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Reverend Daniel Webb
Full name : Daniel Webb
Alternate spellings, aliases :
Parents :
Father : Christopher Webb
Mother : Olive Brown
note : Christopher was a Patriot of the Revolution, being present at the
capture of Burgoyne.
Vital stats :
Date of Birth : 13 April 1778
Place of Birth : Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut
[click here to see a record of his birth
abstracted from his brother’s bible]
Notes : Donkersley described his appearance in 1860, “…Mr. Webb could have been little, if
any thing, short of six feet in height, and if we except a slight inclination
of the head to one side, the form was of such erectness as would have borne
favorable comparison with that of the handsomest member of the body-guard of
some great European potentate. He
was never a corpulent man, but has always carried a comfortable medium between
excessive redundancy of flesh and pitiable leanness. The countenance is of a mild, benevolent aspect, the
reflective mirror of one of the most kindly hearts ever implanted in a human body,
and sanctified by divine grace.
The features with the exception of s slight drawing on one side of the
mouth, are of a regular and rather Romanish cast. The defect about the lips is hardly seen except in speaking,
when it is the cause of a slight cutting of the words. The countenance is one of more than
common intelligence, the brow being of good hight (sic) and of proportionate
breadth. Silken, silvery locks,
white as the snow, cover near the whole head, even at his advanced age. The attire is strictly clerical, and
always scrupulously clean. The
general appearance is both patriarchal and ministerial to such a degree as can
not fail to inspire respect and reverence in the breast of every
beholder.”
[click here to see an engraving of Daniel
Webb from 1860; click here to see the original portrait
that the engraving is based upon]
Spouse1 :
Name : Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Williams
Date of Marriage : 14 July 1801
Place of Marriage : Massachusetts
Died : 22 February 1845
Notes :
Spouse2 :
Name : Nancy Cory
Date of Marriage : after 1845
Place of Marriage :
Died :
Notes :
Date of Death : Tuesday, 19 March 1867
Place of Death : Barnstable, ? County, Massachusetts
Burial Information :
Notes : He was, at the time of his death, the ‘oldest effective Methodist
minister in the world.’
Obituary – “Rev. Daniel Webb of the Providence Conference, died at his
residence in Barnstable, on Tuesday, March 19th, aged eighty-eight years and
eleven months. For more than
threescore years he labored in the Gospel ministry, sustaining through that
long period a spotless reputation.
A man of eminent gravity, of winning courtesy, of rare practical wisdom,
he was a type of those old Methodist preachers, who as Wesley said, “were at it
and always at it,” and to whose aggressive faith and u8nflagging endeavor the
success of the denomination is largely due. He retired from active service in 1853, but not on account of
any failure of his intellectual powers.
These continued to the close of his life. He died because the body was worn out; going to his last,
long sleep as calmly, sweetly, peacefully, ”as flowers at set of sun.” A portrait and sketch of the old
veteran was published in the Repository in June, 1860.”
Military Service : unknown; he was of the
appropriate age to serve in the War of 1812, but there is no evidence to show
that he did. It is well known that
he was in charge of a church in Lynn during the conflict.
Occupation(s) : Methodist
Minister. He accepted Methodism
and was ‘saved’ August 1797; was ordained to preach, 16 June 1798 by
Elder Sylvester Hutchison. He was
set apart as a Deacon 20 July 1800 by Richard Whatcoat at a Conference in Lynn
and ordained an Eleder on 4 July 1802 at Monmouth by Bishop Francis
Asbury. He was undoubtedly a well
known preacher and a force in the local churches in which he served, as
evidenced by the mentioning of him in the literature of the time.
From an abstract … Chapter 13, Acushnet : ”The
Methodist Church at Acushnet Village had its beginning in the early days of the
present century. It was the original Methodist Society in old Dartmouth. The
original members of the Elm Street Methodist Episcopal Society of New Bedford,
the first in the city, were all members of this church. The origin of this church may be
ascribed to Capt. John Hawes, who was one of the earliest and most zealous
Methodists in this section of the country. The first worship of this sect at the Head of the River is
said to have been held at the house of Mr. Ellis Mendall, about two and a half
miles east of the present church. Rev. Daniel Webb and others occasionally
preached there. This was in 1800 or 1801.
