David Webb
Full name : David Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases : ‘Captain Webb’
Parents :
Father : Darius Webb
Mother : Deborah Palmer
note :
Vital Statistics :
Date of Birth : 24 July 1778
Place of Birth : Norwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Notes : From Norwich Town Records, “David Webb son of Darius & Deborah Webb
born July 24 AD 1778. Recorded by
James Kirkland.”
Date of Death : 4 November 1865
Place of Death : at or near Huron County, Ohio
Burial Information : may not have been buried in Webb Cemetery
Notes : possibly buried under a stone without visible markings in Martin L.
Ruggles’ Plot, Shaw Mills Cemetery, Huron County, Ohio
Spouse :
Name : Lydia Parmelee
Date of Marriage : 3 January 1798
Place of Marriage : First Congregational Church, Westmoreland, Oneida County,
New York
Died : 1 March 1845, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Notes : She was probably buried in Webb Cemetery, but her headstone was found
broken and in a ditch many years ago and given to David L. Hester of Bronson
Township.
[click here to see an image of her head stone]
Military Service : He was an officer in the
New York Militia while residing in Onondaga County; in 1810 he was promoted to
Lieutenant, to replace A. Smith who resigned, in Lieutenant Colonel Elijah St.
John’s Regiment of Onondaga County Militia. In 1811 he held the same rank in Lieutenant Colonel Jacobus
de Puy’s Regiment of Onondaga County Militia; and as of 1 April 1812 he was
promoted to Captain, to replace A. Palmatier, who refused commission, in
Lieutenant Colonel Jacobus de Puy’s Regiment of Albany County Militia.
He may have performed service in the War of 1812, because he certainly was a
commissioned officer during this period, but whether he actually saw any action
or was even mustered is not known.
Occupation(s), vocations, avocations :
Brick and Stone Mason; Militia Officer; Farmer; Justice of the Peace for
Ridgefield Township; Deacon of the Baptist Church
Religious, Church & Fraternal Organization
affiliation : Free-Will Baptist.
He was married under the auspices of the Congregational Church while
living in Whitestown, New York in 1798.
After locating to the Firelands, he was a Deacon of the First Baptist
Church of Norwalk from July 1829 until August 1836. His name is ascribed as participating in the conference
covenanting a Baptist Church in Monroeville on 6 June 1836, designated as First
Baptist Church (of Monroeville).
For this task, in January 1835 he was entrusted as a Trustee to assist
in raising $4,000.00 to pay for the erection of a brick edifice for the
church. It is assumed that he also
assisted as a stone-mason in the actual construction of the church. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge,
Mt. Vernon Lodge #64 in Norwalk between 1821 and 1828; as was his son Harvey.
David purchased 4 shares of stock in the Western Reserve Bank, at $25 a piece,
for a total value of $100. The
bank existed from 1816 – 1863, located in Warren, Ohio.e
In August 1863, his grandson Rev. Loren Webb, a Methodist lay preacher at the
time, wrote in his diary of seeing him, “Tuesday, 25th Since the last writing,
I have been to Wood Co. Saw my aged Grand father and many of my relatives. I
preached on last Sunday at the Berg in Huron Co. My Grand Pa was sorry to part with me. He held to my hand and talked to me
exhorting me to be faithful.”
Property, residences :
1800 Federal Census.
Whitestown, Oneida County, New York
Head, Free Males <10, 10-16, 16-26, >45,
Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, >45, Others, Slaves
David Webb, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0
1810 Federal Census. Pompey
Township, Onondaga County, New York
Head, Free Males <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45,
>45, Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45, Others, Slaves
David
Webb, 3, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0
1820 Federal Census. Town of Riga,
Genesee County, New York
Page#, Head, Free Males <10, 10-16,
16-26, 26-45, >45, Free Females <10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, >45,
Foreign, Agriculture, Free, Slaves
251, David Webb, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 3 in agriculture
1830 Federal Census. Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
Head of Family, Free White Males <5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40,
40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100, 0ver 100
Free White Females <5, 5-10,
10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100, 0ver 100
David Webb, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
1840 Federal Census. Webb Settlement, Ridgefield Township,
Huron County, Ohio
Head of Family, Free White Males
<5, 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90,
90-100, 0ver 100
Free White Females <5, 5-10,
10-15, 15-20, 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80. 80-90, 90-100, 0ver 100
