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Lydia Porter (Herrick)

Also Known As: "Porter;"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Death: February 12, 1737 (75)
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Herrick, Jr.; Henry Herrick and Lydia Herrick
Wife of John Porter
Mother of Lydia Lamson; Sgt. Samuel Herrick Porter; John Porter; Elizabeth Haskell; Hannah Kimball and 6 others
Sister of Samuel Herrick; Elizabeth HERRICK Woodbury; Joseph Herrick, Captain; Jonathan Herrick; Elizabeth Woodbury and 2 others
Half sister of Elizabeth HERRICK Woodbury

Occupation: Waitress
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About Lydia Porter

Sex: F •Born: 1661 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts1 •Died: 12 FEB 1737 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts2 •Buried: in Old Wenham Graveyard3

Father: Henry Herrick, b. JAN 1640 in Leicestshire, England Mother: Lydia _____, b. abt 1643

Family 1: John Porter, b. 1658 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts•Married: abt 1679

  • 1.Samuel Porter, b. 17 FEB 1681 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 2.John Porter, b. 1683 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 3.Lydia Porter, b. abt 1685 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 4.Hannah Porter, b. 24 NOV 1687 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 5.Elizabeth Porter, b. abt 1689 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 6.Benjamin Porter, b. 1692 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 7.Nehemiah Porter, b. 1692 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 8.Jonathan Porter, b. 11 SEP 1696 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 9.Mehitable Porter, b. 11 OCT 1698 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 10.Mary Porter, b. 20 JUL 1700 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
  • 11.Sarah Porter, b. 6 JAN 1706 in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
Sources: 1. Guess based on parents location at marriage. Date from A Porter Pedigree. Page: 68 Quality: 2 2. A Porter Pedigree by Juliet Porter, 1907 & (A Genealogy of Richard Porter and John Porter by Joseph W. Porter, 1878) Reference #1 gives date of death as 19 Feb 1737 based on gravestone. Page: 31-33 (236) Quality: 1 3. A Porter Pedigree by Juliet Porter, 1907. Epitaph: "Here lies buried the body of Mrs Lydia Porter who died February the 19 1737 & in the 76 year of her age. Page: 33 Quality: 2

* Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 31 2019, 21:52:59 UTC


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134 Page 134 Lydia Herrick; d. Feb. 12, 1739, in the 77th year of her age; m. John, son of Samuel and Hannah (Dodge) Porter, of Wenham, Mass., who was b. 1658, and d. Mar. 8, 1753, in the 95th year of his age. He was representative to the General Court, 1712, '24, and '26; moderator of town meetings, 1723, '24, '27, '28, and '29; maltster and farmer. In 1692, during the witchcraft delusion, he and his wife Lydia were witnesses at court and testified against one Goody Bibber, who accused Sarah Wildes of bewitching her.


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@R1653607730@ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 1,2204::0

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Lydia Porter's Timeline

1661
September 26, 1661
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1666
September 26, 1666
Age 5
Salem, Ma.
September 26, 1666
Age 5
First Church, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
1680
1680
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1681
February 17, 1681
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1683
July 21, 1683
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts
1687
November 24, 1687
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
November 26, 1687
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1691
October 11, 1691
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States