About the same time, or shortly after, Rev. Mr. Hall and other Methodist
ministers held services in a school-house which stood a little east of the
residence of Capt. Daniel B. Greene, later of Rudolphus Swift.” (http://www.usigs.org/library/books/ma/bristol/b161acushnet.txt)
From History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens,
by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing, Chicago, Illinois., 1915,
page 674 : ”Methodist Episcopal Churches. - From the best sources of
information on record it appears that Rev. George Pickering, presiding elder of
Boston district of the New England conference, visited Salem in May, 1805, and
preached in the house of Nathaniel Woodman. In the fall of the same year Rev.
Daniel Webb assisted Mr. Pickering for several Sabbaths, and then Rev. Alfred
Medcalf regularly supplied one-half of the time till the following conference.”
(abstracted by Cindy Webb @
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nh/rockingham/history/rockinghamco/chapter50.txt
)
From HISTORY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY ABEL STEVENS, LL.D., VOLUME IV. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PORTER,
200 MULBERRY-STREET 1867 :
“Another conspicuous name appears in the list of the New England
appointments the present year, that of Daniel Webb, who became the oldest
effective Methodist preacher in the world. He was born in Canterbury, Windham
County, Conn., April, 1778. The Methodist itinerants began to preach in that
town about 1793 or 1794. He early heard Mudge, Pickering, Bostwick, and
Merritt. They preached at the house of Captain Ephraim Lyon, in the southwest
part of Canterbury. Very soon a class was formed, and the place was made one of
the Sabbath appointments of the New London Circuit. "I have heard,"
he writes, "my father say that James Coleman was his spiritual father,
having been awakened by his instrumentality, though converted under the labors
of Enoch Mudge. I well remember the morning when he addressed his family,
telling them what the Lord had done for his soul, and expressing his conviction
of the duty of family devotion, which he then commenced, and continued, as he
was able, while he lived."
Young Webb often had serious reflections. At length, he writes, "a young
woman, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, came to my father's house to
work as a tailoress. She was faithful to her Lord, and religion was the theme
of her conversation. Having an opportunity one day, she said to me, 'My young
friend, what do you think of religion?' I replied, 'I think it to be a good and
a necessary thing for all persons before they die.' "Then,' said she,
'what objection have you to seeking it now?' 'If I could have my young
companions with me I should be willing to seek it now,' I replied. She then
said, 'My dear friend, do not wait for your companions; you may perhaps be in
your grave before they will turn to the Lord.' These words were as a nail in a
sure place. They arrested my attention. They took hold of my heart. I began to
pray, God be merciful to me a sinner! I saw that it would be just in God to
cast me off and send me to hell. I was led to cry the more for mercy; and in
about four weeks from the time of her faithfulness to me, in a little
prayer-meeting, the Lord spoke peace to my soul; and the next day, in a woods,
he gave me a sealing evidence of my acceptance with him, and I went on my way
rejoicing. This was in the year 1797, and in the month of August." The
primitive Methodists were particular in such dates.
In less than a year he was "exhorting" on the circuit. Bostwick
called him out to Middletown Circuit, (Conn.,) and there he preached his first
sermon. In 1798, received by the Conference, he was appointed to Granville
Circuit, which was then two hundred miles in circumference, including the towns
of Granville, Granby, Suffield, Westfield, West Springfield, Southampton,
Northampton, Cummington, Ashfield, Buckland, Worthington, Dalton,
Partridgefield, Washington, Pittsfield, Lee, Tyringham, Sandisfield, Blanford,
Chester, and several others. "We had," he writes, "to cross the
Green Mountains twice in each round. I frequently had to dismount my horse, and
break through the snow banks to get him along. We preached almost every day,
besides visiting, and attending prayer and class-meetings, so that our labors
were very considerable. My next appointment, 1799, by the direction of the
presiding elder, George Pickering, was Sandwich, Mass., instead of Martha's
Vineyard, to which the Conference sent me. This was a two weeks' circuit. The
Sabbath appointments were Sandwich Town and Monument. The societies were small,
and the encouragement but little, the germ only of the present state of things
there. After laboring there about three months, the presiding elder directed me
to Hawke, now Danville, in the southeasterly part of New Hampshire, where there
were no Methodist Churches formed; but the ground had been partially broken up
by George Pickering, Ralph Williston, John Nichols, and perhaps others.
