Jonathan Webb
Full name : Jonathan Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases :
Titles, honorifics :
Parents :
Father : Ebenezer Webb
Mother : Ruth Crane
note :
Vital statistics :
Date of Birth : 2 October 1747
Place of Birth : Windham, Windham County, Connecticut
Date of Death : 14 July 1830
Place of Death : Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Education : Literate
Spouse :
Name : Abigail Curtiss
Date of Marriage : 1771
Place of Marriage : Connecticut
Died : 13 January 1837, age 83
Notes : she was the daughter of John Curtiss
Military Service : Patriot of the Revolution. He served in Captain Nathaniel Webb’s
Company, Colonel John Durkee’s regiment.
He is listed as Present, with the rank of Private at Valley Forge for
December 1777, in Captain Nathaniel Webb’s Company, 4th Connecticut Regiment,
Rhode Island Brigade, First Division of the Continental Army. He was discharged 31 December
1777. Captain Nathaniel Webb was
Jonathan’s cousin. Connecticut Men
in the Revolution states, “Jonathan Webb, enlisted April 22, 1777, Capt. Webb’s
company. Term 8 months. Discharged Dec. 31, 1777. Fourth regiment, Connecticut Line. In battle of Germantown, Oct. 4,
1777. Fort Mifflin, Nov. 12-16,
1777. Wintered at Valley Forge.”
[click here to see an abstract from the Valley Forge website (1) or a
static image of the same record (2)]
Occupation(s) : Farmer
Religion : Congregational
Location of Residences, record of movement,
migration, etc. : Moved from Windham to Lisbon, New London County,
Connecticut
Family :
Daughter : Philena Webb
Date of Birth : 14 February 1773
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Archibald Olds
Died : 5 April 1851
Notes :
Son : Ariel Webb
Date of Birth : 15 September 1776
Place of Birth : Hanover Society,
Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Sarah Wheeler
Died : 1857, Wood County, Ohio
Notes : He had one child named
Harmony. Ariel may have served in
War of 1812, in Atchison’s Reg’t New York Militia, as Fife Major. He lived in Genesee County, New York in
1810, and eventually moved to Wood County, Ohio, a county adjacent to Huron
County. Huron County is home to
the Webb Settlement where Ariel’s cousin David Webb settled with his family in
1820, and later one of David’s sons (David F. Webb) moved to Bowling Green,
Wood County, so it is obvious that the ‘family circle and associations’ kept in
close contact.
Son : Asenath Webb
Date of Birth : 17 or 27 January 1778
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : ? Hurlbut
Died :
Notes :
Daughter : Lucy Webb
Date of Birth : 3 April 1779
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Ananias Jenks
Died :
Notes : Was living as of 1862 in
Seneca Falls, New York
Daughter : Anna Webb
Date of Birth : 6 November 1781
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Jedidiah P. Tubbs, 30
September 1802, Lisbon, Connecticut
Died :
Notes : Was living as of 1862 in
Sprague, Connecticut, a widow.
Daughter : Abigail Webb
Date of Birth : 11 February 1784
Place of Birth : Hanover Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Rufus Glass
Died :
Notes : Was living as of 1862 in LeRoy, New York.
Son : Elisha Webb
Date of Birth : 15 November 1786
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married1 : Nancy Stebbins, 23
September 1810
Married2 : Sarah Adams, 12 January 1819
Married3 : Anna Talcott, 27 January 1831
Married4 : Emily Philips Beach, 15 September 1840
Died : 17 February 1846, Homer, Cortland County, New York
Burial location : Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York
Notes : Nancy Stebbins was born 16 October 1784 in Monson, Massachusetts, and
died 15 July 1818 in Homer, Cortland County, New York probably as a result of
complications from childbirth, as she gave birth to Elisha Stebbins Webb only
two weeks prior; buried with her husband.
Children, born in Homer, Cortland County, New York – Betsey, born 24
June 1811, married John Beem on 14 April 1835; Chloe, born 1 January 1813, died
31 January 1813; Sophronia, born 2 April 1814; Lucius, born 17 July 1816;
Elisha Stebbins, born 2 July 1818.
