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 1510 - 1544 (33 years)
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| Name |
Henry Alexander Webb |
| Title |
Sir |
| Birth |
11 May 1510 |
Stratford, Warwickshire, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1544 |
Stratford, Warwickshire, England [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I37425 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Father |
Sir John Alexander Webb, b. 11 Jan 1484, Stratford, Warwickshire, England d. 1516, (Stratford, Warwickshire, England) (Age 31 years) |
| Mother |
unnamed spouse, b. Abt 1488, (Stratford, Warwickshire) England |
| Marriage |
(Stratford, Warwickshire, England) |
| Family ID |
F13856 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Grace Arden, b. ~1512, Wilmcote, Aston Cantlowe, Warwickshire, England d. 3 Dec 1539, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age ~ 27 years) |
| Marriage |
1533 |
Stratford, Warwickshire, England [1, 3, 4, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Sir Alexander Webb, b. 24 Dec 1534, Warwickshire, England |
| | 2. Agnes Webb, b. Stratford, Warwickshire, England d. 0Dec 1580, (Stratford, Warwickshire, England) |
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| Family ID |
F13850 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Undoubtedly named after Henry VIII--due to the close family association with the royal family--Henry Alexander Webb was born on May 11, 1510. As noted in the diagram above, Henry married Grace Arden, daughter of Thomas Arden, of Aston Cantlow parish of Warwick county. The continued close association of the Webb family and royalty are documented in a letter sent by the Queen, Catherine Parr, requesting that grants and privileges due Henry Alexander Webb be fulfilled as promised. Sir Henry and wife Grace had three children: First-born Alexander, Agnes and Robert. Little is known of Agnes and Robert. Sir Henry Alexander permanently secured nobility for the family when, on June 17, 1577, he was granted a coat of arms. [3]
- The WEBB family was originally from Dorset, one of the shires in England. For nearly two hundred years the WEBBs had resided in this place before Alexander Jr with his four sons came to America. The brothers had become quite wealthy. They sold their estate in England for a large sum of money prior to their departure. This English property was inherited through their ancestor, Sir Henry Alexander Webb. A copy of the letter which Catherine Parr sent her Council (Cabinet Ministers) asking them to grant her beloved friend, Sir Henry Alexander Webb, the lands and estates that had been mentioned for him is still in existence. These lands had been confiscated by the King at the suppression of the monasteries and were located in Dorsetshire, England. In later years they became of value to the children who came to America. Sir Henry Alexander Webb was usher in the Privy Council of Catherine Parr, Queen Regent of Britian in the 16th century. Catherine Parr, 6th Queen of Henry VIII of England, tactful, kindly woman to whose influence her stepchildren, the future sovereigns Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I owed much. Among the few existing documents connected with the regency of Catherine Parr was one while Henry VIII was conducting the siege of Boulogne in 1544 AD. There is in the Crotonain Collections a letter to her council headed: Katherine, Queen Regent, K.P. in favor of her trusty and well beloved servant, Henry Alexander Webb, gentleman, usher of her Privy Chamber.... The letter is in regard to some grants and privileges to Henry Alexander Webb, but which have not been fulfilled. It concludes ...we most heartily desire and pray you to be favorable to him at this our earnest request. Given under my Hand and Signet, at my Lord, the King's Majesty's Honor of Hampton Court, the 23d of July and the 36th of his Highness most noble Reign.... [6]
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