Epaphras Kibby was also sent into that country about the same time, but he
labored principally in Poplin and East Kingston. He occasionally visited me and
I him. We tried to encourage and assist each other in our hard labors and
privations. We had been there but a few months before the Lord blessed our
efforts, and a class was formed first in Hawke and then in Poplin, and at a
later period in East Kingston.
At the next Conference, which was in Lynn, June, 1800, he was ordained a deacon
by Bishop Whatcoat, and stationed on Norridgewock Circuit, in the district of
Maine. That circuit included the towns of Starks, Norridgewock, Canaan,
Fairfield, Anson, and the settlements then called Industry, New Portland,
Barnardstown, Carryatuck Falls, etc. He also visited Vassalborough, and
preached there once or twice. "I went," he says, "very reluctantly
to the circuit, having heard a great many frightful stories about the country.
Setting aside the disgrace of it, perhaps I should have felt but little worse
if I had been doomed to the state prison for a year. But we do not always know
what is best for us. It proved to be one of the happiest and most prosperous
years of my ministerial life. There was a good revival in Norridgewock and in
Industry. I left the circuit with reluctance, 'sorrowing most of all' that
probably 'I should see their faces no more.'
At the Conference which sat in Lynn, 1801, he was appointed to labor in
Salisbury and parts adjacent; also in 1802, in the same regions. In 1803 he was
stationed in Marblehead, and in 1804 in Hawke and vicinity. His labors extended
also to Salem, in New Hampshire. At the next Conference, 1805, he was stationed
in Lynn, Mass., and preached in the old Lee meeting-house, which stood at the
east end of the Common. The established Church of the village had not yet
relented in its hostility, and menaces of a prosecution had been uttered
against his predecessor, Peter Jayne, for marrying one or more couples, members
of his own congregation. Asbury took measures, in the appointment of Webb, to
meet this embarrassing difficulty by imitating some of the forms of a
"regular settlement." "He told the Church," says Webb,
"that he had appointed me to be their pastor. They signified their
acceptance of me as such, and he gave me a charge and token of
fellowship." Afterward the preachers stationed in Boston and Marblehead,
with their people, went through similar ceremonies, and the objections to the
legality of marriage, solemnized by Methodist ministers, ceased.
He continued in Lynn two years, and at the Conference in Boston, 1807, was
appointed, with George Pickering, to that city. The Conference rose on
Saturday, and he returned immediately to his family at Lynn. Asbury also went
thither. Early the next morning a committee, consisting of three of the chief
men of the Boston Church, arrived to remonstrate with the bishop against the substitution
of Webb in the place of Merwin, who had been in the city the preceding year.
"It will not do," replied the bishop; "Merwin will die if he
stays there; he must go to Newport." The committee returned in no very
agreeable mood. At first Webb was reluctantly received; "but," he
says, "Pickering and I went to our work with one heart, and hand in hand.
He was foremost in every good work, and I endeavored to follow on. We were
cordially received after a few weeks. The Lord blessed our labors, and many souls
were brought to the knowledge of the truth, considerably over one hundred, I
believe. Our brethren in the ministry, Thomas C. Pierce, and Thomas W, Tucker,
were converted this year." The Church was in debt three or four hundred
dollars for the expenses of the last year. The debt and all the expenses of the
current year were paid, and, as a society, at the conclusion of the year they
owed nothing.
He remained another year in the city, with Martin Ruter as colleague. The
Church prospered greatly. The evening before he left it for his next year's
appointment the members pressed into his house, with blessings on their tongues
and in their hands. Many had been converted during the year, among whom were
several who became preachers; fiscal embarrassments had been thrown off, and
all the interests of the society were invigorated.
