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Lydia (Moore) Wetherbee (1660 - abt. 1724)

Lydia Wetherbee formerly Moore
Born in Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 16 Sep 1684 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Wife of — married before 29 Apr 1714 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 63 in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Lydia Moore (or Lidia) was born 6 April (2nd month) 1660 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of John Moore and Ann Smith[1]

Lidia was named in the Last Will and Testament of her husband John Witherby on 13 October 1707.[2]

On 29 Apr 1714, Lidia Winch of Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, declared that her husband John Wetherbee of Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts did sell to her brother John Moore of Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts, their whole share in the estate of her father John Moore for £40. She also states that her current husband was Samuel Winch Senior of Framingham.[3]

On 4 January 1724/5, Lydia Winch alias Moore of Stow, widow and relict of Samuel Winch for a sum of money quitclaimed to her brother Jonathan Moore of Lancaster her share in a lot of 30 acres in Lancaster granted to her brother Joseph Moore.[4]

Research Notes

Identity

  • This is not the Lydia Moore who married Samuel Wright and James Cutler although they are often confused with each other!

Sources

  1. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 for Lancaster
  2. Probate Court, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate records 1648--1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts), Probate papers 24074-24181; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9D5-FSCD?cat=263304), images 1162-1166.
  3. Register of Deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900; indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950), Deeds, vol. 16 1712-1714; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-5S4S?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-X29%3A361613501%2C364522501), image 316.
  4. Register of Deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900; indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950), Deeds, vol. 26-27 1726-1729; database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-KWKP?cc=2106411&wc=MC1M-XWL%3A361613501%2C364527801), image 58.

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Acknowledgments

  • This person was created through the import of Dickinson Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.




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Moore-7633 and Moore-2737 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents, same birth and death data.
posted by Ellen Smith
Moore-26069 and Moore-7633 appear to represent the same person because: this helps straighten out a lot of confusion between different Lydia Moore's who lived at the same time. This is the one who married John Wetherbee.
posted by Walter Howe
Moore-14199 and Moore-7633 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same husband
posted by Bob Tonsmeire

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