----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Tonks" <normat@westnet.com.au> To: <webb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [WEBB] WEBB surname origin > The name Webb reached England in the great wave of migration following the > Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Webb is for a weaver which was in turn > derived from the Old English word "webbe," meaning "a woven cloth," and > was > used to indicate someone employed in making such fabric. > > Spelling variations include: Webb, Webbe and others. > > First found in Wiltshire where they held a family seat anciently from > about > the time of the Norman Conquest. > > Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: > > Richard Webb, who settled in Brigus, Newfoundland, in 1677; > > William Webb, who was a fisherman in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, in 1735; > > Richard Webb who settled in Boston Mass. in 1630 with his wife Elizabeth. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phoenix" <phoenix@nova1.net> > To: <webb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:25 PM > Subject: [WEBB] WEBB surname origin > > >> Can anyone tell me the various countries from where WEBB, or a variation >> thereof, originated? >> >> My grandmother was of "Roma" influence ('gypsies' of Czech, Romanians, >> etc) >> but her mother's maiden name was WEBB and her father's was JONES. >> Neither >> sound like likely candidates for her case. Should I be looking at her as >> possibly adopted? >> >> Any info or help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Michelle >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WEBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WEBB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/492 - Release Date: > 10/23/2006 > >