Anyone have any Georgia Webb's (Benjamin G. Webb Line) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amelia" <amelia@olypen.com> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [WEBB] MY Webb ancestors - MA 1710?, ME 1730, ... > > >Dan M wrote: > > > May be we can have a new twist for a while > > > Rather that doing genealogy, how about genealogical stories about ( > > your own) family traditions , the people; who they were , what they did, > > what were they noted for in History and who were the Pioneers that > > traveled from where to where. > > Hehehehe... I don't know about this... aren't WEBBs a bunch of > story-tellers?? <wink> > Well, Ian already gave a nice thumbnail sketch of his line of the > family. Let me see if I can do my branch the same justice... > > 1. Samuel WEBB (c1665/70-1708) Started off in England (London area?), was > a slave trader to Africa and back. "In the service under the reign of > Queen Anne, lost at sea 1708," according to Gen. Fam. Hist. ME; according > to family accounts, he and a brother (name??) were the only two members of > the family to survive the London Plague of 1666. He is said to have > finally died after being poisoned by an African tribal chief. His > great-grandson, Seth Webb, wrote quite an account of this. He married > Margaret ____. Had 3 (maybe 5?) children. > > 2. Samuel Adams WEBB (1696-1785) b. in Redrift, Rotherhithe, London, > England. Orphaned, apprenticed to a blacksmith (father of 1st > wife--McIntyre); ran away to America in 1713; ar. Tiverton, RI; rem. > Weymouth, Windham, Deer Isle. He was a young boy and present on the ship > when his father died. He and 7 others were charged with getting the large > ship back to England from Africa. Occupation: blacksmith, > schoolmaster. Lived in Windham, NH, and Gorham, ME. d. 15 Feb 1785 Deer > Isle, ME. 1m. Mary McINTYRE 1713/8; 2m. Susanna RANDALL 1721 Hingham, MA; > 3m. Bethiah FARROW 1726 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. He had 3 children with his > 2nd wife; 12 children with his 3rd wife. > > 3. John WEBB (1730-1766) b. in Maine. (Maybe b. 1731 Tiverton, RI; d. > 1827 Westbrook, ME.) res. Falmouth (now Westbrook), lived at Pride's > Bridge; soldier at Windham in 1747. Occupation: tailor. He married > Elizabeth LARRABEE in 1753. He had 7 (maybe 9?) children. > > 4. John WEBB, Jr. (1754-1846) b. Westbrook, Cumberland Co., > ME. d. Westbrook, ME. m. Sarah LEIGHTON in 1777. They had 10 > children. I don't have very much information on him. > > 5. Seth WEBB (1783/6-1858) b. Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME. r. Westbrook, > Lowell, Springfield, and Prentiss, ME. He married Mary BUZZELL. They had > 2 children. > > 6. Samuel Dr. Brackett WEBB (1816-1895) b. Westbrook, Cumberland Co., > ME. Middle name of "Dr. Brackett" is to have been after the doctor that > delivered him. Occupation: Farmer. d. Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. He > married Maria E. JUDKINS in 1846 at Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. They had > 11 children. > > 7. Norman Alexander WEBB (1852-1919) b. Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. d. > Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. 1m. Mabel R. DAGETT in 1872 at Penobscot Co., > ME (listed as a "Civil" marriage; no specific date recorded). Mabel and > 3(?) children were to have died in ME from tuberculosis. The Dr. advised > him to get out and live in the open for his health. Dr. said he would not > live unless he did. With his gun and bedroll, he took off and walked all > the way from Prentiss, ME to Carson City, NV in perfect health. He had his > sister Mary come to Carson City when she lost her husband. She died there > shortly after. Norman left Carson City and travelled up into Idaho where > "Gold" had been found in Silver City, Idaho City, and other places. He > travelled these busy places with a buckboard, called a "Yankee Notions > Wagon", selling about everything folks might want. He had a lot of > glamorous experiences as well as dangerous ones. He was working the area > between Silver City, ID and Boise when Silver City was at its peak, a > population of approximately 10,000 people. He owned a house in Silver City > (although the land belonged to the mining companies), which was later > handed down through the family. He also lived in Chestnut Valley (near his > brother Nathaniel). 