Lydia Buckminster (abt. 1656 - aft. 1684)

Born about 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Clark — married 18 Nov 1680 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died after 3 Aug 1684 after about age 28 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Marriage ?

Evidence points to three separate marriages for John Clark, but there is conflicting evidence concerning the first two: Abigail ___ and Lydia Buckminster

24. 1m 1671/2 Abigail wife to John Clark Solemnly owned ye Covenant.^[1] 27 4th m. 1675. Received to take hold on the Covenant .... Abigail Clark ...^[1] 29 5m 1677 Abigail wife of John Clark received to full Communion. 19 6m 1677 John Clark admitted to full communion.^[1]

A Cambridge record places the death of Abigail, wife of John 2. 11. 81 [2 Jan 1681]^[2][3][4]

However, in Roxbury, John Clarke married Lydia Buckminster, 18 Nov 1680, before the death of Abigail^[5]

20d 5m 1684, John Clark, Lidia Clark his wife, Mary Bukmaster, these took hold on o covenant; 6m 3d 1684 Lidea wife of John Clark bpt., also on the same day their children, John and Elizabeth, and Mary Bukmaster.^[1]

? Is Abigail's death wrong? Was there another Abigail Clark, wife of John? Is the marriage date to Lydia wrong? Probably not since she had two children between 1680 marriage and their baptism in 1684. Are these two different John Clarks? If John Clark was admitted to full communion in 1677, he would not need to own the covenant again. This effects the mother of several children, most of whom we have no further information except John. Concerning son John, a son John born 1672 fits the facts known about the son John mentioned in the will better than a son born 1681-1684. ^[6] Children of John and Lidea were baptized 3 Aug 1684, four months before his marriage to Elizabeth. This happened, because husbands needed someone to care for young children when a spouse died. A son, Samuel (no mother named), was bpt. in Roxbury, 21 Feb 1685/6, four months before William, 1st recorded child in Newton by Elizabeth, 20 June 1686. Not impossible if the baptism were delayed, but suspect. It remains a quandary.

He married again in Newton, December 18th 1684, Elizabeth Norman,^[7] of Boston. The births of their children refer to Elizabeth as a second wife. Was she the second wife, no Lidia? Or did the town clerk not know about the first wife Abigail?

Death

Lydia died after 3 Aug 1684 (bpt of children) and before Dec 18 1684, if Lydia was the second wife of the attached husband John Clark. If the two John Clarks are different people then her death is unknown but after 3 Aug 1684. John was living in Newton at the time of Lydi'a death.

Children

Children of John And Lydia (Buckminster) Clark baptized in Roxbury^[8]

1. Elizabeth, d/o John and Lidea bp. 3 6m [Aug] 1684
2. John s/o John and Lidea bp 3 6m 1684

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 6. Roxbury Land and Church Records p. 90, p 92, p. 93, p. 97 son John bpt p. 130, Richard & Abigail p. 132, Marget p. 147
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 3 November 2017), Abigail Clark, 02 Nov 1681; citing Death, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-49QG-4?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-GPN%3A353350601%2C353601301%2C353630401 : 20 May 2014), Middlesex > Cambridge > Births, marriages, deaths, town records 1632-1703 vol 1 > image 279 of 287; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
4. ↑ Cambridge (Mass.) and Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. [Wright & Potter Print. Co.], 1915) p 505
5. ↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.)
6. ↑ His wife was born in 1671, He married in 1697 (age 25 vs age 16). He was likely an adult or near so when his father died in 1695.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 5 November 2017), John Clark and Eliz'th Marlan Norman, 18 Dec 1684; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,868.
8. ↑ Essex Institute. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I - Births (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1925.) pp 67, 68

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Tim Cattron for creating WikiTree profile Buckminster-30 through the import of Cattron Family Tree.ged on May 24, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Tim and others.