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misled. His name is subscribed to this constitution ; he will not mislead us now ; I shall vote for its adoption."
In addition to the above glorious record he was one of the electors for president when Washington was elected. In the spring of 1791 he was chosen judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Hillsborough, holding the office through life. In matters pertaining to the church Judge Web- ster exercised great influence, uniting with the church under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Searles, and was chosen deacon April 5, 1793, but declined serving. His wife was a member of the church, as were most of his children. When but eight- een years of age he served in the Indian war, and in the campaign of 1758 he went as a private in Capt. Timothy Ladd's company, also as a sergeant in Capt. Philip Johnson's company in Goff's regiment, against Crown Point, in 1760. In the Rev- olutionary war he was captain of the first company, composed of 66 men, 42 of whom were from Salisbury, in Col. Stickney's regiment and Gen. Stark's brigade, participating at Benning- ton and in other hard fought battles, which weakened Burgoyne and finally forced him to surrender. In August, 1778, Capt. Webster, in obedience to a request from the Committee of Safety, raised a company in this vicinity which he com- manded; it was the third company in Col. Nichols's regiment of Whipple's brigade, serving in the Rhode Island campaign. In 1780 we find him captain of the fourth company in Col. Nichols's regiment, raised for the defense of West Point. In 1782, he commanded a company of Rangers, raised for the pro- tection of our western frontiers. In 1784 he was appointed colonel, and this office gave him authority over all able-bodied men between the ages of sixteen and fifty in Salisbury. One of Capt. Webster's soldiers, (Stephen Bohannon) who was with him at the time of Gen. Washington's discovery of the treason of Arnold, related the following to Judge J. W. Nesmith: Capt. Webster was called to Gen. Washington's tent and commanded to guard it during that night, and he remarked, "I believe I can trust you." His
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nephew, Maj. Stephen Bohannon, said that Washington did not sleep at all that night, but spent the time either in writing or walking in his tent. As an officer he was beloved by his soldiers and set the good example of always being in front of his men and in the thickest of the battle. He was born to command; of cool, steady nerve, and possessing sound judg- ment. In statue six feet tall, erect, stately, and of splendid physique, with a voice of great compass and clearness, making himself heard all along the line and in the thickest of the battle. Eyes black and piercing, a countenance open, frank and generous, and a complexion which "could not be soiled by powder." It has been stated that Capt. Webster could not read or write ; as a boy he received a very limited education, but some of his correspondence in possession of the compiler dispels all such stories. Col. Stevens compelled Mr. Brown to give him a yoke of oxen which he drove to the new settle- ment; these were undoubtedly the first oxen owned in the town. Capt. Webster was a self-educated man, gaining a knowledge which many of the men of the present day would be proud of. Many of his letters are still in existence, written in a clear, bold hand, well punctuated and spelled, and showing him to be a fair grammarian. The secret of Mr. Webster's success and influence, outside of his commanding figure, was his energy, perseverance and war record. Removing to this town, then a wilderness, planting his house upon the outskirts of civilization, he built up a reputation for honesty, fearlessness and integrity such as few men at that date possessed.