2m. Gertrude Angelica HATHAWAY on 4 Nov 1872 in > Bozeman, Gallatin Co., MT. Norman & Gertrude had 2 sons. He and his > brothers homesteaded an area in Western Montana near the town of Cascade, > known as the "Bird Tail". Today, the ranch is still owned by family, and > each field is named after a different sibling (Norman, Nathaniel, Samuel, > etc.). > > 8. Samuel Alexander WEBB (1889-1965) b. St. Peters, Cascade Co., MT. d. > Boise, Ada Co., ID. His parents sent both he and his brother "back East" > to business school (and supposedly to find Caucasian wives). He and his > brother met and married 2 sisters. They even had a double wedding. They > then brought their new wives back to Montana. He owned and operated Webb's > Commisary/Webb's Market, produced and sold whiskey (or gin?) during > Prohibition, owned and operated a fox farm (bef 1930), etc. He has been > described as a "born tease". This did not mesh well with his wife's > (Mary's) stern demeanor. He enjoyed the occasional cigar, and today would > probably be termed a "binge drinker". He had many Swiss fishing friends in > Boise Valley, and enjoyed their culture. 1m. Mary Maria SHUTTS in 1912 at > Camden (or Felton?), Kent Co., DE. Divorced. 2m. Agnes Schweiser SAUER > c1928?. Divorced. 3m. [remarried] Mary Maria SHUTTS WEBB. Sam & Mary had > 3 children; Sam and Agnes had 1 daughter. Sam actually owned a couple of > different stores over the years, both in Montana and Idaho -- a couple of > which were lost in fires. The last one, Webb's Commissary (later "Webb's > Market"; now "McFadden's"), is still run by his younger daughter in > Meridian (outside of Boise). At one time, he owned that entire city block, > and rented out the space (for the bank, the saddle shop, etc.). Evidently, > before Sam divorced Mary and "ran off" with Agnes (who was only about 18 at > the time; meanwhile, his elder daughter was about 15), Sam offered to Mary > that they go back up to the family ranch in Montana and start over > again. Mary said "no." Story has it that she wouldn't let him divorce > her, either. He finally threatened to go so far as to go to Mexico to get > the divorce. Agnes is said to have "driven Sam to drink" and "took him for > all he was worth" (no one is bitter here, right??). Sam and Agnes divorced > and Sam came back to Mary. She agreed to take him back, but with the > condition that she was going to make him miserable for the rest of his > life. He agreed to those terms. He continued to send financial help for > his daughter with Agnes, and she (his daughter) completed medical school, > and became a doctor. > > MY GRANDMOTHER: > 9. Gertrude Amelia WEBB (1913-) b. Meridian, Ada Co., ID. m. Edward > Walton PEER 1936 Boise, Ada Co., ID. They had 2 children. She was a > School Teacher for 40+ years, and had graduated from the Albion Normal > School, Albion, ID in the early 1930s. She has held many other positions > between school years, after "retirement", etc. She was the Deputy Auditor > at Owyhee Co. Courthouse 1943-48(?). She helped her father sell alcohol in > Boise Valley during Prohibition. She is supposed to have met her future > husband, Ed, while selling alcohol outside a dance. The police drove up as > Ed was just arriving at the dance. Gertrude gave him a bottle and told him > to leave. Turns out, he was the grandson of the Justice of the > Peace!! She says she still never found out what he did with that > bottle. As a