Lydia Faunce

Biography

Family of Samuel Tilden & Sarah Curtis:

Lydia Tilden. Born on 23 Apr 1700 in Marshfield, MA.60 Lydia was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, in 1701.52 Lydia died in Kingston, MA, on 6 Apr 1742; she was 41.288

Aft Oct 1727 Lydia first married Robert Cooke (19387) , son of Francis Cooke (6991) (5 Jan 1662/3-bet 15 May 1736 and 18 Sep 1746) & Elizabeth Latham (9936) (ca 1655-16 Nov 1730).252 Born ca 1691 in Plymouth, MA.252 Robert was baptized in Plymouth, MA, on 16 Apr 1693.252 Robert died in Kingston, MA 20 Jan 1731/2.252 Occupation: Yeoman.

Their children include:

1. Samuel Cooke (Died soon) (1 Jul 1729-30 Jul 1729)
2. Simeon Cooke (21 Sep 1730-aft 1 Jan 1783)

11 Apr 1741 (Int) Lydia second married John Faunce (13555) , son of Joseph Faunce (4624) (14 May 1653-18 Jan 1728) & Judith Rickard (25761) (ca 1657-), in Kingston, MA.288 Born on 3 Dec 1683 in Plymouth, MA.63 John died in Kingston, MA, on 18 Nov 1751; he was 67.288

Child of John and Lydia (Tilden) Faunce:

1. Benjamin, b. 19 Mar 1742 at Kingston, d. there 3 Jul 1777, m. at Marshfield 13 Apr 1764 Lydia Trouant (d. 30 Mar 1808 æ. 64 at Kingston).288

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References

1. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9QQH-LY3
2. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHR7-BYK : Sat Mar 09 23:52:37 UTC 2024), Entry for John Faunce and Lydia 2nd Wife, 18 November 1751.
3. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr07/rr07_069.html#P10007 cites
   1. 62. “Plymouth Colony vital records,” Mayflower Descendant, Transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, various volumes. Transcribed form marriages appearing in the Court Orders, and from “Marriages, Births and Burials”
   2. 63. Plymouth Vital Records.
   3. 252. Mayflower families in progress: Francis Cooke, Robert S. Wakefield & Ralph Van Wood, Jr, 4th Ed., 1996.
   4. 288. James Freer Faunce, “The Faunce Family,” New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., 114 (1960): 115-125, 211-217.