Growing up we probably knew more about our family history than
most. However, this gave rise to more questions about the Websters:
Where
did the inventive and artistic abilities come from?
When did the come to England?
How did they get to California sailing or overland?
Did William travel the world to sell his sewing machines?
How often did they travel back and forth between the US and
UK?
Did everyone have such large families?
Were their lives ones of drudgery or luxury?
As I
was growing up in Connecticut, I would have said the Websters
were from England, but originally from Scotland; the Northrops
and Jennings from somewhere in England way back and to Connecticut
early. (Northrops
probably to Milford, Connecticut in 1637).
There's more research to do, but it may be that Websters, Northrops
and Jennings' all came from the same area of England back to the
1200s!
Here's
some information from cousin Paul Whiteley " I've no anecdotal
info on origins - my fathers story that the Websters came from
Ireland and the Whiteleys were an old Yorshire family turned out
to be completely the wrong way round !.
Im pretty sure that the Websters would have been English . Origins
of surnames is a difficult one but PH Reaney gives the following
:-
WEBSTER
from the Old English Webbestre - a female weaver. Earliest recorded
examples, JohnLe Webestre 1275 Norfolk, William Le Webester
1284 Lancashire
NORTHROP from the village of Northorpe East Yorkshire: Reginald
De Northorp 1219.
CALAM From the Scottish Macallan - son of Allain.
I've included
some of the Scottish references just in case there's more to be
learned.
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William Webster |
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Matilda Webster |
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(Charles) Benjamin Webster
1820-1896 |
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Benjamin 1843-1865 Benjamin Webster b.at Bradford 1/23/1845 died
at Bridgeport 12/11/1908 (age 63) (?emig 1867) lived at 275 Maple
Street, Bridgeport, CT |
Margaret Longhorn Calam b.Eastrington, Yorkshire.Burial 3/14/1923
Lakeview Cemetary, Bpt, CT
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Webster Calam Family
Anecdotal history and artifacts |
4 children - Edward Parker Webster, Mary Florence Webster,
Harry Calam Webster, Ross Benjamin Webster |
uncles aunts children of william and sarah Longhorn
calam George, Robert (lives in England), Peter (died young)William
died Bpt, Margaret, Mary (married Peter Stephenson)
Elizabeth (died) |
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William Webster
1/13/1848 or 1846
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Mary Anne Holmes b. 7/17/53 died in childbirth around 1862?
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William Webster family
William's patents |
One Child Mary Ann Webster |
cousins aunts Joshua |
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Ellen Francis Gallagher Mulholland (Mulholland was late husband's
name?) Believe she was born in Boston, 1846 |
William Webster family |
Thirteen? children William Lester Webster, Lilly Mae
Webster, Benjamin C. Webster B 2/9/1879?, d aug1963 CT stated birthdate(incorrect)
2/9/1882 MinnieWebster, Eddington Henry Webster, Mabel Ellen Webster
Hattie Gallagher Webster |
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Emma 1849- |
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George 1852- |
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Ann 1854-1869 |
died age 15-16 |
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Samuel 1857- |
Ann
Brogden 1854- |
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Henry 1858-1866 |
died age 8-9 |
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Clara 1860- |
Geo
H Hudson 1863- |
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Edward Isaac 1865-1922 |
Louisa
Makin 1871-1943 |
Colin Webster information |
Charles Benjamin Webster was born on 1st January 1899 |
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Eliza Ann 1967-1923
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JE
Whiteley 1867-1952hiteley |
Paul Whiteley's information |
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William Parker |
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Eliza Ann Parker
1823-1900 |
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Mary Ann Gratton |
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