Born in Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Silsby
and Rachel (Blood) Silsby
Sister of
Nathaniel Silsby, Joshua G. Silsby, Bethiah Silsby, Lyyda Selby, Lyma Silsby, Henry Silsby, Jonathon Silsby M.D., Asenath Silsby, Harvey Silsby and Thurman Silsby
Wife of
Larnard Thayer
— married
4 Jul 1809 (to 16 Jan 1836) in Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2019
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1781. She was the daughter of Jonathan Silsby and Rachel Blood. She passed away in 1861.
In 1850, Lydia Thayer, 69, was living with the family of her son-in-law and daughter, Thomas Redington Prentiss (1803-1879) and Sophia Rachel (Thayer) Prentiss (1817-1893) at Alstead, New Hampshire.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Lydia Thayer in the Thos. R. Prentiss family, in United States Census, 1850 database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 33 > family 37 > images 4-5 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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