Hi
I think I am trying to follow the same family of WEBBs as tmisty, but my information is somewhat contradictory.
My ancestor is George WEBB, born in 1828 and baptised in Brington on 21/9/1828.
George married Maria ADAMS in London on 3/11/1850. In the 1851 Census they are shown living in Brington and George is listed as "Farmer of 246 Acres Employing 7 Laborers".
George and Maria emigrated to Australia in 1861 with their son, Farndon George WEBB (my great-grandfather). Both died in Brisbane in 1900.
Australian death certificates contain a great deal of information. In the case of George WEBB, his father is listed as "Henry WEBB, farmer" and his mother as "Esther WATSON" and his birthplace as Brington, Northamptonshire. It also lists where he was married and the duration of his marriage.
I found transcriptions of headstones of St Mary the Virgin w St John, Great Brington on the internet (
http://www.greatbringtonparishchurch.co.uk/1411.html) for a John and Esther WEBB. The details were:
Esther WEBB died 27 October 1837 aged 51 years, wife of Henry WEBB died 23 March 1841 aged 49 years.
I believe this is the Henry WEBB who was baptised on 20/11/1791 - it matches the details on his son's death certificate (the information was provided by George and Maria's son). I don't think it is the Henry Charles WEBB who married Hannah STUBBS and died in Titchmarsh in 1865.
The WEBB family appear to have suffered more than most with losing children young. Henry and Esther had 12 children, of which my ancestor George was the 11th (and 4th boy), yet he appears to have inherited the family farm. Henry's children, all born in Brington, were:
Mary Ann Watson b. 1813 d. 1838
Harriott b. 1814 d. 1816
Rebecca b. 1814
Matilda b. 1816
John b. 1818 d. 1840
Betsey b. 1819 d. 1838
Henry b. 1821 d. 1822
Esther b. 1822 d. 1822
Helen b. 1824 d. 1838
William b. 1825 d. 1852
George b. 1828, d 1900 in Australia
Henry Robert Watson b. 1830, d 1840
Their fortune did not improve in the next generation - George and Maria ADAMS had 14 children, of which my ancestor Farndon George WEBB was the only one to survive infancy.
I think I am correct in making these connections because it would explain how George WEBB came to be in charge of the family farm in 1851. John WEBB died in 1825, at which point the farm would pass to his eldest son Henry. Henry died in 1841, at which point I assume his 3rd son William would inherit (the older 2 having already died), then on William's death in 1852 it passed to George.
I'm still doing more research on this to see if William married and had any children - maybe George and Maria were only "looking after it" until William's children grew older; or maybe Henry left the farm to George after the two older sons died. I'm looking for a will to help me here, as it really is conjecture.
But I guess the bottom line is that I don't think tmisty's Henry Charles WEBB is the son of John WEBB and Anne DICKS.
I'd be really interested if anyone has any additional information that would shed some light on the contradictions between what I have found and what tmisty has found.
thanks, Linda
