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Reverend John Webb

Male 1740 - 1803  (63 years)


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  • Name John Webb 
    Title Reverend 
    Birth 1740  Saint Peters Parish, Hanover, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Preacher  [3, 4] 
    Military He was a loyalist (Torie) during the American Revolution  [4, 5] 
    Death 1803  Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I25002  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2019 

    Father William Webb,   b. 0___ 1694, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Jane Martin 
    Marriage Y  [7] 
    Family ID F13566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Byars,   b. 1742, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1803, Rutherford County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage (North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Jesse Webb, Sr.,   b. 0___ 1760, Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1835, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)
     2. John Byars "Byars" Webb, Jr.,   b. 0___ 1762, (Orange County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835-1840, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
     3. Joel Webb,   b. 1765, (Orange County) North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elisha Webb,   b. 1767, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1850'S, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Jacob Webb,   b. 1768, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Joshua Webb,   b. 1770, (Caswell County, North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Chesley Webb,   b. 2 Jan 1772, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Oct 1842, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     8. Jeremiah Webb,   b. (North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Rebecca Webb,   b. 1774, Orange County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Julius Webb,   b. 1776, Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. James Webb,   b. 1782, (North Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8840  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1740 - Saint Peters Parish, Hanover, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1803 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - (North Carolina) Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • Refer to Nonie Webb's excellent article re WEBB progenitors in the "WCGA Bulletin", Volume VIII, No. 3, Fall 1999 entitled the "The WEBB Family".
      Ref vol. IX, Winter 2000
      Per Nonie Webb, John was a loyalist...

      26 Feb 2012

      The Varnell Family Tree website cites 8 genrations of John's antecedents to Henry Alexander Webb...http://varnellfamily.familytreeguide.com/pedigree.php?personID=I8634&tree=T1
      Henry Alexander Webb to his 7th great-grandfather...http://varnellfamily.familytreeguide.com/ahnentafel.php?personID=I7319&tree=T1&generations=8

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    • More Content:

      More clues to his antecedents...

      Posted By: James T. Bell
      Email: bell95@aol.com
      Subject: JAMES WEBB, SR - Henrico, VA to Rutherford, NC
      Post Date: January 23, 2003 at 03:40:54
      Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/webb/messages/12265.html
      Forum: Webb Family Genealogy Forum
      Forum URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/webb/


      I now have a deed proving that James Webb of Orange County, NC is James Webb b 1717 of Henrico, VA, son of John Webb and Hannah Carter. He is a first cousin of Henry Webb of Orange, NC,.

      Much thanks to Jerry Adkisson, Jadkisson55@aol.com, who located this deed.

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      From Henrico County, VA Deeds 1750-1774, Transcribed by Gary M. Williams

      p 774 31 January 1763 JAMES WEBB of Orange County, province of North Carolina, to Gerrard Ellyson of Henrico County, for 10 pounds, 62 acres on the south side of the Chickahominy Swamp, for the term of 99 years from date hereof, being the land devised to said James Webb under the will of his father John Webb, deceased, and to be held for 99 years as if granted by patent; said Gerrard not to be answerable for any action of waste whatsoever admitted.
      ---- Signed James Webb (mark, lower case f with curl underneath)
      ---- Wit Thomas Wooldridge, William Sheppard, Sr, Elijah Moxley (x)

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      JOHN WEBB b. 1693 d. 1736 Henrico
      SO John Webb b 1659 mar Sarah Cocke
      md Mary Martin b. 2-12-1712 St Peters Parish.
      md (2) Hannah Carter, daughter of Theodorick Carter
      ---- Will dated April 27, 1736, divides land between John and James,
      ---- wit. James Cole, Theodorick Carter, Thomas Carter, John Carter

      1) John Webb b 1715
      2) JAMES WEBB b 1717 *
      married Anne "Nanny" Dabbs 1749 in Lunenburg, VA
      3) Giles Webb b 1720
      4) Theodorick Webb b 1723
      5) Henry Webb b 1723
      6) Jacob Webb b 1730
      7) Cuthbert Webb b 1733

      Wentworth Webb b May 5, 1702 St. Peters Parish, VA

      1) John Webb ba 1720 Edgecomb (Halifax Co, NC)
      2) Henry Webb ba 1720 Halifax, Orange Cos., NC
      ---- In 1739 Wentworth and John witness a Henry Webb deed on Plumbtree Island of the Roanoke River in Halifax, NC.

      Land processioning records in St. Paul's parish, VA (formed from St. Peter's parish), Dec 6, 1735, show John Webb with neighbors Gerrard Ellyson and Theodorick Carter.
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      James Webb apparently lived in Amelia Co., VA, Lunenburg Co., VA, Orange/Granville Co., NC (1761), Anson County, NC (1767), Rutherford Co., NC (1777), and SC (probably Greenville, Co.) (1778-1790).

      James Webb probably had older children from a marriage prior to that of Anne Dabbs.

      Possible Children:

      1) JEREMIAH WEBB
      ----Granville, NC 1763 deed, 1769 tax list
      2) DAVID WEBB
      ----1778 Caswell deed, 1786 insolvant tax list for Tar River area, 1790 Rutherford Co. census
      3) JAMES WEBB, JR
      ---- Rutherford Co. deeds, (see below)
      4) FRANCIS WEBB
      ---- Anson DB7-p 57 July 10, 1770 Joseph Dabbs (Jr) to James Webb, Jr and Francis Webb...goods and creatures are in possession of James Webb, Sr of Anson Co.
      5) REV. JOHN WEBB
      ---- b 1740 Could belong to either Henry or James
      6) WILLIAM WEBB
      ---- Could belong to either Henry or James
      7) LEONARD WEBB
      ---- Early settler in Rutherford Co.
      8) JULIUS Webb
      ---- SCC 1765 Mecklenburg (Tryon) land survey
      9) DANIEL WEBB
      ---- Could be a son or grandson
      10) ROBERT WEBB
      ---- Could be a son or grandson

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      RUTHERFORD COUNTY, NC DEEDS
      E1-26 Oct 6, 1788 JAMES WEBB, SR of SC to DAVID McDOW of Rutherford Co, NC, for 50 Lbs 150 acres, being part of a patent granted said James Webb dated 9 Aug, 1777 in Rutherford Co on Webb's Creek of the Second Broad River on both sides of said creek, adj. William Webb. Signed James Webb Wit: William Webb, Joseph Eakins, Burgess Liles

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  • Sources 
    1. [S4269] "The Warren County Story",by Eugene M. Wiseman,copyright 1995., p. 231.

    2. [S44962] http://varnellfamily.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I8673&tree=T1&PHPSESSID=6bb72d461c9eed82e8940e6326e01793.

    3. [S34170] "The Warren County Story","Chesley and Henrietta Blackwell",contributor;, p. 233.

    4. [S51179] Nonie Webb | Historian & Researcher | nwebb@vol.com.

    5. [S34169] "The Warren County Story","WEBBS of Warren County";Webb,Nonie:WEBB Registry.

    6. [S34169] "The Warren County Story","WEBBS of Warren County";Webb,Nonie:WEBB Registry, p. 209.

    7. [S1017] http://varnellfamily.familytreeguide.com/ahnentafel.php?personID=I8634&tree=T1&generations=8.

    8. [S1016] http://genforum.genealogy.com/webb/messages/12265.html.


  

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