Cuthbert Webb (Jr.) was the father of Jacob Mulford Webb, the grandfather of Delila Ann Webb Lane, the great grandfather of Florence E. Lane Wellons and the great great grandfather of Ralph Wellons, my grandfather.
He was born in 1767 in Franklin County, Virginia.
He died on September 14, 1847 in Posey Township of Rush County, Indiana.
His parents were Cuthbert Webb (Sr.) (1728-1778) and Mary Burton (1741-1820).
He married Mary “Mollie” Jones on August 17, 1791 in Franklin County, Virginia. The marriage bond was executed on March 7, 1791.
They appear to have had 14 named children, with one born a couple of years prior to the marriage. This is probably Mollie’s child by a previous husband.
Their son, Jacob Mulford Webb, the 13th of these children, born on July 7, 1810 in Montgomery County, Ohio, near Dayton. One of Jacob’s brothers is Cuthbert Webb III and census reports in 1830 and 1840 in Rush County are for his household, not his father’s.
There is a well-defined timeline of events for Cuthbert Webb (Jr.) recorded in land deeds and related documents.
On September 14, 1785 Cuthbert Jr. witnessed a deed executed by his brother in Franklin County, Virginia.
On April 4, 1791 he served as a bondsman for his sister Elizabeth’s marriage.
On October 15, 1798 he sold his share of his father’s 229 acre farm. The farm had been granted to his father in 1774.
On October 14, 1799 he was granted 90 acres on Blackwater Creek in Franklin County, Virginia.
They appear to have moved to Montgomery County, Ohio in 1805 or 1806.
His wife Mollie died in 1813 in Montgomery County, Ohio.
Cuthbert (Jr.) moved to Rush County, Indiana and settled on an 80 acre property.
Cuthbert (Jr.) purchased an 80 acre property in Posey Township of Rush County, Indiana on January 19, 1826 and moved to the new property.
On August 5, 1834 Cuthbert (Jr.) purchased 80 acres of federal land in Rush County, Indiana.
Cuthbert Webb (Jr.) died in Rush County, Indiana in 1846.
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