Born
29 Mar 1702 in
Braintree, Norfolk, MA
Ancestors
Sister of
Mary (Littlefield) Harden [half] ,
Edmund Littlefield Jr [half] ,
John Littlefield [half] ,
Samuel Littlefield [half] ,
Nathaniel Littlefield ,
Elizabeth (Littlefield) Linfield ,
Sarah (Littlefield) Cheney ,
Anna (Littlefield) Dyer ,
Abigail (Littlefield) Smith ,
Levi Littlefield ,
Deborah Littlefield ,
Hepzibah Littlefield ,
Ruth (Littlefield) Paine and
Dorcas (Littlefield) Horton
Wife of
Nathaniel Spear
— married
3 Apr 1718 in Braintree, Massachusetts
[uncertain]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified 30 Jun 2017
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1702. She is the daughter of Edmund Littlefield and Elizabeth Mott . [1]
Lydia married Nathaniel Spear, son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Deering) Spear, on 3 April 1718.[2]
Children of Nathaniel & Lydia born at Braintree
Zechariah, Jan. 25, 1719/20[3] (bapt. Sep. 17, 1721)
Edmund, Nov. 17, 1721[4] (bapt. Feb. 25, 1721/2)
Nathaniel, Nov. 20, 1723[5] [6] (bapt. Mar. 5, 1723/4) buried "a child" Oct. 9, 1724 at Central Cem. (Rec. of Rev. S. Niles).
Lydia, Oct. 1, 1725,[7] [8] m. Apr. 24, 1745 (Ch. Rec.) Abijah Neale as 2nd wife. She was then of Dorchester & he of Bridgewater (Register 50:19). He was living in Hingham (Cohasset) in 1749.[9]
Sources
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 681. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/681/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 745. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/745/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 706. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/706/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 709. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/709/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 713. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/713/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCV1-QH9 : 4 December 2014), Nathaniel Spear in entry for Nathaniel Spear, 20 Nov 1723; citing BRAINTREE,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 833,387.
↑ Braintree, Mass., Bates, Samuel Austin, Records of the town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, Page 756. Publisher Randolph, Mass., D.H. Huxford, printer, 1886. https://archive.org/stream/recordsoftownofb00brai#page/756/mode/2up/search/Spear
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCVR-4FG : 4 December 2014), Nathaniel Spear in entry for Lydia Spear, 01 Oct 1725; citing BRAINTREE,NORFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 833,387.
↑ Children item 4360 Sprague
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