Lydia (Ramsey) Keeney (abt. 1770 - 1848)

Wife of Medad Keeney — married 2 Nov 1788 in Oxford Congregational Church, Oxford, New Haven, CT

Descendants

Biography

Lydia RAMSEY was born calculated 1770. She died 9 Jun 1848 and was buried in Congregational Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT. Lydia married Medad KEENEY on 2 Nov 1788 in Oxford Congregational Church.

Sources

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 505. " ... Lydia ... Ranney ..."

• Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 505. " ... They lived in the house that stands back of Mr. Charles H. Lounsbury's store, on Pearl street. She was known to everyone as Aunt Lydia. She used to keep many silk worms ..."

• Arthur Walker, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Seymour Congregational Cemetery, p. 83. "Tucker, Sheldon, died Jan. 5, 1843., age 57 yrs.

Tucker, Nancy, wife of Shelden, died Oct. 14, 1831, age 38 yrs. Tucker, Sheldon, son of Shelden, died Aug. 18, 1825, age 1 yr. 5 mos. 12 das. Kinney, Graham (Stone Defaced) Keeney, Lydia, wife of Medad, died June 9, 1848, age 78 yrs. Kinney, Rebecca, wife of Medad, died May 12, 1826, age 32 yrs. Tucker, Sarah, wife of Sheldon, born July 26, 1802, died Jan. 20, 1876. Lum, Sinda, wife of Capt. William, died Aug. 9, 1825, age 33 yrs. Kinney, Milla, wife of William, died Mar. 9, 1827, age 66 yrs. Kinney, William, died Jan. 7, 1845, age 87 yrs. (Flag)." http://oxfordpast.net/sycgcemscan83.html.

• Congregational Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem6860a.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 34. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/034.html.

• George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), p. 21. " ... November 3, 1788, in Oxford, Conn." Image