Lydia Somes

Lydia Thorndyke, b. 23 DEC 1712, was the daughter of Herbert Thorndyke (of Beverly) and Sarah Herrick.

Lydia Thorndyke was also known as Lydia Thorndike.1 As of 30 May 1733, her married name was Redding.1 As of after 1736, her married name was Soames.1

family

Married

1. Benjamin Redding, son of John Redding and Jane (?) (of Gloucester, MA), on 30 May 1733 ; 1st m. for Lydia, she his widow.1
2. Captain Isaac Soames, son of Timothy Soames , 2nd and Elizabeth Robinson, on 10 November 1744 ; 2nd m. for both, she his widow.1

Children of Lydia Thorndyke and Benjamin Redding

1. Lydia Redding1 b. 15 Jul 1734
2. Benjamin Redding , 1st+1 b. 8 Apr 1736

Children of Lydia Thorndyke and Captain Isaac Soames

1. Sarah Soames+1
2. Isaac Soames , 2nd+1
3. Captain Samuel Soames+1
4. Eunice Soames+1 b. 1745, d. 12 Oct 1838

notes

Beverly, MA records of 23 Apr 1762 show, "Lydia Soames, of Beverly, widow; Abigail, wife of Jacob Woodberry; and Hannah, wife of Jonathan Corning, had each one third of the Real Estate of their deceased Father, Herbert Thorndike, his widow releasing her Right of Dower."1
Around 1764 she came as a widow with two daughters to Yarmouth, NS along with her relatives from Beverly, MA. In 1767 in the division of the township lands she had one share (978 acres). The Soames family was among the earliest at Cape Ann. In one of his diaries Rev Jonathan Scott relates that on 24 Mar 1773, while on his way to Boston to visit his mother, his vessel put in at Cape Ann and that the next morning he "went on board Capt Soames vessel to go to Boston, because Capt. Ring was going to tarry at Cape Ann, and got safe ashore at Boston before night".

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• http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/lydia-reading_41815650
• Vital Records of Gloucester, MA - Marriages
  • REDDING (Reading)
    • Benjamin, and Lydia Thorndike, May 30, 1733.*
    • Lydia, and Isaac Somes, ––– ––, ––––. [Nov.%C2%A010,%C2%A01744. int. Dec. 18. CR2]*
• http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_12.htm
• http://www.laurenandtristan.net/datafiles/p2623.htm
  • 1. George S. Brown, Yarmouth Genealogies.