Asahel Webster

FIRST GENERATION

1. Asiel (Asahel) WEBSTER was born on 28 Oct 1740 in Glastonbury, Hartford,  Connecticut.1,2 He died in 1799 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts.3 He Will  - Dated on 2 Dec 1799 in Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts.4 He Will - Proved on  7 Jan 1800 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.5 History of the Town of  Gill, Massachusetts. Volume I, 1793 - 1943, by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1950.

Page 24. In 1775 there were about 50 families living in Greenfield east of  Fall River. The following tax-payers listed for that year in Greenfield are  readily identified as inhabitants of Greenfield's "north-east." Included is  the name of Webster, Asahel

Page 24 - 25. The United States Census for the year 1790 named only that  person who was the head of each family, but even so the census shows how  considerable was the increase in population in Greenfield's "north-east"  during the intervening years: Listed are Webster, Asahel and Webster, Giles.

History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume II, 1793 - 1943, by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1950.

Page 25 - 26. Asahel Webster is listed as one of the families located in  Greenfield, MA prior to the Revolutionary War. Asahel Webster from  Glastonbury, Connecticut, bought land in 1765 at the mouth of Woodward's  Brook.

The town of Gill, incorporated 28 September 1793, lies in the north-western  section of Massachusetts within the Connecticut Valley. It formed a part of  the town of Deerfield originally, and was included in the portion set off 9  June 1753 as the district of Greenfield. In 1775 that district became a  township. The first settlers on the land that became Gill who arrived before  1753 and lived later than 1793 were therefore inhabitants of the towns of  Deerfield, Greenfield and Gill successively, even thought they made no change  of abode during all those years. Some residents of Northfield also became  inhabitants of Gill when the so-called "Grass Hill" section of Northfield was  annexed 28 February 1795.

History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume II, 1793 - 1943, by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1950.

Page 107 - 108. Massachusetts Direct Tax 1798.

The General list of all Dwelling Hoses, which with the Out-Houses  appurtenant thereto, and the Lots on which the same are erected, not  exceeding tow acres in any case, were owned, possessed or occupied on 1st day  of October 1798:

Name of Occupant: Webster, Asahel

Dwellings: 1

Out-Houses: None listed

Assessed Value: $350.00 [Values ranged from $105.00 to $700.00]

History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut, by William Holcomb Webster and Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, 1st Edition; Published by Andrews Printing Co., 1915. p. 192

Asiel Webster, a farmer, (also spelled Asahel). Asahel Webster, Sr.,  served in the French and Indian War, as follows: (1) as Asael Webster, in  Capt. Eliphelet Whittelsey's Co., of 1st Conn. Regt., as a private from June  17 to Nov. 15, 1758, 232 weeks and 3 days, receiving as his total "wages" 14  pounds, 11 shillings, 10 pence and 2 farthings. (2) as Asahel Webster, in  Capt. Eliphelet Whittelsey's Co., 1st Ct. Regt., as a private from March 28  to Dec. 24, 1759, 38 weeks and 6 days, receiving as his total "wages" 17  pounds, 9 shillings and 9 pence.

He removed from Glastonbury to Mass., soon after his marriage. Oct. 18,  1765, Asahel Webster of Hartford, Ct., purchased land of Timothy and Mary  Child of Greenfield, Mass. He is said to have owned and kept a tavern on the  Connecticut at Tuner' Falls, Mass., when nearly all of the transportation in  that neighborhood was by boats on the river.

Nov. 15, 1785, Asahel Webster of Greenfield, Mass, bought of Gideon Sage of  Greenfield, land there, bounded by Asahel Webster, Joseph Barnard and the  "Great River." Wit's: Seth Field, Richard Cary.

Nov. 15, 1795, Asahel Webster of Greenfield, buys of Gideon Sage, same  place, land there, "running by G. Webster." (He had a son George and also a  son Giles.) He lived in that part of the town of Greenfield known as Gill  until his death.

