Gov. Gov. John WEBSTER

1590 - 1661  (~ 70 years)

• Baptism	16 Aug 1590	Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND
  Occupation	1655/56  [1, 2]
  	Fifth colonial governor of Connecticut
  Death	5 Apr 1661	Hadley, Hampshire, MA
  Burial	Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, MA   [3, 4]
  	Find A Grave e-Memorial The memorial at this cemetery was erected by the lixicographer, Noah Webster a g.g.g. grandchild.

  
  

  Father	Matthew WEBSTER,   b. 1566, Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND d. Sep 1592, Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND (Age 26 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth ASHTON,   b. Abt 1560, Woodborough, Notinghamshire, ENGLAND d. Nov 1632 (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes UNKNOWN
  Marriage	7 Nov 1609	Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND   [2, 4]
  	Birth order of children unknown. It seems improbably to me that the first born child would be 8 years after the marriage of the parents and the second child 7 years after that.
  Children	1. Mary WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1617, ENGLAND   2. Matthew WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1624, ENGLAND d. 16 Jul 1675 (Age 51 years)   3. Anne WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1626, ENGLAND d. 9 Jun 1662, Hadley, Hampshire, MA (Age 36 years)   4. Lieut. Lieut. Robert WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1627, ENGLAND d. Abt 31 May 1676 (Age 49 years)   5. Elizabeth WEBSTER,   b. ENGLAND d. 1688   6. William WEBSTER,   b. Abt 1636, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 1688, Hadley, Hampshire, MA (Age 52 years)   7. Thomas WEBSTER,   b. 1638, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 1686 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F1514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 16 Aug 1590 - Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND Marriage - 7 Nov 1609 - Cossington, Leicestershire, ENGLAND Death - 5 Apr 1661 - Hadley, Hampshire, MA Burial - - Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire, MA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Bryan, Leslie Aulls, Aulls Genealogy, (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1974), 49. [S1077] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, 2016), Vol. 1, Webster, pages 28-31., 1077. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S1313] History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster, 1313.