Revolutionary War Hero Enoch Poor

Brigadier General Enoch Poor/Poore (1736-1780), born in Andover, Massachusetts, to Thomas Poor/Poore (1704-1779) and Mary Adams (1707-1789), married Martha Osgood (1747-1830), daughter of Colonel John Osgood (1712-1775) and Martha Carleton (1722-1755). Photo: The statue and monument erected in honor of Enoch Poor, a brigadier general during the American Revolutionary War. This statue is located between the Hackensack Courthouse and Poor’s final resting place, the old burial grounds of the First Reformed Church in Hackensack, New Jersey

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Powder Horn of Captain Ebenezer Webster

In 1909 The Boston Globe and several other newspapers across the country featured Colonel Edward Knight Webster (1848-1927) son of Dr. Eliphalet Knight Webster and Emily Webster. The colonel was gifted on Christmas day an old family relic--the powder horn used in the American Revolution by his great grandfather, Ebenezer Webster of Kingston, NH. The horn was given to Col Webster's mother by her uncle, Daniel Webster. This powder horn is at the New Historical Society and was a gift of Edward K. Webster. Also a portrait of Captain Ebenezer Webster is at the society 

In 1909 several articles were published on a powder horn that was in the possession of Edward Knight Webster (1848-1927) son of Dr. Eliphalet Knight Webster and Emily Webster. The powder horn belonged to Captain Ebenezer Webster (1739-1806) son of Ebenezer Webster and Susannah Bachelder. He born in  Kingston, New Hampshire. His second wife, Abigail "Nabby" Eastman (1739-1816) daughter of Roger Eastman and Jerusha Fitts was the mother of Daniel Webster (1782-1852).

Edward's father Dr. Eliphalet Knight Webster son of Josiah Webster (1772-1837) and Emily Knight (1771-1849). He married married his cousin Emily Webster (1809-1882) daughter of Colonel Ebenezer Webster (1787-1861) and Sarah Webster (1784-1811) and she was the niece of Daniel Webster (1782-1852). He was a Dartmouth College graduate (1829) and held a thriving practice for many years. He was also post master and superintendent of schools.

Rev Josiah Webster (1772-1837) son of Nathan Webster (1747-1813) and Elizabeth Clifford (1748-1821). He married Emily Knight (1771-1849) daughter of Eliphaet Knight and Martha Webster. William B. Lapham, Compiler. The New Historical Society has a drawing of Josiah Websters memorial entitled "Mourning." Genealogy of Some of the Descendants of John Webster of Ipswich, Mass, in 1635. Read more at photo attachment Lane Hampton Library




The 1909 articles notes that Captain Ebenezer Webster enlisted as a private in General Jeffrey Amherst regiment known as the "Rogers Rangers" and earned a promotion to captain. The strong, sturdy pioneer Yankee Webster was considered one among the famous brave rangers to have no equals that fought the in the dangerous, "hard and perilous experience." 

In 1763 Ebenezer Webster was listed among the first settlers of Salisbury, New Hampshire (known then as Stevenstown). During the on set of the American Revolution Captain Webster formed a company of 200 men of this area and set out to fight for freedom reporting with his men in Boston. His company would prove a major importance in many battles.
In Dorchester General George Washington consulted with him in regards to the New Hampshire soldiers.
Captain Webster was one of the first to scale the breatwork at Bennington. It was said, "he came out with his swarthy skin so blackened with dust and gun powder that his men hardly knew him."
He stood guard at General Washington's tent at Westpoint the night after Benedict Arnold treason drama. It was recorded that the general spoke these words, "Captain Webster, I believe I can trust you."
The powder horn was carried by Captain Webster during both wars. The horn remained in the guardianship of his son Daniel for over fifty years before given to to Colonel Edward's mother. 
According to Robert Vincent Remini, author of "Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time," Ebenezer Webster was thought to be as tough and rugged as the New Hampshire wilderness he lived in. He was tall, full chested, very hairy with piercing black eyes and a "Roman" nose.  
The Daughters of the American Revolution in Franklin, New Hampshire organized April 16, 1909 the Abigail Webster Chapter and in 1913 they honored Captain Ebenezer and Abigail Webster with a memorial stone.  Also see Women Patriots of the American Revolution: A Biographical Dictionary