His subsequent appointments were in various parts of Massachusetts and Rhode
Island, and he lived, beloved and venerated for his unblemished character and
long services, down to 1867, when he died in the full assurance of hope. He was
noted for the brevity, perspicuity, systematic arrangement, and evangelical
richness of his discourses, his unpretending but cordial manners, and his
steadfast interest for his Church.”
Chronological listing of
stations of Rev. Daniel Webb :
1797 – Converted and accepted
August 1797 at Canterbury, Connecticut
1798 – Admitted on Trial at the
Annual Conference held from Wednesday, 19 September 1798 until Friday, the
21st. He may have served as Local
Preacher stationed at Bristol, Rhode Island. He preached in the Granville
Circuit with Ezekial Canfield (towns of Granville, Granby, Suffield, Westfield,
West Springfield, Southampton, Northampton, Cummington, Ashfield, Buckland,
Worthington, Dalton, Partridgefield, Washington, Pittsfield, Lee, Tyringham,
Sandisfield, Blanford, Chester, and several others); Granville circuit had
approximately 375 members.
1799 – Remained on Trial at the
Annual Conference; Served as Pastor & Minister stationed at Martha’s Vineyard
(24 members), also assisted at (Sandwich) Bourne, Massachusetts, with Rev.
Reuben Jones (71 members). This
early period was a time of difficulty for the young church.
1800 – Admitted into Full
Connection at the Annual Conference; stationed at Norridgewock Circuit, in the
district of Maine (towns of Starks, Norridgewock, Canaan, Fairfield, Anson, and
the settlements then called Industry, New Portland, Barnardstown, &
Carryatuck Falls, with approximately 166 members)
1801 – Admitted as a Deacon at
the Annual Conference; preached in Salisbury and parts adjacent; stationed at
Merrimack in the Boston District, Massachusetts (62 members)
1802 – Admitted as an Elder at
the Annual Conference; stationed Served as Pastor & Minister in Salisbury
& Hawke, Massachusetts, Boston District, New England Conference and parts
adjacent; (Salisbury members - 367 white, 32 black)
1803 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed in Marblehead, in Boston District, New England Conference
(58 members)
1804 – Served as Pastor & Minister,
stationed at Salisbury, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England
Conference with Ebenezer Easty (43 members). He also preached at First Methodist Church
1805 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed in Lynn, Massachusetts, Boston District, New England
Conference, and preached in the old Lee meeting-house, which stood at the east
end of the Common (139 members).
He also preached at First Methodist (Episcopal) Church in Lynn, the
first Methodist Society in Massachusetts.
1806 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed in Lynn, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England
Conference, and preached in the old Lee meeting-house, which stood at the east
end of the Common (170 members)
1807 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Boston, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England
Conference, with George Pickering (229 white, 20 black members)
Marriages performed in Boston :
- John Johnson & Dinah
Miller (blacks), married 31 August 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- George N. Slocum & Betsey
Luce, married 8 October 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- John Johnson & Sarah
Butman, married 5 November 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Joseph Wheelwright &
Mehitable Proctor, married 11 November 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Elizah Baker & Azubah
Colburn, married 15 November 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- John Baxter & Mary Adams,
married 17 December 1807, by Rev. Daniel Webb
1808 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Boston, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England
Conference, with Martin Ruter (310 white, 30 black members)
Marriages performed in Boston :
- Joseph Johnson & Lucy
Dockinfield (or Docking) (coloured), married 16 June 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- George Hedrick & Sally
Green, married 16 June 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Peter Barnard & Hannah
Foxwell, married 29 June 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- John Bartlett or Marblehead
& Sally Barret, married 14 July 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Joseph Gilman & Lucy
Sawyer, married 7 August 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- John Lear Jr. & Mary Dyer,
married 15 September 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Jacob How & Lucretia
Wetherbee, married 23 October 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Elijah Veazie & Susanna
Cheney, married 11 December 1808, by Rev. Daniel Webb
1809 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island, in Boston District,
New England Conference (26 members).
