EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Webster Financial Corporation:
We consent to incorporation by reference of our report dated January 28, 2000,
which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K of
Webster Financial Corporation, incorporated by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Webster Financial Corporation
on Form S-4 on Form S-8 (File No. 333-88021) pertaining to the New England
Community Bancorp, Inc. 1997 Non-Officer Directors' Stock Option Plan, the 1996
Incentive and Nonqualified Compensatory Stock Option Plan and the 1990 Bank of
South Windsor Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
June 30, 2000