His second wife, Sarah Russell Adams was born 23 May 1789(?) and died 8
August 1830; buried with her husband. Children by Sarah were Nancy, born 22
September 1820, married James Kellar of Cuba, New York, died 22 March 1898;
DeWitt Clinton, born 17 July 1822 in Homer; Sarah, born 12 June 1824, married
Mahlon Compton; Abigail Pamela, born 18 January 1836, married Wilson Shufeldt. He remarried to Emily Philips Beach on
15 September 1840; their children include Adin A., born 19 June 1841; Emily
Augusta, 24 January 1844, married Charles D. Tillinghast (an attorney in Butte,
Montana); and Lucy Amelia, born 14 November 1845, died 18 January 1861.
By 1840, Betsey (Webb) & John
Beem had moved to Greenfield Township, Huron County, Ohio, several miles south
of the Webb Settlement in Ridgefield Township which was settled by Betsey’s
cousin David Webb. They finally
located to Camden Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan.
Son : John Curtiss Webb
Date of Birth : 18 May 1789
Place of Birth : Hanover Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Sarah…
Died :
Notes :
1850 Federal Census. Freedom Township, Portage County, Ohio
House#/Family#, Name, Age,
Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
709/755, John C. Webb, 62, Male,
White, Farmer, 2000, Connecticut
709/755, Sarah Webb, 55, Female,
White, na, na, Connecticut
709/755, Alfred Webb, 16, Male,
White, Laborer, na, Ohio, in school
709/755, Armelia Webb, 26,
Female, White, na, na, Ohio
Daughter : Elizabeth ‘Betsey’
Webb
Date of Birth : 27 July 1791
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Christopher Hyde, 1
June 1824
Died :
Notes : Elizabeth Webb was
Christopher Hyde’s second wife. In
1825 they moved from Lisbon, Connecticut to Cazenovia, New York, thence to
Hastings, New York and was living as of 1862 in Hastings. She had, by Christopher Hyde, son
Judson born 9 March 1827 in Cazenovia, married Mary Wesson on 8 May 1856,
settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin; son Franklin born 27 April 1830 in Hastings;
daughter Abigail born 19 June 1833 in Hastings.
Son : Curtiss Webb
Date of Birth : 23 October 1793
Place of Birth : Hanover Society,
Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Margaret Hitchcock
Died : 1876, Homer, Cortland
County, New York
Burial Location : Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York
Notes : Margaret Hitchcock was
born in 1797 and died 1869 in Homer; she is buried with her husband. He lived as of 1862 in Homer, Cortland
County, New York. Lived near to
his cousin, Adin Webb. He may have served the War of 1812, as
Musician in the 2nd Regiment (Sanford’s) Connecticut State Troops…?
1850 Federal Census. Town of Homer, Cortland County, New
York
House#/Family#, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
275, 336/364, Curtiss Webb, 56,
Male, White, Carpenter, 1000, Connecticut
275, 336/364, Margaret Webb, 53,
Female, White, na, na, New York
276, 336/364, Mercy H. Webb, 13,
Female, White, na, na, New York
Son : Ebenezer M. Webb
Date of Birth : 5 November 1796
Place of Birth : Hanover
Society, Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
Married : Harriet Smith, 26
September 1819, Lisbon, Connecticut
Died :
Notes : Both still living as of
1862 in Sprague, Connecticut. They
had two children, Harriet Smith (b. 8 November 1821), and John Curtiss (b. 29
March 1824).
1850 Federal Census. Lisbon, New London County, Connecticut
House#/Family#, Name, Age,
Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
65/72, Julia Fuller, 50, Female,
White, na, na, Connecticut
65/72, Ebenezer M. Webb, 53,
Male, White, Mason, na, Connecticut
65/72, Harriet Webb, 51, Female,
White, na, na, Connecticut
65/72, Morret Lyon, 9, Male, na,
na, Connecticut, in school
65/73, Harriet Bushnell, 38,
Female, White, na, na, Connecticut
65/73, Edwin Bushnell, 15, Male,
White, Farmer, na, Connecticut, in school
65/73, Ellen W. Bushnell, 12,
Female, White, na, na, Connecticut, in school
65/73, Abby
Bushnell, 52, Female, White, na, na, Connecticut
Comments, sources, various
additional :
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.
Walworth, Reuben H. LL.D., Hyde Genealogy of the Descendants, in the Female as
well as in the Male lines, from William Hyde of Norwich… etc, etc. Volume 1. J. Munsell, Albany, New York. 1864. page 415
Vital Records of Windham (Windham County,
Connecticut), abstracted & indexed, Volume 1, Page ?
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