He was still in Boston in early 1809, as evidenced by a record of
marriages performed there.
Marriages performed in Boston :
- William Oliver & Mary
Whyder, married 18 January 1809, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Ebenezer Brown & Mary
Hadley, married 22 March 1809, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- Francis Collins & Sarah
Loveringham, married 21 May 1809, by Rev. Daniel Webb
- William Calder & Elizabeth
Lewis, married 4 June 1809, by Rev. Daniel Webb
1810 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island, in Boston District,
New England Conference (55 members)
1811 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Bristol & Portsmouth, in Boston District, New
England Conference (Bristol 211 members, Portsmouth 72 members)
1812 – as Pastor & Preacher,
colleague with Joshua Soule, stationed at First Methodist (Episcopal) Church,
Lynn, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England Conference (230
members). He also preached at
Union Street Methodist in Lynn during this year.
1813 – as Pastor & Preacher,
colleague with Elijah Hedding, stationed at First Methodist (Episcopal) Church,
Lynn, Massachusetts, in Boston District, New England Conference (218 members)
1814 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1815 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1816 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1817 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1818 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1819 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1820 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1821 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island. He also preached in other locales in
Rhode Island such as Little Compton.
The history of Methodism in Little Compton is intimately tied with that
of the Webb’s and Sisson’s, “Methodism first came to Little Compton from
Newport, R. I., in the year 1816; not in any organized manner, but in the home
life and hear experience of Mr. Lemuel Sisson and family, and settled at
Seaconnet Point, five miles distant from the village proper, called Little
Compton. Mr. Sisson’s family
consisted of himself and wife and eleven children. Into this home that was so loyal and devoted to God and his
Church, their pastor from Newport would come occasionally and hold Methodist
meetings. Friends and neighbors
were invited in. The interest
increased till in 1820 they were
able to have preaching services every two weeks, conducted by Rev. Daniel Dorchester,
then at Portsmouth. In 1820 a local
preacher by the name of Levi Chase, from Somerset, held meetings around in private
houses, during the month of June.
On July 7 of the same year Rev. Daniel Webb came to Little Compton and
preached in Mr. Sisson’s home.
After the preaching service he administered the ordinance of baptism to
seven candidates, and then organized a class, appointing Mr. Sisson
leader. During the same year, on
September 28 and 29, was held the first Quarterly Meeting, under the friendly
shelter of Mr. Sisson’s roof. This
was the beginning of Methodism in Little Compton. For five years regular preaching services were held in the
Mecca of Methodism, but such was the growth of the class that had been
organized but four years, that in 1825 it was found necessary to build. The first Methodist church was built on
the West Road, at the head of what is now called Meeting-House Lane, at a site
of land purchased from Sylvester Brownell. Here the Methodists worshipped for fifteen years, when it
was deemed advisable to seek another location. A lot, situated on the Common, was granted by the town, and
upon this the second Methodist church was built in 1839, and dedicated April
16, 1840. The sermon on the occasion
was preached by Rev. Daniel Webb, who, at the time of his death in 1867, was
the oldest effective Methodist preacher in the United States, if not in the
world. He was assisted in the service
by the pastor, Rev. Joseph Brown.”
Rev. Webb’s daughter, Harriet, married one of Mr. Sisson’s sons, Joseph.
1822 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1823 – Served as Pastor & Minister,
stationed as Portsmouth, Rhode Island, with Rev. Milton French; still stationed
at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1824 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1825 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Chestnut Street M. E. Church, Providence, Rhode Island;
still stationed at First Church, Newport, Rhode Island
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at First M. E. Church, Fall River, Massachusetts
1831 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Country Street M. E. Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1832 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Country Street M. E. and Fourth Street M. E. Church, New
Bedford, Massachusetts
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed in New London, Norwich District, Connecticut. A strong anti-slavery sentiment
prevailed during this period.
