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Family of Lankester Webb and Sarah Vertue

Husband: Lankester Webb

  • Name:

  • Lankester Webb

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Joseph Antrim Webb (1777-1864)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Lankester (1776-1830)

  • Note:

  • 1861 Census: Master tanner employing 121 men & 31 boys, Combs, Suffolk

    One of the principal landowners in Combs.

     

    "A school was erected here in 1873 at the sole cost of Lankester Webb, esq., it will hold 300 children and is also used for public worship by the Independents. ... Here are the factories of Messrs Webb & Son, in which are carried out tanning, currying, fellmongering, glove and gaiter leather dressing, and the manufacture of leather machine bands, fire buckets, and hose, for which they have first-class medals at the principal Industrial Exhibitions at home and abroad."

    Source: Suffolk Post Office Directory, 1875

     

    3 June 1887. The Will with a Codicil of Lankester Webb late of Combs in the County of Suffolk who died 8 April 1887 at Combs was proved at the Principal Registry by Joseph Vertue Webb of Combs Tanner the Son George Robert Portway of Cliff Road leeds in the County of York Cloth Merchant and James Williams Cook of Brentwood in the County of essex Wharfinger the Executors. Personal Estate £84,448 17s 5d. Resworh February 1889 £84,849 10s 6d.

  • Birth:

  • 9 May 1812

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Oct 1812 (age 0)

  • Ipswich Street Independent, Stowmarket, Suffolk

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 28-29)

  • Tanner, Tuckers Green, Combs, Suffolk

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 38-39)

  • Tanner & fellmonger, Tan office, Combs, Suffolk

  • Occupation:

  • 1851 (age 38-39)

  • Manager of Independent Village Schoolroom, Combs

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 48-49)

  • Master tanner employing 121 men & 31 boys, Combs, Suffolk

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 68-69)

  • Tanner, Tan Office, Combs, Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 8 Apr 1887 (age 74)

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 13 Apr 1887

  • Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 74)

Wife: Sarah Vertue

  • Name:

  • Sarah Vertue

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Simon Vertue (1772-1860)

  • Mother:

  • Ann Salmon (c. 1772- )

  • Birth:

  • 12 Aug 1812

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 3 Jun 1813 (age 0)

  • Quay Meeting House-Independent, Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 1866 (age 53-54)

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 14 Jul 1866

  • Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 53)

Child 1: Sarah Pitcairn Webb

  • Name:

  • Sarah Pitcairn Webb

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Edward Henry Prentice (1838-1871)

  • Note:

  • PRENTICE Sarah Pitcairn of Verandah Cottage Stowmarket Suffolk widow died 6 May 1927; Probate Norwich 10 September to Arthur Henry Wallis mercantile clerk William Henry Prentice chemical manufacturer and Constance Isabel Prentice spinster. Effects £28399 6s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 7 Aug 1837

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1837 (age 0)

  • 1837 Sep Qtr, Stow, 12/300

  • Death:

  • 6 May 1927 (age 89)

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk

Child 2: Joseph Vertue Webb

  • Name:

  • Joseph Vertue Webb

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • WEBB Joseph Vertue of Combs Suffolk died 22 January 1908; Probate London 5 March to George Robert Portway woollen merchant James Williams Cook gentleman and Arthur Henry Wallis clerk. Effects £108184 19s 7d. Resworn £108244 5s 10d.

  • Birth:

  • 1838

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1838 (age 0)

  • 1838 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/560

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 12-13)

  • At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 42-43)

  • Tanner, Tan Office, Combs, Suffolk (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 52-53)

  • Tanner, fellmonger, etc, Tan Office Rd, Combs, Suffolk (unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1908 (age 69-70)

  • 1908 Mar Qtr, Stow, 4a/572 (aged 69)

  • Death:

  • 22 Jan 1908 (age 69-70)

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk

Child 3: Edward Lankester Webb

  • Name:

  • Edward Lankester Webb

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • 16 April 1863. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Edward Lankester Webb late of Combs in the County of Suffolk Gentleman a Bachelor deceased who died 14 February 1863 at Combs aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Lankester Webb of Combs aforesaid Tanner the Father and Next of Kin of the said Deceased he having been first sworn. Effects under £600.