2. Olive, b. Jan. 28, 1762; d. young. 3. Ebenezer, b. July 16, 1764; d. young.
4. Susannah, b. Oct. 25, 1766; m. John Colby of Andover, where she d. March 23, 1804.
5. David, b. May 5, 1769; a farmer by occupation ; m. and reared a large family ; d. at Stanstead, Canada.
6. Joseph, b. March 25, 1772 ; d. Jan. 20, 1810. Children by second wife :
7. Mehitable, b. Sept. 21, 1775; d. July 14, 1814 ; a school teacher.
S. Abigail, b. Feb. S, 1778; d. Dec. 13, 1805; m. William Hadduck.
9. Ezekiel, b. March 11, 17So. See. 10. Daniel, b. Jan. 18, 1782. See.
II. Sarah, b. May 13, 1784; m. Aug. 21, ISOS, her cousin Ebenezer Webster; she d. March 19, ISII ; he d. June 31, 1861.
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(9) Hon. Ezekiel Webster spent the first nineteen years of his life upon the farm, and in obtaining a common school education. He was finely proportioned, six feet tall, possessing a commanding figure, while his complex- ion was just the opposite of his brother Daniel, who said of him: "He appeared to me the finest human that I ever laid eyes upon." Between them there existed general unity of opinion, sentiment and affec- tion ; they were never known to disagree, and they loved each other with intensity and consistency. When Daniel had decided that Ezekiel should go to college, the latter spent two terms at the Salisbury Academy acquiring the rudiments of Greek and Latin, and after- wards with Rev. Dr. Woods at Boscawen, where he fitted for college in nine months, entering Dartmouth College in the spring of 1801; from this institution he graduated in 1804, having spent but three years in col- lege. In the classics he had no superior. In the spring of his senior year, for the want of funds, he taught a private school in Boston. While teaching he read law with Gen. Sullivan, then Att'y-Gen. of Massachusetts. In 1806 he returned home, continuing his studies with Parker Noyes, Esq., from whose office he entered the pro- fession in September, 1807; settled at Boscawen, where he continued. His legal knowledge and moral worth soon became known and acquired for him an extensive business. As a lawyer he had few equals; he was a wise counsellor and an able advocate. In debate he was dignified and courteous; his weapons were strong arguments, clothed in simple but elegant language. Mr. Webster was in the court house at Concord, standing erect on a plain floor, the house full, the court, jurors and audience listening attentively to his words, and all eyes were upon him ; speaking with full force and utter- ance, he arrived at the end of one branch of his argu- ment, uttered the last sentence and the last word of that
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sentence, with perfect tone and emphasis, and then in an instant, erect and with his arms dependant by his side, he fell backwards without bending a joint, and so far as appeared was dead before his head reached the floor, April 10, 1829. Politically, he was a Federalist, often representing his adopted town in the legislature. He was a constant attendant at the Congregational church at Boscawen and a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1819 until his death. Mr. Webster delivered a famous Fourth of July oration at South Road in 1808, and one in 1825. Ichabod Bartlett also delivered one at Centre Road in 1808. He m. (1) Jan. 15, 1809, Alice Bridge, of Billerica, Mass .; she d. 1821 ; m. (2) Aug. 2, 1825, Ach- sah Ballard, b. at Nashua, res. at Concord.
12. Alice, b. -; m. June 1, 1836, Prof. Jarvis Gregg, the first preceptor of Bos- cawen Academy, from 1828 to 1830; he d. at Western Reserve College, Ohio; m. (2) Rev. George Whipple of Oberlin, Ohio ; she d. Nov. 6, 1876. 13. Mary, b. -; m. Dec. 11, 1837, Prof. Edwin D. Sanborn, LL. D., of Dartmouth College ; she d. Dec. 30, 1864.
