Lydia (Maxson) Mosher (abt. 1611 - aft. 1680)

Born about 1611 in England

Wife of Nicholas Mosher — married 1631 in England

Descendants

Died after 1680 after about age 69 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Lydia Maxson married Nicholas Mosher in England where their first child was born. They went to Rhode Island between 1633 and 1640. Evidence showing the family in Rhode Island includes the birth of daughter Mary at Portsmouth in 1640. Son Hugh, born in England in 1633, married Rebecca Maxson in Rhode Island about 1664, while Mary married John Maxson of Portsmouth in 1667. On 24 Oct 1677 John Maxson was excused from jury duty because his wife and mother-in-law were both ill (Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island). The mother-in-law was probably the Lydia Mosher [wife of Nicholas] who was a member of the Tiverton Baptist Church in 1680 when Hugh was pastor (Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 8:507).^[1]

"[She] may have been the Lydia Mosher whose name precedes Rebecca Mosher (wife of Hugh) in the membership list of the Tiverton Baptist Church in 1680 ("when [her son] Hugh was pastor") for no other Lydia Mosher appears in the family until about 1695."^[1]

Lydia and Nicholas probably had sons John and Daniel, too, for the notice of a 'fortune' in 1836 mentioned descendants of Hugh, John, and Daniel Mosher. Tradition is that Daniel and all his family, and John, single, were massacred by the Indians, leaving descendants of Hugh the only claimants to the 'fortune.' Hugh may have been remembering them when he named two later sons Daniel and John.^[1]

Children of Nicholas Mosher and Lydia Maxson

1. Hugh Mosher, b. abt 1633 in England; d. bef. 7 Dec 1713 at Dartmouth, Bristol, MA; m. Rebecca Maxson about 1664 at Newport, RI
2. John Mosher, d. 1656
3. Daniel Mosher, d. 1656
4. Mary Mosher, b. 1640 at Portsmouth, RI; d. abt 2 Feb 1718/19 at Westerly, RI; m. John Maxson at Westerly in 1667^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} An authoritative source, accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants : Chamberlain, Mildred (Mosher), and Laura (McGaffey) Clarenbach, comps. Descendants of Hugh Mosher and Rebecca Maxson Through Seven Generations. Revised ed. Madison, Wisconsin: Laura M. Clarenbach, 1990
2. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985. Page 498.

• Mosher, William. Chronological history of the Mosher family: From the Seventheenth Century to the present date (J. J. Anslow, 1891), ; digital images, Archive.org Internet Archive : Note: This book contains some errors.

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