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- Not married to Mary Anne Allen
Ancestry - ellarose1234
Fathered at least three illegitimate children.He was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by Susannah Brookes spinster daughter of Dr.Brookes of Stalham Hall.
John, who never married, ultimately inherited the Hall and with it the ancient title of Lord of the Manor of Linford and Wilds.
Will in hand.He left everything to Mary Ann Webb his illegitimate daughter (who also never married and lived with him throughout
his life) Bernard Allen has a sale catalogue of Stalham Hall.
Death certificate in hand. He died on 30th November 1865 at Stalham. He was 77 years old and his occupation was given as Yeoman. His cause of death was Decay of nature (old age) Informant was M.W.Sandford present at the death Cromer.The death was registered one month after death on 30th December 1865
Will. Webb 10th April 1866 Effects under 1500.
The Will of John Craske Webb late of Stalham Hall,Stalham in the County of Norfolk Esquire Deceased who died 30th November 1865 at Stalham Hall Aforsaid was proved at Norwich by the oath of Mary Anne Georgiana Webb of Stalham Hall aforesaid spinster the sole executor. Mary Anne Georgiana Webb was born March 1816 (Linda Bourne) Worstead and buried Stalham 16 Feb.1894(LB) her mother was Mary Keeler(LB)
Beryl Rogers:
"JohnCrask Webb was adopted by a spinster daughter of a doctor who lived at Stalham Hall, he came from a poor family and ended up Squire and Lord of the Manor, quoting my Grandmother who may have known him as a child (Catherine Allen who married Walter Dew-Pettingill) "he was not a man to be proud of".
He firstly had a daughter Mary-Ann Georgiana Webb daughter of a Mary Keeler, born Worsted May 26th 1816, she went to live with him at the hall, she never married either, and is buried with her father in Stalham churchyard. I did find the grave but the name is getting very hard to decipher."
Beryl also says that there is a book "The Story of Stalham Hall" but nobody has tracked down a copy in recent years. (NB.PFD write NGS)
My letter to N.& N.G.S. has resulted in a letter from a Mr.Peter Cooke who although he does not have the book I am searching for it seems that he knows the Hall very well,he lives in Stalham,and could probably give me details of it's history. I have written back to him and sent a printout of the details regarding John Craske Webb.
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Singing Our Family Song
1788 - 1865 (77 years)
d. 3 Mar 1879, Flegg, Norfolk, England