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- "Cyreneus Webster, b. July 18, 1747 at Coventry, Ct., married Prudence Skinner, of East Windsor, born March 20, 1755, and took her brother, Benjamin, as an apprentice.
Cyreneus Webster was a farmer, tanner, and shoemaker. His father, Benajah died in 1751 and in his Will directed that all of his children should be "put out to good trades at the age of 14 years." On January 20, 1751-2, Cyreneus was placed under the guardianship of his uncle Pelatiah Webster, who having died, Cyreneus was, on July 27, 1756, placed under the guardianship of Nathaniel Strong, of Windsor, Ct., and when about 16 years of age he was put out to learn the trades of tanner and shoemaker with a Mr. King of East Windsor, (now South Windsor), Ct. After serving out his apprenticeship, he commenced business for himself in that town near the line of East Hartford, and on the Main Road from East Windsor Hill to Hartford, where he remained about 11 years, when he bought a farm a few miles to the Northeast, but still in the town of East Windsor where he spent the remainder of his life carrying on the business of farming and shoe making.
1777, June 7, Prudence Webster buys land of Nathaniel Porter of East Windsor.
He [Cyreneus] died at East Windsor, June 26, 1830, aged 84, and his wife, Prudence, same place, January 24, 1846, aged 91 years.
Children: (All born at East Windsor, Ct. now South Windsor) Chloe, born March 8, 1772; Eli, born Dec 28, 1773; James born May 7, 1776; Theodosia, born Feb. 26, 1778; Sally, born Jan. 16, 1780; Naomi, born April 24, 1782l a child bap. Feb 15, 1784; Prudence, born about 1786; Betsey, born about 1788; Wareham, born Nov 19, 1790, bap. Feb 27, 1791; Cynthia, born about 1796."
Source: History and Genealogy of the Gov. John Webster Family of Connecticut
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