(10) Hon. Daniel Webster, LL.D. So many volumes have been printed, and orations and memoirs delivered on this, "the greatest defender of the constitution the world has ever produced," that probably nothing new can be obtained, and I give a few historical facts, leav- ing the enquiring reader to peruse the above works. There is no state in the Union that did not hold centen- nial celebrations to commemorate his birth, and we trust that they will be collected and printed in a book dedi- cated to that subject. As a child Daniel was weak, and it was thought by his parents that he would never be able to perform hard, manual labor, and they would give him such an education as would fit him to get his living by teaching and literary pursuits. A half brother of his once said, "Dan was sent to school that he might get as much knowledge as the other boys." His mother
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taught him to read, and, as he said, "he could not re- member the time when he could not read." His first instructor was Master Robert Hoag and his second James Tappan, both of Salisbury. Later in life he taught school at Shaw's Corner, in the school house standing just south of Thomas Bruce's, at North Road, and at the Lower Village, (see Merrill genealogy.) The first time he ever saw the constitution of the United States he read it on a cotton pocket handkerchief which he purchased of William Hoyt, who kept the store close by, paying every cent of money he possessed, viz .: twenty-five cents. He possessed a most powerful, reten. tive memory, and during the last years of his life he was able to recite long narratives, which he learned when a boy. When fourteen years of age he spent six months at Phillips Academy, Exeter, (entering in May, 1796,) under the instruction of Dr. Benjamin Abbot. He mas- tered the principles and philosophy of English grammar in less than four months, and commenced the study of Latin. It was at this Academy that he met with such a failure in trying to speak on the public stage. In his fifteenth year, and just after his return from Exeter, ( Feb., 1797,) he taught a short term of school at the Lower Village, and then he went to Dr. Woods at Bos- cawen. It was while under Dr. Woods's tuition that he learned his long lesson in Virgil, and while his father was taking him from the "Elms" farm to Dr. Woods up the long hill, that he unfolded to Dan the idea of send- ing him to college, which he entered in 1798, graduating from Dartmouth in 1801, with high honors. It was uni- versally believed that he ought to have received the valedictory, being the highest scholar in the class, but influence then, as now, made a great difference, and he was given an inferior part. On his return he deter- mined Ezekiel should attend college, and to help out the treasury, he went to Fryeburg, Me. Returning to his
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home in September, 1802, he began the study of law in the office of Thomas W. Thompson, and continued there until 1804; on July 20th of the same year Daniel went to Boston and introduced himself to Mr. Christo- pher Gore, who heard his maiden speech, and told him to hang up his hat, and here he remained until the fol- lowing March when he was admitted to the lower bar of the court of common pleas in Boston, and immediately ( March, 1805,) removed to Boscawen, where he opened an office, and continued there until September, 1807, when he turned over his business to his brother Ezekiel and removed to Portsmouth. In the year of 1807, he was admitted to the Superior Court of New Hampshire. In 1820 he was elected a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention, to hold office until his death, which occurred in 1852. He was a candidate for nomi- nation for the presidency of the Whig party at each presidential election after its formation, but never received the nomination, mainly on account of his sup- posed want of popularity. The disappointment he felt no doubt hastened his death. His public life may be thus summarized : " He was a representative in congress eight years, a senator in congress nineteen years, a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention five years, and in the president's cabinet as secretary of state. During most of this time his party was in the minority. In the spring of 1839 he traveled extensively in Eng- land, Scotland and France ; was chosen president of the Phi Beta Kappa Alpha society in 1821, and Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of LL.D. While in college he delivered two or three addresses, which were published, as were some poems. He also paid his board one year in college by editing the Dartmouth Ga- zette. He early began the public discussion of political questions, and also contributed to the journals of the time. In 1804 he wrote a political pamphlet entitled,
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" An appeal to the old Whigs." He delivered Fourth of July orations as follows : at Hanover in 1800, at Frye- burg, Me., in 1802, at Salisbury in 1805, and at Concord in 1806. Daniel Webster joined the Congregational so- ciety in Salisbury, under Rev. Thomas Worcester's preaching, Sept. 13, 1806. Later in life he wrote out his faith and sent it to his old pastor, Mr. Worcester, amongst whose papers it was found after his decease.
August Sth, IS07.
Dear Sir :
The other day we were conversing respecting confession of faith. Some time ago, I wrote down, for my own use, a few propositions in the shape of Articles, in- tending to exhibit a very short summary of the doctrine of the Christian religion as they impress my mind. I have taken the liberty to enclose a copy for your pe- rusal.
I am, sir, with respect, yours etc. D. WEBSTER.
CONFESSION OF FAITH.
I believe in the existence of an Almighty God, who created and governs the whole world. I am taught this by the works of nature and the word of Revela- tion.
I believe that God exists in three persons; this I learn from Revelation alone, nor is it any objection to this belief, that I can not comprehend how one can be three, or three, one. I hold it my duty to believe, not what I can comprehend or account for, but what my Maker teaches me.
I believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the will and word of God.
