Gov. John WEBSTER

Male - 1661


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  • Name John WEBSTER  [1, 2
    • He came to Hartford in 1636, but from what part of Massachusetts is not known. He was an original proprietor at Hartford and his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of the present Governor Street. He was appointed one of the committee which, for the first time, sat with the Court of Magistrates May 1st, 1637, and served also the following year; was one of the committee which framed the code of criminal laws for the Colony, 1642; Magistrate, 1639 to 1655; Commissioner for the United Colonies 1654; Deputy Governor, 1655; and Governor in 1656. In the great contest about church government, he took sides with the Rev. Mr. Russell of Wethersfield, which caused his removal up the river in 1659 to found the town of Hadley, where he died two years later. He was admitted Freeman by the General Court of Mass., and 31 May, 1660, "Mr. John Webster, Senior, of the new towne at Norwottock is by this Court commissionated with Magistrattical power for the yeare ensuing, to ast in all civill & criminall cases, as any one magistrate ma doe and that he youne with the commissioners in keeping the Courts at Springfield." (Rec. of Mass. Bay 4, p. 420.) He was an influential member of the church in Hartford and a leader of the Hadley Company. By family tradition, he was from Warwickshire, England. He was the fifth Governor of Connecticut. [1]
    Prefix Gov. 
    Birth England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Apr 1661  Hadley, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I82881  Main Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2018 

    Family Agnes ? 
    Children 
     1. Matthew WEBSTER   d. 16 Jul 1675  [Birth]
     2. William WEBSTER   d. Abt 1688  [Birth]
     3. Thomas WEBSTER   d. 1686, Northfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +4. Lieut. Robert WEBSTER   d. Jun 1676  [Birth]
    +5. Anne WEBSTER,   b. 29 Jul 1621, Cossington, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jun 1662, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Birth]
     6. Elizabeth WEBSTER   d. 1688  [Birth]
    +7. Mary WEBSTER  [Birth]
    Family ID F33850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Jul 2018 

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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 5 Apr 1661 - Hadley, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    2. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).