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Lydia Smith (Winchester)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
Death: October 24, 1723 (72-81)
Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alexander Winchester, of Rehoboth and Sarah Winchester
Wife of Nehemiah Smith, Jr.
Mother of Lydia Smith; Nehemiah Smith, III; Samuel Smith, Sr.; Martha Smith; Daniel Smith and 2 others
Sister of Mary Peck; Elizabeth Baster and Hannah Winchester

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About Lydia Smith

The marriage of Lidia Winchester and Nehemiah Smith was recorded in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, on 28 October 1669.

Gravestone Inscription: “Here lyes the body of Mrs Lydia Smith Wife of Hehemiah Smith ese who dy'd ...... 1720”

Children:

  • Lydia Smith
  • Nehemiah Smith III
  • Samuel Smith
  • Martha Smith
  • Daniel Smith
  • Margaret (Smith) Palmer
  • Joseph Smith

Origins

Alexander Winchester and Sarah were the parents of four daughters and made their home at Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1643.

  • 1. Mary Winchester 1637
  • 2. Elizabeth Winchester 1640
  • 3. Ann (Hannah) Winchester-Winechurst 1642 [No evidence is known that Ann/Hannah either married or lived beyond 1697.]
  • 4. Leah "Lydia" Winchester 1646

References

  • Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Rehoboth, page 407: WINCHESTER Lidia and Nehemiah Smith Oct. 28 1669.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16760589
  • GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH OF BOSTON, REHOBOTH, MASS., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, Press of T. A. Wright, 1903, p. 22
  • A genealogical history of the descendants of the Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London County, Connecticut By Henry Allen Smith. Page 69-70. Archive.Org

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16760589/lydia-smith

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Lydia Smith's Timeline

1646
1646
Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
1670
October 29, 1670
New London, CT, United States
1673
November 14, 1673
Groton, New London, Connecticut
1676
June 2, 1676
Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States
1678
October 15, 1678
New London, New London, CT
1680
October 29, 1680
<Stonington, New London, Connecticut>
1683
May 20, 1683
Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1686
November 7, 1686
New London, New London, Conn
1723
October 24, 1723
Age 77
Groton, New London County, Connecticut Colony