First Generation 1. Susannah TREAT was born in 1629 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She was christened on 8 OCT 1629 in Pitminster, Somersetshire, England. She signed a will in 1698. The Treat Family, by John Harvey Treat, A.M., The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893. p. 486. Mrs. Webster's will is preserved in the probate office, Hartford. It is sealed with a fine seal, in excellent preservation, displaying a crest composed of a pair of clasped hands and on them a bowman with bow and arrow. The seal is oval in shape and around the device is the motto: "I am sure in good daylight." She died in 1705 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Susannah TREAT and Lt. Robert BARNES were married before 1652. Susannah TREAT and Robert WEBSTER were married on 10 NOV 1653 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Robert WEBSTER (son of Gov. John WEBSTER and Agnes SMITH) was born on 17 NOV 1619 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. He was christened on 8 DEC 1619 in Cossington, Leicestershire, England. He signed a will on 20 MAY 1676 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut. By William Holcomb Webster & Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, D.D. 1st Edition, Published by Endless Genealogies, St. Paul, printed by: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1915, p. 25. Whereas, I, Robert Webster of Hartford, am at present under the holy hand of God and brought very weake by sickness, yet, not, through mercy, destitute of my understanding, doe see cause to set my house in order, and doe declare this to be my will and testament as followeth - first I commend my soule to God in Jesus Christ, hoping for the pardon of all my sins through the meritts of Jesus Christ my saviour, and my Body to the earth, hoping for a glorious resurrection. And for that estate which God hath blessed me with all I give and bequeath it as followeth; after my just debts are honestly pay'e out of my estate. The remainder of my estate I give unto my dear and well beloved wife, Susannah Webster during her widowhood, not doubting but she will have a tender care of our children and will help them as she is able. But if my wife change her name then I give her but one third part of my aforesay'e estate. the remainder being to bee equally divided amongst my children excepting my eldest a double portion and if any of my children dye before they come at age, that is to say my sonns at the age of twenty-one years and my daughters eighteen years of age, my will is that it be equally divided amongst those that shall survive, also I desire my wife to be careful in bringing up our children in the knowledge and feare of the God of their fathers, and that they serve him with willing heart and minde, that he may bee with them and bless them, when I am gathered to my fathers. I do also appoynt my loving wife to be sole executrix to this my last will and that she may have some refuge to repayre unto for council as any occasion may call for either about my estate or dispose of my children; I doe desire my loving Friend Joh Coale Sen'r and Andrew Benton Sen'r and John Blackleach of Hartford to be overseers of this my will and testament and for confirmation of the same I hereunto set my hand and Seale. Robert Webster and a Seale. This 20th day of May 1676 Testes: Thomas Steadman Phineas Wilson He died on 31 MAY 1676 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He was buried on 2 JUN 1676 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. The Treat Family, by John Harvey Treat, A.M., The Salem Press Publishing & Printing Company, Salem, Massachusetts, 1893. p. 486. After the organization of he town of Middletown, in 1651, or 1652, he was chosen recorder, Feb. 26, 1654. In 1672, he received a grant of three hundred acres of land for services in the war, having been made a lieutenant by the General Court in April, 1654. He was a deputy nine times, from 1653 - 1662. About 1660, he returned to Hartford. Was chosen townsman in 1664; list and rate maker in 1668. Genealogies of Hadley Families, Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby, Compiled Sylvester Judd, published in 1905. p. 150. Resided in Middletown and Hartford, Ct. History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume IV, Genealogies J-Z by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960. Member of General Court. History and Genealogy of the Calno Uzziah