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Webster's wife, Rebecca Greenleaf Webster. Noah Webster married Rebecca Greenleaf (1766–1847) on October 26, 1789, in New Haven, Connecticut. They had eight children: Emily Schotten (1790–1861), who married William W. Ellsworth and was named by Webster as an executor of his will. [28]
Soon after the publication of the American Dictionary, by his father-in-law, Noah Webster (1828), Dr. Goodrich was entrusted by its author with power to superintend an abridgment of the work, which he did, conforming the orthography more nearly to the common standard. This edition, in the preparation of which he was assisted by Benjamin ...
She and Webster had two children together, another daughter named Grace and a son named Noah Webster. [193] After the death of his first wife, Webster was frequently the subject of rumors in Washington regarding his alleged promiscuity; many suspected that the painter Sarah Goodridge, with whom he had a close relationship, was his mistress. [194]
Ian and his wife, Alisa Beth Terry, met as college sweethearts at Syracuse University and married on June 12, 1993.The couple welcomed their son Noah a few years later.
Emily Webster Born in Windsor on November 10, 1791, Ellsworth was the son of Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth , and son-in-law of Noah Webster , who named Ellsworth executor of his will. His twin brother was Henry Leavitt Ellsworth , first Commissioner of the United States Patent Office.
Barry Sanders was an NFL great, and his sons, Barry J., Nigel, Nicholas and Noah Sanders, have followed in his athletic footsteps.. The Pro Football Hall of Fame running back is very close with ...
John’s son Tyler Ritter, for one, spoke about how his late father was always showing support. ... Tyler — who John shared with ex-wife Nancy Morgan — told Us that John was “the best” dad ...
Paul Leicester Ford (March 23, 1865 – May 8, 1902) was an American novelist and biographer, born in Brooklyn, the son of Gordon Lester Ford and Emily Fowler Ford (a granddaughter of Noah Webster and lifelong friend of Emily Dickinson).