In 1913 the Abigail Webster Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter Photo of Grave Marker Erin Bohannon Find A Grave

Photo from "Pembroke" Lianne E. H. Keary
Buntin-Rumford-Webster Chapter NSDAR was chartered on June 21, 2001

 

The story of the Old Elm Tree planted by Ebenezer Webster on the site of Daniel Webster's birthplace photos fron NH National State Park and article published in The Leader Newspaper NH on February 26 1897

Powder Horn Relic Kansas City World Saturday April 3 1909 Page 7

 

This article was from 1977 Post-Star Newspaper

Dr Henry Irwin Durgin of Eliot Maine

Dr Henry Irwin Durgin (1864-1939) son of of Joshua Durgin and Mary Elizabeth Kennison, grandson of John Kennison and Mary Thurston, great-grandson of Oliver Kennison and Anstress Cross great grandson of Oliver Thurston 
A National Register of the Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Volume 1 Sons of the American Revolution, Louis Henry Cornish, Alonzo Howard Clark Page 480. Henry married Alta May Knox (1864-1945) daughter of Ira S Knox and Susan Abby Pinkham, granddaughter of John Knox and Betsey Lord, great granddaughter of Samuel Knox and Sally Gerrish daughter og George Gerrish and Mary James. 

Durgin Home, Eliot, 1910 Located on State Road, home belonged to the prominent local physician Dr. Henry Durgin. Dr. Durgin came to Eliot in 1889 and remained very active in town affairs throughout his life, serving on the Centennial Committee, the WWI memorial chairman, and later Superintendent of Schools. Photo From Maine Memory Network

Jonathan Tuttle (1756-1822) of Connecticut

Document in private collection. Receipts submitted for payment by Jonathan Tuttle. Date October 8 1789. Seeking Research support to verify this document.
 
Jonathan Tuttle (1756-1822) was born to Captain Ezra Tuttle (1720-1793) and Hannah Todd in New Haven, Connecticut. He married Sybil Cooper (1746-1828) daughter of John Cooper and Miriam Todd.  Jonathan Tuttle served as private in Captain Brockett's company, Colonel Douglas' regiment, also under Captain Trumbull, Connecticut Line. He was 66 years old when he died.

Grave of Captain Ezra Tuttle (Taken by and son Jonathan Tuttle. (Taken by Jan Franco) Burial: Old Cemetery North Haven New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Plot: 116 & 113 Captain Ezra m 2nd Susannah Merriman (2nd Blakeslee). Ezra was son of Nathaniel Tuttle (1675-1728) and Esther Doolittle (1638-1756) was commissioned Ensign of the 12th Co., 3rd Regt., Oct 1759; Lieut. of the 12th Co., 2nd Regt., Oct 1769; and Capt. of the same May, 1770. 

Hannah Todd Tuttle (Taken by Jan Franco) Burial: Old Cemetery North Haven New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Plot: 115 Hannah was the daughter of Gershom Todd (1695-1748) and Elizabeth Merriman (1703-1772) daughter of Japhet Mansfield & Hannah Bradley.  

Records of Jonathan Tuttle

 

 

• "Tuttle Reunion," Monday, October 13, 1873 Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, New York) Page: 3 Mortuary Notice Tuesday, September 3, 1822 Times (Hartford, Connecticut) Volume: VI Issue: 297 Page: 3
• Donald Lines Jacobus, The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley, being an account of his career, his ancestry, the ancestry of his two wives, and his relatives in England and New England, together with a genealogy of his descendants through the seventh American generation, New Haven, Connecticut, 1933
• The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library. 
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.  
• United States 1820 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (Original index: United States Census, 1820. FamilySearch, 2015.)
  https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1561/t/22397/218/441437374
  
• Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928
• "North Haven Annals" S.B. Thorpe