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Lydia Wicom (Bailey)

Also Known As: "Lydia Holly", "Platts"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: November 24, 1722 (78)
Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Bailey, of Rowley and Lydia Bailey
Wife of Lt. Abel Platts and Daniel Wicom
Mother of Moses Platts; Abel Platts; Hannah Hammond and Samuel Platts
Sister of Joshua Bailey; John Bailey; Jonathan Bailey; Damaris Leaver; James Bailey, Jr. and 4 others

Managed by: Gene Daniell
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About Lydia Wicom

'===Lydia Bailey

  • Birth: Nov 1644 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
  • Marriage: Nov 11 1691 Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay to Abel Platts
  • Marriage: May 8 1672 Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to Daniel Wicom
  • Death: Nov 24 1722 Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
  • Died Age: 80
  • Parents: James Bailey & Lydia ___ Spouse:
  • 1. Abel Platts, m. May 8, 1672, d. 1690 in Canadian Expedition (rank of ensign)
  • 2. Capt. Daniel Wicom, Nov. 11, 1691

Abel Platts Md. Lydia Bailey (see Bailey Addenda) May 8, 1672, b. September 1644

  1. Moses 2-4-1672 m Hannah Platts
  2. Abel 6-13-1675 Died before 1695
  3. Hannah 2-5-1678 m 1) Samuel Lancaster 2) Thomas Hammond.
  4. Samuel 2-5-1681 Died before 1694

Died in Battle at Cape Breton in 1690

Both Abel Platts and his brother-in-law, John Bailey, died during the ill-fated [1690 Battle of Quebec Expedition]. [4]

  • * Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 20 2017, 6:05:58 UTC
  • Lydia Holly was born in September 1644 in Rowley, Massachusetts. She married Abel Platts on May 8, 1672, in her hometown. They had six children during their marriage. She died on November 24, 1722, in Rowley, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 78 years.
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Lydia Wicom's Timeline

1644
September 1644
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1673
February 4, 1673
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1675
June 13, 1675
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1678
February 5, 1678
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1681
February 5, 1681
Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1722
November 24, 1722
Age 78
Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
1722
Age 77
Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States