Hannah Scott Webb
Full name : Hannah Scott Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases :
Parents :
Father : Benjamin Scott
Supposed Mother : Margaret Stevenson
(?)
Probable Mother : Hannah (remarried
to John Harbour)
note : Margaret Scott is the same woman executed at Salem in 1692 for
‘witchcraft. Hannah (nee unknown) is
more likely the true mother of Hannah Scott Webb, because Chrsitopher Webb, in
a document for the settlement of her estate after her death on 1677, refers to
her as his mother-in-law. No reference
is made to Margaret in connection with the Webbs, although there were two
Benjamin Scotts at the time in Massachusetts, one of Braintree and one of
Cambridge. The Benjamin from Braintree
married Hannah, the Benjamin from Cambridge married Margaret Stevenson and they
have often been confused.
Date of Birth : circa 1635
Place of Birth : England
Spouse :
Name : Christopher Webb
Date of Marriage : 18 January 1654/5
Place of Marriage : Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Died : 30 May 1694
Notes : marriage performed by Captain Torrey of Weymouth.
Date of Death : 30 December 1718
Place of Death : Braintree, Massachusetts
Burial Information :
Probate Information :
Notes : From Braintree Town records, “Mrs Hannah Webb, widow of Mr Christopher
Webb died the 30th Day of December in the 83d year of her age 1718.”
Military Service : none
Occupation(s) : wife, mother
Property :
Family : Three of Christopher Webb’s children,
one son and two daughters, engaged in what Vinton called a “Quadruple
Alliance,” with the Joseph Adam’s family of Braintree (but he was incorrect in
assuming that all four Adams were children of Joseph Adams, but he corrected
himself and listed the correct data in an appendix in his book); really it was
only a triple alliance because Samuel Webb married the daughter of Captain
Samuel Adams of Chelmsford.
Son : John
Date of Birth : 23 October 1655
Place of Birth : Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Bethia Adams May 1680
Died : 1 July 1727, Boston, Massachusetts
Notes : from Braintree Town Records, “John Webb, the sonne of Christopher Webb
and Hanna his wife was borne the (23) (8) 1665.”; “Jno. Webb, & Bathia
Addams were married May by Joseph Dudley, Assistant, 1680.” He took the Oath of Allegiance in Brantrey
circa 1678/79 (sic).
Son : Peter
Date of Birth : 1 December 1657
Place of Birth : Braintree,
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married1 : Ruth Bass
Married2 : May Hayden
Died : 12 February 1717/18,
Salem, Massachusetts
Notes : from Braintree Town
Records, “Peter Webb, the sonne of Christopher Webb and his wife was borne the”
(no date listed) He took the Oath of
Allegiance in Brantrey (sic).
Son : Samuel, Sr.
Date of Birth : 6 or 28 July
1660
Place of Birth : Billerica, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Mary Adams 16
December 1686
Died : 20 February 1738/9, Windham, Connecticut
Notes : Removed with family to Windham, Connecticut in 1707 to live near his
wife’s sister’s family, the Waldos. His
birth is taken from Billerica Town records, “Web, Samuell, s. Cristopher and
Hanna, July 28, 1660” and also from Braintree Town Records, “Samuel Webb, son
of Christopher & Hanna born 6. 6. 1660”; “Samuel Webb & Marah Adams
were Maried by Mr. Clarke December 16th. 1686.” He took the Oath of Allegiance in Brantrey circa 1678/9 (sic).
Son : Christopher, Jnr.
Date of Birth : 25 March 1663
Place of Birth : Billerica, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Mary Bass, 24 May 1686
Died : 7 February 1689-90,
Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Notes : His birth is recorded in Billerica Town records, “Web, Cristopher, s.
Cristo and Hannah, Mar. 25, 1663” and also from the Bates’ Braintree town
records, “Christopher Webb, the son of Chrsitopher Webb & Hannah his wife
borne 25 March 1663”; additionally from the same records, “Christopher Webb,
Jnr married to Mary Basse 24 3d. 1686”, and later noted, “Christopher Webb dyed
of the small pox March 1689-90.” She remarried, “William Copeland and Mary Webb were married upon the 13
of April 1694, by capten Proutey.”
Daughter : Hannah
Date of Birth : 5 September 1665
Place of Birth : Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Captain John Adams, 1683
Died : between 14 April and 19 October 1694
Notes : from Braintree Town Records, “Hanna Webb, daughter of Christopher Webb
& Hanna his wife borne 7th mo 5th 1665.” She was grandmother of patriot Samuel Adams b. 16 September 1722, signatory
to the Declaration of Independence.
