Ebenezer Porter (1732 - 1827)

Born 16 Jul 1732 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1827 at age 94 in Little Hocking, Washington, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Birth

Date: 16 JUL 1732

Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Marriage

Date: 17 DEC 1755

Place: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

Husband: Ebenezer Porter

Wife: Lydia Cummings

Child: Rebecca Porter

Child: Hannah Porter

Child: Ebenezer Porter

Child: David Porter

Child: @I54545@

Child: @I54544@

Child: Joseph Porter

Child: @I54504@

Child: Lydia Porter

Child: @I53973@

Child: Solomon Porter

Child: Mary Porter

Child: @I54506@

Residence

Date: 1790

Place: Washington, Ohio, USA^[11][12]

Date: 1800

Place: Belpre, Washington, Ohio, USA^[13][14][15]

Date: 01 AUG 1803

Place: Belpre, Washington, Ohio, USA^[16][17][18]

Death

Date: 23 FEB 1827

Place: Little Hocking, Washington, Ohio, USA^[19][20][21]

Notes

Research of Kathy Frick on Rootsweb

From Web Dbase

Ebenezer lived in Little Hockhocking, Ohio and had 13 children. He served in the Revolutionary War. "From the official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the state of Ohio, Vol. 2, pg. 281: Ebenezer Porter, Washington County Revolutioner Service in Massachusetts soldiers and sailors. Vol. 12, pg 586, is buried in Newbury, Ohio, just below Belore, Ohio grave marked by S.A.R. marker. Ref: Williams Hist. of Washington Co., Ohio. pg .506"

PORTER Obituary

From the National Gazette & Literary Messenger

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 29, 1827

In Belpre, Ohio, on the 23rd ult. after a few days illness, Mr. Ebenezer Porter, aged 95 years, . . . . . . one of the few survivors of the old French war, in which he was severely wounded at the battle of Ticonderoga, in 1758. Mr. Porter was a native of Ipswich, Mass. son of Nehemiah Porter, who lived to the age of 91; whose father was 95 years old at the time of his death. His eldest brother, the Rev. Nehemiah Porter, of Ashfield Mass., died in 1821, aged 100 years.

Mr. Porter died in peace, and without a struggle, leaving behind him, as is supposed, upwards of 200 descendants, many of them the fifth generation.

(Research of T. Merrill on www.rootsweb.com)

Cemetery Record in "The Unknown Settlement" Page 299

Birth and Baptism in Ipswich VR

Ebenezer lived in Little Hockhocking, Ohio and had 13 children. He served in the Revolutionar y War. "From the official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived int h e state of Ohio, Vol. 2, pg. 281: Ebenezer Porter, Washington County Revolutioner Service i n Massachusetts soldiers and sailors. Vol. 12, pg 586, is buried in Newbury, Ohio, just below Belore, Ohio grave marked by S.A.R. marker. Ref: Williams Hist. of Washington Co., Ohio. pg .506"

"History of Washington County, Ohio" - Page 507

Ebenezer Porter, wife, and children settled on the next lot below Coggeshall's in 1796. Mr. Porter was born in 1732, and on account of his age was familiarly called Grandsir Porter. He lived to the ripe old age of over ninety-four years. He emigrated to Ohio from Massachusetts . None of the children now survive: Cummings lived on the old place at Little Hoching until his death; John moved to Athens County; Samuel lived, and died in Newbury; and Polly married Amos Knowles, of Newbury. The descendants of the Porters are some of them in the neighborhood.

GED COM of R. Kerr (sent June 2006)

Appears in the 1800 Census of Washington County, OH, living

in the Belpre Township.