Webster, Sr. Family of Fisher Polk County, Minnesota, by Loraine Adams Kleinwachter, San Clemente, CA, published by Gateway Printer, Whitther, CA, 1969. p. XVI Settled in Middletown, Conn., and when the Town Government was organized he was chosen Recorder. He represented Middletown in the General Court from Sept. 1653 to May 1655; from Nay to Oct. 1656; in Oct. 1657; and Oct. 1658. He was confirmed as Lieutenant in Middletown for a year on May 18, 1654; was appointed as a member of the Committee for Middletown to press men and necessities for the Narragansett Expedition on Oct. 3, 1654; on a General Court called by the Governor Feb 1656, he was Deputy and was appointed on a committee to give advice to the Indians and was confirmed as Recorder of the Towne of Middletown, according to their desire. History & Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut. By William Holcomb Webster & Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, D.D. 1st Edition, Published by Endless Genealogies, St. Paul, printed by: E. R. Andrews Printing Co., Rochester, N. Y. 1915, p. 24. During his Hartford residence his name appears in the following important relations. 1662-3: January 25, Robert Webster was one of a jury who tried and convicted Nathaniel and Rebecca Greensmith, and they were executed. 1669: February 12, the Second Church of Hartford was set off as a distinct organization from the original First Church, and in a list of fifteen brethren in full communion appears the name of Robert Webster. 1669: In a list of freemen "on ye South side of Hartford," dated October, 1669, appears the name of Robert Webster. 1672: May 9. the Court of Elections of Hartford granted to "Leiftenant" Robert Webster 300 acres of land, provided he took it up where it would not prejudice an former grant. 1673: In October the General Court sitting in Hartford ordered a survey of lands at Mattatock on the Mallatock (Naugauck) River, and appointed as a Committee, Lieut. Thomas Bull, Lieut. Robert Webster, and Daniel Pratt. 1674: April 6,7,8,9, was the date of a report from the above Committee on the result of their survey, and among other things stated that the place "may accommodate thirty families." The Court afterwards appointed Maj. John Talcott, Lieut. Robert Webster, Lieut. Nicholas Olmstead, Ensign Samuel Steele, Ensign John Wadsworth, a Committee to regulate and order setting off a plantation at Mattactuck. "This Committee," says a local historian (Waterbury, by Bronson, 1858) "was composed of men of note, who bore honorable names well known in the history of the Colony." Of Lieut. Webster he says, "he was a respectable man though not distinguished like his father. His son Jonathan in a sister of John Hopkins, an early settler of Mattatuck." (Waterbury.) 1675: October 11, at a meeting of the Council "leiftenant" Robert Webster was appointed on Committee to arrange certain defences of the Towne. The last-named date suggests King Philip's war. June 20 of that year the Indians had attacked Swanzey; Aug. 2, Brookfield; Aug. 25, Hatfield; Sep. 1, Deerfield and Hadley; Sep. 2, Northfield; Sep. 4, Capt. Beers at Bloody Brook; Oct. 5, Springfield. Clearly the savages were drawing near to Hartford, and Oct. 11, as shown in the above paragraph, Lieut. Robert Webster and others were appointed a Committee of Safety. How far he was drawn into the conflict is not easily determined now, but Savage says he was "on service in the war of 1675." This is further shown by the fact that on the 22d of may, 1712, at a meeting of the Governor and Council at Hartford, the payment of certain sums to soldiers whose accounts had not previously been settled on account of uncertainty as to length of service, was ordered and among them, "To Robert Webster of Hartford, 2 pounds, 13 shillings, and 6 pence." Susannah TREAT and Robert WEBSTER had the following children: +2 i. John WEBSTER (born on 10 NOV 1653). +3 ii. Sarah WEBSTER (born on 30 JUN 1655). +4 iii. Dea. Jonathan WEBSTER (born on 9 JAN 1657). +5 iv. Susannah WEBSTER (born on 26 OCT 1658). +6 v. Joseph WEBSTER (born in 1665). +7 vi. Samuel WEBSTER (born on 14 DEC 1668). +8 vii. Robert WEBSTER (born on 1 MAY 1670). 9 viii. Benjamin WEBSTER was baptized on 1 MAY 1670 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He was born in 1670 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. +10 ix. Ensign William WEBSTER (born in 1671). +11 x. Mary WEBSTER (born in 1672). +12 xi. Elizabeth WEBSTER (born in 1673).