Webb in my family tree
1: English: occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webbe, from Old English webba (a primary derivative of wefan to weave). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the (redundant) agent suffixes -(st)er. 2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): anglicizations of various Jewish names.
Variant (of 1): Webbe; Webber (chiefly West Country); Webster (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Midlands). (of 2): Web.
Noah Webster (1758 - 1843), the American lexicographer, was born in Hertford, Connecticut, the son of a prosperous landowner descended from one of the founders of the city and the state, John Webster (died 1661). The latter had emigrated from England to Massachusetts circa 1631, and had become governor of Connecticut in 1656.
Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852), the American politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, Massachusetts, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
Webb or variants was the 70th most common name in England and Wales according to a survey taken by H.M.Treasury in 1944, with a relative frequency of 0.15%.
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