Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Micajah Webb 
MemoLDS says 1583 rather than 1582
DeathNorfolk Independent City, VA, USA539
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)
Memofrom England by way of Wales
Immigration1626, VA, USA537
Memoaboard the ship “Thomas Babe”
TitleThe Merchant of Virginia
FlagsDeceased
FatherAlexander Webb Jr. (1559->1629)
MotherMary Wilson (1561-)
Spouses
Unmarried
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.557 Some disagreement as to if he was born in 1582558,80 or 1583.540,559,560 One researcher also has January 9, 1582 as his birthday536 while yet another has it as January 7, 1587 or 1588 and April 23, 1583.548 Was called "The Merchant of Virginia."535
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.539
The date of immigration is listed as 1626 by Jim and Jill Cruse.537
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.539
The date of immigration is listed as 1626 by Jim and Jill Cruse.537