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as correct, the ttne Mar stori t>l [lie spol » oil Id seem lo lie thai (ieneral I larlli. who had lieen repulsed at "Old Well." possibly leait-d .111 allai k upon his return (lullier lo llis iKiats anil hence prudetitli determined Ioimimj (n.ii.ii i>I lit-, ammunition, leaving it on I lit' »tM side ul the river before crowing the SUM lo ji»in forces Willi Tnnn in the wik •>! the burning of the cast side. Tlie soldier Wetib declared thai the Helden house ivas use. I a- a Murage lor ammunition II so. tlarlh would not have onh i. .1 the building: to U- ronsn-ueil until upon bis return march, ulm'li is the probable explanation ol the matter. Moses W ebb', who was a lioosr and ftruumls [msied into the p^MKJtiilHI *d MM lleUkn"-. uepliew, I'reilcrickSl John' 'E. situ t.l U/illinm rthil Mnrr Bvther (Hetdrnl Si- John. Frcdrriili >l Jolin'" married Harriett, ilnnghlcr ol )ntufi** and S:irnli 1S1. John) L'nunoii. These >Hvii[»icd the prem iswlthey hail no tluhlo.nl until Mr. St |olui.<lc criuc. He ilit-fl in the house, which mm nltcrwiirds told fore pap 14) to Mm. Baa* SeUeck Mrs Pre* crick Si. John tell her |iro|perty hirecti to her Mint*. ttracqUm, Harriett, dumiiiu-r of Sum > Thsddetti nml Antoinette (Oonioii) Bettsi The helilrn liiuiilv, scnucrvil ;is it* tnetnhCfl -lie. over the length illltl liiciulth ol the i in>. 111.11 with pride -Jilutc tin old Norwnlk liirthphicc Tun \\ mm F»un Nv |tie>» If. lw ni *L". ami J*, tllmt Hie Xorwnlk filler- im1ti«lrifin-*li riii|t1*>icd l*» luii* girntk tiidulptrd I intilv fjpcvitkitmn*. - 'I! we mm re:i«>mtih)Y iniii^niL- llmi ri^timtt*. i'i»n<ii[i«>ii* ill*) imt ruitrely dritr ttKir thoughts 1t.mii ilk- I In im Kivhciril ntid KlimU-th Well-', who »»ceupicd n pUiin duelling ■»> »h* 1MW K;<*i N.'iualk K. H Siulii.ri tor \ve»t l*»tind irmn-. enuld luirdh It.-ivc 'httii filt.-jjctlier uitiimnlhil i»l their Knotirt-nn kin*lii|i. The llrt'ijnry clnim litis mention Ott \r.*a<r b«t the WYW. tWtttdtog^ *]VA)iu I itn mttrftH mtitttimuil rtiiKi rlt It i». m>t leenlilt/ th.it 11.pi r Rtchnrd Wehii nor kielnml totyw r, wliosr IniMK-. imIiomkiI cneh other ntld wlm wire u-gtiher tfkvtnl *' lowtiBCtKii (iti M.V.l, wtiv Xorwnlk lon^ lived. Mr. S*.-y»Mtur diet J in **ff\vvt jithI Mr. Wvftft «*tiit-M luu Inter, possihly W\» litmdy ttii**nmM «nd he U-f l Du locidity ilrsi*j».itiiui, with ihe rxwptinn tif thnl of-Wtlil- Me;nW," to (»rr|irm.iu • Im tiiuw. 38S NORWALK. young soldier of twenty-three when Norwalk was burned, lived to see his farm divided by the tracks of the New York and New Haven railroad, and just as the road was opened to peace- fully end his days at the old Ro way ton home, from whence he was carried, at his decease, to the Warren burial ground, near the late Bigelow premises. Before two of his grandchildren he, shortly previous to his death, brought out a stocking lined with gold, and made a loan. Airs. John Belden8rd survived her husband and the property (14 acres) continued her ownership and that of the children until March 18, 1796, when it was sold by the heirs of John Belden8"' to John4111 and his brother Isaac. He was a public man and appears, like his neighbor Richard Olmstead. to have been a surveyor. Hishome lot almost backed upon the mill pond, which because of its capacity insufficiency was. at the close of Mr. Webb's life, abandoned. The town elected him sell and Thomas Fitch and \' a than id Richards as a com- mittee to advise with one Swayne of Stamford in re- lation to the mill situation (see page 3.1} in Xorwalk. Richard Webb, Jr., resided in Stamford, where he had quite a family. It is possible that he came with the senior Webb to Xorwalk, but if so his tarry here was short. He was early identified with Stamford inter- ests and in 1(351 made purchase of a residence in that town. Richard Webb, Sr., who came with bis fellow ad- venturers to Norwalk, was, according to careful rec- ord investigation {sec page 39H), of the fourth gener- ation (Richard of Xorwalk IV., Alexander, Jr., III., Alexander, Sr., II., Henry I.) from Henry Webb, who was usher to the Privy Council of Katharine (Parr), Queen Regent of Britain in the With centurv. This Henry married an Anlen, while his sister married one of the identical family and had a