Christopher Webb

1599 - 1671  (72 years)

• Name	Christopher Webb
  Born	15 Apr 1599	Stratford,Warwickshire,England
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jun 1671	Braintree (Boston),,MA
  Person ID	I762	B03 Thomas Hore, b1649, Chilham, Kent, England
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018

  
  

  Family	Humility Cooper,   b. 1588, England ,   d. Nov 1687, Braintree (Boston),,MA, aged 99 yrs  (Age 99 years)
  Married	Abt 1615	England
  Children	1. Ensign Christopher Webb,   b. 18 Nov 1630, Braintree,Norfolk,MA ,   d. 30 May 1694, Braintree,,MA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]   2. Living   3. Living
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Source: NEHGS SCD-RDM Records of Braintree: [5373R] Christopher (1) Webb was made a freeman of the colony May 1645 and was one of the Braintree men who petitioned the General Court before Oct. 1645 for land for a new plantation. He died June 1671 according to the probate record. He married Humility __ , who died Nov. 1687 aged 99 years according to Braintree records. For a genealogy of Christopher-1 Webb's descendants see Webb Family in the Giles Memorial (1864) by John Adams Vinton. It has been asserted that Christopher Webb was born 1595 in Warwickshire, etc., but proof of such statements are entirely lacking. There was also a Christopher Webb at Rattlesden, Co. Suffolk (Reg. 57:332 from which town several New England settlers came. (C.F. Banks) Children of Christopher & Humility born probably in England: i. Christopher, about 1630 ii. Sarah, m. Mar. 7, 1655 at Boston, Zachariah Buckmaster. iii. Mary, m. (before 1660) William (1) Sheffield of Dover, NH, Braintree, & Sherborn. [5373]: S.P. 7:158: Will of Christopher Webb (noncupative) who died June 1671: First (1) he gave his son Christopher all his lands and full power to confirm the sale of part he had sold unto Joh Crosbore according to law as also to confirm the exchange of another part of it with Deacon Samuel Bass. He gave his wife Humility Webb all moveable goods & she was to be his executor & gave her the use of 4 acres meadow & a cow during life then to return to his son. He gave his dau. Mary Sheffield a cowe. He gave his dau. Sarah Buckmaster an iron kettle after her mother's decease. Attested by Samuel Thompson & Joseph Adams who swear to it 2nd of 9th mo. 1671. Administration given to son Christopher 15/11/1671 (2). 7;159: Inventory: House & Land 90-pounds. Total 109/16/pounds, Oct. 30 1671. A Christopher Webb m. Ann Shuttleworth 1626 at Faulkbourn (Boyd Index).