Noah Webster Sr. (1722 - 1813)

Born 25 Mar 1722 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Steele) Webster — married 12 Jan 1749 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Sarah (Olmsted) Webster — married 12 Jun 1806 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1813 at age 91 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Noah Webster was a farmer and deacon in West Hartford, Connecticut, and the father of famous lexicographer, Noah Webster, Jr., L.L.D.. Noah, son of Daniell Webster & Mirriam, was born on 25 March 1722 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

Noah Webster was born on March 25, 1722 in Hartford, Connecticut as the son of Daniel Webster and Miriam Cook. He grew up in the region and made his living mostly as a farmer, though he was also deacon of the local Congregational Church, captain of the town's militia, and a founder of a local book society (a precursor to the public library). Noah, child of Daniell Webster, was baptised on 28 March 1722 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States.^[2]

Noah, child of Eliphalet Webster, married Mercy Steele on 12 January 1749 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States.^[3]

Webster married Mercy Steele on January 12, 1749. She died 5 Oct 1794. He then married Sarah Hopkins 12 Jun 1806 at West Hartford. She died 4 Jun 1819 age 78 years.

Children by first wife:

1. Mercy Webster - m. John Kellogg Belden
2. Abraham Webster - m. Rachel Merrill
3. Jerusha Webster - m. Joel Lord
4. Noah Webster - m. Rebecca Greenleaf
5. Charles Webster - m. Elizabeth Woodruff

After his marriage in 1749 to Mercy, he built a house on the west side of South Main Street in West Hartford, a house that remains today as the Noah Webster house.

After American independence, he was appointed a justice of the peace.

Webster died on November 9, 1813 in Hartford, Connecticut, in the section later incorporated as West Hartford. His will was dated 9 November 1813. He left his estate to his wife Sarah, and children Henry Belden, Abram Webster, Noah Webster, Jerusha Lord and Charles Webster (named executor). The will was proved 29 Nov 1813.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
   citing FHL microfilm: 2961;
   FamilySearch Record: F74Z-LGC (accessed 19 June 2023)
   Noah Webster born on 25 Mar 1722, son of Daniell Webster & Mirriam, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Baptism: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"
   Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut
   Ancestry Record 3032 #291699 (accessed 19 June 2023)
   Noah Webster baptism on 28 Mar 1722, child of Daniell Webster, in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"
   Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3032 #291707 (accessed 19 June 2023)
   Noah Webster marriage to Mercy Steele on 12 Jan 1749 in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
4. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.: Probate Packets, Webster, I-Wells, Bille, 1641-1880. Noah Webster, Hartford, 1813, Hartford Prob. Dist. Accessed at Ancestry ($)

• Webster, William H. and Webster, Melville Reuben. History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster family of Connecticut. pp 85-86 (Rochester, N.Y. : E.R. Andrews Printing Co., 1915)
• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. [1]

Sarah [Olmstead] HOPKINS

Marriage 1806

Location West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Spouse Noah Webster

Volume Name Bradford, William (Vol. 22) Page 281

• New York Evening Post: Death Notices, 1801–1890. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), (Unpublished typescript transcriptions of original notices by Gertrude A. Barber, R. Stanton Avery Collection, NEHGS, Boston, MA. "Death Notices copied from the New York Evening Post, vols. 1-54," 1933–1947). [2]

Noah WEBSTER

Death 11/15/1813

Location Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Original Text NOAH WEBSTER 91 yrs. at Hartford.

Volume Name 2 Page 56

• Find a Grave, memorial page for Deacon Noah Webster Sr. (25 Mar 1722–9 Nov 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #38370940, citing Old Center Cemetery, West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of WEBSTER, NOAH SR", Ancestor # A121334.