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Ensign Christopher Webb

Male 1630 - 1694  (63 years)


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  • Name Ensign Christopher Webb 
    Born 18 Nov 1630  Braintree,Norfolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 May 1694  Braintree,,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I758  B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 

    Father Christopher Webb,   b. 15 Apr 1599, Stratford,Warwickshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1671, Braintree (Boston),,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Humility Cooper,   b. 1588, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1687, Braintree (Boston),,MA, aged 99 yrs Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1615  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F355  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Scott,   b. 1636, Braintree,Norfolk,MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1718, Braintree,,MA ae 83 yrs Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1655  Boston,(Braintree),,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Webb,   b. 05 Sep 1665,   d. Aft Jun 1694, Braintree or Boston,,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 29 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 23 Nov 2018 
    Family ID F353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree:

      [5374R] Ensign Christopher-(2) Webb, (Christopher-1), born 1630, died May 30, 1694, aged 64.

      Married Jan. 18, 1654/5, Hannah Scott, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah ( ), born about 1636, died Dec. 30, 1718 in 83rd year.

      Lived near Fort Square, Qincy, north of the brook probably near School & Fort Streets, was in King Philip's War 1675 (Reg. Vol. 43).

      He was elected Town Clerk 1673 and in March of that year was appointed by the town to lay out the 6000 acre grant given by the General Court to the town of Braintree. He deposed Oct. 31, 1682 aged 52, Court Rec. # 2126.
      He was granted land in Billerica in 1659, resided there for a time until 1665. He was selectman in 1683.

      Children of Christopher & Hannah born at Braintree, 3 & 4th recorded also at Billerica:
      i. John, Oct.23, 1655
      ii. Peter, Dec. 10, 1657
      iii. Samuel, Aug. 6, 1660 (Jul. 28, 1660 - Billerica V.R.)
      iv. Christopher, Mar. 25, 1663 (also recorded at Billerica)
      v. Hannah, Sep. 5, 1665, m. about 1684, Capt. John Adams.
      vi. Benjamin, Feb. 2, 1667
      vii. Mary, Sep. 6, 1669, m. Feb. 12, 1694/5, Capt. Peter Adams.
      viii. Joseph, Mar. 15, 1671/2
      ix. Abigail, Oct. 13, 1675, m. May 26, 1698 (Ch. Rec.) Samuel Adams

      [5374] S.P. 13:440: Will dated Apr. 14, 1694, probed Jun. 29, 1694: To wife Hannah improvement of whole estate for life & all household goods & personal estate, 2 cows, 2 oxen, my white horse, etc. & all implements for husbandry, etc. at her disposal. To son John 20-pounds at wife's decease. To son Peter 20-pounds at wife's decease & the east end of my dwelling house which he livith in & the land it stands on & the gravelly or sandy bottom before it down to the fresh meadow. To son Samuel 20-pounds at wife's decease. To son Benjamin 20-pounds same. To son Joseph 40-pounds same. To dau. Hannah Adams 5-pounds same. To dau. Mary Webb 20-pounds same. To dau. Abigail Webb 20-pounds same. To son Christopher Webb's children, Hannah & Sarrah 24-pounds equally divided at age of 21 & 18. My three eldest sons executors. Witnesses: Hannah Savil Sr., Hannah Savil, Jr. & Samuel Thompson Sr.

      13:442: Inventory: Lands & meadows in the mill field & west end of dwelling house, barn & shep house 200/10/pounds.
      A piece of fresh meadow below the sandy bottom & a piece of upland on the back side of Peter Webb's house 40-pounds.
      Salt marsh at ye farme 30-pounds, one dwelling house at Monaticot & an orchard about 1/2 acre 35-pounds
      Totao 385/12/6 pounds.