Re: Salem, Mass. Webb family..1690-1926
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Salem, Mass. Webb family..1690-1926
8/11/00
Dear Ruth:
Do you have a David Webb (father David, brothers William and John)in your Salem book? David, William and John would have been born between 1715 and 1720 or so. I am researching David (d. 1770), who has been thought to be a descendant of Christopher (the Stamford Richard's brother) in the literature of the last 150 years. But now there is some doubt by the Mayflower Society. David shows up a sea captain in Wethersfield, CT in about 1750. William's Boston will in 1760 also mentions a Thomas Webb of Salem, but does not specify a family relationship.By the way, David Webb had a close relationship with Joseph Webb who built the famous "Webb House" (now a museum) in Wethersfield. Joseph Webb was also a descendant of Richard.