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Lavinia Gedney (Purdy)

Also Known As: "Gedney", "Levinah"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States
Death: November 11, 1761 (24)
Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States (Drowning)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Samuel Purdy, Jr. and Winifred Wright Purdy
Wife of Eleazer Gedney
Mother of Winifred Eleazor Purdy; Eleazer Gidney, V and Jonathan Gedney
Sister of Jacob Purdy; Henry Purdy; Samuel Purdy, III; Colonel (loyalist) Gilbert Purdy; Gabriel T. Purdy, Esq. and 1 other

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About Lavinia Gedney

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34384606/levinah-gidney

Wife of Eleazer Gidney/Gedney. They and their son, Jonathan, drowned while crossing the Hudson River at New Windsor, New York on 11 November 1761.

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Lavinia Gedney's Timeline

1737
May 1, 1737
White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States
1756
April 7, 1756
Rye, Westchester, New York, United States
1758
September 3, 1758
Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States
1758
Newburgh, Ulster Co, New York, United States
1761
November 11, 1761
Age 24
Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States