Mary Webb

Mary Adams was born September 08, 1664 at Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Samuel Adams and Rebecca Graves.

Mary, wife of Samuel Web, admitted to First Church of Braintree 23 10 mo., 1688 [NEHGS Register v. 59 p. 88].

Windham Cemetery tombstone: "In memory of Mrs. Mary Webb, the Late Loving & Well-Beloved consort of Mr. Samuel Webb who departed this Life on the 21 Day of December A.D. 1744 in the 81st year of her Age."

Spouse: Samuel Webb (1660–1739).

Children

1. Rebecca Webb (1687–1688);
2. Samuel Webb (1690–1779);
3. Thomas Webb (1693–1693);
4. Mary B. Webb (1694–1731);
5. Nathaniel Webb (1695–1750);
6. Zebulon Webb (1697–1760);
7. Thomas Webb (1699–1779);
8. Katherine Webb (1702–1704) &
9. Thomas Webb (? –1692).

Disputed Origins

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46523194/marah_mary-webb

On 16 Dec 1686 when Samuel was 26, he married Mary Adams, daughter of Samuel Adams & Rebecca Graves, in Braintree, MA.Chelmsford, per Judd. Born on 8 Sep 1664 in Chelmsford, MA.Judd, citing Kenneth Vance Graves, "Rear Admiral Thomas Graves: 1637 Settler of Charlestown, Massachusetts and His Descendants," Wrentham, MA by the author, 1994. Mary died in Windham, CT, on 21 Dec 1744; she was 80.

Could another possibility be that Mary is daughter of Joseph Adams of Braintree and Abigail Baxter? According to "Pedigree of the Adams Family," by William Downing Bruce in NEHGS Register Jan 1853, Joseph's and Abigail's 7th child was Mary, b. 1667, m. 1st Samuel Webb, 2nd Samuel Bass. This was the family that later produced John and Samuel Adams. [Although this birthdate would not agree with the age on the tombstone.]

Other websites also say her parents are Joseph Adams and Abigail Baxter: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shopefamily/Tree/famf1...

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 23 2021, 17:57:26 UTC