daughter w ho mar- ried, May, 1.">G2, John Shakespeare, father of (April lTiOi) William Shakespeare, the great poet. There seems to have been a double Webb-Arden connection which amounts, perhaps, to relationship. The Xor- walk Webb father valued, it may well be supposed, this ancestry and affinity, but he could not foresee those of his name who were to succeed him, among whom, to the credit of Xorwalk fatherhood, were the honored Col. Charles Webb of the Revolution, Gen. Samuel B. Webb, Washington's private secretary, William Henry Webb, the distinguished ship builder of New York, Hon. James Watson Webb, the notable Xew York Editor, Gen. Alexander S. Webb of Gettys- burg fame. Dr. W. Seward Webb, President of the Wagner Palace Car Company, Henry Walter Webb. Vice President of the New York Central Railroad. Lawyer William B. Webb of Washington, I). C, Dr. George F. Webb, the Ohio inventor. Rev. Henrv Webb Johnson, D. D., of the west, and Rev. Harvev Webb D. P., of Cleveland, Ohio. Richard Webb, Jr., the names of whose children are given on page ir>0, was a Stamford progenitor. Xorwalk can hardly claim him, but its sister city may well register his offspring. One of these, at least, has a distinct place in Xorwalk annals. When the New York and Xew Haven railroad was laid out there lived, at Rowayton, an aged man who took comfort in his Rowal ton-side home, and with some reluctance parted with a portion of his farm for the company 's use. This veteran, Moses Webb, born February 18, 17."»(i. son of Epenetns and Deborah (Ferris) Webb, lived, as before stated, at Five Mile River, now Rowayton. He owned the tract in that section through which the Consolidated road is built, and upon which its present Rowayton passenger stations stand. His still existing home was built somewhat south of the stations referred to near the point of the highway branching to Five Mile River Landing. He was a Revolutionary soldier and a brother-in-law of the soldier John Street, who w^as the father of William Jarvis Street, the daughter of whom, Mrs. George R. Cholwell, still beautifully presides over her honored parents' remodelled hearthstone in the High Street of Moses and Polly (Street) Webb were the parents of Epenetus Ferris Webb, who was the father of Mrs. James A. Tyndall, now of the Connecticut Turnpike, near the State Armory, and who formerly resided in the ancient Main Street house in which Henry J. Ray- mond,founderof the AVir York Tj7nes,was born. The late Alartin S. and William T. Craw are of the same Webb blood as the patriot Moses Webb, who died in IBM)., Mr. Webb married, second, a widow Jarvis, an instructress, whose school w as kept in the Eseck Kellogg (now Edward Bradley) West Norwalk home. His descent from Richard Webb, Sr., of Xorwalk, ap- pears to be as follows : Gen. II. Richard Webb, Jr. " III. Joseph^ and Hannah (Scofield) Webb. " IV. Joseph2ndand Mary (Hoyt) Webb. V. Epenetus1*1 and Deborah (Ferris) Webb (second wife) . " VI. Moses and Polly (Street) Webb. Moses Webb's grandmother, Mary, was a daugh- ter of Benjamin and Hannah (Weed) Hoyt. Mr. Uelii) was a Revolutionary soldier and he is the au- thority for the statement that Gen. Tryon's officers temporarily quartered arms or ammunition, or both, in the old Belden barn as per cut fronting page 383. It is known that said barn contained one or more timbers which were war-inscribed, but the exact na N O R W A L K. The homes of the Norwalk John Beldens were situated thus: John Belden1", on Strawberry Hill ; John2nd, Bissell corner of 1895; John3'", West Avenue and Berkeley Street of 1896; Jonn1"1, same as JohnM; John5"1, with his parents Henry and Esther Belden, site of Grace Church, 1896. Thomas, son of Samuel3"* and Ann (Lampson) Belden, married, December 24, 1798, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. George Ogilvie, and had as per page 253. Samuel, son of Samuel Belden8™, married Laurany, daughter of David2"1 and Susan- nah (Rogers) Lambert, and had no children. He, as was the case with his father, was town clerk of Wilton. William (Col.), son of Samuel BeldenM, married, August 16, 1801, Rebecca, born May 2, 1781, daughter of Joshua, born June 8, 1750, and Sarah (born August 26, 1756) Adams, and had: Henrietta1, born May 16, 1802, died February 13, 1843 ;