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Lydia (Briggs) Bishop (abt. 1823 - 1864)

Lydia Bishop formerly Briggs
Born about in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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[children unknown]
Died at about age 41 in Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lydia Briggs was born 1823, the daughter of Fredrich "Fradrik" Briggs and Polly Bliss.

She married William Bishop, son of Comfort and Sally Bishop, on 16 November 1845, in Seekonk, Massachusetts.[1]

In 1850, the family is living in Pawtucket, Bristol, Massachusetts. William is a reed maker.[2]

1850 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William W Bishop Male 24 Massachusetts
Lydia Bishop Female 25 Massachusetts
William C Bishop Male 0 Massachusetts

In 1860, the family is living in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts. William is a furniture dealer.[3]

1860 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
William W Bishop Male 34 Massachusetts
Lydia M Bishop Female 35 Massachusetts
William C Bishop Male 10 Massachusetts
Maria E Bishop Female 7 Massachusetts
Bridget Cheever Female 30 Massachusetts


Lydia died in 1864. She is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island.[4]

See Heirs as recorded in William Briggs will (1816-1884.)

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8S-X29 : 10 November 2020), Lydia Mariah Briggs in entry for William W. Bishop, 16 Nov 1845; citing Marriage, Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010719.
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9N-C9W : 22 December 2020), Lydia Bishop in household of William W Bishop, Pawtucket, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  3. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHH-GLY : 18 February 2021), Lydia M Bishop in entry for William W Bishop, 1860.
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 June 2021), memorial page for Lydia Mariah Briggs Bishop (1825–1864), Find A Grave: Memorial #64762835, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Searching Days Gone By † ღ©1990-2021 (contributor 47144938).


Skeels Descendants & Ancestry 1997. pg. 162. Will of William Briggs. Cordelia Vaughan's Research.





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Briggs-3476 and Briggs-3474 appear to represent the same person because: These are the same profiles, but there is no evidence that this person existed.
posted by David Thomson III

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