Anna, I am having trouble finding my Webb lines before Henry Webb Sr. This Henry b.abt 1783 married Catherine Harrold b. N.C., in Patrick Co., Va in 1812. They ended up in DeWitt Co.,Il in the very early 1840's. With them came three sons: Cuthbert b. 1816, William b.1819 and Henry Jr. (my line) b.1820 all in Va. I believe there was another son who may have died before getting to Illinois. Henry Jr. married Mary Ann Lash b.1825 Ohio on 22 Feb 1844 in DeWitt Co.,Il. Their children were: dau. Eliza b. 1845, son Isaac Newton b. 21 Sep 1847 d. 3 Dec 1910 (my line), son Hiram b. 4 Apr 1949, dau Elizabeth C. b. 13 May 1851, dau Frances A b. 1853 and son John Henry b. 30 Sep 1858. Mary Ann died giving birth to John Henry. Henry Jr married two more times having another child Barbara by his third wife. Have you or any others heard of these Webb lines? Any help would be appreciated. Nikki Webb-Prater You wrote: > >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1800s "from an unpublished manuscript" or "a Bible so-and-so allowed me to look 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 ==== >> >To change list modes, leave, or contact list admin >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/webb.html >Use >To connect to your list website and post your web links and family pages >To Webb notes see http://www.wvi.com/~wb