David Webb, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
0, 0, 0, 0
1850 Federal Census.
Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio
House#/Family#, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
716/738, David Webb, 38, Male, White,
Farmer, na, New York
716/738, Elizabeth Webb, 42, Female,
White, na, na, Pennsylvania
716/738, Electa Webb, 16, Female,
White, na, na, Ohio, in school
716/738, Lewis Webb, 15, Male, White,
na, na, Ohio, in school
716/738, Nathan Webb, 6, Male, White,
na, na, Ohio, in school
716/738, David Webb Sr, 73, Male,
White, Farmer, na, Massachusetts
1860 Federal Census. Ridgefield Township (Monroeville PO),
Huron County, Ohio
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born,
Remark
2557/2382, David Webb, 82, Male,
White, Farmer, 2500/800, Massachusetts
2557/2382, Fidelia Ruggles, 52,
Female, White, Widow, na, New York
2557/2382, Chester Ruggles, 28, Male, White, Farmer, na, Ohio
2557/2382, Carlton Ruggles, 22,
Male, White, Farmer, na, Ohio
2557/2382, Amelia Ruggles, 17,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio
2557/2382, Isabel Ruggles, 13,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Moses Ruggles, 25,
Male, White, Farmer, 0/600, Ohio
2558/2383, Emma Ruggles, 22,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Charles Ruggles, 3,
Male, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Frances Ruggles,
4/12, Male, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Moses Ruggles, 25,
Male, White, Farmer, 0/600, Ohio
2558/2383, Emma Ruggles, 22,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Charles Ruggles, 3,
Male, White, na, na, Ohio
2558/2383, Frances Ruggles, 4/12,
Male, White, na, na, Ohio
1860 Federal Census. Bronson, Township, Huron County, Ohio
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names, Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born,
Remark
252, 1891/1837, Henry K. Bishop,
32, Male, White, na, na, New York
252, 1891/1837, Emeline Bishop,
28, Female, White, na, na, Ohio
252, 1891/1837, Marcina Bishop, 5,
Male, White, White, na, na, Ohio
252,
1891/1837, David Webb, 81, Male, White, Farmer, na, Massachusetts
By 1820 David Webb’s family had moved from Pompey,
Onondaga County to Riga, Genesee County, New York thence to the Firelands of
Ohio (Huron & Erie counties).
Chester Ruggles, grandson of David Webb and an inhabitant of the Webb
Settlement commented on the origin of the place in an article in the
Monroeville Spectator, issue of 8 April 1875, “Webb Settlement was so
named on account of a family of this name having been the first to make an
inroad into the wilderness of this part of the township by the hand of
civilization and cultivation.”
”David Webb’s family arrived here in the spring of 1821. They came from the town of Riga,
Genesee Co., New York, the mode of conveyance being by wagon to Buffalo, and
from thence to Portland (now Sandusky City) by water, thus enjoying a voyage
upon the first steamboat that was ever known to have traversed the blue waters
of Lake Erie. Having arrived at
Portland (their destination being David Underhill’s on the east bank of the
Huron River), they passed through, on their way, the following places:
Bloomingville, Cook’s Corners and Monroeville; these were ‘way marks’ in the
wilderness at the time, the road having no bounds or limits. After arriving at David Underhill’s
they commenced the pioneer life of cutting down trees, making lumber, clearing
land, cultivating the soil…” That
first steamboat on Lake Erie was known as the ‘Walk-in-the-Water’ and was built
in 1818.
