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walk; Charles T., died in 1883; Frank C,
of further mention.
(Ill) Frank C. Craw, son of William
Thomas and Mary (Selleck) Craw, was
reared and educated in South Norwalk,
Connecticut, and after completing public
school studies he obtained employment in a
Norwalk insurance office, and subsequent-
ly was engaged in the same line of business
in New York City. After returning to
Norwalk he was employed at the hatter's
trade for about five years. During all of
this time Mr. Craw had been interested
in perfecting many laborsaving devices
which were the fruits of his inventive
brain. Possessed of originality and imagination,
combined with natural mechan-
ical ability, he has made and patented a
number of inventions. Notable among
them were machines for hat manufactur-
ers which are widely in use. The first
in this line was a stiff hat paring machine,
and prior to the invention of this machine
hats were pared by hand, and the inven-
tion of Mr. Craw proved to be a great
labor saver. His latest inventions are a
soft hat rounding machine, and a new
type of automatic spring which obviates
the need of shock absorbers, the spring
itself controlling the rebound which is
the cause of breaking springs. Mr. Craw
is a member of the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks.
Mr. Craw married Sarah E. Harvey,
daughter of Ebenezer Harvey, of Dover,
New Hampshire. Her mother was Josephine
(Mullen) Harvey, of Pluta, and
there Mrs. Craw was married. Mr. and
Mrs. Craw are the parents of two sons
Harvey, born May 5, 1881, married Grace
A. Simmons, of Rochester, New York
and Frank V., born February 14, 1883,
married Mary Gilhooly. Mrs. Craw attends
the Baptist church of Norwalk.
(The Webb Line).
(I ) The Webb family is descended from
Sir Alexander Webb, born in 1484 in Eng-
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land. He was an officer of rank in the
army of King Henry VIII.
(II) Sir Henry Webb, eldest son of
Sir Alexander Webb, was born May ir,
1 5 10. He was an usher to the Privy
Council of Catherine (Parr), Queen Re-
gent of Britain in the sixteenth century.
Sir Henry Webb married, in 1533, Grace
Arden, sister of Robert Arden. His sister
married one of the same family and had
a daughter who married, in May, 1652,
John Shakespeare, father of William
Shakespeare, the poet.
(III) Alexander (2) Webb, son of Sir
Henry Webb, was born December 24,
1534, in Warwickshire, England. He
settled in Birmingham, England. He
married his cousin, Margaret Arden.
(IV) Alexander (3) Webb, son of
Alexander (2) and Margaret (Arden)
Webb, was born August 20, 1559. The
latter married Mary Wilson, daughter of
Sir Thomas Wilson, private secretary to
Queen Elizabeth of England.
(V) Richard Webb, son of Alexander
(3) and Mary (Wilson) Webb, was born
May 5, 1580, in Warwickshire, England,
and died in 1655 in Norwalk, Connecticut.
He came to America in 1626, and was a
member of Hooker's company, settling in
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636. Richard
Webb was among the first settlers of
Norwalk, being at the time well advanced
in years, and he was among the first of
the pioneers to pass beyond. He married
(first) in May, 1610, Grace Wilson,
he married
daughter of John Wilson ;
(second) Elizabeth Gregory, daughter of
Henry Gregory, a prominent citizen of
Boston, and a sister of John Gregory, a
first settler of Norwalk.
(VI) Richard (2) Webb, son of Richard
(1) and Grace (Wilson) Webb, was
born January 9, 161 1, in Birmingham,
England, and died March 15, 1675. He
came to America with his father, and was
for a time a resident of Norwalk. He was