Born in Connecticut, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Torrrey
— married
before 1840 (to 24 Feb 1877) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Minerva (Torrrey) Gardner
Died
at age 74
in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1802. Lydia Newton ... She passed away in 1877.
Birth
1802
- Note: Her census records list her POB as Connecticut. She is listed under Williamstown Births as Lydia [-------], w. William , Sept 17, 1802. in Southlawn cemetery. [1] Don't think this reference means that she was born in Williamstown; it's just listing her DOB based on gravestone in the cemetery.
Census Records
- 1810 - US
- 1820 - US
- 1830 - US
- 1840 - US
- 1850 - US
- 1855 - Massachusetts State [2]
- 1860 - US
- 1865 - Massachusetts State [3]
- 1870 - US
Death
1877
Burial
February 1877 Southlawn Cemetery Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA [4]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #B01 NEHGS p. 88.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQ42-P9H : accessed 10 February 2015), Lydia Torrey in household of William Torrey, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,974.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MQHN-LCT : accessed 10 February 2015), Lydia Torrey in household of William Torrey, Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,967.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 03 January 2019), memorial page for Lydia Newton Torrey (17 Sep 1802–24 Feb 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #40573549, citing Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Helen Jeffrey Gaskill (contributor 46979334) .
- [B01]New England Historic Genealogical Society. (1907) Vital Records of Williamstown, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Boston, Massachusetts. New England Historic Genealogical Society. [1], [2], [3], [4]
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Edwin Priest for creating Newton-5489 on 10 February 2015.
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