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DUSTIN Pauline L. (I6642) [Female] b. 5 OCT 1896 Auburn, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA - d. 9 MAY 1949 Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
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Title: Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
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Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Title: California Birth Index, 1905-1995
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Title: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 & 2
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Author: Genealogy of Myers Family Tree
Title: Stephen R. Myers
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Title: U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-197
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Title: Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Title: U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-197
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Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
"Henry Kingman Webster Descendants" by Walter N. Webster, 1985; pg 15-18, Peabody Muse., Salem, MA. John Webster was born in Haverhill Mass.on March 15, 1668, the 2nd child and first son of Steven Webster and Hannah Ayer. His mother died on June 23, 1676 when John was only 8 years old, leaving a new born baby and five other small children. His father was remarried 2 years later to widow Judith Broad of Portsmouth, NH, who became stepmother to the young family. In 1684, John's older sister was married leaving him the eldest child remaining at home. Apparently on 14 June 1693, a double wedding took place in the Steven Webster home. Mary, 23, was married to Jacob Whitaker and John, 25 was married to Triphena Locke, daughter of Captain John and Elizabeth Locke, of Hampton, NH. Captain Locke is thought to have cxome to this country from Yorkshire, England about 1638 and settled in Portsmouth, NH, later removing to Rye, NH. He was a carpenter by trade and was killed in an Indian attack on Hampton, NH in 1696. A brief outline of the ancestry of Triphena will be found on page A-1 of the genealogical appendix. Only a year after the marriage of John and Triphena, John's father, Steven died on Aug 10, 1694, leaving John, the eldest son, as head of the family. The first child of child and Triphena was born only a month later.
The settlement of Haverhill was on the outer edge of civilized colonial life for many years, and thus was vulnerable to repeated attacks from hostile Indian tribes inhabiting the country to the north. In 1675, "King Philip's War" involved all of the colonies in organized Indian warfare, and in 1689, the French joined with the Indians in a long series of wars with the colonies, which were not concluded for over 70 years. During these years, Haverhill was the object of many attacks by the Indians in which houses were burned, and inhabitants murdered, or taken captive to Canada, where they were held for ransom.
It was during the early married life of John and Triphena that the greatest difficulties were experienced with the Indians in this vicinity. The home of Steven Webster on Hilldale Ave had continued to be the family home, and this location was less than a 1/4 mile south of the home of John's cousin, Hannah Dustin, whose capture on March 15, 1697 (See file for pictures of monument erected in her memory in Haverhill) and subsequent escape from the Indians is legendary in Colonial history. This historic event occurred less than three months after the birth of the third child of John and Triphena. The old garrison house commanded by Thomas Dustin, Hannah's husband, to guard against Indian attacks, is still standing on Hilldale Ave about a 1/4 mile north of the site of the old Webster home. On August 29, 1708, an especially brutal attack by the Indians, frequently referred to as the "Haverhill Massacre", resulted in the death of Lieut. John Johnson and his wife, Katherine, he being a direct line ancestor of Elsie A. Johnson, wife of Henry Kingman Webster, whose lineage is abeing followed in this history.
It appears remarkable, in view of the exposed location of the Webster home, that none of the family suffered in the many Indian attacks of that period. A list of soldiers designated as "snow-shoe men" in Haverhill included one John Webster, who might well have been John, the son of Steven Webster. In 1700 and 1708, respectively, John's younger brothers, Steven and Nathan, were married, and it is reasonable to believe that they soon found homes elsewhere, as the family homestead on Hilldale Ave. could hardly have accommodated Steven's family of six children born from 1701 to 1708, Nathan's family of 7 who were born from 1709 to 1720, in addition to John's own ten children, born from 1694 to 1712. John, being the eldest, is believed to have remained in the family home with his stepmother, Judith. It is not recorded when she died, but it must have been about 1728, as on March 11, 1728-29, brothers John and Steven sold their shares of their father's estate to younger brother, Nathan, and this would probably have been in connection with the final settlement of the estate of Steven Webster, after the death of his second wife.
By 1720, the difficulties with the Indians in this vicinity had largely subsided, and a rapid expansion soon took place in the settlement of territory to the north of Haverhill. In 1723, in a division of the unassigned common lands belonging to Haverhill, John, Steven and Nathan, the three sons of Steven Webster, were each assigned acreage in "Providence Nect", north of "ye Copl's Pond". This is thought to refer to Captain's Pond in what is now Salem, New Hampshire. From the records of subsequent sales of property by John's sons, however, it would appear that the particular land granted to John was located east of Captain's Pond, on the south side of the road which connects the old Chester Rd (now Main St. in Atkinson, NH) with the road leading from Haverhill to Londonberry., (now North Broadway, in Atkinson). This connecting road is now known as Sawyer Ave in town of Atkinson. Sometime between 1723 and 1729, John Webster, a farmer by occupation, moved from the family home on Hilldale Ave., in Haverhill, and settled in the virgin territory to the north, presumably on land granted to him in the division of 1723. The move may have occurred upon the death of his stepmother, when his share of his father's estate was sold to his brother, Nathan. At the time of the removal to the new location, John was nearly 60 years old, and the change may have been influenced by the adventuresome spirit of Israel, then the oldest unmarried son still living at home. The settlement of the new virgin site, in what was later to be separated from Haverhill, and become the southern section of what is now Atkinson, NH, was certainly accomplished with the aid of his 3 sons, Israel, Joseph and Nathaniel, as well as 3 unmarried daughters, Elizabeth, Triphena and Mary.
It is not known in what year Tryphena, the mother of this large family died, but it must have occurred soon after the removal to the new home, as on March 2, 1731-32, the 2nd marriage of John Webster to Joanna Callum is recorded in Haverhill. In 1741, when the official line was established separating NH from MA, John Webster was listed as one of the property owners whose land fell to the north of the line. This John, being listed together with Israel, is presumed to be John Webster, then age 73 years, living with or perhaps next door neighbor to, his son Israel Webster. The death of John Webster is recorded in Haverhill on 4 May 1742, burial probably being in the new North Parish cemetery established in 1734, although no grave site has been located. No knowledge can be had of the death or grave of Joanna, John's second wife.
"The Descendants of John Webster of Ipswich, MA 1634" compiled by John C. Webster MS, Chicago 1912: shows John, son of Stephen, born 15 Mar 1668. Married Triphena Locke, 14 June 1693. He died in 1742. The Haverhill records give him 10 children.
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