I have been researching the Webb line for a while and have run across the Richmond alias Webb, the Evered/Everet alias Webb and the Kelleway/Callaway alias Webb. These folks all came from Wiltshire, England. I think that one my research pans out, we will find that they are all related somehow. I had to put it on hold for a while but will get back to it this summer. Interestingly, Nicholas Webb of Marshfield, Gloucestershire married 1- Millicent Daniel and 2- Francis Kellaway. Nicholas traces his line back to William Richmond alias Webb and Joan Ewen. Millicent Daniels sister Gertrude married Thomas Kellaway, Francis's brother. Gertrude and Thomas Kellaway had a son Daniel Nicholas and Francis had a son Robert who inherited his cousin land and other investments in Maryland in 1673. The Kellaway Family Association has been trying to find out who William Webb alias Kellowe is. He was a mayor of Old Sarum, near Salisbury in the late 1400's and early 1500's. His will is dated 1523. I have to go through my Webb research and will have to find how I thought the Evered/Everet alias Webb connected. I don't remember it offhand. It would be an interesting turn of events if these alias Webbs all connected somehow. All our male Webb descendants are also dead, or are still babies so DNA will have to wait. Kathryn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [WEBB] Webb DNA and name origin > In a message dated 5/27/2005 6:54:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > As to Webb lines dying out, that doesn't have to happen. > Betty, > > I was speaking of the Y-DNA dying out, not the name. As a woman whose > father decided to name me Anne Webb Nelson to keep my mother's father's > line alive > another generation, and a woman who retained my maiden name when I > married, > I am another living example of what you describe. However, the WEBB DNA > died > on my twig in 1957 when my beloved DeeDee did. Women do not carry Y-DNA > (or > we'd be men!). > > But you do point up a situation we need to watch for. There are records > of > WEBB being taken on (or given up) as a surname in the situations you > describe > for your Riddells. WEBBs in the DNA Project should keep a close eye on > their matches and if the names known to be involved in these kinds of > transactions show up, it could be a clue to their geographic origins. > Among the names I > have seen in UK documents as "Webb alias ____" or "____ alias Webb" are: > > Richmond (probably the most famous case) > Evered/Everet/Averett/etc (probably the second most famous) > Nicholls > Kelleway/Calloway/etc > and others I can't recall off the top of my head > > I have dealt with this in a past issue of the WEBB Surname DNA Newsletter, > but it's worth repeating. > > Anne > > > ==== 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 > >