born: in Ormsby, Norfolk, England, 2 November 1631.
Died: in Hampton, NH 5 January 1715, age eighty-three years.
Parents: Thomas and Margaret Webster.
Wife:
Sarah Brewer		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: Place and date unknown, probably in Hampton, NH.
Father: Thomas Brewer.
Mother: Unknown.
Married: in Hampton, NH 2 November 1657.

Thomas came to America with his mother and her second husband and first lived in Watertown, MA with the early settlers. He moved with his wife and children and with other pioneers to Hampton, NH. Sarah, his wife, joined the church there 15 October 1699. He bought land in 1656 from William Cole, and was William Cole's sole legatee in 1662. Thomas served on the Grand Jury in 1683, 1693, and 1696.

Thomas and his wife Sarah (Brewer) Webster had nine children, all born in Hampton, NH:

  • Mary, b. 19 Dec. 1658; m. (1) William Swaine, son of William Swaine; m. (2) Joseph Emmons, son of Thomas Emmons.
  • Sarah, b. 22 Jan. 1661; m. William Lane, Jr., son of William Lane.
  • Hannah, b. 27 Dec. 1663; d. 1 Feb. 1664.
  • Thomas, b. 20 Jan. 1665; m. Sarah, maiden name unknown.
  • Ebenezer, b. 1 Aug. 1667; m. Hannah Judkins, daughter of Joel Judkins. Ebenezer's grandson, Ebenezer, married for his second wife, Abigail Eastman, and they were the parents of Daniel Webster.
  • Isaac, b. 12 April 1670; m. Mary Hutchkins.
  • John, b. 16 Feb. 1674; m. Abiah Shaw, daughter of Joseph Shaw.
  • Joshua, b. 8 Nov. 1676.
  • Abigail, b. 1 Jan. 1679; m. John Nay.
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Sarah Webster

Wife:
Sarah Webster		Born: in Hampton, NH, 22 January 1661.
Died: in Hampton, NH, 6 January 1745.
Father: Thomas Webster.
Mother: Sarah Brewer.
Husband:
William Lane, Jr.		Born: probably in Boston, MA, 1 October 1659.
Died: in Hampton, NH, 14 February 1749.
Father: William Lane.
Mother: Mary Brewer.
Married: in Hampton, NH, 21 June 1680.

Please see the entry on William Lane, Jr. for details of this family.

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The Webster Family Bibliography

Hoyt, David W., The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982, p. 342.

Noyes Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988, p. 731.

Sherman, Jeanette Johnson, Johnson-Mitchell Ancestry with Allied Families, 1967, p. 196. Book located in the Free Library, Belfast, ME and The Appleton Public Library, Appleton, ME.

Links to Sites of Interest

The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Home page for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS).
The Webster Family of Manchester New Hampshire
Home page for the Webster family of Manchester, New Hampshire, with some historical details about the family name.

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