Ebenezer Webster (born in
Kingston, New Hampshire, April 22, 1739; died in
Salisbury (now part of
Franklin),
New Hampshire, April 22, 1806) was a
United States farmer,
innkeeper
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,
militia member, politician and judge. He was the father of
Daniel Webster, a noted lawyer and orator who served in the
United States Congress, as
United States Secretary of State, and in other offices.
Biography
Ebenezer was a Judge with Hillsborough County, New Hampshire a farmer and innkeeper. He served under
General Amherst in the
French and Indian War, and in 1761 was one of the original settlers of that part of the town of Salisbury now known as Franklin, then the northernmost
New England settlement.
Revolutionary War
At the outbreak of the
American Revolutionary War, he led the Salisbury militia to
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Subsequently he fought at
White Plains and
Bennington
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, was at
West Point during the treason of
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, and served in other campaigns until the close of the war, when he had attained the rank of colonel of militia.
Public career
He was at various times a member of one or the other branch of the
legislature, those being the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
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and the
New Hampshire Senate, and from 1791 till his death was judge of the court of common pleas of
Hillsborough County.
Family
His eldest son by his second wife, Abigail Eastman, was named Ezekiel. Ezekiel was born in Salisbury, March 11, 1780, and died in
Concord, April 10, 1829. Ezekiel graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1804, studied law, and rose to eminence in his profession. He also served in the state legislature. He died instantaneously of disease of the heart while trying a case in Concord. Ebenezer's second son by Abigail was
Daniel
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, a noted statesman of the United States.
Notes
References
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External links
Ebenezer Webster entryat
The Political Graveyard
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1739 births
1806 deaths
Farmers from New Hampshire
American judges
New Hampshire state senators
People from Kingston, New Hampshire
New Hampshire militiamen in the American Revolution
People of the French and Indian War