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Jerusha <I>Webster</I> Lord

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Jerusha Webster Lord

Birth
Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
21 Feb 1821 (aged 65)
Danby, Tompkins County, New York, USA
Burial
Tompkins County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
#87
Memorial ID
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Jerusha Webster was the second daughter of Noah Webster Sr. and Mercy Steele of Hartford, Connecticut. She was the oldest sister to Noah Webster the Lithographer and writer of the English Dictionary. Jerusha at age 22 married on the 12th November in 1778 to Joel Lord of Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. She had three Children: Chester Webster Lord B: 13 July 1785 D: 12 March 1864, Jerusha Lord B: 11 Jan 1790-D:14 May 1857, Harley Lord B:25 Jan. 1792- D: 28 Apr. 1862 my ancestor. Jerusha was 65 years old at the time of her death, and is buried next to her husband.

Ref.,
"Genealogy" by George E. Foster, West Hill Press, Ithaca New York, 1897, which has accounts of Noah Webster Jr. found in this chapter - One Line of The Webster Family, pages 16 & 37.

"Webster Genealogy" Family of John Webster, by Noah Webster (1758-1843) New Haven, CT 1836 page 5.

Noah Webster The Life and Times of an American Patriot by Harlow Giles Unger page 7 & 37.



Last updated 6/2015
Jerusha Webster was the second daughter of Noah Webster Sr. and Mercy Steele of Hartford, Connecticut. She was the oldest sister to Noah Webster the Lithographer and writer of the English Dictionary. Jerusha at age 22 married on the 12th November in 1778 to Joel Lord of Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. She had three Children: Chester Webster Lord B: 13 July 1785 D: 12 March 1864, Jerusha Lord B: 11 Jan 1790-D:14 May 1857, Harley Lord B:25 Jan. 1792- D: 28 Apr. 1862 my ancestor. Jerusha was 65 years old at the time of her death, and is buried next to her husband.

Ref.,
"Genealogy" by George E. Foster, West Hill Press, Ithaca New York, 1897, which has accounts of Noah Webster Jr. found in this chapter - One Line of The Webster Family, pages 16 & 37.

"Webster Genealogy" Family of John Webster, by Noah Webster (1758-1843) New Haven, CT 1836 page 5.

Noah Webster The Life and Times of an American Patriot by Harlow Giles Unger page 7 & 37.



Last updated 6/2015


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  • Added: Nov 2, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61033613/jerusha-lord: accessed ), memorial page for Jerusha Webster Lord (22 Jan 1756–21 Feb 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61033613, citing Danby Presbyterian Cemetery, Tompkins County, New York, USA; Maintained by JICM (contributor 47283461).