Lieut. Robert WEBSTER

Male - 1676


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  • Name Robert WEBSTER  [1, 2, 3
    • He was the son of John and Agnes Webster the fifth governor of the colony of Connecticut, and died at Hartford in 1677. After the organization of the town if Middletown, in 1651, or 1652, he was chosen recorder, Feb. 25, 1654. In 1672, he received a grant of three hundred acres of land for services in the war, having been made a lieutenant by the General Court in April, 1654. He was a deputy nine times, from 1653-1662. About 1660, he returned to Hartford. Was chosen townsman in 1664; list and rate maker in 1668. Mrs. Webster's will is preserved in the probate office, Hartford. It is sealed with a fine seal, in excellent preservation, displaying a crest composed of a pair of clasped hands and on them a bowman with bow and arrow. The seal is oval in shape and around the device is this motto: "I am sure in good daylight." [1]
    Prefix Lieut. 
    Gender Male 
    Death Jun 1676  [2, 3
    Person ID I82885  Main Tree
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2021 

    Father Gov. John WEBSTER,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1661, Hadley, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Agnes ? 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F33850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah TREAT,   b. 1629, Pitminster, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1705, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1652  [1, 2, 3
    Children 
     1. Robert WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1662   d. Bef 8 Oct 1744 (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F33852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2021 

  • Sources 
    1. [S12222] John Harvey Treat, A.M., "The Treat Family" A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America.

    2. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    3. [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).