Lydia Jenks Colvin

• BIRTH 5 May 1747 Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
• DEATH 21 Dec 1839 (aged 92) Vermont, USA
• BURIAL Unknown, Lydia probably was buried with her husband in Chippenhook Cemetery, Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT, but numerous Colvin and county researchers have been able to find neither burial record nor grave marker.
• MEMORIAL ID 129882137

Daughter of Joseph Jenks and Sarah King [2], Lydia was fourth born of the Jenks' seven known children. She was married to Levi Colvin, [son of Jeremiah, grandson of John, great-grandson of John] in Scituate, Providence Co., RI, 10 Sep 1763, Lydia was the mother of five known children: Jeremiah [12 Oct 1765], Jonathan [12 Aug 1767], Sanford G. [2 Mar 1770], Alpheus [29 Mar 1773] and Safety Colvin [19 Aug 1777]. All but the youngest were born in Rhode Island although birth dates for all were entered in Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT, records.

The Colvins removed from Rhode Island to Vermont before 1774 [when the former state's military census was taken]. Lydia's husband, Levi, served in the Clarendon Militia, attaining the rank of Ensign, during the Revolutionary War. Lydia Colvin, Widow of Levi, Ensign, Half Yearly Allowance: $60, Commencement March 4 183?, payments shown through September 1839, followed by notation: Died 21 Dec 1839. [3]

Spouse
Levi Colvin 1745–1834 (m. 1763)

Children
Jonathan Colvin 1767–1844
Sanford G Colvin/Calvin 1770 – unknown
Alpheus Colvin 1773–1843
Safety Colvin Dexter 1777–1858

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129882137/lydia-colvin

[2] "Genealogy of the Jenks Family in America," comp. by William B. Brown [Concord, NH, 1952]

[3] U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [image via Ancestry.com]