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John Webster
Born 1738  

Son of Rev. Dr. Alexander Webster, and Mary Erskine. A maternal cousin of James Boswell. Webster married Charlotte Kerr (d. 1804) in 1771.1, with whom he had two children, Alexander (b. 1778) and Eleonora (b. 1780). Webster was a Captain in the 4th Foot Regiment until he retired from the army in 1777.2

Boswell went with Webster to Arniston on October 28, 1762.

  • 1Charlotte was the daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield, sometime Director of Chancery.
  • 2 http://www.silverwhistle.co.uk/lobsters/webster.html

Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.