Ebenezer and his son-in-law,Nathaniel Sawyer, were enthused about the Plans of the Ohio Company and were amongst the first to subscribe. In the spring of 1787 the two men set out to see for themselves what the Ohio had to offer them; looking over what had been called by some "Putnam's Paradise" and "Cutler's Indian Heaven". Pleased with what the saw the hurried home and began making preparations to move their families to the frontier. At the time, the Porter family lived in Ipswich and the Sawyer family lived in Newburyport, both in Essex Co.,MA. Obtaining two or three wagons in the western style (Probably Conestogas) they packed their goods, loaded the wagons, bid their friends farewell and headed with their oxen west. They started their near 800 mile journey from MA September 28 They were observed on their way on September 28 by Ebenezer Hazard,Postmaster General and Treasurer of the Congress. In

a letter he wrote to Rev. Jeremy Belknap on that date he wrote: "Two families from Cutler's parish, Sawyer and Porter by name, passed on their way to the Indian Heaven,with two or three wagons,built in the western style. Some people pitied them

as sheep going to the slaughter; others wished themselves in company. So different are the opinions of men, and I might add, women on the suubject." In spite of the derision and warning of danger, they moved their wagons westward until they came into Westmoreland County,PA. Here they took up temporary residence in neighboring settlements. The Porter family stayed at Greensboro and the Sawyers in Hannastown,

to await the arrival in the western country of Superintendant Rufus Putnam and his 47 man company. On Dec 3, 1787, two days after Putnam and company left MA, Dr. Mannaseh Cutler wrote a letter from Ipswich addressed to Rufus Putnam enroute as follows:

"Dear Sir, There are to men gone from us into the Western Country, Ebenezer Porter and Nathaniel Sawyer, who have subscribed each, for one share in our Company. Porter has paid his silver part and has made provision for the payment of the securities here

Sawyer has not yet paid any part, but both of them wished, if they found it in their power, to turn in provisions, or such articles as might be wanted by our Company in that country in payment of their shares. I suppose they are either at Hannastown

or Well's Mills, and will make application to you as soon as they are informed of your being in the country. I wish they be permitted to do whatever may lie in your power toward making payment in that country consistent with the interests of the Company. They will make, I presume, good inhabitants; and the service they have rendered to our cause, by going early into the country, returing and removing their families,entitles them to as much attention and lenity as can be consistently given them....

About 1994, the house built by Ebenezer in 1799-1803 was purchased by Mr. Mike Neeley and wife Jackie LeBerth. They have been in the process of restoring the place as much as practical and appropriate additions in keeping with the intended use as a bend and breakfast. Researchers visited the home in July 1998 and were treated to a tour.

Host Mike explained that previous owners had sheet rocked the interiors and actually covered over the original fire places, of which there are several, on both floors.

The place abounds with period furniture. He has added a modern kitchen and is making the upstairs in special rooms. The first one is nearly finished, and it will be called the Ebenezer Porter Room. The original Ebenezer Porter-built barn is still standing on adjacent property and is in good condition considering its age and lack of upkeep. The sandstone rocks used in the foundation for both the house and barn are masterfully cut and fitted. The bricks used to build the house were made on the property by Ebenezer.

A new stone has been put in the graveyard for Ebenezer,so his burial site is easily located."

Ebenezer was born in 1732.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
2. ↑ Source: #S942
3. ↑ Source: #S892 Birth year: 1732; Birth city: Ipswich, MA
4. ↑ Source: #S864
5. ↑ Source: #S828
6. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
7. ↑ Source: #S892 Birth year: 1732; Birth city: Ipswich, MA
8. ↑ Source: #S865
9. ↑ Source: #S865
10. ↑ Source: #S892 Birth year: 1732; Birth city: Ipswich, MA
11. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
12. ↑ Source: #S2394
13. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
14. ↑ Source: #S866 Year: 1800; Census Place: Belpre, Washington, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; Roll: 1
15. ↑ Source: #S2394
16. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
17. ↑ Source: #S2394
18. ↑ Source: #S5595 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C; Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio; Series: M1804; Roll: 1
19. ↑ Source: #S801 Record for Ebenezer Porter
20. ↑ Source: #S892 Birth year: 1732; Birth city: Ipswich, MA
21. ↑ Source: #S828

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• Source: Ancestry Family Trees
• Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating WikiTree profile Porter-4525 through the import of WARNER James 1828.ged on Sep 13, 2013.
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