Sheriff Lynde Lord, Jr.

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Sheriff Lynde Lord, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Death: February 12, 1813 (51)
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Lynde Lord, Sr. and Lois Lord
Husband of Mary "Polly" Lord
Father of Mary Sheldon Pierpont; Joseph Lynde Lord; Joseph Lynde Lord; Erastus Aurelian Lord; William Rufus Lord and 4 others
Brother of Rufus Lord and Rufus Lord

Occupation: Lawyer, Under Sheriff
Managed by: Susan Irene Pritchard
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About Sheriff Lynde Lord, Jr.

Lynde Lord, Junior, the second and only surviving child of Lynde Lord, of Litchfield, Connecticut, and grandson of Richard and Elizabeth (Lynde) Lord, of Lyme, Connecticut, was born on October 21, 1761. His mother was Lois, daughter of the Hon. Elisha Sheldon (Yale 1730), of Litchfield. He was prepared for College by the Rev. Ammi R. Robbins, of Norfolk.

He settled as a lawyer in Litchfield, and served as Deputy Sheriff under his father, who was long the Sheriff of the County.

He died in Litchfield on February 12, 1813, in his 52d year. A miniature portrait is preserved in the family.

He married on January 30, 1786, Mary, elder sister of his classmate Lyman, and the child of his second cousin.

She died on May 13, 1843, in her 80th year.

Their children were two daughters and seven sons; the elder daughter married the Rev. John Pierpont (Yale 1804).

AUTHORITIES.

Dwight, Strong Family, ii, 1125. Payne, Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions, 31. Salisbury, Family Histories and Genealogies, i, 300-01.

Pres. Stiles, Literary Diary, ii, 539. Walworth, Hyde Genealogy, i, 159; ii, 741-43. Woodruff, Geneal. Register of Litchfield, 134.

Bibliographic information:

  • Title Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: July 1778-June 1792
  • Volume 4 of Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College: With Annals of the College History, Franklin Bowditch Dexter
  • Author Franklin Bowditch Dexter
  • Publisher Holt, 1907
  • Original from the University of Michigan
  • Digitized Oct 24, 2007
  • Page: 290
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=tqxNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA290&lpg=PA290&d...

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:94WP-ZBX

http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2012026992/

http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ledger/students/5309

https://books.google.com/books?id=DyBEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&d...

https://books.google.com/books?id=GWJmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1125&lpg=PA1125...

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Sheriff Lynde Lord, Jr.'s Timeline

1761
October 21, 1761
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
1787
January 31, 1787
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1788
September 2, 1788
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1790
August 25, 1790
1792
October 16, 1792
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1794
August 14, 1794
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1797
February 13, 1797
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1798
November 7, 1798
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
1800
October 29, 1800