Were the Scott Co. Va. Webb's around a place called Big Moccasin Gap in Scott Co.? There was a Webb in this line that was born in Stokes Co. NC abt. 1820-1840. They were also in Scott Co. Va. & Letcher Co. Kentucky. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dwebbe" <dwebbe@eohio.net> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [WEBB] My Webb Line/Additions and Corrections Appreciated. > Ann, > Thank you so much for making it a point that documentation is of great > importance when making claims to Webb lineage's! > That's why my Webb line only goes back to a John Webb of VA.and we can > only give him an estimated time of birth because we don't know! > DNA is in for this Webb line and we have connections to Buckingham & Scott > Co.VA.plus Monroe,Pike and Floyd Co.KY. > Diane aka Diana Webb Evans > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <AWNRDC@aol.com> > To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:35 PM > Subject: Re: [WEBB] My Webb Line/Additions and Corrections Appreciated. > > >> >> I will again call for any hard documentation that makes the connection >> indisputably to William Micajah Webb or from him to Alexander. So far >> the most >> anyone has offered me is an undocumented website, or a book written in >> the >> 1800s "from an unpublished manuscript" or "a Bible so-and-so allowed me >> to look >> at" but "unfortunately so-and-so is now dead and I don't know where the >> Bible >> is now" or some other unverifiable "source." Now I'd like to claim >> kinship >> with William Shakespeare or nobility just as much as the next person, >> but I >> don't want to do it on the basis of "legend," particularly when there >> is so >> much evidence that the "legend" is false. >> >> Based on discussions with WEBB genealogy experts, Alexander Webb >> apparently >> did NOT "come to America with his four sons: John, Richard, Christopher, >> and >> 'some say William, some say Micajah'" Alexander apparently died in >> England. >> DNA has shown that Christopher isn't related to many of the WEBBs in the >> USA, and John and Richard don't seem to be related to one another >> either. As to >> "maybe William, maybe Micajah" I have seen a nice story about him, but >> one >> without any documentation. This is something I also long to see, >> especially >> since my own line is tied to Isle of Wight, VA by DNA. >> >> I'm not qualified to question anything from William Micajah down to >> Samuel >> Webb who died in 1827, although I will say that I do not find all the >> links in >> that --as outlined in Linkage by Jo Smith Webb to be completely >> compelling. >> Admittedly, I could be lacking some of the evidence. I do have one >> burning >> question however -- well two -- regarding the early GA John & Rachel >> Giles >> Webb -- Samuel Webb issue. >> 1. In LINKAGE, Jo Smith Webb shows that the drawers for the 1805 >> lottery >> include "Sam'l Webb's orphans" Who are they, pray tell? >> 2. Then there is the matter of a Samuel Webb will dated I think it was >> 1801 >> claimed as the will of the Samuel Webb who died in 1827. Long time to >> go >> without making a will. Even more curious, if memory serves me, that the >> will >> named a daughter whose birthdate, according to LINKAGE, was after the >> will was >> written. >> >> These two things make me wonder if two generations haven't been >> conflated. >> >> And I certainly don't know whether the links from Alexander back to Sir >> Henry are accurate or not. >> >> Now don't get me wrong. I don't KNOW that this is all in error. I'm >> saying >> I cannot accept these things with out seeing the evidence. I also >> realize >> that some of the evidence may have been lost or destroyed over time and >> the >> assertions are perfectly accurate. I welcome anyone who can give real >> documentation of any of this stuff I have questioned. >> >> I am just leery of claiming an ancestry I can't prove. Which is why my >> own >> WEBB lineage stops with the birth of Elias Webb c. 1785 in NC or GA and >> has >> only a dotted theoretical line back to NC and before that to Isle of >> Wight, VA. >> >> My grandmother Webb (nee Witcher) always told me that the famous Texas >> historian Walter Prescott Webb was a cousin. When I started serious >> research into >> the WEBB line, I was shocked to find I could find no connection. That >> doesn't mean my beloved "Momo" was incorrect, it means that any >> definitive >> connection she might have known about, or her mother might have known >> about (since >> she was the one who said so originally as I understand it), was never >> recorded. And thus goes genealogy --- knowledge that hasn't been >> recorded anywhere. >> Which means this