Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-22
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WEBB FAMILY.
From the Boston Transcript we clip
the following excellent account OF the
Webb Family. As there are a number
OF Titan, people associated with this
line. we commend the extract to their
attentions:
1895. 5. Webb. p. w. b., Aug. Is,
1910. In March. 1899. received from
Dr. G. f. Webb n long manuscript
about the ancicnt lineage of the FAM
lily of Webb beyond the Atlantic" DR..
webb gives no authority, simply the
items; l give them, to you, copied from
his typewriter manuscript. as follows:
II have given about 10 years time for
the accumulation of evidence and fam-
ily records. 80 that today I have in
dexcd about 1000 names of Webb which
have descended from Sir Henry Webb
OF Hampton court. attendant to Queen
katharine Parr. our family or
isnaly came from the Lowlands OF
Scotland
"S.r Alexander Webb was general
in the army OF Kings Henry VII and
VIII. He was born in Glouccstershire.
England. In 1474. He had a family OF
one son and three daughters. viz:
Il. Henry Webb. born May II. 1910.
married Grace Arden. daughter of Sir
Robert Arden of Walwickshire. Eng
in Warwickshire. Dec. =. 1854: Henry
Webb. born in WarwiCKshire, May 10,
1887: Katharine Webb. born in War
wickshirc, Sept. 80. 1914.
80 Mary Webb, born Feb. ). 1872,
married Robert Arden. son of Sir Rob-
crt Arden. and had n family of seven
daughtcrs: Margaret Arden, Agnes
Arden. Mary Arden. and four others.
..S Abigail Webb. born June 6. 1915.
married Richard Shakespeare, son of
Sir Richard Shakespeare of Warwick
shire, and had John Shakespeare. born
in Warwisltshire, May s., 1890: Henry
shakespeare, born in Warwlcksltlre.
Aug. s. 1911.
a. Agnes Webb. born March 9. 1922.
married John Hill and had one son,
Wallace Hill, born in Warwickshire.
Aug. 20, 1872 The father died soon aft
,er Wallace Hilliw was born. Mary webb
Arden died at the birth of her daugh
ter Mary Then Agnes Webb Hill came
to the home of Robert Arden. married
him. and became stepmothcr to her sis
ter Marys children.
Alexander Webb, son of Henry.
married his cousin Margaret Arden
eldest daughter Of Robert Arden, and
had three schildren: Robert Webb, was
born In warwicEshire. March 5. 1856:
Margaret Webb. born in Nfarwickshire,
June Q, 1858: Alexander Webb, Jr., born
in Warwickshire. Aug. 90 1859. who
married Mary Wilson. daughter of Sir.
Thomas Wilson, LII. D., D. D., the
great minister and author of England.
and they had five sons and one daugh-
ter, viz: Richard W,,bb, horn May 5,
1880: William Webb. born Jan. Q, 1884;
Elizabeth Webb. born Sept. 3. 1855;
John Webb born Oct. %, 1897: Chris
topher Webb, born April 10, 1899. who
came to New England and settled at
Brnintree some time previous to 1916.