Ruggles continues, “The settlement’s geographical position or location is the
state of Ohio, Huron County and Ridgefield Township, being within the
boundaries of the ‘Western Reserve,’ and more remotely known as the
‘Connecticut Firelands or Reservation.’
It is situated in the second section of the above township, in the north
east direction from the present site of Monroeville; distance, two and three
quarter miles; in a north west direction from the present site of Norwalk,
three mile; and from the present site of Milan, south-westerly, three and three
quarter miles; and lying between the branches of the Huron River and known by
the original survey as Lot 7, being the lot… …known as sub-district No. 4.”
Another of David Webb’s descendants, his great-grandson Ezra Webb, remembered
the first transaction of land, ”(In 1822) David Webb and his son Harvey
purchased from the Executors of Jonas Cook two hundred acres more or less about
3 miles north-west of Norwalk which formed the nucleus of the Webb
Settlement. Harvey took one
hundred acres from the north side of the tract for which he gave 250 gold
dollars which left his father, after and accurate survey, 109 acres…” He also states that David Webb first
“…came to Norwalk in January 1821, and settled first just across the river west
of the David Underhill place near the old Water Works.” Harvey and his father both built house
made of logs, and Harvey’s was lived in until 1854, when it burned. David Webb eventually replaced his with
a more common frame house.
[Extensive information on the Webb Settlement is available by clicking here.]
Family :
Son : Harvey Webb
Date of Birth : 1 October 1798
Place of Birth : near Oneida County, New York
Married : Sophronia Frost, 3 January 1821, Riga, Genesee County, New York
Died : August 1827, Riga, Genesee County, New York
Notes : Sophronia remarried to Reverend Ezra Leonard. Harvey and Sophronia had two children -
Edward H., born 1823 in Ohio, Edwin, born 1825 in Ohio. Ezra had three children by a previous marriage
: David, Abigail, Eda. A note in
the Frost Genealogy states that Harvey Webb was a Ship’s Carpenter.
Daughter : Electa Webb
Date of Birth: 23 October 1800
Place of Birth : near Oneida County, New York
Married : Ephraim W. Herrick, 30 March 1825, Huron County, Ohio
Died :
Children : Charles S., Jane.
Son : Samuel P. Webb
Date of Birth : 28 August 1802
Place of Birth : near Oneida County, New York
Married1 : Maryann Smith
Married2 :
Died : 1892
Notes : Civil War veteran, 9th Regiment Illinois Cavalry & 12th Regiment
Indiana Cavalry
Son : Oliver Webb
Date of Birth: 1 September 1804
Place of Birth : Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Married : Louisa Ellis, 8
March 1827, Huron County, Ohio
Died : c. 1897, Yakima County, Washington
Son : Salmon Webb
Date of Birth: 10 or 18 November 1806
Place of Birth : Onondaga County, New York
Married : not married
Died : on or about 14 August 1822
Notes : Died of slow fever and ague (probably malaria); probably buried in Webb
Cemetery
Son : Fidelia Webb
Date of Birth : 25 September 1808
Place of Birth : Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Married : Martin S. Ruggles 16 September 1827 Huron County, Ohio
Died : 9 January 1894, Green Creek, Sandusky Township, Ohio; buried in
Jacobsburg Cemetery
Notes : Children – Edward (born 1828, died 15 July 1832), Lester (born February
1831, died 16 October 1832), Chester L., born 1833 in Ohio; Moses, born 1835 in
Ohio; Carlton, born 1838 in Ohio; Comfort, born 1842 in Ohio; Emily, born 1843
in Ohio; Isabella, born 1847 in Ohio
Son : David F. Webb
Date of Birth : 25 September 1811
Place of Birth : Onondaga County, New York
Married : Elizabeth 'Betsey' Geisler, 5 September 1830, Huron County, Ohio
Died :
Notes : children - Electa, born 1834 in Ohio; Lewis, born 1835 in Ohio; Nathan,
born 1841 in Ohio. Lived in
Bowling Green, Wood County in 1860.
