Thomas Webster, III

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Thomas Webster (1665 - 1733)

Thomas Webster

Born 20 Jan 1665 in Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Thomas Webster and Sarah (Brewer) Webster

Brother of Mary (Webster) Emmons, Sarah (Webster) Lane, Hannah Webster, Ebenezer Webster, Isaac Webster, John Webster, Joshua Webster and Abigail Webster

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Webster — married about 1689 in Hampton, Province of New Hampshire
[uncertain]

Father of Sarah (Webster) Fellows, Thomas Webster, Mary (Webster) Fifield, Benjamin Webster, Abigail (Webster) Quimby and Samuel Webster

Died 7 Mar 1733 at age 68 in Kingston, Province of New Hampshire

Profile last modified 2 Apr 2021 | Created 19 Jul 2012

Note: This is the profile for Thomas Webster of Hampton and Kingston, New Hampshire, son of Thomas Webster of Hampton, New Hampshire. It is not the profile for Thomas Webster of Exeter, New Hampshire, son of James Webster of Boston.

Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

Thomas Webster, son of Thomas Webster and Sarah (Brewer) Webster, was born on January 20, 1664/5 in Hampton in what is now New Hampshire (while Hampton was still governed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony).[1][2]

Marriage

Thomas married a woman named Sarah. Her first name is established by the records of the birth of their children. As discussed in Sarah's profile, while it has been suggested that she might have been the daughter of John Godfrey, no reliable evidence supporting that theory has ever been found. Based on the date of birth of their first child, they were probably married in 1689. Since Thomas lived in Hampton and Thomas and Sarah continued to live there after their marriage, it is probable that they were married in or near Hampton.

Children

Thomas and Sarah had the following children:

Sarah, b. September 15, 1690 in Hampton,[3] m. Samuel Fellows on November 14, 1710[4][2]
Thomas, b. about 1693, m. 1st Mary Greely on June 19, 1717,[3] 2d Elizabeth (Ladd) Sanborn,[4][2] d. May 13, 1772 in Kingston[3]
Mary, b. May 19, 1696 in Hampton,[5][4][2] m. John Fifield on August 16, 1716[4][2]
Alice, b. August 5, 1698 in Hampton[6][3][4][2]
Benjamin, b. August 24, 1701 in Kingston,[7][3] m. 1st Elizabeth Stuart on February 1, 1725/6,[3] 2d Mary Stanian on December 1, 1737[3][4]
Joshua, b. September 2, 1703 in Kingston,[8][3] m. Abigail (Waldron?)[4][2]
Abigail, b. April 15, 1706 in Kingston,[9][3] m. David Quimby on December 25, 1724[3][4][2]
Samuel, b. April 3, 1708 in Kingston,[10][3][4][2] m 1st February 25, 1732/3 Elizabeth Burnham at Ipswich,[3][4][2] 2d June 11, 1740 Dorothy Stanian[3][4][2]
Elizabeth, b. January 11, 1710 in Kingston,[11][3][2] m. April 20, 1730 Josiah Fowler[3]
The profile for Thomas in Dow's History of the Town of Hampton incorrectly shows that this profile's Thomas Webster was the father of Deborah Webster who married Zebulon Giddings in Exeter in 1724.[12] Deborah was, in fact, the daughter of Thomas Webster of Exeter.

Residency in Hampton and Kingston

Based on records relating to his father, Thomas lived his entire life as a youth in Hampton, New Hampshire.[13]

Based on records of the births of their children, after their marriage about 1689, Thomas and his wife Sarah resided in Hampton until sometime in 1698-1701.

Thomas, as well as his brothers Israel and John, served as soldiers under Captain John Woodman at Oyster River for about 10 days in October 1694.[14] Thomas also served in 1696 under Capt. Henry Dow at Daniel Tilton's garrison.[15]

Thomas and his brother Ebenezer were among the original proprietors of the town of Kingston. They were among the 16 men named in the original charter for the town granted on August 6, 1694 by the Province of New Hampshire.[16][17] On December 19, 1700, they received grants of land and, in 1701, they were among the 8 men described as "the first settlers" who received houselots and meadow grants.[17] Thomas settled on "the Plains" in Kingston.[18] Based on the birth records of his children, he moved from Hampton to Kingston sometime in 1698-1701.

In 1709, Thomas became the second man licensed to keep a tavern in Kingston.[19]

Thomas was among 9 persons dismissed by the Hampton church on September 5, 1725 in order to join the new church at Kingston.[20]

Death

Thomas Webster died in Kingston, Province of New Hampshire on March 7, 1733, "an aged man who fell dead in the street."[3][4]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 State of New Hampshire's Copy of Volume 1 of the Hampton Town Records. FHL Film # 005510722, image 291. Link to image at familysearch.org.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Savage, James. A General Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. Vol. IV. Little, Brown and Company, 1852. p. 450. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Noyes, Sybil, Libby, Charles T., and Davis, Walter Goodwin. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Vol. 5. 1938. p. 731. Link to volume at familysearch.org.
↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Brown, A.W. Brown. "Webster Family." The New England Historical and Genealogical Record. Vol. 9 (1855). p 160. Link to page at archive.org.
↑ 5.0 5.1 State of New Hampshire's Copy of Volume 1 of the Hampton Town Records. FHL Film # 005510722, image 279. Link to image at familysearch.org.
↑ 6.0 6.1 State of New Hampshire's Copy of Volume 1 of the Hampton Town Records. FHL Film # 005510722, image 280. Link to image at familysearch.org.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-28W : 22 May 2019), Benjamin Webster, 24 Aug 1701; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,050.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-5XX : 22 May 2019), Joshua Webster, 02 Sep 1703; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,050.
↑ 9.0 9.1 "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNJ-YX8 : 10 February 2018), Abigail Webster, 15 Apr 1706; citing KINGSTON TWP,ROCKINGHAM,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,001,050.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-12H : accessed 22 April 2015), Thomas Webster in entry for Samuel Webster, 03 Apr 1708; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,050.
↑ 11.0 11.1 "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-G4F : 22 May 2019), Elizabeta Webster, 11 Jan 1710; citing Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,050.
↑ 12.0 12.1 Dow, Joseph. History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from Its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892. Vol. II. 1898. p. 1033. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 13.0 13.1 See the profile for Thomas Webster.
↑ 14.0 14.1 New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Volume XVII. 1889. p. 644.Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 15.0 15.1 New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers. Volume XVII. 1883. p. 109. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 16.0 16.1 History of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994. Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1994. p. ii. Link to book at kingstonnh.org.
↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Noyes, Sybil, Libby, Charles T., and Davis, Walter Goodwin. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Vol. 1. 1928. p. 56. Link to volume at familysearch.org
↑ 18.0 18.1 History of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994. Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1994. p. IV-1. Link to book at kingstonnh.org.
↑ 19.0 19.1 History of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994. Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1994. pp. III-19, III-20. Link to book at kingstonnh.org.
↑ 20.0 20.1 History of Kingston, New Hampshire 1694-1994. Town of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1994. p. VI-2. Link to book at kingstonnh.org.
See also:

Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Rockingham and Stratford counties, New Hampshire, with Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1882. p 375. Link to page at archive.org.

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