Hannah Webb
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Burial: 29 December 1771.
Place of Burial: Southwark, Surrey (St John Horsleydown).
The burial is recorded in the parish register ("29th Hannah Nugent.")
Relationships
(probable) Father: William Webb. (See the commentary section.)
(probable) Mother: Katherine Pearson. (See commentary section.)
Spouse: Henry Nugent (1697/8 - 1773). Married 29 August 1725, London, England (Lincoln’s Inn Chapel).
The place and date of the marriage come from the FamilySearch marriage register index entry, which cites the parish registers.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Henry Byne Nugent (baptized 4 March 1726 at Saint Andrew, Holborn, London).
Harriot Nugent (born 31 December 1728; baptized 21 January 1728/9 at St James, Westminster; buried 19 October 1783 at St John Horsleydown, Southwark) married Benjamin Johnson 6 December 1753 in Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull.
Katherine Pearson Nugent (born 1 October 1731; baptized 9 October 1731 at St James, Westminster).
Alice Nugent (born 27 March 1734; baptized 12 April 1734 at St James, Westminster).
Lewis Nugent (born 9 May 1735; baptized 14 May 1735 at St James, Westminster ; buried 3 July 1735 at Saint James, Westminster).
Rebecca Nugent (born 3 August 1736; baptized 14 August 1736 at St Anne, Soho).
Alice Nugent (baptized 23 June 1738 in Richmond, Surrey; buried 2 February 1739/40).
Evidence
William Webb - Katherine Pearson marriage (June 1697, Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge)
22. William Webb serv:t of Fullham
Katherine Pearson, Sp:r of St Marg:ts W:mr
The 1752 holograph will of Rebecca Martyn:
I give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Martyn my Damask Bed and all the Linnen belonging to it the Scrutour that was her Sister Hannah and the China upon it the Silver Waiter that was her Sisters the Silver laday all my Cloths half the Table Linnen Chimney Glass half the Household Goods the 2 little Tables that was her Sisters the Chimney Glass all the above written things I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Martyn July 30 1750 Rebecca Martyn ./.
19 August 1752
Appeared personally Hannah Nugent (Wife of Henry Nugent) of the Parish of St. Margaret New Fish Street London and Thwaites Gulick of the Parish of Saint Dunstan in the West London Spinster and by virtue of their corporal Oaths deposed that they were well acquainted with Rebecca Martyn late of the Parish of Saint John Hackney in the County of Middlesex widow deceased for several years next before and until the time of her death which happened on or about the sixth Day of June last past as these deponents have been informed and believe and also with her manner and character of hand writing having often seen her write and subscribe her name and having now seen and carefully perused the last Will and Testament or Testamentary schedule of the said deceased hereunto annexed beginning thus “I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Martyn my Damask Bed” ending thus “all the above written things I give to my daughter Elizabeth Martyn July 30 1750” and thus subscribed “Rebecca Martyn” do verily believe the whole series of the said Will and subscription thereto to be all of the proper handwriting of the said Rebecca Martyn deceased Hannah Nugent -- Thwaites Gulick -- On the same day the said Hannah Nugent and Thwaites Gulick were sworn to the truth of the above 2 written affadavit before me Robt. Chapman Surrogate - present John Smith Notary Publick --
On the nineteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and fifty two Administration (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of Rebecca Martyn late of the parish of St. John Hackney in the County of Middlesex Spinster was granted to Henrietta Martyn Spinster the natural and lawful daughter of the said deceased (for that no Executor or Residuary Legatee is named in the said Will) being first sworn duly to administer./.
from the probate of the 1768 holograph will of William Martyn:
April 19.th 1768
On which day appeared personally Henry Nugent of Lincolns Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and Hannah Nugent wife of the said Henry Nugent of the same place and being severally sworn on the Holy Evangelists to depose the Truth severally (and not each for the other) deposed that they have known and been well acquainted with William Martyn late of the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the County of Middlesex Esquire deceased for the space of fifteen years before and to the time of his death which as they are informed and believe happened on the tenth day of April instant and also with his manner and character of handwriting having frequently seen him write and subscribe his Name and having well viewed and carefully perused the paper Writing or Testamentary Schedule hereunto annexed purporting to be the last will and Testament of the said deceased…
Commentary
These facts lead me to believe that either Hannah Webb (or possibly her husband Benjamin Johnson) was related to Benjamin Hewling, a London merchant who died in 1684:
1660: John Peirson transferred £500 of stock in the East India Company to Benjamin Hewling.
