Lydia Hastings (Brown)

Note: Actual death date is ( Feb 5 , 1768 )

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Lydia - b. Dec. 30, 1697, Watertown, MA; d. Feb. 5, 1768, Lexington, MA. Married Oct. 2, 1716 Joseph HASTINGS. Bond's Watertown identifies Joseph as the son (b. Jan. 3, 1684/5, Watertown, MA) of Joseph HASTINGS and Martha SHEPARD, and gives Lydia's death as before Dec. 15, 1730 under the BROWN family, but gives births of her children to 1742 under the HASTINGS family.

Bond gives the children of Lydia and Joseph HASTINGS as:

1. Elizabeth;
2. Lydia married Lt. Zechariah SMITH;
3. Grace married Phineas WARREN;
4. Joseph married Hannah HASTINGS;
5. Eliphalet;
6. Lucy married Moses WINSHIP;
7. Josiah married Lydia BALL;
8. Jonas married Mary BENJAMIN;
9. Susannah married John CUTLER;
10. Elizabeth married Jonathan CUTLER;
11. Thankful married Elnathan ALLEN;
12. Isaac died in infancy; and
13. Lois married Elisha HOBBS.

Hudson's History of Lexington identifies Joseph as the son (bap. Jul. 10, 1698, Lexington, MA) of John HASTINGS and Abigail HAMMOND, gives Lydia's death as noted above, and says they had seven children. Hudson says Joseph married second Jan. 16, 1769 Mrs. Sarah STEARNS (d. Mar. 23, 1783). Clarification is being sought.

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