HI List. Of course my Samuel Webb was born in Orange Co. Warwick,1833. Any bits of information on this person would be appreciated. Lyell >From: "Analytix: RobinC" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [NYORANGE] Webb >Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:25:04 -0400 > >At 02:03 AM 4/3/2007 -0400, you wrote: > >Festus Webb married Sarah Crain. Their Daughter Frances Emily was born > >1807, died 1889, married Isaiah Vail Mapes 1828 (1805-1880). > > > >Festus lived in the Town of Minisink before 1850. > > > >Does anyone have any more information on this family? > > > >Carol Van Buren > >Hello Carol: > Festus Webb is a bit of a mystery. I've never been able to >connect him specifically to the various Orange County Webbs...although he's >clearly connected somehow. > > Festus is mentioned once in Coulter's Records of the Ridgebury >Presbyterian Church (p.72). The brief passage says "Roswell Mead came from >New England, purchased the Festus Webb farm formerly the Richard Wood farm, >married a daughter of Rueben Cash...." A separate passage (p.73) says >that Richard Wood settled in the area (Minisink/Ridgebury presumably) some >time about 1778, and had a sawmill. Yet another passage, on page 70, gives >Richard Wood's 1813 location as "Mead District-northeast of Slate Hill and >west of Ridgebury-District 3." > > Festus is mentioned four times (each time as "Festus A. Webb") in >Early Wills of Orange County. He was a witness to the 1812 will of >Benjamin Gale of Goshen; he was named an executor in the April 1820 will of >Samuel Webb of Goshen (careful: there's also a November will of another >Samuel Webb of Wallkill); he was an executor (along with Andrew Webb) of >the 1824 will of William Crane of Goshen; and he was a witness to the 1828 >will of Daniel Fullerton of Minisink. (Incidentally, William Crane's will >says one of five Crane daughters was named "Sally Webb," so it is quite >possible either Festus or Andrew Webb was the husband of Sally and a >son-in-law of William Crane.) > > I hope this helps. Let me know if you discover where Festus fits >in the Webb family. > Robin > >------------------------------- >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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN is giving away a trip to Vegas to see Elton John.  Enter to win today. http://msnconcertcontest.com?icid-nceltontagline