Lydia (Wood) Dorr (1741 - 1814)

Born 4 Mar 1741 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

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Died 8 Dec 1814 at age 73 in Athens, Ohio, United States

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Biography

In 1794 Capt. Mathew Dorr with second wife, Lydia Wood and their 5 children set out on a journey of removal to Southern Ohio. On reaching Pennsylvania, news of Indian depredations in Ohio made it expedient to delay their journey for 12 months. They then resumed their journey and succeeded in reaching Marietta on the Ohio River. But finding the Indian troubles revived, they took shelter in the stockade at that place, where they delayed until a definite treaty of peace was settled with the Indian tribes.

They proceeded to the place of their destination - Washington Co., Ohio and finally removed to a place known as Wolf's Plains, near the present village of Athens, Ohio where he died Sept. 18, 1801 and where she died Dec. 8, 1813.

• (1st Source: LynneReedC originally shared this as a member of ancestry.com on the Sill Family Tree.)

• (2nd Source: Pg 71 Google Books | Pioneer Families of the Midwest, Volumes 1-111; by Blanche Lea Walden. Genealogical Publishing Com, Jun 1, 2009. Entry for Captain Matthew Dorr.

Birth

Birth of Lydia Wood

Date: 4 MAR 1741

Place: Lyme, CT, USA

Death

Death Lydia Dorr (fmr. Mclean)

Date: 8 DEC 1814

Place: Athens, OH, USA

Sources

• WikiTree profile Wood-5180 created through the import of Danford MacKay Family(2).ged on Feb 4, 2012 by Graeme MacKay.
• Cindy Chadwell
• Find A Grave: Memorial #66295170