Noah Webster , Sr. ¹

  General Notes:

Noah Sr. (1722-1813) farmed 90 acres (360,000 m2), was justice of the peace and deacon of the local Congregational church, and was captain on the "alarm list" of the local militia. Noah's father was a descendant of Connecticut Governor John Webster; his mother Mercy (née Steele; d. 1794) was a descendant of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony.


child 1: Noah WEBSTER (AFN: 19SG-0RS )
gender: Male
birth: 1748 <

child 2: Abraham WEBSTER (AFN: JDQC-HQ )
gender: Male
birth: 1751 Sep 17
West Hartford, Hartford, Ct
death: 1831 Aug 4
Sullivan, Madison, Ny
burial: 1831 Aug 7
Sullivan, Madison, Ny

child 3: Jerusha WEBSTER (AFN: JDQC-L8 )
gender: Female
birth: 1756 Jan 22
West Hartford, Hartford, Ct
death: 1826
, , Ct

child 4: Charles WEBSTER (AFN: JDQC-MF )
gender: Male
birth: 1762 Sep 2
West Hartford, Hartford, Ct
death: 1817
, , Ct

child 5: Mercy WEBSTER (AFN: JDQC-GK )
gender: Female
birth: 1749 Nov 8
West Hartford, Hartford, Ct
death: 1820 Aug 12
, , Ct

child 6: Noah WEBSTER (AFN: BDVR-NG )
gender: Male
birth: 1758 Oct 16
West Hartford, Hartford, Ct
death: 1843 May 28
New Haven, New Haven, Ct
burial: 1843 May 31
Grove Street Cem, New Haven, Connecticut, Us

Noah married Mercy Steele, daughter of Eliphalet Steele and Catherine Marshfield, on 12 Jan 1749 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. (Mercy Steele was born on 8 Oct 1727 in West Hartford, Hartford, Ct, christened on 8 Oct 1727 in West Hartford, Hartford, Ct, died on 5 Oct 1794 in West Hartford, Hartford, Ct and was buried on 8 Oct 1794 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA.)

Noah next married Sarah Hopkins on 12 Jun 1806 in West Hartford, Ct. (Sarah Hopkins was born about 1726.)