Marriages performed in New
London, Connecticut :
Matilda Belden married Giles
Dart, both of New London, 5 July 1837, by Rev. Daniel Webb
Thomas Baldwin married Elizabeth
Jane Beckwith, both of Waterford, 19 July 1837, by Rev. Daniel Webb
Alfred Babcock, of Lyme, married
Julia Comstock of Groton, 2 September 1837, by Rev. Daniel Webb
George Henfield married Nancy H.
Howard of New London, 31 December 1837, by Rev. Daniel Webb
1838
Marriages performed in New
London, Connecticut :
Henry L. Barker married Mary Ann
Darrow, both of New London, 1 January 1838, by Rev. Daniel Webb
John H. Allen of New Bedford,
Massachusetts, married Harriet Webb, daughter of Daniel, 11 February 1838, by
Rev. Daniel Webb
1839 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Fourth Street Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Marriages performed in New
London, Connecticut :
Mary Kelly married Frank Burns
(or Burke), both of New London, 30 July 1839, by Rev. Daniel Webb
1840
1841
1842
1843 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Little Compton, Rhode Island
1844 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Little Compton, Rhode Island
1845 – Served as a Supply
preacher, stationed at Fourth Street Church, New Bedford, Massachusetts; as
Supply preacher, stationed at Fairhaven, Massachusetts; also at First Church in Taunton, Massachusetts.
1846 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Acushnet, Massachusetts
1847
1848 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Cochesett, Massachusetts (98 members, his salary was
$457.43 per annum)
1849 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Cochesett, Massachusetts
1850 – Served as Pastor & Minister,
stationed at Cohassett & Hull, Massachusetts in Sandwich District,
Providence Conference (86 members, 36 probationers). In the latter part of 1850 he went to serve at
Nantasket.
1851 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Nantasket, Massachusetts. “In 1850-51 Rev. Daniel Webb was pastor. He was getting old, but was strong in
faith, and greatly endeared himself to the people.”
1852 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Hingham, Massachusetts
1853 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Hingham, Massachusetts. He officially retired this year, but continued to occupy the
pulpit to a lesser degree.
1854 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Talmont, Massachusetts & at Falmouth, Massachusetts
1855 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Talmont, Massachusetts & at Falmouth, Massachusetts
1856 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts. Although retired, he assumed the role of preacher to the
congregation near his home.
1857 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts
1858 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts
1859 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts
1860 – Served as Pastor & Minister,
stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts
1861 – Served as Pastor &
Minister, stationed at Barnstable, Massachusetts
1862 – superannuated
1863 – This year Abel Stevens
placed him in the ranks of those anointed by Asbury, and stated of them, “American
Protestantism had never seen a mightier ministerial corps : it may perhaps be
said that American Methodism has never since seen a mightier one.”
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868 – deceased
Notes : Providence Conference. Plans of his sermons (1807) and a list
of marriage he performed (1802-1864) is held at UMC New England Archives.
[click here to see a PDF of an excellent but
sentimental article written about him in 1860 for the Ladies
Repository, a Methodist magazine]
Residences : Although his father and his brothers
moved to the area of Cazenovia, New York, there is evidence to support the idea
that Daniel did not go with them, but stayed in New England as a Minister,
already being attached to the Providence Conference.
1850 Federal Census. Cohasset Township, Norfolk County.
Massachusetts
House#/Family#, Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Value, Birthplace, …remarks
147, 293/350, Daniel Webb, 72,
Male, White, Clergyman Methodist, 800, Massachusetts
147, 293/350, Mercy Webb, 61,
Female, White, na, na, Massachusetts
147, 293/350, Deborah Negus, 54,
Female, White, na, na, Massachusetts
147, 293/350, Priscilla Negus,
40, Female, White, na, na, Massachusetts
1860 Federal Census. Town of Barnstable, Barnstable County,
Massachusetts
Page, Dwelling/Family, Names,
Age, Sex, Color, Occupation, Value, Born, Remark
129, 1055/1116, Daniel Webb, 82,
Male, White, Clergyman Metho., 0/1300, Connecticut
129, 1055/1116, Nancy Webb, 71,
Female, White, na, na, Rhode Island
129, 1055/1116, Deborah Webb, 65,
Female, White, na, 0/300, Rhode Island
129, 1055/1116, Priscilla Webb,
60, Female, White, na, 0/300, Rhode Island
Family : He had eleven children by his first wife; only two of whom
survived him.
