WHITWELL, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND

William WEBSTER

b. 23 Apr 1774 Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire, England (parents Francis WEBSTER & Elizabeth Breedon HOGGARD)
d. 9 May 1830
bur. 19 May 1830 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.
Occupation: Farmer

m. 20 Aug 1806 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.

Sarah FLETCHER

b. 1772
d. 13 Nov 1843
bur. Whitwell, Derbyshire

Children

1. Francis WEBSTER chr. 7 Apr 1807 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng. d. 1886 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Eng. m1 Elizabeth Osborne – 8 children m2 Mary Gascoyne

2. Elizabeth WEBSTER chr. 30 Jul 1810 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.

3. Samuel WEBSTER chr. 16 Jul 1812 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.

4. Sarah WEBSTER b. 1815

5. James WEBSTER chr. 2 Sep 1817 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.

6. Miles WEBSTER chr. 12 Sep 1819 Whitwell, Derbyshire, Eng.

7. Lucy WEBSTER b. 1821

Looking at this family at Whitwell can be confusing as there were two couples named William and Sarah Webster at Whitwell. This family were farmers, and the other Willliam and Sarah were publicans.

 

In 1830 William Webster was a witness at a court case concerning compensation for the injury done to a small flock of sheep by the application of an ointment sold by the defendant to the plaintiff.

William Webster stated, that he lives at Whitwell, and is a farmer there. He was at Warsop fair, on the 17th of November, 1828, and saw the plaintiff, with whom) he attempted to bargain for some sheep. They did not agree. In a fortnight afterwards, witness went to Claythorpe to look again at the sheep, and found them in a very bad state; they appeared as if caustic had been applied, which had burnt its way through the skin. Upon many of the sheep, there also appeared a dry hard substance, and a continual sore. He had before bade from thirty shillings to two pounds each, for ten of them, but then he would not purchase them at any price. (Nottingham Journal, 20 Mar 1830, p.4)