Family
Noah Webster married Rebecca Greenleaf (1766–1847) on October 26, 1789, New Haven, Connecticut. They had eight children:
- Emily Schotten (1790–1861), who married William W. Ellsworth, named by Webster as an executor of his will. Emily, their daughter, married Rev. Abner Jackson, who became president of both Hartford's Trinity College and Hobart College in New York State.
- Frances Julianna (1793–1869)
- Harriet (1797–1844)
- Mary (1799–1819)
- William Greenleaf (1801–1869)
- Eliza (1803–1888)
- Henry (1806–1807)
- Louisa (b. 1808)
He moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1812, where Webster helped to found Amherst College. In 1822, the family moved back to New Haven, and Webster was awarded an honorary degree from Yale the following year. He is buried in New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery.
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