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About Henry Webb, of Boston
Not the son of Sir Alexander Webb, Jr., Kt. {Fictional}
Henry Webb
- b. seen as 12 Oct 1601/2 in Stratford, Wawickshire, England without citation
- d. 7 September 1660 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Probate : from Boston Town records, “Mr. Henry Webb deceased the 7th of September (1660). md. Dowsabell in England d. 28 February 1648.
- Parents: unknown
- md. Dowsabell in England d. 28 February 1648.
He was an early benefactor of Harvard University.
Biographical notes
Henry Webb was a Merchant Adventurer, an overseas trader, a shipper, & an investor and commissioner of the failed Iron Works at Braintree.
- Occupation: merchant, investor in the Iron Works at Braintree, involved in transatlantic trade.
- He was made a Freeman 13 March 1638/9.
- May have at one time been Constable of Boston.
- He had a contract with the town (a virtual monopoly with three others) to trade with the Indians, he did consign several shipments of beaver pelts and skins on a ship laden with cargo bound for England. several years later, a man named Richard Webb and several others in the shoe business obtained a similar contract to regulate the trade of shoes, the manufacture of which requires a great deal of leather. All the leather required had to be obtained from either domestic cattle or trapped game animals.
- Land: 29 January 1638, Mr. Henry Webb (merchant of Boston) was granted for 10 heads, 40 acres of land in Braintree. This corresponds directly to the number of individuals he transported with himself to Boston in 1637. On 28 September 1644, eight months before Christopher was proclaimed a Freeman, Henry Webb received an additional grant of 200 acres in Braintree.
- Henry Webb’s ’10 heads’ are accounted for - as himself, wife, mother, daughter and six servants. They may have purchased land from, or otherwise resided, on Henry Webb’s additional grant, but records fail to indicate where they lived as early as the 1640’s. It does seem that Henry Webb lived in Boston, or had a home there. He was given permission in 1638 to purchase the home in which he was presently residing, by the selectmen of the Town of Boston; and also his choice of a garden, or a farm plot. He must have chosen the property in Braintree as his farm plot
Children
- 1. Margaret Webb, b. 1625 England d. 29 February 1693, md (1) Jacob Sheafe, September 1642 died 22 March 1658/9. (2) Rev. Mr. Thomas Thacher, c. 1660 . Margaret was admitted as a member of the First Church of Boston, 15 April 1647. She is buried in Kings Chapel, Boston, “Here lyeth inter’d the body of Mrs. Margaret Thacher formerly wife of Jacob Sheafe and late the wife of the Rev. Thomas Thacher, aetates 68. Obit 20, Feb. 1693.” Jacob Sheafe was a business partner with Henry, and one of the Selectman of Boston.
- 1. Elizabeth Sheafe b 1 October 1644,, Watertown, MA d 29 Aug 1718 married (1): GIBBS, Robert 7 Sep 1660 (2): CURWEN, Jonathan 20 Mar 1676 **
- 2. Mehitable Sheafe b 28 May 1658, married Sampson Sheafe in 1679.
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Henry Webb, of Boston's Timeline
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October 12, 1601
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Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, England
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October 12, 1601
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Warwick, England
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October 12, 1601
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September 25, 1625
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Salisbury, Wiltshire , England
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September 7, 1660
Age 58
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony
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April 13, 1954
Age 58
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April 13, 1954
Age 58
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April 13, 1954
Age 58
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