Son : Benjamin
Date of Birth : 12 April 1667
Place of Birth : Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Susanna Ballantine, 21 November 1692, Boston, Massachusetts
Died : October 1739, Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Notes : from Braintree Town Records, “Benjamin Webb son of Christopher Webb
& Hanna his wife borne 12th mo. 2, 1667.” He moved to Boston.
Daughter : Mary
Date of Birth : 6 September 1669
Place of Birth : Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Captain Peter Adams, 12 February 1695
Died :
Notes : from Braintree Town Records, “Mary Webb, daughter of Christopher Webb
& Hanna his wife borne the 7th mo 6th 1669”; “ Peter Adams and Mary Webb
were married upon the 12th of February
1694/5 by Mr. Moses Fiske.”
Son : Joseph
Date of Birth : 15 March 1672
Place of Birth : Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Married : Deborah Bass, 29 November 1699, Braintree, Suffolk County,
Massachusetts
Died :
Notes :
Daughter : Abigail
Date of Birth : 13 August 1675
Place of Birth :
Married :
Died :
Notes : from Braintree Town
Records, “Abigail Webb, daughter of Christopher Webb, & Hannah his wife
borne 8th mo. 13, 75.”
Comments, sources, various
additional :
Bates,
Samuel A. (Editor; Town Clerk of Braintree). Records of the Town of
Braintree Massachusetts, 1640 to 1873. Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 17 June 1886. Facsimile Reprint by Heritage Books. Bowie,
Maryland, 1991. ISBN1556133979
Vital
Records of Billerica Massachusetts to the year 1850. Published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston, Massachusetts, 1908. p.197
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogy of
the Crane Family Volume II. Descendants of Benjamin Crane, of Wethersfield,
Conn., and John Crane, of Coventry, Conn., also of Jasper Crane, of New Haven,
Conn., and Newark, N. J. and Stephen Crane, of Elizabethtown, N. J. with
families of the name in New Hampshire, Maryland and Virginia. Press of Charles Hamilton. Worcester, Massachusetts, 1900.
Lincoln,
Waldo. Genealogy of the Waldo
Family. A record of the descendants of
Cornelius Waldo of Ipswich, Massachusetts from 1647 to 1900. Volume 1. Press of Charles Hamilton. Worchester, Massachusetts, 1902.
Parmenter,
Elmer E. Genealogical Records of the
Parmenter – Richardson – Mullins – Alden – Bass – Webb – Fall and Wentworth
Families with some of their inter-marital relationships. Portland, Maine, 1937.
Pattee,
William S. MD. A History of Old
Braintree and Quincy, with a sketch of Randolph and Holbrook. Quincy : Green & Prescott. 1878.
Savage, James. A Genealogical
Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of
those who came before May, 1692 on the basis of Farmer’s Register. Baltimore Genealogical Publishing
Company, originally published Boston,
1860-1862. Reprinted with
"Genealogical Notes and Errata," excerpted from The New England
Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XXVII, No. 2, April, 1873, pp.
135-139; and a Genealogical Cross Index of the Four Volumes of the Genealogical
Dictionary of James Savage, by O. P. Dexter, 1884. Genealogical Publishing Co.,
Inc. Baltimore, 1965,1969,1977,1981,1986, 1990. Electronic version has been
adapted under the direction of Robert Kraft (assisted by Benjamin Dunning) from
materials supplied by Automated Archives, 1160 South State, Suite 250, Orem UT
84058 (http://genweb.net/~books/savage/savage.htm)
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.
Suffolk
County Wills. Abstracts of the earliest
wills upon record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts. From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. With an index by Judith McGhan. Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore, 1984.
City Document No. 46. Boston Town Records. Second Report of the Record Commissioners of
the City of Boston. 1877. Rockwell and
Churchil;l, City Printers. Boston,
1877.
A Volume of Records Relation to
the Early History of Boston containing miscellaneous papers. Volume 29.
Municipal Printing Office. Boston,
1900.
Early Settlers of Rowley : Scott. Historical Collections of the Essex
Institute. Volume XXIII. July, August, September 1886. No. 7, 8, 9. pp. 237-240.
Written communication with
Vinton Phillips and David L. Hester, Huron County, Ohio, January 2001-
ongoing. Images of Webb gravestones courtesy of Elizabeth and Vinton
Philips.
The Oxford English Dictionary.
Volume IX, S-Soldo. Oxford at the Clarendon Press. (Vivian Ridler) Oxford
University Press, Amen House, London, GB. 1933, reprinted 1961.
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