Webb is I gather like Webster a weaving name-occupational. So it could originate anywhere there was weaving and independently in many different areas. Maybe a case of when it was first used in any one area rather than when it arrived. Not the same as when did Sheringham or Massingham or Filby first appear in London for instance. Since weaving went on all over Norfolk-flax and linen production in North Runcton and other West Norfolk villages -your Webbs might have been in the area from the first time the family used a surname. Rosie On 01/07/2014 09:44, Pam Downes wrote: > The answer to question one is 'how long is a piece of string?' :) > Until you can check every known document in existencefor a reference to > Webbs then you will not know for definite. > What you can do is search sites/indexes such as Norfolk Transcription > Archive > http://www.doun.org/transcriptions/index.php > FreeREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > and FamilySearch - > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list#page=1&region=UNITED_KINGDOM_IRELAND > > Norfolk FHS also have online searching of their indexes available to > members. > http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/ > Membership's a bargain at a tenner a year. (Even cheaper if you sign up > for 10 years!) > > Someone might know the answers to questions 2 and 3. Or you might find > them yourself in your search. > > Pam > > > On 01/07/2014 09:00, Robert Webb wrote: >> hi >> 1. Does anyone know when the WEBB’s first arrived in Norfolk >> 2. Does anyone know when the WEBB’s first arrived in the Kings Lynn area >> 3. Does anyone have any connections to the WEBB families in the Kings Lynn area prior to 1770 or with James WEBB who married Anne Spooner 1795 and their son William born c 1803 >> Regards >> Robert Webb >> >> ------------------------------- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message