Do Not Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/historygenealogyOOwebs (UjiA^lj^ujL^f Sec I'doe 1078. J39L History and Genealogy OF THE JOHN WEBSTER FAMILY GOV. OF CONNECTICUT WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. BY THE LATE WILLIAM HOLCOMB WEBSTER Washington, D. C. AND REV. MELVILLE REUBEN WEBSTER, D. D. Rochester, N. Y. Final Author, Editor and Publisher. FIRST EDITION *'Endless Genealogies" St. Paul E. R. ANDREWS PRINTING COMPANY ROCHESTER. N. Y. 1915 Copyright 1915 BY MELVILLE REUBEN WEBSTER THE LIBRARY UNWERS.TV YOUNG BR.GHAM PROVO, UTAfcl DEDICATION To the memory ofMajor William Holcomb Webster, the loyal soldier, the distinguished chief in governmental service, the critical compiler of military records, the Christian churchman, the comrade in fraternal, historical, hereditary and patriotic societies, the unfaltering friend, the devoted husband, the author of this monumental work and ; to Anna Stracy Webster, his faithful wife, whose patient love aided in laying its foundations, and whose widowhood has been cheered by the hope of its completion; and to Frances Janet Jay Webster, our own beloved wife, who rose to immortality in the early morning of September thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifteen, after her smiles had brightened our way and made possible this glad consumma- tion, this book is gratefully dedicated, by its Final Author, Editor and Publisher. Ill A KEY TO THE BOOK. In the arrangement of this Genealogy the Chapter is the key. Following the third chapter the descendents of Governor Webster are grouped on the basis of the Great Grandchild. At the head of each chapter is placed conspicuously the name of a Webster ancestor, and within that chapter appear all the names of his great grandchildren, except those not brought forward from a previous related chapter. The Chapter is sub-divided into "Divisions," "Sections," and "Numbered Paragraphs." Those named in the Divisions are children of the ancestor at the head of the Chapter. Those named in the Sec- tions are his grandchildren. Those named in the Numbered Paragraphs are his great-grandchildren. The Section is distinguished by its italic type, and also by a recapitulation of the Webster pedigree of the person first named in the Section. Should both the male and female pedigree be desired it may be found at the head of the Chapter. The names of the Great Grandchildren are printed in heavy face type, or in small type next after the birth list in case their history is concluded in the same Chapter as that of their parents. Because of the varying numbers in the different branches, the Chapters are of unequal length. The advantages of this arrangement, however, are too obvious to be sacrificed for mere uniformity. Open the book anywhere and the reader may proceed in either direction. At the top of the left-hand page the words "From Chap.," and at the end of numbered paragraphs the words " Resumed in Chap- ter," are a guide to ancestry or descendants as may be required. iv