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Lydia Rosewell Eliot (Atwater)

Also Known As: "elliot", "Daugh. Of Jeremiah 1684 Wolcott", "Daugh. Of Jeremiah 1684 Atwater"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Colonies
Death: January 28, 1776 (60)
Cromwell, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jeremiah Atwater and Lydia Atwater
Wife of John Eliot
Ex-wife of Dr. Alexander Wolcott, Sr.
Mother of Dr. Jeremiah Wolcott; Alexander Wolcott; Lydia Austin; Hannah Porter; Lydia Lee and 5 others
Sister of Jeremiah Atwater, Jr.; Richard Atwater and Dorcas Atwater

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About Lydia Rosewell Eliot

  1. Atwater https://archive.org/details/Vol1AtwaterHistoryAndGenealogy Full Text: "Atwater History and Genealogy VOL. I" Compiled by Francis Atwater 1901
  2. :Atwater https://archive.org/stream/atwaterhistoryge02atwa#page/n5/mode/2up II Full Text:"Atwater History and Genealogy VOL. II " Compiled by Francis Atwater 1907
  3. Atwater: https://archive.org/stream/atwaterhistoryge03atwa#page/n5/mode/2up Full Text: "Atwater History and Genealogy VOL. III" Compiled by Francis Atwater 1918
  4. Atwater: https://archive.org/stream/atwaterhistoryge04atwa#page/n5/mode/2up Full Text: "Atwater History and Genealogy VOL. IV" Compiled by Francis Atwater 1927
  5. Atwater: https://archive.org/stream/atwaterhistoryge05atwa#page/n287/mode/2up Full Text: "Atwater History and Genealogy VOL. V" by Charles Hobart Atwater 1956 p. 272

Volume I, Page 130: No. 160

160. Lydia, dau. of Jeremiah; m. Dec. 4, 1732, Alexander Wolcott, but separated from him. (2) John Eliot, son of John and Mary (dau. of John Wolcott) Eliot, b. Jan. 21, 1717; graduated H. C. 1737; resided in New Haven until his removal to Spencer, Mass., where he was for ten years a gentleman of wealth and distinction.

Jeremiah (Dr.), b. Nov. 3. 1733; m. April 13, 175S, Sarah (dau. of Rev. Thomas) Goodseil, of East Haven, who was granddaughter of the first John and Martha Davenport. He d. May 12, 1792.

1 Martha, b. Aug. 18, 17627 m. Hezekiah Reynolds.

Thomas Goodseil, b. Aug. 17, 1764.

Sarah, b. May 7, 1767; m. 1784 Philemon Harrison, whose son James and his wife, Charlotte N. Lynde, were the parents of Hon. Lynde Harrison, of New Haven.

Alexander, b. Feb. 17, 1733: killed in French war, 1757, serving under his grandfather. Gov. Roger Wolcott.

Lydia, baptized Nov. 6. 1737; m. Dec. 6, 1759. Samuel Austin, of New Haven. Their son was Rev. Samuel, President of the University of Vermont.

Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1743.

John. b. April 22, 1745; graduated from Harvard College and entered the ministry; became school teacherat New Haven; m. Jan. 21, 1795. Mrs. Sarah Harlow, of Branford, a marriage which proved unfortunate; became insane; was last heard of as a soldier in the Adams war.

Sarah, b. Nov. 30, 1750.

Richard Rosewell, b. Oct. 3 , 1752; graduated from Harvard College, 1774; tutor there in 1774; minister in Watertown, Mass.* 1780; d. Oct. 21, 181S, in his 66th year; an excellent man; m. (1) a Sherman, of Connecticut; (2) Lucy Bowman, of Lexington, Mass., who d. July 20, 1834; no issue.

Hannah, b. Aug. 25, 1753.

William, b. July 29, 1757..

Married December 4, 1732

Two sons and a daughter

She separated from Dr. Alexander Wolcott in 1739. Divorced 1740.

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Lydia Rosewell Eliot's Timeline

1715
October 18, 1715
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, Colonies
1733
November 3, 1733
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1735
February 17, 1735
New Haven, New Haven, CT, United States
1737
November 4, 1737
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1742
January 19, 1742
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1750
November 30, 1750
New Haven, New Haven, Conn.
1752
October 8, 1752
New Haven, Connecticut