Robert Webster

- 1719

• Name	Robert Webster
  Gender	Male
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by Captain Thomas Pearson, sold to David Vilant
  Role	Nov 1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Indentured servant
  Property	1 May 1699	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  Occupation	1701	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Yeoman farmer
  Property	14 Jun 1701	Raritan River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Conveyance from East Jersey Proprietors (East New Jersey Society) to Robert Webster
  Property	11 Dec 1701	Raritan River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Sold 144 acres on the Raritan River for £210 to Gabriel LeBoytealx. Witnessed by John Barclay, Thomas Gordon
  Property	20 Apr 1702	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Conveyance from George Drake (ux)
  Property	8 May 1702	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Conveyance from John Molleson to Robert Webster
  Will	25 Nov 1719	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Executors: wife Sarah, Vincent Rugnion, Jeremiah Field. Witnesses: Daniel Blackford,Jonathan Smallie, Thomas Broderick
  Death	28 Nov 1719	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Probate	31 Dec 1719	Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Inventory of £69 19s 6d made by Thomas Wetherill and Hopewell Hull, 28 November 1719
  Origin	Angus, Scotland
  	or Kincardineshire
  	Origin likely as one of the servants imported by Captain Thomas Pearson from Montrose
  Person ID	I44979	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah (Webster)
  Children	1. John Webster  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Webster  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Captain Thomas Pearson, sold to David Vilant - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Nov 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - 1 May 1699 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1701 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyance from East Jersey Proprietors (East New Jersey Society) to Robert Webster - 14 Jun 1701 - Raritan River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold 144 acres on the Raritan River for £210 to Gabriel LeBoytealx. Witnessed by John Barclay, Thomas Gordon - 11 Dec 1701 - Raritan River, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyance from George Drake (ux) - 20 Apr 1702 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Conveyance from John Molleson to Robert Webster - 8 May 1702 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife Sarah, Vincent Rugnion, Jeremiah Field. Witnesses: Daniel Blackford,Jonathan Smallie, Thomas Broderick - 25 Nov 1719 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 28 Nov 1719 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of £69 19s 6d made by Thomas Wetherill and Hopewell Hull, 28 November 1719 - 31 Dec 1719 - Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Origin - or Kincardineshire - - Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p64. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, G(EJ): Folio 329 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, C-2(EJ): Folio 87-89 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, G(EJ): Folio 331 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, C(EJ): Folio 212 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, C(EJ): Folio 214 (SSTSE023). [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p497.