Noah Webster, b. Aug. 9, 1706, at Lebanon, Ct., m. (1) at Lebanon, Katharine Newcomb, b. May 21, 1710, dau. of Deacon John and Alice (Lumbert) Newcomb of Lebanon; afterward of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. He m. (2) Oct. 2, 1755, at Somers, Ct., Elizabeth Jones. At Springfield, Mass., is entered the record that, May 8, 1755, it was his intention to marry Margaret Chapin of Springfield, posted May 24, 1755. Whether her death or some other circumstance led to a change is unexplained in the records.
The Stafford, Conn., town records show that, Feb. 12, 1742-3, Noah Webster of Lebanon purchased of Timothy Simons of Lebanon, the onethird right of Simons, "in quality and quantity," of land by the last Will and Testament of Jonathan Pasco, late cf Stafford, deceased, unto John Burroughs, Hannah Warner and said Timothy Simons. March 9, 1743, he sold the same to Amos Fuller of Lebanon. Witnesses, Ward Clark and Gershom Clark.
Lebanon town records, show, Dec. 22, 1749, Noah Webster, of Lebanon, deeded land in Goshen Parish, Lebanon, and Sept. 29, 1757, Noah Webster, of Lebanon, deeded land there, to Pelatiah Webster, of Lebanon. Feb. 19, 1757, Noah Webster, of Lebanon, deeded land in Lebanon, to Pelatiah Webster, of Lebanon, Samuel and Jerusha Webster, witnesses.
From Willimantic Probate Record. Aug. 20, 1762, date of Will of Noah Webster, of Mansfield, Ct., "being in poor health," gave to his wife Elizabeth, to son Elijah, to son Asahel, to daughter Submit Carpenter, to son Daniel, to son Abraham, to daughter Elizabeth, to son George, to daughter Rhoda Webster, to son Noah, to son Moses, and constituted his son Moses and wife Elizabeth, his executors.
Sept. 16, 1764, Elizabeth Webster, and Moses Webster, executors, ask division of estate.
Feb. 1, 1765, Ebenezer Wright and Peabody Mosely distributed the estate as follows: To widow, Elizabeth, part of house and lands; Elijah and Asael, heirs, land in Somers; Moses, a son, part of house, some land, the saw mill, part of corn mill, and part of personal property; dau. Submit Carpenter, 2 pounds; son Daniel, 6 pounds; son Abraham, 2 pounds; dau. Elizabeth Webster, 6 pounds of value "in movables;" son George, 12 pounds; dau. Rhoda Webster, 6 pounds; son, Noah, 12 pounds; son Moses, "all the residue of the estate." Moses Webster his son, and Elizabeth his widow, sole executors. Witnesses, Elizabeth Smith, Bethiah Crery and Timothy Fuller. Will probated, Oct. 7, 1762. Inventory made Oct. 28, 1762, in which is mentioned land in Somers.
He died at Mansfield, Conn., Sept. 20, 1762, aged 56-1-11. His second wife outlived him, but the date of death of either wife has not been found.
Children: (All born in Lebanon, Ct. Baptisms at Goshen Church.) Elijah, b. Sept. 3, 1729; Daniel, b. Dec. 6, 1730; Asahel, b. Sept. 25, 1732, died June 22, 1734; Submit, date of birth not known; Abraham, b. Jany. 1, 1736-7. (One of the proprietors of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, in 1761.) Asahel, (again) b. April 29, 1739; Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1741; Moses, b. May. 25, 1743; Ehoda, b. June 12, 1747, baptized Sept. 6, following; George, b. June 1, 1749, baptized June 25, following; Huldah, bap. March 7, 1752, at home; Noah, bap. March 11, 1753. On this same date appears also the name Calvin Webster in another record. (By 2d mar.) Noah, b. March 13, 1757 (or 1759.)