The Records show that Asahel Webster bought land May 2, 1791, at Cheapside,  now Gill, Mass. The Records also show that in 1808, Hannah Webster, widow,  quit claimed to Chester Webster land willed to her by her late husband, and  also April 18, 1794, an Asahel Webster sold land and signed by himself, no  mention being made of a wife. It is said by a descendant that after the  death of Asahel, Sr., his sons, Price and Chester, lived on the farm for  several years, and then sold out and went West. The records show that that  March 29, 1810, Price Webster sold a piece of land in Gill "the same being  land willed to William, Price, Jonathan and Chester, by their father Asahel."  Again March 18, 1818, Price Webster, of Northfield, sold Real Estate to Ezra  Purple of Gill. Both deeds are signed by Price and Polly Webster. If Price  Webster lived at Northfield it could have been only for a short time as he  was not taxed there between 1815 and 1820.

From North Hampton, Mass, Probate Records: Will of Asahel Webster, of  Gill, Mass., dated Dec.2, 1799, bequeaths to wife Hannah Webster, and to his  "five sons;" to the three eldest, Giles, William and Jonathan, and to the two  youngest, Price and Chester, and to daughter Lucy Darby and daughter, Hannah  Webster, and to three grandchildren Sally, George and Polly. Executor,  Hannah (wife) and son William. The Will was exhibited in Court, Jan. 7, 1800.  Inventory dated Sep. 9, 1800. Witnesses, Eliphas Alexander, Samuel Janes,  Job Goodale.

He was married to Hannah PRICE on 5 May 1760 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut.6,7 Hannah PRICE was born in 1744 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. She died in 1808/9.8 History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut, by William Holcomb Webster and Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, 1st Edition; Published by Andrews Printing Co., 1915.

of Glastonbury, Ct. Asiel (Asahel) WEBSTER and Hannah PRICE had the  following children:

+2 i. Asiel (Asahel) WEBSTER.

3 ii. George WEBSTER was born in 1761 in Glastonbury, Hartford,  Connecticut.9 He was baptised on 27 Dec 1761 in Glastonbury, Hartford,  Connecticut.10 He died. History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume  IV, Genealogies J-Z by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960.

Died young

+4 iii. Giles WEBSTER.

+5 iv. Hannah WEBSTER.

+6 v. William WEBSTER.

+7 vi. Lucy WEBSTER.

8 vii. Jonathan WEBSTER was born in 1775 in Gill, Franklin,  Massachusetts.11 He was baptised on 12 Jun 1775 in , Franklin,  Massachusetts.12 History of the Town of Gill, Massachusetts. Volume IV,  Genealogies J-Z by Ralph M. Stoughton, 1960.

" You may tell Mrs. Derby that Mrs. Jemima Bats has received a  letter from her sister Hannah that brought news. Eight years ago she was  removing by water to some distant part of our land. Found Mr. Jonathan  Webster aboard the same vessel, asked shy he did not return to Gill? He said  when he got to the farm, he found he could not hold it; not knowing what to  do, took a voyage at sea; was taken; kept in confinement three years, and had  lived a sea faring life ever since."

(Ltr written 1834 by Ira Stoughton to his brother George in  Holland Patent, N. Y.)

History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut, by William Holcomb Webster and Rev. Melville Reuben Webster, 1st Edition; Published by Andrews Printing Co., 1915. p. 410

Jonathan Webster is said to have enlisted in the U. S. Navy at  the time of the war with Algiers, and for a long time was supposed to have  been killed there, but in 1835, some of his old schoolmates met him in St.  Louis, Mo., and learned that he was then Capt. of a steamboat on the  Mississippi River. another account says, he was drowned in Cayuga Lake, N.  Y., but nothing more can be learned.

+9 viii. George Price WEBSTER.

+10 ix. Chester WEBSTER. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WEBSTER/1999-12/09455...

6th Generation Asiel(Asahel, a farmer, son of Jonathan, b. 10/28/1740 at Glastonbury, Conn.

He married 5/5/1760 to Hanna Price (b. 1744) d.- prior to 1800 at Gill, MA- she d. 1810.  Served in French & Indian War 1758- 1759. Moved to MA. Owned a tavern on Connecticut River at Truner's Falls, MA.  http://sites.google.com/site/prissplace/

WEBSTER, ASAHEL DAR Ancestor #: A121158 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 28 Oct 1740 GLASTONBURY CONNECTICUT Death: ANTE 20 Jan 1800 GILL MASSACHUSETTS Service Description: 1) CAPT AGRIPPA WELLS,COL PORTER -tcd

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