Susanna Treat Webster

• BIRTH Oct 1629 Pitminster, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
• DEATH Nov 1705 (aged 76) Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA, MEMORIAL ID 194688664
• BURIAL Ancient Burying Ground Hartford Hartford County Connecticut, USA Record added: Feb 26, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 48836275 -tcd, Created by: Don Blauvelt

Susanna Treat, bapt. Oct. 8, 1629 at St. Andrew & St. Mary Chh. at Pitminster, Somersetshire, England as the 7th child and 5th dau. of Richard Treat and Alice Gaylord. Susanna d. testate (will dated Jan. 20, 1698/9) prior to Nov. 7, 1705 when her will was proved. The inventory of her estate was made Nov. 12, 1705.

Will dated "three and twentieth day of January in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety and eighth, in the tenth Year of the Reigne of our Souverigne Lord William the third, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland Defender of the faith &c. Witnesses Caleb Stanley, Samuel Richards. 7 Nov 1705 an agreement was signed by the heirs confirming and approving the division and settlement. Susanna died in 1705, probably in the summer or early in the autumn, as an inventory of her estate made by John Marsh and John Marsh [Jr.] dated 19 Nov. 1705.

Her lengthy will names all of her then living as well as deceased children and numerous grandchildren, which was followed by an agreement dated May 2, 1709 by twelve of the named heirs agreeing to the settlement of their mother and grandmother's estate.

On Nov. 10, 1653 probably at Wethersfield, Conn. (the town in which her parents resided), Susanna m. Robert Webster, 5th child and 4th son of Gov. John Webster and Agnes Smith, bapt. Nov. 17, 1619 at Cossington, Leicestershire, England. He d. testate at Hartford, Conn. betw. May 20, 1676, the date of his will, and June 29, 1676 when his estate inventory was taken. Susanna and Robert had eleven children who are outlined in their father's memorial.

Note
Sister of Robert Treat (February 23, 1622 – July 12, 1710) , ann American colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the Connecticut Colony between 1683 and 1698.

Wethersfield Village Cemetery and Ancient Burying Ground index has no record of Richard Treat / Alice Gaylard* being buried there.

Inscription
At the time of Susanna's death the only cemetery in existence at Hartford was the Ancient Cemetery, formerly called the Center Church Cemetery of Hartford's First Congregational Church. But, by the mid 1800s Susanna had no extant gravestone, if she had one to begin with.

Inscription
Founders Rock - First Settlers 1650 - 1654 West Side

In Honor of the Courageous and
Unselfish Women who Settled this Town
Their Descendants and Successors
Dedicate this Monument on the 350th
Anniversary of the Settlement
...Susanna Treat Webster...

Parents
Richard Treat (1584 - 1670)
Alice Gaylord Treat (1594 - 1644)

Spouse
Robert Webster 1619–1676 m. 1652 Hartford or Middletown, CT

Siblings
Honor Treat Deming (1616 - 1705)*
Johanna Treat Hollister (1618 - 1694)*
Sarah Treat Canfield (1620 - 1673)*
Robert Treat (1622 - 1710)*
Richard Treat (1623 - 1693)*
Susanna Treat Webster (1629 - 1705)
James Treat (1634 - 1709)*

Children 11x
John Webster 1653–1694
Sarah Webster
Jonathan Webster 1656–1735
Susannah Webster Graves 1658–1688
Samuel Webster
Robert Webster
William Webster 1671–1722
Mary Webster
Elizabeth Webster Seymour 1673(8)–1754
Joseph Webster 1675–1750

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194688664/susanna-webster

Sources

The Society of Middletown First Settlers CT; The Treat family by John Harvey Treat 1893*

Gencon Source

MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 16 2017, 23:27:17 UTC

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/251391858/susannah_webster