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Noah Webster

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Josiah Marshfield

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• • Great-grandfather of Noah Webster — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Marshfield 
  • Mother:
  • Catherine Chapin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 29 Sep 1665 
  • Birth Location:
  • Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Jun 1712 
  • Death Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rachel Gilbert
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 Sep 1686 
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  • Child:

  Catherine Marshfield (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Sources for Josiah Marshfield

  • ¹ 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), 48.
  • ² Chapin, Gilbert Warren, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data with Brief Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, Vol. 1, Hartford, Connecticut: Chapin Family Association (1924), 4.