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"Genealogy of the Corser Family In America" written by S. B. G. Corser, Pages 105-6: Removing to Boscawen with his family in in 1864 {note, this should be 1764} he purchased of Col. Henry Gerrish a large tract of land on the Hill, which has since borne his name, making there a permanent settlement. It appears also that he bought 30 acres of his brother William in 1765. The homestead, afterwards the property of his son David and since owned successively by James Kilburn, Frederic Coffin, David Macurdy, and Hiram Tilton, was situated on Pleasant street, a short distance south of the spot where the Cong. church now stands, in an enclosure through which a cross-road has since been cut, passing near the house. It was a beautiful location, with grand and picturesque natural surroundings, and at one time the center of a jovial social life, such as the presence of 100 untamed country cousins, whose homes were in sight, can be supposed to create. The first dwelling erected was a small building, which was afterwards -- under supervision of his son David, probably before 1780 -- replaced by a large, square two story house -- one of the old fashioned farm houses -- still standing, being, as is supposed, the oldest habitation in the town of Webster.
Note 2nd story window above the door. It figures prominently in this anecdote about John's daughter, Abbynezzer who later married Edward Fitzgerald, Jr.:
From "Genealogy of the Corser Family In American" by S. B. G. Corser, page 115:
She married when quite young, and, it is said, did not at first favor the advances of her lover, emphasizing her dislike one day -- prompted not less perhaps by a girlish love of mischief, "it was so good a joke, you know" by pouring a bucket of water upon him from the chamber window; which however, had the effect only to draw from him the gallant exclamation, "Oh, the damsel!"
Photographed by Martin Costine of Webster, NY during the Fall of 1999.
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