Lydia Brown - Smith

Lydia Fish, along with four of her siblings who were the children of Nathaniel Fish, was baptised in the First Parish Church in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 19 May 1706.[1] Her mother's name is unknown.

Lydia married first to Samuel Brown of Eastham, the son of Thomas, and grandson of Ralph, on 11 February 1717/18 in Sandwich.[2] [3]

Samuel died in Eastham on 03 May 1739 in his 48th year.[4]

Lydia married, secondly, Ralph Smith on 13 August 1745.[5]Ralph died on 08 April 1763 in Middle Haddam, Connecticut.[5][6]

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Lydia Smith formerly Fish aka Brown

Born about 1700 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Daughter of Nathaniel Fish and [mother unknown]

Sister of Nathaniel Fish, Jemima Fish, Thomas Fish and Mehitable (Fish) Perry

Wife of Samuel Brown Jr. — married 11 Feb 1718 (to 3 May 1739) in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Ralph Smith — married 13 Aug 1745 in Chatham, Middlesex, Connecticut

Mother of Martha (Brown) Freeman and Mary Brown

Died [date unknown] in Connecticut [uncertain]

Biography

Lydia Fish, along with four of her siblings who were the children of Nathaniel Fish, was baptised in the First Parish Church in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 19 May 1706.[1] Her mother's name is unknown.

Lydia married first to Samuel Brown of Eastham, the son of Thomas, and grandson of Ralph, on 11 February 1717/18 in Sandwich.[2] [3]

Samuel died in Eastham on 03 May 1739 in his 48th year.[4]

Lydia married, secondly, Ralph Smith on 13 August 1745.[5]Ralph died on 08 April 1763 in Middle Haddam, Connecticut.[5][6]

Lydia's death record needs to be found.

Children by first husband, Samuel Brown, born Eastham:[7]

Martha, b. 1720 Samuel, b. 1722 Elizabeth, b. 1724 Lidia, b. 1726 Bethia, b. 1728 Jemima, b. 1732 Mary, b. 1734 Jonathan, b. 1734 Sources

↑ C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), pp. 180, 185. 1373, original: Records of the First Parish in Sandwich, p. 15. "[Baptisms] Thomas, Lydia, Mehetable, Jemima, Nathaneal Fish, May 19, 1706." ↑ Eastham Vital Records & Cemetery Inscriptions, Early Vital Records of Barnstable Co., MA to about 1850, CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, CO: Search & Research, 1997), p. 205. Intentions: "october ye 23d: 1717: Samuel Brown Junr gave account of his intent to contract marriage with Lidya Fish of Sandwich in order to have it published" ↑ C.L. Kardell & R.A. Lovell, Jr., Vital Records of Sandwich MA to 1885 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1996), p. 108, original Book 1, p. 71. Marriage: "The marriage between Samuel Brown of Eastham and Lydia Fish of Sandwich was Solemnized before William Bassett Just of Peace att Sandwich the eleventh day of February Anno Domini 1717" ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 13 November 2019), memorial page for Samuel Brown, III (7 Nov 1690–3 May 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #15872107, citing Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mary Harrell-Sesniak (contributor 46488639) . ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brownson, Lydia, et.al.,Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families, (Duxbury:1966), Vol. 44:235, citing TAG Oct. 1953. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. Brewster, William (MFIP Patience) p. 165 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>. ↑ Brownson, Lydia, et.al.,Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families, (Duxbury:1967), Vol. 8:101, citing Eastham VRs.