FIRST GENERATION 1. Benajah WEBSTER was born on 25 Dec 1713 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. He died in 1751 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. He Will - Dated on 14 May 1751 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. He Will - Invent. on 3 Jun 1751 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. He was married to Eunice STRONG (daughter of Josiah STRONG and Joanna GILLETT) on 26 Sep 1739 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Eunice STRONG was born on 19 Nov 1711. She died on 27 Nov 1750. Benajah WEBSTER and Eunice STRONG had the following children: 2 i. Benajah WEBSTER was born on 2 Oct 1740 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. 3 ii. Cloe WEBSTER was born on 11 Apr 1742 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. 4 iii. Eunice WEBSTER was born on 15 Aug 1743 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. 5 iv. Samuel WEBSTER was born on 21 Feb 1744/45 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. 6 v. Cyrenus WEBSTER was born on 18 Jun 1747 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. 7 vi. Justus WEBSTER was born on 16 Dec 1747/48 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. +8 vii. Abdial WEBSTER (born on 3 Jan 1749/50). SECOND GENERATION 8. Abdial WEBSTER (Benajah-1) was born on 3 Jan 1749/50 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. He died on 22 Mar 1820 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Hubbardston, Rutland, Vermont. Vermont Families in 1791, Edited by Scott A. Bartley, Genealogical Society of Vermont, Special Publication Number 1, Picton Press, Camden, Maine. p. 181. Abdial moved to Hubbardton in 1775, one of the first settlers. Only nine families constituted the whole town in 1777 at the Battle of Hubbardton. All of the settlers fled before th oncoming English and Indians and returned in 1780 (Webster, 145). The town records of Castleton in 1790 certify that "Abdiel Webster has and Still stands Connected with the first Society in Poultney known by the name of the First _____ Congregational toward the support of the Pastor of sd Church which is ______ amer Hobberd .... (LDS #0028107, Castleton, TR). Abdial was listed in the 1791 and 1810 census at Hubbardton, but no male members were enumerated in 1791. He was married to Martha CHURCHILL (daughter of Samuel CHURCHILL and Thankful HEWITT). Martha CHURCHILL was born on 14 Jan 1747 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts. She died on 6 Feb 1828 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. She was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Hubbardston, Rutland, Vermont. Abdial WEBSTER and Martha CHURCHILL had the following children: 9 i. Samuel WEBSTER was born in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. +10 ii. Benajah WEBSTER (born about 1774). +11 iii. Persis WEBSTER. THIRD GENERATION 10. Benajah WEBSTER (Abdial-2, Benajah-1) was born about 1774 in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. He died on 12 Sep 1838 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. He was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Hubbardston, Rutland, Vermont. He was married to Betsey BRUSH (daughter of Josiah BRUSH and Elizabeth HATHAWAY) about 1799 in Castelton, Rutland, Vermont. Betsey BRUSH was born on 28 Nov 1779 in Castelton, Rutland, Vermont. She died on 22 Mar 1866 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. She was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Hubbardston, Rutland, Vermont. Benajah WEBSTER and Betsey BRUSH had the following children: 12 i. Anne WEBSTER was born about 1800 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 13 ii. Levi WEBSTER was born on 3 Apr 1802 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 14 iii. Sabrina WEBSTER was born on 16 May 1807 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. She died on 29 Apr 1890 in Sudbury, Rutland, Vermont. She was buried in Wallace Cemetery, Sudbury, Rutland, Vermont. 15 iv. Wealthy WEBSTER was born about 1808 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 16 v. Lyman WEBSTER was born on 20 Apr 1809 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 17 vi. Epenetus WEBSTER was born about 1812 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 18 vii. Andrew Jackson WEBSTER was born on 14 Aug 1816 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 19 viii. Luthera WEBSTER was born about 1818 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 20 ix. Martin J. WEBSTER was born in May 1820 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 21 x. Clarinda (Clara) WEBSTER was born about 1822 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 22 xi. Sarah WEBSTER was born on 12 Dec 1824 in Hubbardton, Rutland, Vermont. 11. Persis WEBSTER (Abdial-2, Benajah-1) died on 18 Apr 1852. She was born in Coventry, Windsor, Connecticut. She was married to Stephen HURLBURT. Stephen HURLBURT died on 17 Sep 1850. Persis WEBSTER and Stephen HURLBURT had the following children: 23 i. Elizabeth HURLBURT was born on 4 Dec 1797. 24 ii. Esther HURLBURT was born about 1801. 25 iii. Charlotte HURLBURT was born about 1804. 26 iv. Persis HURLBURT was born about 1806. 27 v. Stephen HURLBURT was born about 1808. 28 vi. Harry HURLBURT was born on 5 Aug 1810.