Lydia (Warford) Jones (abt. 1782 - 1829)

Born about 1782 in Warfordsburg, Bethel Township, Fulton, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Williams — married 24 Nov 1803 in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 1829 at about age 47 in Putnam County, Indiana

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Biography

A interesting read, but with no sources: 'Warfordsburg, where Lydia was born in 1782, is 200 miles west of Philadelphia, near the Maryland border. Lydia was the youngest child of Henry and Elizabeth (van Hook) Warford, who were among the earliest settlers of Fulton County in Southern Pennsylvania. Another early Pennsylvania settler was Lydia's uncle Joseph Warford.

Wikipedia states that in December, 1776 (just months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia), Joseph Warford was deeded 100 acres of land on which he laid out a village that became known as Warfordsburg (a fact also attested to by an 1884 History of Fulton County by Waterman Watkins).

The years right after the establishment of Warfordsburg was an unsettling time of revolution and the westward expansion of America. So it is not at all surprising that very few of the original Warfords remained in the town. Warfordsburg exists to this day, but evidently without any descendants of the original family. Many of the Warfords (including Lydia and her family) left Pennsylvania before the end of the 18th century.

Lydia's father Henry Warford died in 1784 at just 43 years old, a mere 2 years after Lydia was born. The Revolutionary war lasted until 1783, so it is possible his death is attributable to that conflict. What we know for sure is that his wife Elizabeth was left with as many as 10 children between the ages of 2 and 16. Records indicate that the family packed up and left Warfordsburg for good after papa died, and moved to northern Kentucky, where they settled east of Louisville."

Birth

One source states Kentucky or Pennsylvania^[1]

Parents

NOTE: Not verified [Not so - mother is verified in marriage bond.]

Father: Henry WARFORD b: 1741 in Buck Co, Pennsylvania

Mother: Elizabeth VAN HOOK b: 1747 in Monmouth Co, New Jersey^[2]

Marriages

John WILLIAMS

Children^[3]

• William WILLIAMS b: 1804 in Spencer Co, Kentucky
• John WILLIAMS b: 16 NOV 1806 in Spencer Co, Kentucky
• Caroline WILLIAMS b: 5 SEP 1808 in Spencer Co, Kentucky
• Matilda Jane WILLIAMS b: 25 JUN 1810 in Spencer Co, Kentucky

Williams S JONES

Married^[4]: 10 SEP 1826 in Putnam Co, Indiana

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Donald, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=031843&id=I2367
2. ↑ Birth: Donald, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=031843&id=I2367
3. ↑ Birth: Donald, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=031843&id=I2367
4. ↑ Birth: Donald, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=031843&id=I2367

• Birth: Re: Hannah: Shelby Co, Ky>Putnam County, IN By Michele September 25, 2001 at 09:30:01In reply to: Re: Hannah: Shelby Co, Ky>Putnam County, IN 9/19/01http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/warford/380/ Accessed 5 July 2015

• 1820 Census: "1820 United States Federal Census"
  1820 U S Census; Census Place: Washington, Indiana; Page: 213; NARA Roll: M33_14; Image: 321
  Ancestry Record 7734 #1369269 (accessed 25 April 2022)
  Lydia Williams.
• Marriage: "Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941"
  Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 1315784 - 1315785
  Ancestry Record 5059 #3137404 (accessed 25 April 2022)
  Lydia Williams marriage to William S. Jones on 10 Sep 1826.
• Marriage: "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965"
  Ancestry Record 61372 #902317661 (accessed 25 April 2022)
  Lydia Warford marriage to John Williams on 24 Nov 1803 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA. [Bond signed by John Williams and Joseph Warford. Mother transcribed as "Elizabeth Hark" - should be Elizabeth van Hook. Document is in pieces.]