William Webber

Farway Village, Devon

William was born in 1786 in Combrawleigh, Devon.  William's father was Webber and his mother was <Unknown>. He had a sister named Mary.  He was the older of the two children.

• General Notes

  William Webber owned a farm of 100 acres & employing 2 labourers, called Devinishpitt at Salicome Hamlet, Farway, Honiton, Devon, England.
  
  From information kindly supplied by Beverly Roberston relating to Thomas Webber, brother of William:
  1851 England & Wales Census
  (17,666,797 records)
  The United Kingdom Census of 1851 was taken on the night of 30 March 1851 and was the second census of England and Wales
  
  Thomas Webber
  Gender: Male
  Birth: Circa 1793 - Combrawleigh, Devonshire, England
  Residence: 1851 - Devinishpitt, Salicombe Hamlet, Farway, Devonshire, England
  Age: 58
  Marital status: Single
  Disability: Blind
  Sibling: William Webber
  Census: Parish:FarwaySeries:HO107Family:73 Village:Salicombe HamletPiece:1863Line:17 Registration district:HonitonRegistrar's district:HonitonImage:20 County:DevonshireEnumerated by:John Sellers Country:EnglandEnum. District:4 Date:1851-00-00Page:73 See household members
  Household
  Relation to head; Name; Age
  Head; William Webber; 65
  Wife; Mary Webber; 51
  Son; John Webber; 26
  Brother; Thomas Webber; 58
  Orphan; William Selway; 10
  Servant; Thomas Selway; 17
  Servant; Mary Mellish; 35
  Visitor's Son; Samuel Webber; 29
  Wife Visitor; Harriott Fraunces Webber; 27
  Grand Daur Visitor; Mary J Faunces Webber; 3
  Grand Son Visitor; William F Webber; 1
  Visitor; Georgena Jemima Potts; 17  (Comment by Beverly Roberston - I believe this is most likely our Georgiana Johanna Potts who married John Webber (name in this census) in St. Peters Episcopal Church, Albany, New York Aug 19 1857)
  
  See also http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DEVON/2001-08/0998689295
  

Details of William's family with Mary