SAMUEL WEBSTER: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Birth 25 Sep 1761 Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.

Gender Male

Discover/Founder Samuel was 15th among 30 proprietors to sign the first subscription paper creating the Bradford Academy in Essex County, MA. He was part of 3 person committee that drew up Rules and Regulations for the Academy which were adopted in 1803. His brother-in-law Nathaniel Thurston was the moderator at the meeting. A charter granted by the general court of Massachusetts dated February 10. 1804 mentions Samuel and other founders. Samuel served as clerk and secretary of the Board from about 1803 through his death in 1815. [1]

Military Note At the age of 17 Samuel enlisted in the Continental Army. His record can be found at vol. XVI, page 779 - 5th name, Mass. Soldiers of the Revolution: "Webster, Samuel, Private, Capt. James Mallon's Co., Lieut. Col. Putnam's regt.; enlisted August 12, 1781; discharge November 27, 1781, service 3 months 27 days including 12 days (240 miles) travel home; regiment raised in Essex and Plymouth counties to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months." [1]

Died 6 Mar 1815 Bradford, Essex Co., Mass. [3]

Buried Bradford Burial Ground, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass. [3]

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Father THOMAS WEBSTER, b. 2 Dec 1726, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.

Mother SARAH KIMBALL, b. 15 Jul 1731, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.

Family ID F39 Group Sheet

Family MARY PAYSON, b. 18 Jun 1764, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.

Married 27 Jun 1785 Bradford, Essex Co., Mass. [4, 5]

Children

	1. Harriet Webster, b. 9 Oct 1785, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.
	2. CHARLES WEBSTER, b. 9 Jan 1787, Bradford, Essex Co., Mass.
	3. Eliot Webster, b. 28 Apr 1791

Family ID F40 Group Sheet

Headstones		Webster, Samuel (1761-1815) [Headstone photo] Status: Located. 'In memory of Samuel Webster Esq. who departed this life March 6, 1814. AEt 50'
		Webster - Row of headstones for Samuel (1761-1815), his wife Mary (1764-1818) and their son Charles (1787-1818) Status: Located.

Notes	His headstone reads 'In memory of Samuel Webster Esq. who departed this life March 6, 1814. AEt 50' Essex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, 1638-1840 File #: 29179 Name: Samuel Webstar; Webster File Date: 10 Mar 1815 Residence: Bradford Occupation: Esq. Type: testate [3, 6]

Sources

[S2] Strong, Charles F.
[S7] Morrison, Leonard Allison, Stephen Paschall Sharple
[S411]
[S66] Marriage index CD: Massachusetts 1633-1850 (#231), (Broderbund)
[S291] Early Marriages of Bradford, Mass.
[S285] Sanborn, Melinde Lutz

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