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Lydia (Parsons) Leaming (1680 - 1762)

Lydia Leaming formerly Parsons aka Shaw
Born in East Hampton, New Yorkmap
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 8 Apr 1695 (to 1712) in Cape May, New Jersey, British Americamap
Wife of — married 12 Oct 1714 in Cape May County, Province of New Jerseymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Cape May, Province of New Jerseymap
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Biography

Her parents were married on 21 May 1679 and moved to Cape May by September 1691.[1]

In her father's account book, now in the collection of the Cape May County Historical Society, he recorded her birth: "aprill ye 10 1680 my dafter liddia was borne-- [and in a different hand] & this Daughter Lydia died the 2d of October 1762, aged 82 years 5 months & 11 days."[2]

Lydia married in Cape May County on "8 April 1695, Capt. William Shaw, who d. 17 May 1712, son of Richard Shaw; m. there 12 Oct. 1714, Aaron Leaming, b. near East Hampton 12 Oct. 1687, d. at Philadelphia, Pa., 20 June 1746, ae. 58 yrs., son of Christopher and Esther/Hester (Burnet) Leaming."[2]

Children

  1. William Shaw (1697-1714)
  2. Richard Shaw (1699-1773) m. Patience Stillwell
  3. Lydia (Shaw) Taylor (abt.1703-bef.1766) m. George Taylor
  4. John Shaw (1706-1773) m. Hannah Jenkins
  5. Joshua Shaw (1701- ) m. Esther Hewitt
  6. Nathan Shaw (1710-1772) m. Patience Gandy
  7. Aaron Leaming Jr. (1715-1780) m. Mary Foreman
  8. Jeremiah Leaming (abt.1717-bef.1774)
  9. Matthias Leaming (1718-1733)
  10. Elizabeth Leaming (1721-1769) m. Thomas Leaming

Land Record

30 Dec 1719[3]

TO: Lydia Leaming (of Cape May; Wife of Aaron Leaming; late Lydia Parsons, only Child and Heir of John Parsons, deceased)

FROM: John Bennett; Joseph Brookbank (Gentleman) (of London); Charles Docminique (Esquire) (of London); Robert Mitchell (of London); Edward Richier (of London); Thomas Skinner (of London); West New Jersey Society (New Jersey Society)

INDENTURE OF RELEASE. 315 acres. Land and Marsh; by the Sound side; Cape May County. In consideration of £30, ca. 1690, John Parsons purchased this land from George Taylor, attorney for John Tatham, agent for Daniel Coxe of London, Governor and Proprietor.

OTHERS NAMED: James Alexander (Witness); John Budd (Agent for Daniel Coxe of London, Governor and Proprietor); William Eier (Esquire) (Mayor of Perth Amboy; Judge of Common Pleas; Witness, January 21, 1719/1720); Joseph Haulden (Former owner of adjoining land; [ca. 1690]); Aaron Leaming (of Cape May; Husband of Lydia Leaming; late Lydia Parsons, only child and heir of John Parsons, deceased); Lewis Morris (Agent) (for the West New Jersey Society); John Parsons (Weaver) (of Cape May; Deceased; late Father of Lydia Parsons; later Lydia Leaming, Wife of Aaron Leaming); Lydia Parsons (Lydia Leaming; Wife of Aaron Leaming; late Lydia Parsons, only Child and Heir of John Parsons, deceased); Vincent Pearse (Witness); John Tatham (Agent for Daniel Coxe of London, Governor and Proprietor); George Taylor (of Cape May; Attorney for John Tatham, Agent for Daniel Coxe of London, Governor and Proprietor)

Other Records

Lydia Leaming witnessed the will of John Richardson (bef.1678-1728) on 10 Dec 1727.[4]

Sources

  1. Foster, Sherrill (Winter 1996/Spring 1997). "Remember & Joshua Garlick: Their Parents & Their Children." The Suffolk County Historical Society Register, (22)3&4, 98-103.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Parsons, Gerald James. (1998, April). "The Early Parsons Families of the Connecticut River Valley." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 148, 345-346.
  3. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1900s (database). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx Citing A-C (WJ) : Folio 343-347 (SSTSE023)
  4. Nelson, William (ed.), Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. Volume I, 1670-1730. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1901, volume 23, page 382
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 February 2020), memorial page for Lydia Parsons Shaw Leaming (10 Apr 1680–2 Oct 1762), Find A Grave Memorial no. 143776527, citing First Baptist Cemetery, Cape May Court House, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Eric McGuire (contributor 46925829) .




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