Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
Webb Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Micajah Webb
Birth23 Apr 1582, Stratford, Warwickshire, England, Europe556,576
MemoLDS says 1583 rather than 1582
DeathNorfolk Independent City, VA, USA560
OccupationShipbuilder and trader
Anst File#NF4P-5Q, 9L34-Q6 (non-standard dates for the second one: birth Jan 7, 1588 and christened 2 days later)
Emigration1640 - 1650, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, VA, USA577,578
Memofrom England by way of Wales
Immigration1626, VA, USA558
Memoaboard the ship “Thomas Babe”
TitleThe Merchant of Virginia
FlagsDeceased
FatherAlexander Webb Jr. (1559->1629)
MotherMary Wilson (1561-)
Spouses
Unmarried
ChildrenRichard (1603-~1658)
 James (1621-<1675)
 Jane (1625-)
 Isaac (1626-)
 John (1627-)
 William (1636-)
Notes for William Micajah Webb
Settled at Isle of Pines, Isle of Wight Co., Virginia. The great Southern branch of Webb's descend from William Micajah Webb.578 Some disagreement as to if he was born in 1582579,90 or 1583.561,580,581 One researcher also has January 9, 1582 as his birthday557 while yet another has it as January 7, 1587 or 1588 and April 23, 1583.569 Was called "The Merchant of Virginia."556

William Micajah WEBB came to America in 1629 and was a merchant in Norfolk, Virginia. He originally settled at the Isle of Pines and then died at Norfolk, Virginia. From him, styled "The Merchant of Virginia", came the great southern branch of the Webb family. One of his sons, James moved to Richmond, Virginia and Lucy Webb was of this branch. His place of residence for a while was Smithfield, Isle of Wight, Virginia. He was a renowned shipbuilder and designer.560

The date of immigration is listed as 1626 by Jim and Jill Cruse.558
Last Modified 20 Mar 2005Created 11 Feb 2026 using Reunion for Macintosh
All sources of data are documented on the “Person Sheet” for each individual. My early data often came from less-than-reliable sources (e.g., “Sarah’s genealogy pages”). If the only sources for a person is something like that or worse there is no listed source for data, please take the information as only a suggestion and not a fact.

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