Lydia Storer

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Lydia Storer formerly Littlefield

Born about 1667 [location unknown]

Daughter of John Littlefield and Patience (Wakefield) Littlefield

Sister of Mary Elizabeth (Littlefield) Austin, Josiah Littlefield, Deborah (Littlefield) Webber, John Littlefield, Mercy (Littlefield) Stimson, Eliab Littlefield, Patience (Littlefield) Webber and Elizabeth (Littlefield) Beal

Wife of Samuel Storer — married about 1685 [location unknown]

Mother of Lydia (Storer) Sewall

Died 15 Feb 1722 in York, Maine

Profile last modified 21 Mar 2019 | Created 26 Apr 2017

Biography

LYDIA (LITTLEFIELD) STORER

b.c.1667 d. after 15 Feb 1722 York, Maine Lydia was the executor of her husband's estate. On a petition to sell she was authorized to sell the Wells land and keep the Charlestown property for support of her five children, the General Court at York voting to give her £20.[1]

On 7 Jan. 1708 Lydia sold to Joseph Storer for £35 the one hundred acres of land and the salt marsh in Wells:

"Lydia Storer Relict Widdow & Administratrix to ye Estate of Samuel Storer late of Charlestown in New England Marinr Deceased… in consideration of the Sum of five and thirty pounds… paid… by Joseph Storer of Wells… Yeoman… Do… Sell… land Scituate in the Township of Wells… bounded with the land of Jonathan Hamond… land of Reed…. With the high way and… with the Comons it being the land of my Said husband Samuel Storer Deceased… And contains one hundred Acres Together with a certain Island of Salt Marsh… on the Southeast Side of the river of Wells… known by the name of Knights Island and also a point of Upland Joynin to said Marsh… this Seventh day of Janry … 1707/8- Lydia X Storer… in prsence of us- Lewis Bane, Josiah Black".[2]

On 15 Feb. 1721/2 Lydia and her children, all of York, sold the Wells property to Joseph's son John:

"Lydia Storer Widow David Storer Codwainer Samuel Sewall Cordwainer and Lydia his wife Nicholas Sewall Taner and Mehetabel his wife Caleb Preble yeoman & Jemima his wife all of York… in Consideration of ye Sum of Seventy Pounds to us in hand Paid… by John Storer of wells… Yeoman… do… Sell… Land lying in the Township of Wells… bounded… by… Samll Treadwell which was formerly Jonathan Hammonds deceasd and… James Bston which was formerly one Reeds and… by the high way and… by the Comons Containing one hundred acres Togeather with a Certain Island of Salt marsh lying on the South east side of the River… Known by the name of Knights Island… all which Land and Marsh did formerly belong to Samuel Storer Decead who was husband to Lydia Storer abovesd and father to david Storer Lydia Sewall Mehetable Sewall & Jemima Preble… this fifteenth day of febuary 1721/2… Lydia X Storer, David Storer, Samuel Sewall, Lydia Sewall, Nicholas Sewall, Mehtable Sewall, Caleb Preble, Jemima Preble… in Presents of Ebenezer Coburn, Samuel Black, Nathaniel Leeman".[3]

Children

• I. Samuel- b. 17 Dec. 1685 Charlestown • II. William- bpt. 28June 1691, d.s.p. • III. Lydia- b. 4 Mar. 1693/4 Charlestown, m.c.1711 Samuel Sewall (b.9 Apr. 1688 Newbury, MA, m.2. 28 Nov. 1723 Sarah Bachelder (b.c.1697, d.4 Feb.1790 York), d. 25 Apr. 1769 York), d.c.1722 • IV. Mehitable- bpt. 10 may 1696, m. Nicholas Sewall (b. 1 June 1690 Newbury, MA, d.c.1740) • V. Jemima- bpt. 30 Oct. 1698, m.______ Preble • VI. David- bpt.27 Oct. 1700 Sources

↑ Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p. 665 ↑ York County Deeds- Vol. VII, fol. 103 ↑ York Co. Deeds- Vol. XI, fol. 42 Charlestown, York, Newbury V.R.

Lydia Austin

Lydia Austin is also recorded as Lydia Littlefield.1

She married Capt. Samuel Storer before 1690 in Charlestown.1

Children of Lydia Austin and Capt. Samuel Storer

1. Lydia Storer+2 b. 4 Mar 1693/94, d. 5 Mar 1722
2. Mehitable Storer+ b. 10 May 1696, d. 4 Mar 1768

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Citations

1. [S123] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
2. [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.

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