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Lydia (Cushing) Wilder (1745 - 1811)

Lydia Wilder formerly Cushing
Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Wife of — married 16 Dec 1762 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 65 in Dennysville, Washington, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lydia Cushing was born at Hingham, Massachusetts, 7 Sep 1745,[1] or 1 Sep 1745. [2] [3] [4] She was the daughter of Ebenezer Cushing and Sarah Lincoln.[1]

She married Theophilus Wilder, Jr. 16 Dec 1762 at Hingham.[5]

This family moved to Perry (Dennysville), Maine in June 1788.[5]

She died at Dennysville, 1 Aug 1811, in her 66th year.[5] and buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery, Pembroke, Maine; She is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Pembroke, Maine.[6]

Sources

Footnotes:

  1. 1.0 1.1 History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol II, p.160
  2. Moses Hale Wilder, Book of the Wilders: A Further Contribution to the History of the Wilders (Edward O. Jenkins, New York, 1878, 394 pages), [https://archive.org/details/bookofwildersfur00wild/page/334/mode/2up/search/4397 p. 334. Cit. Date: 11 Mar 2020.
  3. William Richard Cutter, New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (New York, 1915; reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996) p.763. Cit. Date: 11 Mar 2020.
  4. Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 6 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 31, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 1998, 588 pages), p. 480.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol III, p.318
  6. Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 March 2020), memorial page for Lydia Cushing Wilder (7 Sep 1745–1 Aug 1811), Find A Grave: Memorial #77525603, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Pembroke, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320)

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born 7 Sep 1745 Hingham, Plymouth Co., MA, USA

Died ? Jan 1811 Dennysville, Washington Co., ME, USA

http://www.brpedersen.com/genealogy/familygroup.php?familyIDF19764&treeAncestors

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