Lydia Blakeslee

Not much is known about Lydia. Not the date or location of her birth, although one could surmise that she was born about 1679 or a little later, probably in Connecticut. She did marry John Blakesley about 1697, probably in New Haven. John and Lydia had eleven children. Their last child was a daughter named Ann, who died in New Haven on November 10, 1723. Lydia herself died in New Haven on October 12, 1723, obviously from complications of childbirth. She must have been buried in New Haven Green, the original and only burying place for New Haven until 1797. Between 1797 and 1812, a few of those buried there were reintered in the Grove Street Cemetery, but most were left under the green and three churches were eventually built over the graves. Some of the gravestones were moved to the Grove Street location, and some remain under the Center Church on the Green, but most of the old gravestones were destroyed. There is no gravestone extant for Lydia.

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