Eli, son of Samuel Webb, was born November 17, 1737. He went with his father to Windham, where he married, April 20, 1760, Sarah, born in Westbrook, February 5, 1742, died February 28, 1826, daughter of Edward and Anna (Collins) Cloutman. Her father operated the first sawmill at Presumpscot Lower Falls. This mill was burned by the Indians in 1741, and then he moved by boat to Stroudwater, and from there in 1745 to Gorham, and settled above the village. Cloutman was a large and powerful man, and was much feared by the Indians. In the spring of 1746, while sowing wheat in his field, he was set upon by a party of savages, and after a desperate resistance finally overpowered and carried as a captive to Canada. In November he escaped from captivity by digging under the prison walls, but was never afterward heard from. The next year his skeleton was found on the shore of Lake Champlain, \vhere he had perished. Edward Cloutman was born in Dover, New Hampshire, February 15, 1714, and married, in Falmouth, now Portland. April 16, 1/38, Anna Collins, born January 16, 1718, daughter of Timothy and Sarah Collins of that city. Eli Webb spent his youth in the midst of Indian troubles and narrowly escaped capture when his brother Seth was shot and taken by the Indians in 1750. Webb Pond in Franklin county was named by Seth and Eli Webb, who were great hunters and often went to that vicinity for game. Eli Webb was a soldier from Windham under Colonel Jedediah Preble in 1758. He was at the attack on Ticonderoga, and was with General Howe, the commander-in-chief, when he was shot, catching him as he fell. He was later a member of the Rogers Rangers, a select body of men employed as scouts under the command of the famous Captain Rogers, of New Hampshire, and saw much hard service while in that command, which lost so many men in skirmishes that it had to be recruited several times. He was also a soldier in the revolution. He settled in Windham, but afterward sold his property there, and in July, 1777, moved to Gorham and was the first of the family at Gambo Falls, his farm being near where the powder mills now are. He died November 26, 1826. Children: 1. Edward, born December 27, 1760, mentioned below. 2. Annie, 1763. 3. Lorana, 1766. 4. Mary, 1768. 5. James, 1770. 6. Ezekiel, 1773. 7. Abraham, 1775. 8. Seth, 1778. 9. Rachel, July 2, 1781.

Eli Webb spent his youth in the midst of Indian troubles and narrowly escaped capture when his brother Seth was shot and taken by the Indians in 1750. Webb Pond in Franklin county was named by Seth and Eli Webb, who were great hunters and often went to that vicinity for game. Eli Webb was a soldier from Windham under Colonel Jedediah Preble in 1758. He was at the attck on Ticonderoga, and was with General Howe, the commander-in-chief, when he was shot, catching him as he fell. He was later a member of the Rogers Rangers, a select body of men employed as scouts under the command of the famous Captain Rogers, of New Hampshire, and was much hard service while in that command, which lost so many men in skirmishes that it had to be recruited several times. He was also a soldier in the revolution. He settled in Windham, but afterward sold his property there, and in July 1777, moved to Gorham and was the first of the family at Gambo Falls, his farm being near where the powder mills now stand.