  • Birth:

  • 1840

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1840 (age 0)

  • 1840 Jun Qtr, Stow, 12/424

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 10-11)

  • At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1863 (age 22-23)

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 21 Feb 1863

  • Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 22)

Child 4: Walter Byles Webb

  • Name:

  • Walter Byles Webb

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1841

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1841 (age 0)

  • 1841 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/386

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 9-10)

  • At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk

  • Death fact:

  • 1867 (age 25-26)

  • 1867 Jun Qtr, Stow, 4a/323 (aged 25)

  • Death:

  • 1867 (age 25-26)

  • Stowmarket, Suffolk

  • Burial:

  • 13 Apr 1867

  • Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 25)

Child 5: Anne Salmon Webb

  • Name:

  • Anne Salmon Webb

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George Robert Portway (1841-1921)

  • Children:

  • George Webb Portway (1867-1943)

  •  

  • Joseph Herbert Portway (1868-1941)

  •  

  • Annie Charlotte Portway (1869-1959)

  •  

  • Winifred Mary Portway (1872-1930)

  •  

  • Bertha Grace Portway (1876-1944)

  •  

  • Robert Benson Portway (1877-1964)

  •  

  • Charles Harold Portway (1881-1929)

  •  

  • Ruth Portway (1885-1971)

  • Note:

  • PORTWAY Anne Salmon of Ashfield Headingley Leeds widow died 1 February 1929: Probate London 16 March to George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £37927 0s 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 1843

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1843 (age 0)

  • 1843 Jun Qtr, Stow, 12/429

  • Census (1):

  • 1901 (age 57-58)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (2):

  • 1911 (age 67-68)

  • Wife in household (married 44 years, 8 children, 8 living)

  • Death:

  • 1 Feb 1929 (age 85-86)

  • Leeds, Yorkshire

Child 6: Lucy Louisa Webb

Child 7: Octavius Antrim Webb

  • Name:

  • Octavius Antrim Webb

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1848

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1848 (age 0)

  • 1848 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/398

  • Death fact:

  • 1866 (age 17-18)

  • 1866 Dec Qtr, Yarmouth, 4b/2 (aged 18)

  • Death:

  • 1866 (age 17-18)

  • Yarmouth, Norfolk

  • Burial:

  • 13 Oct 1866

  • Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 18)

Child 8: Catharine Holman Webb

  • Name:

  • Catharine Holman Webb

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1850

  • Combs, Suffolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1850 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1850 D Quarter in STOW Volume 12 Page 450

  • Death fact:

  • 1852 (age 1-2)

  • GRO Reference: 1852 J Quarter in STOW Volume 04A Page 297 (aged 1)

  • Death:

  • 1852 (age 1-2)

  • Stow, Suffolk

Note on Husband: Lankester Webb

1861 Census: Master tanner employing 121 men & 31 boys, Combs, Suffolk

One of the principal landowners in Combs.

 

"A school was erected here in 1873 at the sole cost of Lankester Webb, esq., it will hold 300 children and is also used for public worship by the Independents. ... Here are the factories of Messrs Webb & Son, in which are carried out tanning, currying, fellmongering, glove and gaiter leather dressing, and the manufacture of leather machine bands, fire buckets, and hose, for which they have first-class medals at the principal Industrial Exhibitions at home and abroad."

Source: Suffolk Post Office Directory, 1875

 

3 June 1887. The Will with a Codicil of Lankester Webb late of Combs in the County of Suffolk who died 8 April 1887 at Combs was proved at the Principal Registry by Joseph Vertue Webb of Combs Tanner the Son George Robert Portway of Cliff Road leeds in the County of York Cloth Merchant and James Williams Cook of Brentwood in the County of essex Wharfinger the Executors. Personal Estate £84,448 17s 5d. Resworh February 1889 £84,849 10s 6d.

Note on Child 1: Sarah Pitcairn Webb

PRENTICE Sarah Pitcairn of Verandah Cottage Stowmarket Suffolk widow died 6 May 1927; Probate Norwich 10 September to Arthur Henry Wallis mercantile clerk William Henry Prentice chemical manufacturer and Constance Isabel Prentice spinster. Effects £28399 6s. 9d.

Note on Child 2: Joseph Vertue Webb

WEBB Joseph Vertue of Combs Suffolk died 22 January 1908; Probate London 5 March to George Robert Portway woollen merchant James Williams Cook gentleman and Arthur Henry Wallis clerk. Effects £108184 19s 7d. Resworn £108244 5s 10d.

Note on Child 3: Edward Lankester Webb

16 April 1863. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Edward Lankester Webb late of Combs in the County of Suffolk Gentleman a Bachelor deceased who died 14 February 1863 at Combs aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Lankester Webb of Combs aforesaid Tanner the Father and Next of Kin of the said Deceased he having been first sworn. Effects under £600.

Note on Child 5: Anne Salmon Webb

PORTWAY Anne Salmon of Ashfield Headingley Leeds widow died 1 February 1929: Probate London 16 March to George Webb Portway tanner and Joseph herbert Portway and Robert Benson Portway merchants. Effects £37927 0s 9d.