Sarah Webb, an English Quakeress

Little is known about the life of Sarah Webb, wife of Philip Jacob Michael. However, her Quaker roots provide records about her family and a famous relative. Sarah, born in Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, was one of nine children of John Webb and Mary Boone.[1]

Photo taken at Exeter Meeting House, Berks County, PA

27 September 2014.

John Webb was born about 1695 and died on 18 December 1774 in Exeter. Mary Boone was born on 23 November 1699 and died 16 March 1774.[2] They married on 13 September 1720 at Gwynedd Meeting House, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) County, Pennsylvania.[3]

Children of John Webb and Mary Boone[4]
John Webb	14 Mar 1720/1
George Webb	3 Sep 1723
Mary Webb	26 Jan 1726/7
Sarah Webb	17 Oct 1729
Benjamin Webb	18 Dec 1732
Joseph Webb	6 May 1735
James Webb	4 Mar 1737/8
Samuel Webb	23 May 1740
Moses Webb	2 Oct 1743

Mary and Squire Boone, the children of George Boone III and his wife, Mary Maugridge, were baptized at St. Disen’s Church in Bradninch, Devonshire, England.[5] Squire Boone married Sarah Morgan on 23 September 1720 at Gwynedd Meeting House[6] and are the parents of Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and folk hero.[7] Sarah Webb and Daniel Boone were cousins and he is my first cousin 7x removed. 

“From his infancy, Daniel Boone seems to have possessed to an unusual degree those amiable traits of character that won him the love and esteem of his acquaintances. His uncle, John Webb, was fond of taking him as his house guest with his sons and daughters as playmates.”[8]

Of English descent, Sarah Webb would have been a strong woman in colonial Pennsylvania who maintained a household, raised a family (more on her children in a future blog) and supported her husband, Philip Jacob Michael, while he ministered to congregations in several counties and provided support during the American Revolution. Although little is known about Sarah's life, it is clear that she was surrounded by trailblazers! I can only imagine the strength needed to survive and thrive in those challenging times.  

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[1] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Exeter Monthly Meeting, p. 358; digital image online of compiled records, (www.ancestry.com : 6 February 2015).

[2] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Exeter Monthly Meeting, p. 358.

[3] Marriage of John Webb and Mary Boone, transcription online; (http://www.gwyneddmeeting.org/history/ jenkinschapter12.htm : 5 February 2015). John Webb, Philadelphia County m. Mary Boone d/o George of same at a public meeting, 7^th mo 13, 1720.

[4] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Exeter Monthly Meeting, p. 358.

[5] “The First 5 Generations of the George Boone Family,” presented by The Boone Society, Inc. which owns the records cited; (http://www.boonesociety.org/boonegenealogy/Boone1st5Gens.pdf : 6 February 2015).

[6] Marriage of Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, transcription online; (http://www.gwyneddmeeting.org/history/ jenkinschapter12.htm : 5 February 2015). Squire Boone, s/o George of Philadelphia Co. m. Sarah Morgan d/o Edward of same, at Gwynedd mh, 7^th mo 23, 1720.

[7] U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Exeter Monthly Meeting, p. 24.

[8] “The Early Years of Daniel Boone,” transcribed and edited by James William Hagy, online transcription;  (http://www.berkshistory.org/multimedia/articles/the-early-years-of-daniel-boone/ : 6 February 2015).