1684: Benjamin Hewling named in his will his nephew John Pearson and his niece Hannah Pearson.
1685. Benjamin Hewling’s only two sons, Benjamin and William, were executed for participating in the Monmouth rebellion. Some descendants of Benjamin and William’s sisters subsequently gave the name ‘Hewling’ to sons, presumably in Benjamin and William’s honour and as a way of keeping the family name alive. Some examples: Benjamin Hewling’s eldest daughter married Henry Cromwell (the grandson of the Lord Protector) and named her second son “Benjamin Hewling Cromwell” in 1689. Benjamin Hewling’s second daughter Rebecca married Richard Martyn and named a son, who died in 1716, “Hewling Martin”. Benjamin Hewling’s third daughter Elizabeth married William Luson and named a son “Hewling Luson” in 1712.
[1697: Hannah Webb’s probable parents William Webb and Katherine Pearson marry.]
1750/1: John Heron gentleman of St Paul Covent Garden, the son of Priscilla Hewling, Benjamin Hewling’s fourth daughter, left all his personal estate to his cousin Mary Webb.
1752: Hannah Nugent (born Hannah Webb), wife of Henry Nugent, of the parish of St Margaret New Fish Street appeared and swore that she was acquainted with Rebecca Martyn (born Rebecca Hewling, Benjamin Hewling’s second daughter) late of the parish of St John Hackney deceased for several years next before and until the time of her death.
[1753: Hannah and Henry’s daughter Harriot Nugent married Benjamin Johnson.]
1761: Benjamin and Harriot named their second son “Henry Hewling Johnson”.
1768: Henry Nugent of Lincolns Inn gentleman and Hannah Nugent his wife swore that they had known and been aquainted with William Martin (Rebecca’s son) for the space of 15 years before and to the time of his death.
1770: Henrietta Martyn (Rebecca’s daughter) made a bequest to Harriot (“Mrs Johnson living in the Borough”). No relationship is specified, but every other recipient of a bequest in Henrietta’s will was a known relative.
1802: Benjamin and Harriot’s daughter Emily Johnson married William Martin Luson, the great-grandson of Elizabeth Hewling, the third daughter of Benjamin Hewling.
I am not sure what exactly the relationship was. Possibly Hannah Webb’s mother Katherine Pearson was a niece or grandniece of Benjamin Hewling. I don’t notice any Pearsons or Webbs in the 1701 will of Benjamin Hewling’s father in law William Kyffin. I don’t think Hannah Webb is a daughter of any of Benjamin Hewling’s daughters, and I think she is too old to be a granddaughter. Hannah Webb was said to be of Kensington at the time of her 1725 marriage, and I have not seen the registers of St Mary Abbots, the parish church of Kensington. More information may be there.
References
"England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2F8-M82 : accessed 13 Mar 2014), Henry Neugent and Hannah Webb, 29 Apr 1725; citing Lincolns Inn Chapel, Holborn, London, England, reference: FHL microfilm 823848.
William Webb - Katherine Pearson marriage, 22 June 1697, Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge, Middlesex, parish register; digital image at Findmypast.co.uk (accessed 27 March 2014).
Will of Henrietta Martyn of Hampstead, Middlesex, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 25 November 1771, National Archives reference number PROB 11/972/335.
Will of Rebecca Martyn of Saint John Hackney, Middlesex, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 19 August 1752, National Archives reference number PROB 11/796/448.
Will of William Martyn of Saint Andrew Holborn, Middlesex, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 19 April 1768, National Archives reference number PROB 11/938/210.