From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jan 2 18:03:03 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k03133g3014162; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:03:03 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k03132Mu024071 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:03:02 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k02MahFI004680 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:36:43 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k02MahVp004679 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:36:43 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.18.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k02MMaFI004605 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:22:36 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k030mipI026944 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:48:44 -0700 X-Envelope-From: emschmidt@cableone.net Mon Jan 2 17:48:44 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.16.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k030mig3026933 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:48:44 -0700 Received: from S2.cableone.net (s2.cableone.net [24.116.0.228]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k030mhGf013287 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:48:44 -0700 Received: from DG47H421 (unverified [24.116.229.142]) by S2.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S2) with ESMTP id 40761179 for ; Mon, 02 Jan 2006 18:13:14 -0700 Message-ID: <001601c60fff$71f18a90$8ee57418@DG47H421> From: "emschmidt" To: Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 17:48:42 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 13, First 31, in=4, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 24.116.229.142 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] James Webb and wife Ellen Quirk According to his obituary, Capt. James Webb (my great great grandfather) was born in England, Nov. 25, 1807 and came over to New York about 1830. He had been a captain of seagoing vessels for 23 years, been in California during the '49 gold rush for 3 years, and moved to Winnebago County, Illinois in 1853. The family moved to Lincoln County, Kansas in 1880. He married Ellen in NewYork. Apparently he farmed after moving from New York. My questions are: Would he have captained different ships or would he have been a captain of only one ship? He probably was naturalized in New York as I have found what I think is his family there. Would he have initially entered the States differently than the usual immigrant? How about after the first visit? Is there a way to tell if his ships carried passengers? Up to now all of my ancestors have mostly been farmers. This is a bit different! Thanks for any help. emschmidt@cableone.net