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About Lydia Lorton

Jacob Lorton" (1728 VA--?); m: Widow Lydia Ratcliffe m: Elswick. John Elswick, Jr. died in 1749. She brought either 2 or 4 children to her marriage to Jacob Lorton in late 1749. She had 1 or 2 children with him. Jacob served in the Rev. War under Daniel Trigg's Company of Militia of Montgomery Co., VA from 1777-1778. ™ (Lydia's Son, John Elswick, III, also served in the same company during the Rev. War as her brother-in-law, Israel Lorton, Jr., & her 2nd. husband, Jacob Lorton. When Jacob married Lydia in late 1749, John III was 4. This son was known as "War John Elswick".)



Given name has also been reported to be Lidia.


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Lydia Lorton's Timeline

1722
1722
Toms Creek, Montgomery, Virginia
1741
November 16, 1741
Augusta , Virginia, United States
1743
March 25, 1743
Old, Augusta, Virginia, United States
1745
September 20, 1745
Augusta County, Virginia, Colonial America
1747
January 12, 1747
Augusta, Virginia, United States
1750
1750
Montogomery, Giles, Virginia, United States
1763
1763
Augusta, Virginia
1798
October 1798
Age 76
Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States
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