Born in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Howe
and Abigail (Sutliff) Howe
Sister of
Abigail (Howe) Blakeslee, Samuel Howe, Sarah (Howe) Luddington, Martha (Howe) Ford, Hannah (Howe) Scott, John Howe, Elizabeth Howe, Mary Howe and Zaccheus Howe
Wife of
Samuel Potter
— married
8 Jan 1765 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Eunice (Potter) Humeston, Lucy Potter, Mary Potter, Jared Potter, Samuel Potter, Betty Potter, Enos Potter, Daniel Potter and Poly Potter
Died
at age 52
in Litchfield County, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2016
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Biography
"Lydia Howe was the daughter of John Howe. She married Samuel Potter (son of Samuel & Dorotha Moulthrop Potter) on 8 January 1765 and was the mother of ten children - 5 boys and 5 girls. She died from a case of the measles, according to the town records.
After her death, her husband and some of their children migrated to Oneida County, New York, where Samuel died in August 1806. His is the oldest known burial in the Seventh Township Cemetery in Camden, Oneida County, New York"
Married SamuelPotter [1]
Sources
- ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts", Vol. 2, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.414.
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