Born about in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Anthony Gulliver
and Eleanor (Kinsley) Gulliver
Wife of
James Leonard
— married
29 Oct 1675 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Ann (Leonard) Cox, James Leonard III, Lydia (Leonard) Britton, Stephen Leonard, Abigail (Leonard) Dean, Seth Leonard, Sarah (Leonard) Hodges and Elizabeth (Leonard) Atherton
Died
at about age 47
in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Mar 2013
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Biography
Lydia's parents were Hon. Anthony Gulliver (1620-1706) and Elinor Kingsley of Milton, Massachusetts ca 1658. The surname Calipher, as an alternate to Gulliver, is referenced in the records of Lydia's marriage to James Leonard.[1]Additionally, according to "New England Marriages Prior to 1700", the name Gulliver appears under various forms of spelling, including: Caliphar, Colliforn, Cullifer, Gullliwer, Gouliver, Gulliwer, Gullifer, and Gulliver.[2]
Lydia and James were married in October of 1675[1] and had nine known children together, all born in Taunton.[3]
Lydia died July 24, 1705 at the age of 47.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume II-Marriages. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928. Page 84. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Taunton/Images/Taunton_M084.shtml
- ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/940/426931858
- ↑ Deane, William Reed. Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family. Boston, MA: Self-Published for the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, 1851. Page 18. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalmemo00dean/page/18/mode/2up
- ↑ Vital Records of Taunton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Volume III-Deaths. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928. Page 127. https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Taunton/Images/Taunton_D127.shtml
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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