June 2019 – Ever Widening Circle

Answer is NO…. by my research…

Both Henrietta Websters (YES there are 2 of them) they were both born in Litchfield, Connecticut abt 1838 – One was born to Montgomery Webster – wife Sybil Elwell of the Lighthouse Tribe in Barkhamsted, CT & the other one was born to David Sanford Webster – wife Clarissa Wattles in Bethlehem, CT

ONLY record found for Barkhamsted Lighthouse Descendant Henrietta Webster is an 1850 census in which she was 12 years old via this census- Note: Census was taken in NOVEMBER of 1850 Also by 1851 Sybil (Elwell) Webster passed away I am unsure as to what happened to all of the children… Henrietta would have been abt 13 at the time of passing.

As you will see in my research, the 2nd Henrietta L Webster was well documented throughout history – I was able to find A LOT of info on her and the Viets family.

I have both Henriettas on a census in 1850 – 1st one is Henrietta L (Viets) with her husband and she is 20 years old and married – census taken Aug. 1850 2nd census is our Lighthouse Henrietta that is 12 years old and living with her parents at the Lighthouse Site.

Now let’s take a look at some important records:

Rev. A P Viets in the Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870
(Barbour Collection)
Name: Rev. A P Viets Marriage Date: 4 Sep 1848
Marriage Place: Barkhamsted, Connecticut, USA Residence Place: Canton
Spouse: Hannah Webster Spouse Residence Place: Barkhamsted

Note: Hannah could have been a ‘nickname’?

I want to note: these are actually 2 entries – my best guess is they got the license in Sept. and married in Oct. (It was a mistake on the original document which states her name as “Hannah “(which could have been a nickname) the spelling of her name appears to be Henriette vs Henrietta via this record but in all other records, it is recorded as Henrietta so I went with this spelling in my research.

Rev A P Viets in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
Name: Rev A P Viets Event: Marriage Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1848
Marriage Place: Pleasant Valley Spouse: Henrietta Louisa Webster
Spouse Father: D Sanford Webster Newspaper: Christian Secretary
Publication Date: 13 Oct 1848 Publication Place: Connecticut, USA
Call Number: 486549

**Publication Date**: 13 Oct 1848 by the ***Christian Secretary*** –
*As you see in this record it states she is the daughter of D. Sanford Webster*

Rev A P Viets in the U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
Name: Rev A P Viets Event: Marriage Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1848
Marriage Place: Pleasant Valley Spouse: Henrietta Louisa Webster
Spouse Father: D Sandford Webster Newspaper: The Hartford Times
Publication Date: 14 Oct 1848 Publication Place: Connecticut, USA
Call Number: 486551

**Publication Date**: 14 Oct 1848 by the ***The Hartford Times*** –
*As you see in this record it states she is the daughter of D. Sanford Webster*

Henrietta Louisa Webster in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
(Pg 103) Viets Genealogy
Name: Henrietta Louisa Webster Gender: Female
Birth Date: 11 Jun 1830 Birth Place: Bethlehem, Conn
First Marriage Date: 9 Oct 1848 Spouse: Apollos Phelps Viets
Child:
Ellsworth Phelps Berkley Viets
Wordsworth Bertrand Viets
John Charles Viets
Mary Louisa Viets
Beulah Ruth Viets
Henrietta Claribel Viets

Now let’s take a look at the burial of the family:

All mentioned below are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Waterbury, CT.

Apollos Phelps Viets in the Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
Name: Apollos Phelps Viets Age: 89 Birth Date: 1819 Death Date: 1908
Burial Place: Connecticut, USA Cemetery: Riverside Cemetery