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Webber Cradle
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 The Job Lane House now has the
Webber Cradle on display. The Bedford
Historical Society was given a cradle that was
first used by the family of James Webber (1665-1732) that dates to the
1690’s. The cradle came down from the
family of Captain John Webber (1732-1808) who owned the Shawsheen
house. The cradle was
later owned by Wallace G. Webber (1856-1910) who in 1880 with Alfred Paine
founded the brokerage firm of Paine Webber and Company located at 48
Congress Street in Boston.
It was donated to the Historical
Society by the estate of Paul Baron Webber, Jr., 9th generation
in America and a grandson of Wallace G. Webber. The sketch is from
Abram English Brown’s book, The History of the Town of
Bedford, 1891, but the foot board has been
lost.
Don Corey brought the cradle one early June Saturday morning. Please
come and see the cradle now in the Parlor Chamber at the Job
Lane House. Photo by Joan Ross
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PO Box 720, 295 North Road, Bedford, MA 01730
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