Son : Otis
Date of Birth : 27 October 1813
Place of Birth : New Bedford (or
Lynn), Massachusetts
Married : Deborah Allen Corry,
31 May 1838, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Died : 1899, San Lorenzo,
California
Notes : He was known as Captain
Otis Webb. Although not strictly a
military man, he received this title from commanding a whaling vessel. He lived in Bedford, Massachusetts, and
for some time in San Francisco, California. He was a Master Mariner, Sea Captain & Capitalist. He owned an extensive farm near
Madison, Wisconsin in the 1850’s; in 1880 he lived in Alameda, California; In
1892 he captained the steamer Henry M. from Greenville to Lily Bay.
California life illustrated. Chapter one, page 34
Captain Otis Webb, son of old Father Daniel Webb of
the Providence Conference, though nothing himself but a high-minded outsider,
(the Lord bless the outsiders! I have found among them some of the best friends
I ever had in my life,) hearing of our situation, sent us word that he was
building a house near our chapel, which would be finished in a week, and that
we were welcome to the use of it, rent free, for a month. So after remaining a
fortnight in port aboard ship, enjoying the hospitality of Captain Wilson, we
moved into the new house of Captain Webb, a one-and-a-half story house,
containing five rooms, and would have rented for about four hundred dollars a
month.
Daughter : Harriet W.
Date of Birth : circa 1819
Place of Birth : New Port, Rhode
Island
Married (1) : John Allen, 18
February 1838 (died 30 April 1841)
Married (2) : Joseph Sisson, 28 February 1843
Died : 25 July 1894 in Little
Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island
Notes : … of Little Compton;
matron of the Friendly Home, Rutland Street, Boston in 1880; official of the
Children’s Friend Society. She had
one daughter, Susan H. Allen born 11 October 1841 and one son, John Sisson born
23 October 1846.
Daughter : Nancy
Date of Birth :
Place of Birth :
Married : Webb, Nancy D., m.
Frederick LESTER, b of Norwich, Sept. 22, 1840 in New London, CT, by Rev.
Robert A. Hallam
Died :
Notes : putative
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Leonard, Lindall, Curwen, Marshall, Ribinson, Sampson, and Webb; also
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of Pemaquid, ancient and modern; some account of early settlements in Maine;
and some details of Indian warfare.
Printed for the author, by Henry W. Dutton & Son, Washington Street,
Boston. 1864. pp 496 – 532.
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Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Volume IV. Published by Carlton & Porter, 200
Mulberry St., New York. 1867.
Digital edition by Holiness Data Ministry, 1996.
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Company. Providence, Rhode Island, 1881.
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Donkersley, Rev. R. Reverend Daniel Webb …in
The ladies Repository, June 1860. Volume 20, issue 6. Pages 321 – 325. Cincinnati, Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Editor’s Table. The Ladies Repository, May 1867. Volume 27, issue 5. Pages 319 –320. Cincinnati, Methodist Episcopal Church.
Pension File of Christopher
Webb (abstracts) : M804 Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Files
1800 – 1900 Webb, Abner – Webb, Isacc. Roll2514. National Archives and Records Administration. Washington,
DC. Viewed 14 July 2001.
Descendants of Richard (1608-1684) and Mary (d. 1692) SISSON of Rhode
Island. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/aqwg48.htm
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to the Early History of Boston containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809. 13th Report of the Record
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Miller, Rev. Rennets C.,
editor. Souvenir History of the
New England Southern Conference in Three Volumes. Vol. 1 New Bedford District. Vol. 2 Norwich District. Vol. 3 Providence District. Published by Rev. R. C. Miller. Nantasket, Massachusetts, 1897.
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2004
www.webbdeiss.org/webb
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