Born in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Knight
and Anna Willington
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jabez Stratton
— married
about 1797 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Anna Stratton
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Lydia Knight was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1774, the daughter of Josiah Knight and Anna Willington.[1]
She married Jabez Stratton, son of Jabez and Lucy (Wooley) Stratton, in 1797. They lived in Bethlem, New Hampshire. They had 6 children:[2]
- ? Austin, b. 8 June 1798 Westmoreland, N.H.; prob. died young
- Harmon; abt. 1801-abt. 1850; marr. Elvira Beard
- Anna; b. 1803; marr. Samuel Fitzgerald
- Josiah, 1805-1881; marr. Susan Hutchens
- Louisa, b. 1808; marr. Charles W. Smith
- Austin; b. 1809; lived in Ticonderoga, N.Y.
- Jonas; b. 1811; moved to Ohio
A Book of Strattons, published in 1918, says she died when her children were young. Her profile on FamilySearch.org shows a source that says she died November 21, 1814, in Athol, Massachusetts, but that "Lydia Stratton" was a daughter of Levi and Lois Stratton.[3].
Sources
- ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
citing Digital film/folder number: 7; FHL microfilm: 864093
FamilySearch Record: VQX2-Q77 (accessed 18 March 2024)
Lydia Knight born on 6 Apr 1774, daughter of Josiah Knight & Annabel, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay. - ↑ A Book of Strattons, (1918), Vol. 2, p. 62
- ↑ FamilySearch Person: LCNG-7KX
- Charts prepared by Clare King Fitzgerald
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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:
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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