In memory of Robert Webster, my Maternal 10th Great-Grandfather on the HARVEY branch.
Bibliography:
- Johnson, Stedman, and allied families; a genealogical study with biographical notes, by Mabel Johnson, 1920. [Read]
- Roll of members in the state of California, by Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, 1899, p. 31. [Link]
- Genealogical and biographical records of American families, representative citizens: Massachusetts, 1928. [Link]
- Genealogical and biographical records of American families, representative citizens: Massachusetts, 1928. [Link]
- History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster family of Connecticut, by William H. Webster [Link]
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Robert Webster
Lieutenant of the General Court
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Birth:
1619 Nov 17 (baptism)
Cossington, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England
Marriage:
1653 Nov 10
Connecticut
Death:
Burial:
1676
Hartford, Connecticut
Ancient Burying Ground
Hartford, Connecticut
Biography
Lieut. Robert Webster, Sr., was baptized on November 17, 1619, at Cossington, Charnwood Borough, Leicestershire, England. (According to one source, he was born in 1627?)
He came to New England with his father, who became Governor John Webster. Robert spent his early life in Hartford and in 1650 became a pioneer settler of Middletown, Connecticut, where in 1651 he was chosen as recorder. He returned to Hartford around 1662 and was among the first members of the Second Church. He was made freeman in 1669 and worked to arrange defenses for Hartford in 1675.
He married Susanna Treat and died in 1676 in Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 56 or 57. He was buried in the Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford on June 2, 1676.
Children
Robert Webster & Susanna Treat were the parents of my ancestor,
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