I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God. The Miracles which he wrought, establish in my mind his personal authority, and render it proper for me to believe whatever he asserts. I believe therefore all of His declarations, as well as when Ile declares himself to be the Son of God, as when he declares any other proposition ; and I believe there is no other way of salvation than through the merits of His atonement.
I believe that things past, present and to come are all equally present in the word of the Deity ; that with Him there is no succession of time, nor of ideas; that, therefore, the relative terms past, present and future, as used among men. cannot with strict propriety be applied to the Deity. I believe in the doctrines of fore. knowledge and predestination, as thus expounded. I do not believe those doctrines as imposing any fatality or necessity on men's actions, or in any way infringing free agency.
I believe in the utter inability of any human being to work out his own salvation, without the constant aids of the Spirit of All Grace. I believe in those peculiari- ties of Christian religion, a resurrection from the dead and a day of judgment.
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I believe in the universal Providence of God, and leave to Epicurus, and his un- reasonable followers in modern times, the inconsistency of believing that God made a world, which he does not take the trouble of governing. ( Dr. Sherlock.)
Although I have great respect for some other forms of worship, I believe the Congregational mode, on the whole, preferable to any other.
I believe religion to be a matter, not of demonstration, but of faith. God re- quires us to give credit to the truths which he reveals, not because we can prove them, but because He declares them. When the mind is reasonably convinced that the Bible is the word of God, the only remaining duty is to receive its doc- trines, with full confidence of their truth, and practice them with a pure heart.
I believe that the Bible is to be understood and received in the plain and obvi- ous meaning of its passages; since I can not persuade myself that a book intended for the instruction and conversion of the whole world should cover its true mean- ing in any such mystery and doubt, that none but critics and philosophers can dis- cover it.
I believe that the refinements and subtleties of human wisdom are more likely to obscure than to reveal the enlightened will of God ; and that he is the most accom- plished Christian scholar who hath been educated at the feet of Jesus and in the College of Fishermen. I believe that all true religion consists in the heart and the affections, and that therefore all creeds and confessions are fallible and uncer- tain evidences of evangelical piety.
Finally, I believe that Christ has impressed on all of his disciples a life of active benevolence; that he, who refrains only from what he thinks to be sinful, has per- formed but a part and a small part of his duty, that he is bound to do good as a communicant, to love his neighbor, to give food and drink to his enemy, and to en- deavor, as far as in him lies, to promote peace, truth, piety and happiness, in a wicked and forlorn world; believing that in the great day which is to come there will be no other standard of merit, no other criterion of character, than that which is already established. " By their fruits ye shall know them."-N. H. Gen. Associ- ation Minutes, 1848-66, pp. 77, 78.
The late Hon. John M. Shirley, of Andover, in his Dartmouth College Causes, p. 4, says with a great degree of truth :
" Webster was not a learned man, much less a learned lawyer, but he was a great man. * * A century hence complete justice may be done him. Few gave him credit for tact and management, but no American equalled him in knowledge of men, and his power to overawe and persuade judges as well as others. No skilled performer ever handled the keys of his instrument with anything like the consummate skill and tact with which Webster, when hard pressed, played upon the prejudices, passions and sympathies as well as the understanding of men. * * Shortly after his admission to the bar he came to Amherst, Hillsborough county, and argued a motion before Judge Farrar's court with such clearness that the dis- tinguished jurist remarked to his associates, "That young man's statement is a most unanswerable argument," and at once granted the motion. He opened an
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office in Boscawen, then in Hillsborough county, in the summer of 1805; entered twenty-two cases at the September term, held at Hopkinton, and two jury cases in the presence of his father, then upon the bench. These causes were Haddock v. Woodward, and Corser v. Corser. He gained the former and lost the latter, Parker Noyes, an able opponent and two years his senior in law, carrying off one of the verdicts. All of this occurred six months before he entered the court house at Plymouth, where he was first counsel for the respondent in a murder trial."
