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Benjamin Webber[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1690 -


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  • Name Benjamin Webber 
    Birth 2 Jun 1690  Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation millwright  [1]
    Person ID I421  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2012 

    Father Samuel Webber,   b. 1656, York, Maine, New England, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1716, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Deborah Littlefield,   b. Abt 1664, Wells, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 23 Apr 1737 and 19 May 1747 (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Marriage 1680  Falmouth, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Family ID F2429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mehitabel Allen   d. Abt 1738, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Oct 1715  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Mehetabel Webber,   b. 13 Aug 1715, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1750 (Age 34 years)
     2. Lydia Webber,   b. 23 Jan 1717/8, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. York Village, York, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Dorothy Webber,   b. 11 Feb 1719/20, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1793, Brooksville, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     4. Bathsheba Webber,   b. 17 Jan 1721/2, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anna Webber,   b. 17 Jan 1723/4, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Thankful Webber,   b. 18 Aug 1727, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1784, Lebanon, York, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     7. Benjamin Webber,   b. 30 Apr 1731, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Patience Webber,   b. 12 Nov 1732, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mercy Webber,   b. 4 Feb 1735/6, York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F2473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Family 2 Martha Day 
    Marriage 3 Feb 1738  York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    • Intentions published.
    Children 
     1. Martha Webber,   b. Oct 1739, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F162  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Jun 1690 - Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Feb 1738 - York, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin Webber recorded marriage intentions at York, ME, 3 Feb 1738, "to satisfie such person as are dissatisfied and think he is not married" (Ancestry of Robert McIntire, p. 195). [Compiler's note: This item appears to concern his second marriage].
      In the York County, Province of Maine Court of General Sessions on 3 January 1715, "Wee present Benjamin Webber & Mehittable Allen now his wife both of york for fornication....they owing the fact. Its Considered by the Court that they recieve Seven Stripes apiece on their naked backs at the post & pay fees of Court 7 Shillings or pay a fine of Thirty Shillings apiece to his Majesty & fees of Court as aforesd & Stand Committed" (Province and Court Records of Maine, volume 5, p. 173). [Compiler's note: I can not determine if they took the seven lashes or paid the thirty shillings].
      "Young married persons, whose courtship had been carried on under the convenient and comfortable New England `bundling' device, and had anticipated events unwisely, found themselves in the hands of the law, when their first child appeared in advance of the physiological period of gestation. After labor was safely over both of them were haled into Court and ordered to the whipping post to receive a dozen stripes each at the hands of the public executioner. It is probable that many cases of premature delivery were unjustly punished" (Charles Edward Banks. History of York, Maine, Volume II, page 239).
      From an article "The Truth about Bundling," Yankee Magazine, September 1991, page 12: "Bundling, an old custom permitting unmarried men and women to court, fully clothed, in bed. What is the use of sitting up all night and burning out fire and lights, when you could just as well get under cover and keep warm. It was respectable enough in the early history of New England when religion was an all-powerful influence on behavior. But in succeeding
      generations, the innocent practice was corrupted producing an amazing number of sturdy brats. About 1785, unmarried women blushed to read lines like these:

      She'll sometimes say when she lies down,
      She can't be cumbered with a gown,
      And that the weather is so warm,
      To take it off can be no harm...

      The result was such a general storm of banter and ridicule that no girl had the courage to stand against it and as the ministers continued to thunder against bundling, the practice finally was killed off.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 729, 00218.

    2.  2.  [S544] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4., 447, 00193.

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 111:93, 00390.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 114:131, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 110:177, 00390.

    6.  6.  [S314] Vital Records of York, ME, 49, 00613.

    7.  7.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 628, 00466.

    8.  8.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 439, 00218.

    9.  9.  [S18] Salisbury and Amesbury, 577, 00466.

    10.  10.  [S3] Hugh Hutchins of Old England, 692, 00288.

    11.  11.  [S464] The Loyalists of Massachusetts, 443, 00531.

    12.  12.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 789, 00395.