William+C.

William was the eighth child of Dr. John and Susan Webster of Ogden, Monroe County, NY. William was born July 19, 1818 and died November 20, 1893. Mary was born January 25, 1820 and died in September 1901. (3)
 * WEBSTER, William C.** of Wilson, NY married **LUSK, Mary (Polly)** of Hartland, NY on July 4, 1839. (1) She was the daughter of William M. and Rachel Lusk of Hartland, and was born in Ontario County, NY, the second of twelve children. (2) Mary's father was a native of the Mohawk valley and came to this county in 1833 where he lived until his death in 1850.(9)

After leaving school, William learned the trade of cooper and carried on that busines for a period of 20 years. In 1841 he removed to Niagara county, arriving here on the ver day General William H. Harrison took his seat as President of the United States. He settled on a farm consisting of fifty acres, located on Daniels' Road, five miles from the village of Wilson.(9)

A grove near Webster's Basin was the scene of many boat excursions from Rochester, sedate Sunday school picnics as well as gayer Elks parties. The William B. Kirk was the best known excursion boat.

They had the following children:


 * Jefferson A.** born May 26, 1840 and died 1914. (4) Farmed in the town of Wilson. (9)
 * Elizabeth A.** born in 1845. (5)


 * Jefferson** married Fillinda Folger of Wilson on January 1, 1863. They had no children. (6)


 * Elizabeth (Libby)** married **Lewis W. Robinson** of Cambria at parsonage in Pekin by Rev. G. W. Kittenger on October 30, 1867. (7)

They had the following children:
 * Glen W.** born 1873
 * Murrill** born 1877 (8)

(1) __Democrat and Balance__, pg. 3, c. 1. (2) Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County NY, p.458-59. (3) North Ridge United Methodist Cemetery Records, Cambria, NY, and Niagara County Historian’s Office, Lockport, NY. (4) North Ridge United Methodist Cemetery Records, Cambria, NY. (5) Elizabeth listed in Petition of Last Will and Testament of William C. Webster dated January 8, 1894 as daughter with age of 49. (6) __Lockport Daily Journal__, January 15, 1863, pg. 3, c. 2. and Last Will and Testament of Jefferson A. Webster dated December 7, 1893. (7) __Lockport Daily Journal__, November 1, 1867, pg. 3, c. 2. (8) Both children mentioned in Last Will and Testament of William C. Webster petition dated January 8, 1894. (9) Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagara County, NY Ed. Samuel Wiley and Scott Garner 1892