He m. May 29, 1808, in the middle west room of the P. A. Fel- lows house, then occupied by Judge Israel W. Kelly, Grace, daughter of Rev. Elijah Fletcher, of Hopkinton, where she was b. Jan. 16, 1781. She received her edu- cation at Atkinson Academy, completing it in the fall of ISOo. When her sister Rebecca married Judge Kelly, Grace made his house her home. She was a woman of superior culture and refinement, associating with the greatest men of her day. She d. Jan. 12, 1828. He m. (2) 1832, Caroline Bayard LeRoy.
14. Fletcher, b. July 23, 1813; graduated at Harvard College in 1833; he m. Car- oline S., dau. of Stephen White of Salem, Mass. He was colonel of the 12th Mass. V. M., and fell in the service of his country, Aug. 30, 1862. Children, 1. Caroline S., b. at Detroit, Mich., Aug. 29, 1837 ; d. at Boston, Feb. 7, 1844. 11. Harriet, b. Sept. 6, 1843; d. March 2, 1845. III. Daniel, b. -; d. 1866. IV. Atherton.
1 5. Grace, b. - IS37.
16. Julia, b. Jan. 16, 1818 ; m. in Loudon, Sept. 24, 1839, Samuel Appleton ; she d. April 18, IS48 ; he d. Jan. 4, 1861. They had one child, d.
17. Charles, b. Dec. 31, 1821 ; d. Dec. 14, 1824.
[ Hon. Daniel d. at Mansfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852. His last words were, " I still live." The funeral occurred Oct. 29, and his remains were escorted to the tomb by some ten thousand friends.]
IS. William Webster, brother to Ebenezer, (5) b. at Kingston, 1749; removed to Salisbury prior to 1775, settling on the east side of Searle's Hill on the farm known as the " Bacon farm," where he d. April 24, IS24, aged 78; in. Nov. 17, 1773, Ruth Greely ; she d. Dec. 16, 1823.
19. Nathaniel G., b. Nov. S, 1774; d. Feb. 9, 1790.
20. Benjamin, b. Nov. 22, 1776; d. at Haverhill.
21. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1779; d. at Boscawen, Dec. 25, 1847 ; unm.
22. Nathaniel G., b. Feb. 15, 178t ; m. Nov. 1, 1805, Betsey, dau. of Dea. Moses and Ann Fitts Sawyer ; (see.) d. Aug. S, IS2S.
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23. Ruth, b. Feb. 18, 1783; d. at Hill, Oct. 26, 1830; unm.
24. Susannah, b. March 22, 1785; d. Jan. 1, 1793.
25. Ebenezer, ( Col.) b. Aug. 10, 1787 ; m. Sarah, dau. of Col. Ebenezer Webster; she d. March 19, ISII ; he d. at Boscawen, June 3, IS61. He was a mer- chant at Hill from 1815 to 1846, when he removed to Boscawen. He was a colonel in the state militia.
26. William, b. 1789; d. in Canada.
27. Amos, b. Jan. 13, 1792 ; d. at Crescent City, Ill., unm.
28. Worcester, b. Oct. 25, 1794; m. (1) Feb. 22, 1825, Polly Pettingill; d. Feb. 22 1842 ; m. (2) Mary J., dau. of Hon. Silas Benton; removed to Boscawen and engaged in trade, purchasing the business of his brother Nathaniel ; after the death of Hon. Ezekiel Webster, he purchased the property where he d. -. Children by first wife, all b. in Boscawen : I. Charles W., b. Sept. 14, 1826; m. Jan. 5, 1853, Lucy M. Greenough ; rem. to Boston in IS47, engaging in trade ; then returned to Boscawen where he resides. II. George W., b. 1831; rem. to Boston in 1850; d. there in June, 1860; unm. III. Mary A., b. July 1, 1839; m. Nov. 1866, Charles E. Johnson, of Bos- ton ; res. Newton.