school teacher, she taught in many country schools in > Idaho. Some schools were so remote that part of her contract included > importing one or two children to the school to keep the minimum enrollment > requirements. She would "borrow" a kid from a family for a school year at > a time. Many times, that one year of schooling would be all that child > would have been afforded. Those country schools would sometimes have all > the grades together in one classroom. She and Ed saved up and bought 80 > acres in Owyhee Co., Idaho. In Owyhee Co., Ed would catch wild mustangs > and train them for the US Cavalry. They later moved to Orofino, Clearwater > Co., ID where she taught school for a number of years, until her > retirement. There, Ed was a log truck driver, etc. Since then she has > been an Information Guide at State parks, processed heat assistance > applications for low-income families, etc. Still hanging on the wall in > her living room is a scenic picture that she painted herself of the Bird > Tail Rock on the family ranch in Montana. She plays the piano, loves to > sing, and plays a mean game of pinochle. She gave up the fight against the > raccoons to save her chickens -- she now has grapes growing in what used to > be the chickens' pen, and she now feeds the raccoons dry dog food. She > still has to chase the deer away from eating her laundry off the clothes > line outside. :) > > Well, I know I ended up leaving out a LOT of information, but there's only > so much you want to hear, right?? Thanks for listening to me ramble. > > Take care! > -- Amelia > Searching: Andrews, Annable, Antebus / Antrobus, Apuke / Pooke, Arnold, > Ayers, Baldwin, Batchelder, Bates, Beamond / Beaumond, Becker, Bond, > Boreman, Bowes, Bradford, Bruch, Bull, Burger, Burnham, Buzzell, Carter, > Champney, Chesley, Clements, Cooke, Corbman, Cox, Cromwell, Dearborn, > Derell, Diamond, Dormer, Downham, Du, Duxford, Eames, Eastow, Farmington / > Fremingham, Farrow, Felt, Firmin, Fiske, Flagg, Flanders, Furbish, Gershom, > Gould, Grante, Green, Grey, Gunnison, Hall, Hankin/s, Haring, Harnish, > Hathaway, Hilliard, Hilton, Hobbs, Holbrook/e, Hooftman, Hunt, Huntress, > Hussey, Huyett / Hujet, Ingersol, James, Jennings, Judkins, Katherine, > Keller, Kendall, Kinge, Knighton, Knode, Knopp / Knapp, Knowlton, Langley, > Larrabee, Lawrence, LeClerc, Leete, Leffingwell, Leighton, Lovering, Low, > Lunt, Marrian, Marston, Maynard, Mercer / LeMercier, Moulton, Murfyn, > Neumann, Nute / Knott, Nutter, Offing, Ower, Page, Parkhurst, Perriman, > Philbrick, Philbrook, Pierce, Pigot, Pitts, Potter, Powys, Pray, Pride, > Reade, Rementer, Richardson, Roberts, Rupp / Rub, Sanborn, Shutts, Silsby, > Silverside, Smith, Taylor, Templeton, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Tuck, Tuttle, > Valliance, Ward, Warren, Webb, Weeks, Welles, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, > Wood, Wright, Wurtz, etc. > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > To change list modes or leave 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 contact list owner <WEBB-admin@rootsweb.com >or post a complaint > To read Webb lines http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/WebbPlace.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Here is my line up of my Webb's. All scattered about.... 1. John Webb - b. VA. 2. Pleasant Webb - b. VA 3. Benjamin Webb - b. VA ends in GA marries Nancy Goss (i think this is why the G is in Benjamins name) Back then they used to do it like this Benjamin Goss-Webb. I find him on the Wilkes County Land Grants if this is same person as Benjamin Goss and not Webb. Pleasant Webb (I have that backwards - Nancy Goss is Benjamins Mothers name. Anyway, I guess you get the picture =) Paige Roberts ----- Original Message ----- From: "emily p roberts" <emily.roberts@att.net> To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [WEBB] MY Webb ancestors - MA 1710?, ME 1730, ... > Anyone have any Georgia Webb's (Benjamin G. Webb Line) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amelia" <amelia@olypen.com> > To: <WEBB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:36 PM > Subject: Re: [WEBB] MY Webb ancestors - MA 1710?, ME 1730, ... > > > > > > >Dan M wrote: > > > > May be we can have a new twist for a while > > > > Rather that doing genealogy, how about genealogical stories about ( > > > your own) family traditions , the people; who they were , what they did, > > > what were they noted for in History and who were the Pioneers that > > > traveled from where to where. > > > > Hehehehe... I don't know about this... aren't WEBBs a bunch of > > story-tellers?? <wink> > > Well, Ian already gave a nice thumbnail sketch of his line of the > > family. Let me see if I can do my branch the same justice... > > > > 1. Samuel WEBB (c1665/70-1708) Started off in England (London area?), > was > > a slave trader to Africa and back. "In the service under the reign of > > Queen Anne, lost at sea 1708," according to Gen. Fam. Hist. ME; according > > to family accounts, he and a brother (name??) were the only two members of > > the family to survive the London Plague of 1666. He is said to have > > finally died after being poisoned by an African tribal chief. His > > great-grandson, Seth Webb, wrote quite an account of this. He married > > Margaret ____. Had 3 (maybe 5?) children. > > > > 2. Samuel Adams WEBB (1696-1785) b. in Redrift, Rotherhithe, London, > > England. Orphaned, apprenticed to a blacksmith (father of 1st > > wife--McIntyre); ran away to America in 1713; ar. Tiverton, RI; rem. > > Weymouth, Windham, Deer Isle. He was a young boy and present on the ship > > when his father died. He and 7 others were charged with getting the large > > ship back to England from Africa. Occupation: blacksmith, > > schoolmaster. Lived in Windham, NH, and Gorham, ME. d. 15 Feb 1785 Deer > > Isle, ME. 1m. Mary McINTYRE 1713/8; 2m. Susanna RANDALL 1721 Hingham, MA; > > 3m. Bethiah FARROW 1726 Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. He had 3 children with his > > 2nd wife; 12 children with his 3rd wife. > > > > 3. John WEBB (1730-1766) b. in Maine. (Maybe b. 1731 Tiverton, RI; d. > > 1827 Westbrook, ME.) res. Falmouth (now Westbrook), lived at Pride's > > Bridge; soldier at Windham in 1747. Occupation: tailor. He married > > Elizabeth LARRABEE in 1753. He had 7 (maybe 9?) children. > > > > 4. John WEBB, Jr. (1754-1846) b. Westbrook, Cumberland Co., > > ME. d. Westbrook, ME. m. Sarah LEIGHTON in 1777. They had 10 > > children. I don't have very much information on him. > > > > 5. Seth WEBB (1783/6-1858) b. Fayette, Kennebec Co., ME. r. Westbrook, > > Lowell, Springfield, and Prentiss, ME. He married Mary BUZZELL. They had > > 2 children. > > > > 6. Samuel Dr. Brackett WEBB (1816-1895) b. Westbrook, Cumberland Co., > > ME. Middle name of "Dr. Brackett" is to have been after the doctor that > > delivered him. Occupation: Farmer. d. Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. He > > married Maria E. JUDKINS in 1846 at Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. They had > > 11 children. > > > > 7. Norman Alexander WEBB (1852-1919) b. Prentiss, Penobscot Co., ME. d. > > Portland, Multnomah Co., OR. 1m. Mabel R. DAGETT in 1872 at Penobscot > Co., > > ME (listed as a "Civil" marriage; no specific date recorded). Mabel and > > 3(?) children were to have died in ME from tuberculosis. The Dr. advised > > him to get out and live in the open for his health. Dr. said he would not > > live unless he did. With his gun and bedroll, he took off and walked all > > the way from Prentiss, ME to Carson City, NV in perfect health. He had > his > > sister Mary come to Carson City when she lost her husband. She died there > > shortly after. Norman left Carson City and travelled up into Idaho where > > "Gold" had