Noah Worcester

Brief Life History of Noah

When Noah Worcester was born on 25 November 1758, in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, his father, Captain Noah Worcester, was 23 and his mother, Lydia Taylor, was 25. He married Hannah Brown on 25 November 1779, in Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 31 October 1837, in Brighton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Noah Worcester
1758–1837
Hannah Brown
1760–1797
Marriage: 25 November 1779
Noah Worcester
1781–1862
dau Worcester
1797–1797
Hannah Worcester
1782–1783
Hannah Worcester
1784–1838
David Worcester
1786–1846
Lydia Worcester
1787–
Elizabeth Worcester
1788–1837
Sally Worcester
1791–1875
Rev Samuel Worcester
1793–1844
Rev Dr Thomas Worcester
1795–1878

Sources (40)

  • Noah Jr Worcester, "New Hampshire, Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Noah Rev Worcester, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Noah Worcester, "Find A Grave Index"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"""At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from the city of Worcester. The placename means ‘the Roman town of the Weogoran’, from an Old English tribal name Weogoran (genitive plural Weogorena) + Old English ceaster ‘city, Roman town’.

History: Rev. William Worcester emigrated from England and settled in Salisbury, MA, before 1638. He had many prominent descendants, including Noah Worcester (born 1758) and Samuel Worcester (born 1770), both NH Congregational clergymen, and Joseph Emerson Worcester (1784–1865), a noted lexicographer, geographer, and historian.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Rev Noah Worcester ~ Religion: Congregationalist, Swedenborgian, New Jerusalem Church, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA: Membership: First Marriage (25 Nov 1779): Hannah Brown (Birth: 6 May 1760, …

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