Career
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. Ebenezer was 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.
Public career
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, a noted statesman of the United States.