Lydia, probably daughter of Edmund Chandler and his unknown first wife, was born say 1614 in England or Holland or ?. Not in Massachusetts[1]
She married Richard Higgins in Plymouth, Massachusetts 11 Dec 1634.[1][2]
She died after the birth of Benjamin June 1640 and before Richard's remarriage Oct 1651[1].
Richard and Lydia had two children Jonathan (b. July 1637) and Benjamin (b. June 1640), other children of Richard were born to his second wife[1].
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Categories: Puritan Great Migration Minor Child
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In 1995, Robert Charles Anderson reported Lydia was "probably" the daughter of Edmund Chandler (abt.1587-aft.1662). See Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995). 326-330 (Edmund Chandler) at 328; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
Should her mother Elizabeth Annis Arden be removed first, before the merge?