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 * I'm posting a PDF of the genealogy of John Webster that I received from Leo Garman several years ago. This is only information. Use it as a starting point in your gnealogy research.**



[] (info received from Michael Nestor, KY.)
 * WEBSTER, John (Dr.)** born in Tyringham, Bershire County, MA, son of Stephen Webster and Abigail Parks, (1) married **Susan B. Allen**, daughter of Ethan and Susan Barber Allen. See the below website on the Allen lineage.

John was born June 8, 1780 (2) and died September 30, 1838.(3) Susan was born July 19, 1780 and died October 26, 1842. (3)

In 1802 Dr. John settled on a farm in Ogden, Monroe County, NY. (4)

He was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant church of Ogden, and a leading member.(4)

Ogden, named in honor of William Ogden, was formed from [|Parma] in 1817. The first settlement of the town was made by George W. Willey, from [|East Haddam], [|Connecticut]. Abraham, Ephraim, Isaac and Timothy Colby came the same year. In 1803 and 1804 William H. Spencer, Josiah Mather, Jonathan Brown, Henry Hahn, Daniel Wandle, Benjamin Willey, Benjamin Freeman, Daniel Spencer and Colonel Eastman Colby, a brother of those before mentioned, settled in the town. **Dr. John Webster came to town in 1803**. Judge William B. Brown and Daniel Arnold came in 1805, and Austin Spencer in 1808. These settlers were all from Connecticut. Among other early settlers was Stephen Gridley, who came from [|Oneida County] in 1811.(14)

HISTORY OF DR. JOHN WEBSTER AND FAMILY. Dr. John Webster, who is remembered as one of the pioneers of Ogden, was born in 1780. He came from Berkshire County in 1802 and settled on the farm how owned by his heirs. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and in town affairs was especially prominent in all worthy objects; his character was above reproach. He was the first physician in the town, and often had the sick brought to his house where he had rooms arranged for their aacommodation, not even refusing to attend small-pox cases in his own home. His wife, Susan B. Allen, was born in the same year as her husband. They settled in the town early in the century and the family became identified with the local history of the locality.

Mr. Webster practiced medicine in Ogden until his death in 1838. His wife died in 1842. Their children were Stephen, Asa*, Jeremiah, Sylvester, Alvin, John*, William, Hiram and Susan.

Four of the sons settled on good farms in Niagara County where they lived until their deaths.
 * Dr. Hiram Webster located in Michigan and was a practicing physician until his death in 1899.
 * Stephen settled on the farm adjoining the homestead on the west, where he remained until his death in 1870, leaving his wife Betsey, daughter of Benjamin Freeman.
 * Their children were Arvilla and Annette, wives of Philetus Webster, Huldah, wife of Phineas P. Lincoln, and Freeman Benjamin, the only son.
 * Alvin, son of Dr. John Webster, was born April 2nd, 1810, and remained on the homestead until his death, Jan. 25th, 1890, a period of nearly eighty years. He was one of the most substantial farmers of the town, but in childhood was deprived of many luxuries of the present day. The writer has heard him relate how his brother and himself were without shoes, and when attending school in winter they would get large chips from the wood pile, heat them and run to school; when they arrived there, they would use the warm chips as "foot-heaters." Mr. Webster was one of Ogden's active men and although originally a Democrat, he became in later years a strong anti-slavery advocate and zealous Republican. The principal station of the famous " Underground Railroad " was at his house. Mr. Webster was one of the founders of the Methodist Protestant Church of Ogden, and a leading member. He married first, Lucy A. Woodward, and their one child died in its infancy. His second wife was Cornelia, daughter of Simon and Prudence Bailey, and their children were Lucy A., who married Dr. William S. Millener; Charles A. and Judson H. of Lockport.
 * John Gould setteled in Wilson, NY

.CHARLES C. WEBSTER. (13)

They had the following children:
 * 1) **Stephen** born December 19, 1800 and died July 1, 1870 (5)
 * 2) **Asa A.** born January 14, 1803 and died May 30, 1871 (6)
 * 3) **Jermiah** born June 21, 1805 and died February 1855 (7)
 * 4) **Sylvester H.** born March 14, 1808 and died before August 19, 1865 (8)
 * 5) **Alvin H.** born April 2, 1810 and died Jan 25, 1890 (9)
 * 6) **Huldah** born August 21, 1812
 * 7) **John Gould** born June 12, 1815 and died March 25, 1901 (10)
 * 8) **William C.** born July 19, 1818 and died on or before November 25, 1893 (11)
 * 9) **Hiram** born March 13, 1821
 * 10) **Susan** born November 23, 1825 and died September 9, 1840. She is buried in Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, Monroe County, NY (12)

Resources: Biograph of Dr. John [] Business Directory of Ogden, NY 1869 [] History of Rochester and Monroe County, NY by William Farley Peck Vol. 1 page 405 History of Rochester and Monroe County, NY by William Farley Peck Vol. 2
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(1) Tyringham Town and Church Records, Tyringham, MA (2) Tyringham Town and Church Records, Tyringham, MA and Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, NY. (3) Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, NY. (4) Landmarks of Monroe County, NY” (1895) (5) Op. Cit. (6) North Ridge United Methodist Cemetery Records, Petition of Last Will and Testament, Niagara County, NY. (7) Ibid. (8) Petition of Last Will and Testament, Niagara County, NY. (9) Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, NY (10) North Ridge United Methodist Cemetery Records, Cambria, NY, __DAILY CATARACT__, April 1, 1901, p.1, col.3, and “Landmarks of Monroe County, NY” (1895). __(11) DAILY CATARACT,__ November 25, 1893, p. 8, col. 1., and Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County, NY. (12) Fairfield Cemetery, Spencerport, NY. (13) Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection "Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences" (14) Hamilton Child, //Gazetteer and Business Directory of Monroe County, N. Y. for 1869-1870,// The Journal Office, Syracuse, 1869