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• Name: Elijah Webster
• Born: September 3, 1729 Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut
• Father: Noah Webster
• Mother: Katharine Newcomb
• Married: March 28, 1757 Martha's Vineyard
• Spouse: Elizabeth Vincent
• Children:
• Eddy Webster
• Betty Webster
• Ransford Webster
• Ransford Webster
• Died: 1767 Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut

Sources:

• "Elijah Webster, b. 3 Sept. 1729, at Lebanon, d. 1767, m. 28 Mar. 1757, at Martha's Vineyard, Elizabeth Trapp, widow."; p. 34, Andrew Newcomb, 1618-1686, and his descendants, by Newcomb, Bethuel Merritt, 1923, The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn. (Available on the Internet Archive)

• "Elijah Webster, b. Sep. 3, 1729, at Lebanon, Ct., mar. at Martha's Vineyard, March 28, 1757, widow Elizabeth Trapp. He died at Lebanon, Ct., 1767, she surviving him.

  From Willimantic Probate Records: April 10, 1767, Jedediah Strong, of Lebanon, appointed administrator of estate of Elijah Webster, late of Lebanon, deceased. April 13, 1767, Inventory, no land mentioned. June 27, 1767, Administrator reported estate insolvent. Oct. 5, 1767, Return of creditors, and among them were Pelatiah Webster, and Oliver Webster. April 22, 1768, Court authorized sale of estate, saving widow thirds."

  pp. 134–135, History and genealogy of the Gov. John Webster family of Connecticut, by Webster, William Holcomb and Webster, Melville Reuben, 1915, E.R. Andrews Print. Co., Rochester, NY. (Available on the Internet Archive)

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