Lydia (Hampton) Gordon (abt. 1678 - abt. 1717)

Born about 14 May 1678 in Elphingstoun, East, Lothian, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Gordon — married 3 Mar 1686 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey

Descendants

Died about Mar 1717 at about age 38 in Monmouth, New Jersey

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Biography

Lydia Hampton was born in 1672 or 1678.

Lydia died March 1717 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She is buried in the Old Scots Cemetery in Wickatunk, Monmouth County, New Jersey.^[1] It is very possible that Lydia was married at 8 years old, as it was commonplace for marriages to be settled by the parents in the olden times also in exchange for a dowry. However she did not have her 1st kid till she was 21. 1699 1st child

Find A Grave lists children of Lydia Hampton and Charles Gordon, c iting William S. Hornor, This Old Monmouth of Ours (Cottonport: Polyanthos, reprint 1974), Page 251.

1. Elizabeth Gordon1 b. 12 Apr 1699
2. Peter Gordon+1 b. 7 May 1703, d. 21 Apr 1770
3. Katherine Gordon+1 b. 14 Jun 1705, d. 26 Oct 1757
4. John Gordon+1 b. 3 Sep 1707
5. Robert Gordon+1 b. c 1709
6. Charles Gordon+1 b. 3 Oct 1710
7. Lydia Gordon+1 b. 17 Feb 1712/13
8. David Gordon+1 b. 31 Mar 1717, d. Oct 1783

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 September 2020), memorial page for Lydia Hampton Gordon (14 May 1678–Mar 1717), Find A Grave: Memorial #126992850, citing Old Scots Cemetery, Wickatunk, Monmouth County, New Jersey; Maintained by MLNYAB (contributor 48056006) .