The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-05

rho Webb family Wns or finally from
Dorset, II shire on the southern coast H1,s o.
Wales. Among the feyy existing 8do'cu N
Smcnts connected with h the egcncy O.
Katherine Parr, while! Henry VIII was vas
conducting the Siege of Bouloglle, is1 u.
l544, there Is sin the tonlail
Il letter to- her council, Headed
katherine Queel, Regent i. = 3, IN
favor 81 her beloved SER t't
want, 4 Henry Webbej gem lcnlun o. the,
COURT This letter. i In regard to- some
grants and privilegess to Hen We bc,3
itS concludes thus: most cart " de-
gsire and pray you to be orable to hin
at this, our earnest request q ven under
my hand ana slgnct a Al tai m " lord, tho
king s Ma esty' s honor Of IIamp ton court,
the 2Sd Of JulyS$and tho Set of his High
ness, most noble reign. u 81 III x ~
Tho fnml lyvc6at of ARMS Is ascross glile
between four IA Icons, "a or crest out 81 q
ducal coronet 4 mid Y II device 90 gle LIS
played. C The CROSS shows he WAS o. cru
sader.si Tie sllnwks-s denote il swl ttness OF
courage Tl,es corone y that$ he was fS Z.
ling under one aof the conf edornte ducal
soYerelgns Of Franco and that no was an
officer. his IS from t' M Hiram Webb. q
New Bed ford \. M asss yYho gha 3 a1 /, complete
Slinengo a the family from "a ~ stos1
NO Wabbe brothers canleS to- America
from Wales about 1910 MT . H 1875 0isst Ore OF;
these; Chrlstoph or 81 w Q bbe set led "a at
$Baintree, Nj ass. !, sri or 10 a 45. M him
sdescende6 n tile n eW Nh Ella nd bran chi o.
yNebbs,E ana were close connecte w th
President Adams. Also RI his fanlll WAS is
tier Webb. presl dent Of the New
York Central Railroad II Genera w ebb, 5of3
the army and r ev,$ .5s sNYe bb, president
Eof Clinton College. m 3 Y
Us: Another a brot her, q! w lillian, y settled In
3Islo Of Wight county Yirg lnla, and ~ err:
wards moved to Richmond co,inty From
Sthere some OF his descend dan tss wen t t0 the
clty OF Richmond. Lucy, W ebln Hlfo 81
ex- President Hayes S. was OF. this branc "a
it88 II Bishop Meade s "a Old churches and
Families or Virginia" Yolume 4, IA sc 1913,
Jane a Webb j anles Edn,onsor and Henry
Young are among the list Of vest y1nen OF
South Farm ham Pa riSh d lEsse GO unity be-
tween a ISL and ~ $50. u y. l,sssg
gss James Webb married. Mary Edmonsoni
Einsl731. They had ten Oh ren; SIX lived
TO adult age, Mary Webb, daughter Of
James and Mary dmonsoni Webb. born
lfOctobcr1l8, 81 10, married Samuel Smith,
i May III .S T hey moved to- North Caro-
Wilma. where afM died 1T her home,
RI bram Is VI Plains, :, & named from Il 9 ne OF
the5 battles fought by Samuel Smith. coll
lei IN the olutionaryt War, Colonel
Samuel Smith had a. grant from II ord
I#Granvillo for IFS Gran lie acoun " lands
4 81 8, oQO acres which has " been shand ed
4 down successlvely To- the fourth genera
Il ton, now Mrs. Anne a. Davis. who n Is
Living Mt the old HON - brnrn's Plains
4 SGranville county n. C.s 53
Il Mary Webb and Samuel Smith! rad sis
\ sOns--A1 nurice, James Webb SIM tn, JOIN
4 Granville, Samuel, liam and Alexander
4 Smith. Maurice. James and a a ltexan!de g
\ Maurice Smith married 3 first FRANCES
q Goodwin, and had two sons Nv lam ant
4 Richard. 53 WI lam was the father OF tn
u late Maurice r. Smith OF! atehmond, l Va
4 second, lie married Amy " ebb. They hat
q two sons, Colonel Thomas Smith, kille'
"A at Gettysburg, and Rev. amcs Stnitt .
a 8of Dallas, Ark. i
William married Lcthe$ Eat on ' q I: 2 IN. n
4 moved to Tennessee lanes also move sie
, West. They many dsseendants b
4 Arkansas, Mississippi and n Ten nessee. Si
& Alexander the youngest son OF Mar
4 webb and Samuel Smith, was born ~
3 And was also hcIriito .Abranl s. Plains.
q 1Ie1and his wife.sSA Anne Alexander smitl
/; |&hnd tut ono child, who also had on
!, sdnurhtcr, II ow Mrs, Anne Al Davis, VII
owns and lives at, tho old Smith homi
j, Abram's Plains,'4 Or 70 e county,
i &c. I632 53 !, !, =.
a William, son Of James and Mary l y,
SrQnson Webb, married FRA oung ~.
q TX AN county Ya,,s May y 175l, Ihe
], moved near ,rally-FIo. \. 8s In l71
W ,,ih 70 lie 4 diod April II 1soo Hi q
homestead has been handed down .: ! ~ !,
II ccssIyey to his great grandson 's O. J
Henry Webb. who IS vet living tllere'l Y
: s sistnr. & sarah Webb, married Oh
K err, d native Of Scotland, hoir so
Z. ROY. Robert Kerr, u was fof nan g y
~ years pastor Of tho First lrespytet w
4 Church alld my Y, ''aA 1's''t