Lydia (Barrell) Stockbridge (1684 - bef. 1768)

Born 25 May 1684 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Stockbridge Sr. — married 5 Aug 1703 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 4 May 1768 before age 83 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Lydia was born 25 May 1684 at Scituate. She was the daughter of William and Lydia (Turnerr) Barrell.^[1]

She married Samuel Stockbridge at Scituate on 5 Aug 1709.^[2]

Non Compos Mentis

In March 1767, her family and friends asked that the court granted her a guardian because she could not take care of herself or her estate. The court deemed her non compos mentis due to "her great age being between eighty or ninety years of age, and weakness and infirmities of body, the loss of memory and understanding." John Briant of Scituate was appointed to be her guardian. Her inventory was recorded with the probate court.^[3]

Probate

She died about 1768 at Scituate. Her estate was probated May 4, 1768 when Samuel Stockbridge was granted the administration of her estate. ^[4][5]

In 1768, an account of her estate by John Bryant her guardian which included debts received, debts paid, legacies paid, the cost of a lawsuit, and administration fees.^[6]

Her inventory was recorded on 22 August 1768 in Scituate. In 1769, a list of claims on the estate was recorded. An account of her estate by Samuel Stockbridge, the administrator was recorded which included funeral charges, and administration fees. The balance of her estate went to the creditors (who were her daughters, the heirs of Lidia Soper, Perris Tower, and Abiel Bryant).^[7]

The children of Samuel and Lydia (Barrell) Stockbridge were born in Scituate, Massachusetts:^[8]

1. Lydia Stockbridge, b. 07 Jan 1704/5
2. Persis Stockbridge, b. 22 Jan 1707/8, bp. 03 Jun 1733
3. Samuel Stockbridge, b. 13 May 1711. Rev War service as a captain from Mass.
4. James Stockbridge, b. 04 Apr 1714; d. 30 Jul 1714 Scituate.
5. Abigail Stockbridge, b. 03 Jun 1719
6. Abiel/Abial Stockbridge, b. 14 Feb 1720

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4L3-X8K : 10 November 2020), Lydia Barrell, 25 May 1684; citing Birth, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHH1-YQ6 : 10 November 2020), Lydia Carroll in entry for Samuel Stockbridge, 5 Aug 1703; citing Marriage, Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009271.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-JQ71 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 259 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) [1]
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-J3YW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 371 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-J3R7 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 403 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-J3GC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 459 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). FromMayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. William Brewster, MFIP Jonathan, pages 34-36. Link by $ubscription.

See also:

• Shaw, Jonathan A., George Barrell, Emigrant to Boston in 1638, and His Children and Grandchildren, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2011) Vol. 165, WN 658, Page 146.
• New England Historical and Geanalogical Register, Vol. 134, Page 142.
• NEHGS The Descendants of John Stockbridge
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/170431748/lydia-stockbridge : accessed 07 August 2021), memorial page for Lydia Barrell Stockbridge (25 May 1684–1767), Find A Grave: Memorial #170431748, citing Stockbridge Cemetery, Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Charles Gilbert (contributor 47648910) .