Daughter : Eliza Webb
Date of Birth : 7 October 1815
Place of Birth : Onondaga County or Genesee County, New York
Married : John Geisler, 11 April 1836
Died : c. 1836-1840
Notes : buried in Webb Cemetery; image of headstone.
Comments, sources, various
additional :
Douglass, Nina C. (Editor).
Records of the First Congregational Church of Westmoreland, Oneida
County, New York. The Bookworm
Project. Claremore, Oklahoma, 1991.
Hastings, Hugh, State Historian and Noble, Henry H., Chief Clerk. Military Minutes of the Council of
Appointments of the State of New York 1783-1821. Volume II. Published by the State of New
York. John B. Lyon, State Printer;
Albany, New York. 1901.
Upton, Harriet Taylor. History
of the Western Reserve. Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago &
New York. 1910. pp. 135-136
Vinton, John Adams. The Giles
Memorial – Genealogical Memoirs of the Families Bearing the Names Giles, Gould,
Holmes, Jennison, Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Robinson, Sampson, and
Webb; also Genealogical Sketches of the Pool, Very, Carr and other Families
with a history of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early
settlements in Maine; and some details of Indian warfare. Printed for the author, by Henry W.
Dutton & Son, Washington Street, Boston. 1864. pp 496 – 532.
Harvey
Hayes Webb family bible transcript, typed transcript, drafted in the 1950's; courtesy Hazel Skelly Webb
Webb,
Loren. Diary of Captain Loren
Webb, 1861 - 1863, Firelands Historical Society, 1995. Transcribed by
Matthew L. Burr.
Written communication with Vinton Phillips and
David L. Hester, Huron County, Ohio, January 2001- ongoing.
Huron County Tax Auditors Rolls 1822 – 1841
(facsimiles). Bowling Green
University Archives. Ohio.
Huron County Marriage Record Abstracts.
WEBB, Amelia ....HUNTINGTON, Horace F. ....24 Oct 1835
WEBB, Anne ....SMITH, James ....20 Mch 1822
WEBB, Caroline ....HOLLISTER, Edwin ....29 Nov 1832
WEBB, David F. ....GUISLER, Betsey ....2 Sep 1830
WEBB, Delia ....SAXTON, Platt ....5 Mch 1823
WEBB, Electa ....HERRICK, Epham W. ....30 Mch 1825
WEBB, Eliza ....GIESLER, Jacob ....11 Apr 1836
WEBB, Eunice ....EDWARDS, Thomas C. ....23 Jne 1838
WEBB, Fidelia ....RUGGLES, Martin L. ....16 Sep 1827
WEBB, Mary Ann ....COATS, Benjamin R. ....26 Feb 1838
WEBB, Oliver ....ELLIS, Louisa ....8 Mch 1827
WEBB, Ruth Ann ....TAYLOR, Thomas ....20 Sep 1834
WEBB, Safrona ....LEONARD, Ezra ....12 Apr 1836
WEBB, Styles ....HARMAN, Mary Ann ....15 Oct 1826
Firelands Pioneer. New Series Volume XXI.
January 1920. Published by
the Firelands Historical Society.
Printed by the American Publishers Company, Norwalk, Ohio. 1920. - One
Hundred Years of the First Baptist Church, Norwalk, Ohio, pp 2329-2347;
Webb, Ezra, History of Webb Settlement, pp 2358-2363.
Firelands Pioneer. Third Series Volume XI. Published by the Firelands Historical Society, Norwalk,
Ohio. 1993. ISBN0932535100. - Masonic Lodge
Lists 1821-1828 Members and Visitors, pp 9-10.
History of Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, pp 162,
262
Timman, Henry, An Early Firelands Settlement,
in ‘Just Like Old Times’, published in the Norwalk Reflector, Norwalk,
Ohio. November 1974
Webb’s Removed West compiled by Jonathan Webb Deiss, 2001, 2002, 2003
Copyright Jonathan Webb Deiss
http://www.webbdeiss.com/
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