may all be right, but what can we PROVE? >> >> Anne >> >> In a message dated 5/23/2006 2:49:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> Francesdaniell36@wmconnect.com writes: >> >> Listed below, starting with my grandfather: >>> >>> Charles Linder Webb 1874 - 1942 m 2nd Minnie Bell Thomas 1888 - 1969 >>> William Green Webb 1846 - 1916 m. Mary Frances "Mollie" Harrison 1849 - >> 1912 >>> William A. Webb 1818 -1864 m. Elizabeth Martin b. 1825 >>> Giles Webb d. 1833 m. Holland Askew d. 1861 >>> Samuel Webb 1764 -1827 - m. Martha Tabitha Driver 1765 - ca 1827 >>> John Webb 1737 -1798 m. Rachel Giles 1744 - 1825 >>> Isaac Webb 1709 - 1760 m. Frances Barber ca 1720 - 1782 >>> Giles Webb 1677 - 1732 m. Elizabeth Spann >>> John William Webb 1649 - 1694 m. Mary Samford or Sanford b. 1650 >>> Giles Webb 1620 - 1692 m. Judith Bland 1623 - 1673 >>> Richard Webb 1603 m. >>> William Micajah Webb 1582 m. >>> Alexander Webb, Jr. 1559 m. Mary Wilson b. 1561 >>> Alexander Webb, Sr.1534 - 1573 m. Margaret Arden >>> Henry Alexander Webb 1510 m. Grace Arden >>> John Alexander Webb ca. 1471 m. >>> John Webb 1450 m. >>> William Webb ca 1425 m. Joan Stone >>> John Webb 1405 m. >>> Geoffrey Webb 1372 m. >>> Sir Henry Webb b. ca 1350 m. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== >> <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> >> To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >> Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > >> To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages >> To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >> >> >> > > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> > To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to > your list website and post your web links and family pages > To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >

Hi! Can you share the name of this Webb that was in Stokes Co.N.C.? Thank you Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "gen42" <gen42@comcast.net> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:40 AM Subject: Re: [WEBB] My Webb Line/Additions and Corrections Appreciated. > Were the Scott Co. Va. Webb's around a place called Big Moccasin Gap in > Scott Co.? There > was a Webb in this line that was born in Stokes Co. NC abt. 1820-1840. > They were also in Scott Co. Va. & Letcher Co. Kentucky. > Thanks. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dwebbe" <dwebbe@eohio.net> > To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 8:03 PM > Subject: Re: [WEBB] My Webb Line/Additions and Corrections Appreciated. > > >> Ann, >> Thank you so much for making it a point that documentation is of great >> importance when making claims to Webb lineage's! >> That's why my Webb line only goes back to a John Webb of VA.and we can >> only give him an estimated time of birth because we don't know! >> DNA is in for this Webb line and we have connections to Buckingham & >> Scott >> Co.VA.plus Monroe,Pike and Floyd Co.KY. >> Diane aka Diana Webb Evans >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <AWNRDC@aol.com> >> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 4:35 PM >> Subject: Re: [WEBB] My Webb Line/Additions and Corrections Appreciated. >> >> >>> >>> I will again call for any hard documentation that makes the connection >>> indisputably to William Micajah Webb or from him to Alexander. So far >>> the most >>> anyone has offered me is an undocumented website, or a book written in >>> the >>> 1800s "from an unpublished manuscript" or "a Bible so-and-so allowed me >>> to look >>> at" but "unfortunately so-and-so is now dead and I don't know where the >>> Bible >>> is now" or some other unverifiable "source." Now I'd like to claim >>> kinship >>> with William Shakespeare or nobility just as much as the next person, >>> but I >>> don't want to do it on the basis of "legend," particularly when there >>> is so >>> much evidence that the "legend" is false. >>> >>> Based on discussions with WEBB genealogy experts, Alexander Webb >>> apparently >>> did NOT "come to America with his four sons: John, Richard, Christopher, >>> and >>> 'some say William, some say Micajah'" Alexander apparently died in >>> England. >>> DNA has shown that Christopher isn't related to many of the WEBBs in >>> the >>> USA, and John and Richard don't seem to be related to one another >>> either. As to >>> "maybe William, maybe Micajah" I have seen a nice story about him, but >>> one >>> without any documentation. This is something I also long to see, >>> especially >>> since my own line is tied to Isle of Wight, VA by DNA. >>> >>> I'm not qualified to question anything from William Micajah down to >>> Samuel >>> Webb who