been found in Silver City, Idaho City, and other places. He > > travelled these busy places with a buckboard, called a "Yankee Notions > > Wagon", selling about everything folks might want. He had a lot of > > glamorous experiences as well as dangerous ones. He was working the area > > between Silver City, ID and Boise when Silver City was at its peak, a > > population of approximately 10,000 people. He owned a house in Silver > City > > (although the land belonged to the mining companies), which was later > > handed down through the family. He also lived in Chestnut Valley (near > his > > brother Nathaniel). 2m. Gertrude Angelica HATHAWAY on 4 Nov 1872 in > > Bozeman, Gallatin Co., MT. Norman & Gertrude had 2 sons. He and his > > brothers homesteaded an area in Western Montana near the town of Cascade, > > known as the "Bird Tail". Today, the ranch is still owned by family, and > > each field is named after a different sibling (Norman, Nathaniel, Samuel, > > etc.). > > > > 8. Samuel Alexander WEBB (1889-1965) b. St. Peters, Cascade Co., MT. d. > > Boise, Ada Co., ID. His parents sent both he and his brother "back East" > > to business school (and supposedly to find Caucasian wives). He and his > > brother met and married 2 sisters. They even had a double wedding. They > > then brought their new wives back to Montana. He owned and operated > Webb's > > Commisary/Webb's Market, produced and sold whiskey (or gin?) during > > Prohibition, owned and operated a fox farm (bef 1930), etc. He has been > > described as a "born tease". This did not mesh well with his wife's > > (Mary's) stern demeanor. He enjoyed the occasional cigar, and today would > > probably be termed a "binge drinker". He had many Swiss fishing friends > in > > Boise Valley, and enjoyed their culture. 1m. Mary Maria SHUTTS in 1912 at > > Camden (or Felton?), Kent Co., DE. Divorced. 2m. Agnes Schweiser SAUER > > c1928?. Divorced. 3m. [remarried] Mary Maria SHUTTS WEBB. Sam & Mary > had > > 3 children; Sam and Agnes had 1 daughter. Sam actually owned a couple of > > different stores over the years, both in Montana and Idaho -- a couple of > > which were lost in fires. The last one, Webb's Commissary (later "Webb's > > Market"; now "McFadden's"), is still run by his younger daughter in > > Meridian (outside of Boise). At one time, he owned that entire city > block, > > and rented out the space (for the bank, the saddle shop, etc.). > Evidently, > > before Sam divorced Mary and "ran off" with Agnes (who was only about 18 > at > > the time; meanwhile, his elder daughter was about 15), Sam offered to Mary > > that they go back up to the family ranch in Montana and start over > > again. Mary said "no." Story has it that she wouldn't let him divorce > > her, either. He finally threatened to go so far as to go to Mexico to get > > the divorce. Agnes is said to have "driven Sam to drink" and "took him > for > > all he was worth" (no one is bitter here, right??). Sam and Agnes > divorced > > and Sam came back to Mary. She agreed to take him back, but with the > > condition that she was going to make him miserable for the rest of his > > life. He agreed to those terms. He continued to send financial help for > > his daughter with Agnes, and she (his daughter) completed medical school, > > and became a doctor. > > > > MY GRANDMOTHER: > > 9. Gertrude Amelia WEBB (1913-) b. Meridian, Ada Co., ID. m. Edward > > Walton PEER 1936 Boise, Ada Co., ID. They had 2 children. She was a > > School Teacher for 40+ years, and had graduated from the Albion Normal > > School, Albion, ID in the early 1930s. She has held many other positions > > between school years, after "retirement", etc. She was the Deputy Auditor > > at Owyhee Co. Courthouse 1943-48(?). She helped her father sell alcohol > in > > Boise Valley during Prohibition. She is supposed to have met her future > > husband, Ed, while selling alcohol outside a