29. Jeremiah Webster, a cousin to Ebenezer Webster, (1) a native of Kingston and son of Jeremiah, one of the grantees. He was a surveyor and one of the committee to lay out this township, who reported to the grantees, Nov. 22, 1749. Jeremiah, Jr., succeeded his father as surveyor and was a prom- inent man in the early settlement. He came here previous to 1769, and settled on the site now occupied by Phineas Clough; d. March 4, 1817, aged 74; m. June 9, 1774, Anne Sleeper ; d. Jan. 10, 1841, aged 86.
30. Jeremy, b. June 19, 1775. See.
31. Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1777 ; d. March 1, 1777.
32. Dolly, b. March 4, 1778; d. unm.
33. Josiah, b. March 13, 1780; resided on the homestead; d. unm., in the John Dimond house.
34. Ann, b. March 12, 1782; m. Aug. 8, 1813, Moses Coffin, of Boscawen, where she d. Jan. 24, IS41. He was b. at Newbury, Mass., Sept. 9, 1767.
35. David G., b. March 1, 1784; m. Emma Wardwell.
36. Nathaniel, b. March 26, 1786; d. April 30, 1804.
37. Joseph, b. March 31, 1788; d. 1789.
38. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2, 1790; d. Oct. 4, 1790.
39. Eliphalet, b. April 5, 1792 ; rem. to Portland, Me., where he d. Nov. 3, 1866.
40. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 4, 1794; m. Sept. 28, 1818, Rev. John S. Winter, of Dan- bury ; later she removed to Georgetown, Mass., with her children.
(30) Jeremy built the Clough house and was a famous singing master ; he d. Aug. 20, 1841; m. Phebe Wardwell; she d. Jan. 20, 1847.
41. Amos, b. Nov. 24, 1801 ; d. Aug. 30, 1821.
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42. James R., b. March 20, 1804; rem. to Georgia, where he d. Sept., 1841.
43. Phebe, b. March 4, 1806; m. Hubbard Hutchinson, of Merrimack.
44. Nathaniel F., b., March 4, 1808; m. - Couch ; he d. at Savannah, Ga., Sept. 20, 1854; one child, J. Frank, b. at Dorchester, Mass., Nov. IS, 1837 ; m. Mary J. Cutting ; he holds an important position on the Concord railroad.
45. Mary A., b. May 20, 1810; m. (1) Joshua Burpee, of Boscawen ; m. (2) Samuel Gilman of Lake Village.
46. Joseph W., b. Nov. 12, 1812; a merchant of Savannah, Ga., where he d. March, 1860.
47. Emily, b. Dec. 20, IS15; d. Feb. 26, 1838.
48. Elizabeth J., b. Aug. 28, ISIS; d. June 10, 1839 ; unm.
49. Eliphalet, b. Jan. 4, IS21 ; d. Jan. 16, 1822.
50. Amos E., b. Sept. 17, 1828 ; d. in Ga., Aug., 1860, where he m. Eliza Sawyer.
51. Capt. John, son of John and cousin to Ebenezer, I (?) b. in Kingston, in 1710. One of the proprietors of Contoo- cook, ( Boscawen ) to which place he early removed, and was one of the most prominent men. He kept the old Contoocook fort in which he had a store. He procured the act of incorporation of the town of Boscawen, for which service the town voted him £82, old tenor. He was one of that town's first selectmen in 1760, and chairman of the board in the following year. On the capture of the Meloon family, in 1754, Gov. Wentworth promptly ordered out a company of 20 men, giving the command to John Webster, whose experience, energy and efficiency admirably fitted him for the command. The next descent was made upon the Call family, on the intervale, near the Salisbury fort. Gov. Wentworth ordered out a company of 62 men under command of Capt. Blanchard, these two companies working together. In 1755, New Hampshire sent a regiment of six hun- dred men, under the command of Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable, against Crown Point, Capt. Webster serving as a private. He enlisted May 1, 1756, and was in service until Sept. 2, of the same year, for the second expedition against Crown Point, this time in Capt. Doe's company. In 1757, an expedition was fitted out under the command of Col. Meserve. John Webster
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