John Webster

Abt 1485 - Bef 1558  (~ 72 years)

• Name	John Webster
  Birth	Abt 1485  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1558  [1]
  Person ID	I17759	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	William Webster,   b. Abt 1460, of Syston, Leicestershire, England
  Family ID	F10910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emett Welle   d. Bef 20 Mar 1558
  Children	+ 1. John Webster,   b. Abt 1510   d. Bef 24 Jun 1575 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Family ID	F10909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

• Notes

  From Skillington et al., citation details below: [William Webster's] eldest son, John, took up his freedom in 1509/10, when he would probably be in his early twenties. He paid the Lay Subsidy in Syston in 1524 and his name appears on the Musters there in 1540. John Webster I became tenant, under the priory of Ulverscroft, co. Leicester, of a farm in Cossington about 1535, and in 1544 he went to law about it. His opponents, Thomas Chamberlain and William Chamberlain, were probably his friends, who joined him in a collusive suit to secure his title. It is significant that Thomas Chamberlain and William Chamberlain were witnesses to the will of Emett Webster, John's widow. In 1554 John bought this house and farm, where he had lived for some years. His name appears twice in the churchwardens' accounts: in 1545 he paid rent for a piece of land (a butte) and in 1549 he held the office of churchwarden.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1456] Mrs. S. H. [Florence E.] Skillington, "The Ancestry of Governor John Webster," ed. Bruce Hunter Sisler and Mrs. Bruce Hunter [Evelyn Brown] Sisler. The American Genealogist 24:197, October 1948.