dance. The police drove up > as > > Ed was just arriving at the dance. Gertrude gave him a bottle and told > him > > to leave. Turns out, he was the grandson of the Justice of the > > Peace!! She says she still never found out what he did with that > > bottle. As a school teacher, she taught in many country schools in > > Idaho. Some schools were so remote that part of her contract included > > importing one or two children to the school to keep the minimum enrollment > > requirements. She would "borrow" a kid from a family for a school year at > > a time. Many times, that one year of schooling would be all that child > > would have been afforded. Those country schools would sometimes have all > > the grades together in one classroom. She and Ed saved up and bought 80 > > acres in Owyhee Co., Idaho. In Owyhee Co., Ed would catch wild mustangs > > and train them for the US Cavalry. They later moved to Orofino, > Clearwater > > Co., ID where she taught school for a number of years, until her > > retirement. There, Ed was a log truck driver, etc. Since then she has > > been an Information Guide at State parks, processed heat assistance > > applications for low-income families, etc. Still hanging on the wall in > > her living room is a scenic picture that she painted herself of the Bird > > Tail Rock on the family ranch in Montana. She plays the piano, loves to > > sing, and plays a mean game of pinochle. She gave up the fight against > the > > raccoons to save her chickens -- she now has grapes growing in what used > to > > be the chickens' pen, and she now feeds the raccoons dry dog food. She > > still has to chase the deer away from eating her laundry off the clothes > > line outside. :) > > > > Well, I know I ended up leaving out a LOT of information, but there's only > > so much you want to hear, right?? Thanks for listening to me ramble. > > > > Take care! > > -- Amelia > > Searching: Andrews, Annable, Antebus / Antrobus, Apuke / Pooke, Arnold, > > Ayers, Baldwin, Batchelder, Bates, Beamond / Beaumond, Becker, Bond, > > Boreman, Bowes, Bradford, Bruch, Bull, Burger, Burnham, Buzzell, Carter, > > Champney, Chesley, Clements, Cooke, Corbman, Cox, Cromwell, Dearborn, > > Derell, Diamond, Dormer, Downham, Du, Duxford, Eames, Eastow, Farmington / > > Fremingham, Farrow, Felt, Firmin, Fiske, Flagg, Flanders, Furbish, > Gershom, > > Gould, Grante, Green, Grey, Gunnison, Hall, Hankin/s, Haring, Harnish, > > Hathaway, Hilliard, Hilton, Hobbs, Holbrook/e, Hooftman, Hunt, Huntress, > > Hussey, Huyett / Hujet, Ingersol, James, Jennings, Judkins, Katherine, > > Keller, Kendall, Kinge, Knighton, Knode, Knopp / Knapp, Knowlton, Langley, > > Larrabee, Lawrence, LeClerc, Leete, Leffingwell, Leighton, Lovering, Low, > > Lunt, Marrian, Marston, Maynard, Mercer / LeMercier, Moulton, Murfyn, > > Neumann, Nute / Knott, Nutter, Offing, Ower, Page, Parkhurst, Perriman, > > Philbrick, Philbrook, Pierce, Pigot, Pitts, Potter, Powys, Pray, Pride, > > Reade, Rementer, Richardson, Roberts, Rupp / Rub, Sanborn, Shutts, Silsby, > > Silverside, Smith, Taylor, Templeton, Thomas, Thompson, Todd, Tuck, > Tuttle, > > Valliance, Ward, Warren, Webb, Weeks, Welles, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, > > Wood, Wright, Wurtz, etc. > > > > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > > To change list modes or leave > 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 contact list owner <WEBB-admin@rootsweb.com >or post a complaint > > To read Webb lines http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/WebbPlace.html > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== WEBB Mailing List ==== > To change list modes or leave 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 contact list owner <WEBB-admin@rootsweb.com >or post a complaint > To read Webb lines http://www.angelfire.com/or/matney/WebbPlace.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >