Gov. Webster's will (dated 25 June 1659) mentions hisgrandchildren Jonathan and Mary Hunt but does not give the namesof his daughter and son-in-law, presumed deceased.(Webster,1915)."----There is no evidence that Gov. Webster had a daughter Mary,---- evidence indicates that he had a daughter Margaret who m.Thomas Hunt and they were the parents of Jonathan and Mary Huntwho came to Hartford ---by 1655 to live with their grandfatherWebster and moved with the Websters to Hadley, MA in 1659 during--- religious dispute in CT which led Websters and many othersettlers to move upriver to Hadley and Northampton. The ParishRegister of Cossington, Leicestershire, Eng., has the followingdata: John Webster m. Agnes Smith 7 Nov 1609. (Gov. John of CT.)Margaret Webster bapt. 21 Feb 1611/12 dau of John Webster.Margaret Webster m. Thomas Hunt 5 Jun 1632."By family tradition, he was from County Warwick and was anoriginal proprietor of Hartford, His home-lot in 1639 was on theeast side of the street now called Governor St. He was one ofthe Committee who for the first time sat with the Court ofMagistrates, 1637 ans 1638, and a magistrate from 1639 to 1655,when he was made deputy-governor, and the next year governor. Hewas one of the committee who formed the code of criminal lawsfor the Colony in 1642; a Commissioner for the United Colonies,1654. He was an influential member of the church in Hartford,took a deep interest in the controversy which agitated that andother churches, was one of the leaders of the Hadley company,and removed thither in 1659; he was admitted freeman, Mass., andin May, 1660, made a magistrate. He died in Hadley, 5 April1661, leaving a widow Agnes.On the 11th of April, 1639, came the First General Meeting ofthe Freemen, under the Constitution, for the election ofMagistrates, when John Haynes, who had been Governor in theMassachusetts Bay in 1635, was now chosen the first Governor ofthe Connecticut Colony. Mr. Roger Ludlowe, of Windsor, waschosen deputy-governor. The magistrates were Mr. George Wylls,Mr. Edward Hopkins, Mr. Thomas Welles, Mr. John Webster, Mr.William Phelps.The town of Farmington was incorporated in 1645, chiefly by menwho went out of Hartford; but as Farmington is a part ofHartford County, upon this fact we shall not dwell. Hadley,Mass., was a direct outgrowth from hartford, aided byWethersfield. It started with a strong and able body of men.They were some of Hartford's chief citizens, who had becomeweary with the long debate and strife in the First Church underMt. Stone's ministry. Mr. John Webster, who had been Governor ofthe Connecticut Colony, and Mr. John Russell, minister atWethersfield, who had been chosen spiritual head of themovement, may be reckoned as the chief leaders. On the writtencompact into which they entered, 18 April 1659, the names of Mr.Webster and Elder William Goodwin stand first, and are followedby about thirty more from Hartford., and by Mr. Russell's andabout twenty others from Wethersfield. The territory on whichthey planted themselves under the general name of Hadleyincludes the present towns of Hadley, Amherst, Granby, Hatfield,and South Hadley. In this settlement, and by the Rev. Mr.Russell especially, the regicide judges were concealed when theycould no longer be safely kept within the New Haven plantations.Note: Have seen Mary (b. 30 March 1623) who married John Huntlisted as John's daughter.