Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ibrook Tower
and Margaret (Harding) Tower
Sister of
Richard Tower, Daniel Tower, John Tower, John Tower [half], Rachel (Tower) Bates, Mary (Tower) Whiton, Patience (Tower) James, Hezekiah Tower, Elizabeth (Tower) Merritt, Content (Tower) Souther, Nehemiah Tower and Daniel Tower
Wife of
John Franklin
— married
15 Mar 1711 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Franklin) Merritt, Lydia Franklin, Lydia Franklin, Elizabeth (Franklin) Castle, Margaret Franklin and Mary (Franklin) Whitcomb
Died
at age 80
in Scituate, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2011
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Biography
Lydia Tower was born on November 25, 1687 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay. Her parents were Ibrook Tower and Margaret Harding.[1]
She married John Franklin on March 15, 1711 in Hingham.
Together they had 6 children:
She married her second husband, Thomas Hatch on 2 December 1735 in Scituate.
Probate
Her inventory was taken on 22 July 1765 in Scituate.[2]
In 1768, an account of her estate by Elizabeth Castle was recorded which included debts paid, and administration fees. The balance was split between her daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Mary.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHDG-QWL : 20 May 2022), Lydia Tower, 25 Nov 1687; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009274.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J315 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 406 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J315 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 406 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
- History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.156; Vol II, p.234
- Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889. Tower genealogy: an account of the descendants of John Tower, of Hingham, Mass. / compiled under the direction of Charlemagne Tower. Cambridge [Mass.] : John Wilson and Son, 1891-2003. p.81
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