Brief Life History of Noah
When Captain Noah Stoddard was born on 21 April 1721, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Thomas Stodder, was 44 and his mother, Ruth Nichols, was 33. He married Sarah Thurston on 24 September 1746, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in July 1766, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 45.
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- Noah Stoddard, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Noah Stodder, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
- Noah, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"
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1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
1763 · First Synagogue in America
The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.
English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).
History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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