Ancestry of
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Noah Webster
- Mother:
- Mercy Steele
- Birth Date:
- 16 Oct 1758
- Birth Location:
- West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 28 May 1843
- Death Location:
- New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
- Notes:
Noah Webster created the first American dictionary. He is credited with changing the English spellings of such words as colour and honour to their American versions of color and honor.
Noah Webster Jr.
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Marriages for Noah Webster Jr.
- Spouse:
- Rebecca Greenleaf
- Marriage Date:
- 26 Oct 1789
- Marriage Location:
- New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut
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Sources for Noah Webster Jr.
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A047548.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/21/2014).
- 3 New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2000, Vol. 1.5, pp. 11-15.
- 4 Brainard, Homer Worthington, et. al., The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield, Portland, Maine: The Anthoensen Press (1953), 49.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 226.
- 6 Wikipedia, "Noah Webster", (accessed 02/21/2014).