died in 1827, although I will say that I do not find all the >>> links in >>> that --as outlined in Linkage by Jo Smith Webb to be completely >>> compelling. >>> Admittedly, I could be lacking some of the evidence. I do have one >>> burning >>> question however -- well two -- regarding the early GA John & Rachel >>> Giles >>> Webb -- Samuel Webb issue. >>> 1. In LINKAGE, Jo Smith Webb shows that the drawers for the 1805 >>> lottery >>> include "Sam'l Webb's orphans" Who are they, pray tell? >>> 2. Then there is the matter of a Samuel Webb will dated I think it was >>> 1801 >>> claimed as the will of the Samuel Webb who died in 1827. Long time to >>> go >>> without making a will. Even more curious, if memory serves me, that >>> the >>> will >>> named a daughter whose birthdate, according to LINKAGE, was after the >>> will was >>> written. >>> >>> These two things make me wonder if two generations haven't been >>> conflated. >>> >>> And I certainly don't know whether the links from Alexander back to Sir >>> Henry are accurate or not. >>> >>> Now don't get me wrong. I don't KNOW that this is all in error. I'm >>> saying >>> I cannot accept these things with out seeing the evidence. I also >>> realize >>> that some of the evidence may have been lost or destroyed over time and >>> the >>> assertions are perfectly accurate. I welcome anyone who can give real >>> documentation of any of this stuff I have questioned. >>> >>> I am just leery of claiming an ancestry I can't prove. Which is why my >>> own >>> WEBB lineage stops with the birth of Elias Webb c. 1785 in NC or GA and >>> has >>> only a dotted theoretical line back to NC and before that to Isle of >>> Wight, VA. >>> >>> My grandmother Webb (nee Witcher) always told me that the famous Texas >>> historian Walter Prescott Webb was a cousin. When I started serious >>> research into >>> the WEBB line, I was shocked to find I could find no connection. That >>> doesn't mean my beloved "Momo" was incorrect, it means that any >>> definitive >>> connection she might have known about, or her mother might have known >>> about (since >>> she was the one who said so originally as I understand it), was never >>> recorded. And thus goes genealogy --- knowledge that hasn't been >>> recorded anywhere. >>> Which means this may all be right, but what can we PROVE? >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> In a message dated 5/23/2006 2:49:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>> Francesdaniell36@wmconnect.com writes: >>> >>> Listed below, starting with my grandfather: >>>> >>>> Charles Linder Webb 1874 - 1942 m 2nd Minnie Bell Thomas 1888 - 1969 >>>> William Green Webb 1846 - 1916 m. Mary Frances "Mollie" Harrison >>>> 1849 - >>> 1912 >>>> William A. Webb 1818 -1864 m. Elizabeth Martin b. 1825 >>>> Giles Webb d. 1833 m. Holland Askew d. 1861 >>>> Samuel Webb 1764 -1827 - m. Martha Tabitha Driver 1765 - ca 1827 >>>> John Webb 1737 -1798 m. Rachel Giles 1744 - 1825 >>>> Isaac Webb 1709 - 1760 m. Frances Barber ca 1720 - 1782 >>>> Giles Webb 1677 - 1732 m. Elizabeth Spann >>>> John William Webb 1649 - 1694 m. Mary Samford or Sanford b. 1650 >>>> Giles Webb 1620 - 1692 m. Judith Bland 1623 - 1673 >>>> Richard Webb 1603 m. >>>> William Micajah Webb 1582 m. >>>> Alexander Webb, Jr. 1559 m. Mary Wilson b. 1561 >>>> Alexander Webb, Sr.1534 - 1573 m. Margaret Arden >>>> Henry Alexander Webb 1510 m. Grace Arden >>>> John Alexander Webb ca. 1471 m. >>>> John Webb 1450 m. >>>> William Webb ca 1425 m. Joan Stone >>>> John Webb 1405 m. >>>> Geoffrey Webb 1372 m. >>>> Sir Henry Webb b. ca 1350 m. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== >>> <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> >>> To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >>> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >>> Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > >>> To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages >>> To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== >> <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> >> To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >> Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to >> your list website and post your web links and family pages >> To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb >> > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > <<Webb Genealogy; History and Family Traditions >> > To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html > Use < http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/w/e/WEBB/ > To connect to > your list website and post your web links and family pages > To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb > > >