Lydia (Greene) Stower (abt. 1705 - bef. 1760)

Born about 1705 in Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Abiathar Vinton — married 30 Apr 1723 in Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Samuel (Stowers) Stower — married 15 Jan 1746 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 14 Apr 1760 before about age 55 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Lydia was born to Samuel Green and Elizabeth Upham^{[citation needed]}.

NOTE: The birth record for Lydia, born June 25 in Malden was for a Lydia born to Samuel and Mary.^[1]

She married first Abiathar Vinton on April 30, 1723, in Malden.^[2] They had:

1. Lydia b. March 29, 1723/4 at Braintree^[3][4]
2. Hannah b. May 2, 1726 at Leicester^[5]
3. Tamar b. May 16, 1728 at Leicester^[5][4]
4. Elisabeth b. May 31, 1730 at Leicester^[5][4]
5. Abiathar b. September 18, 1732^[5][4]
6. John b. May 3, 17[35] at Leicester^[5]
7. Samuel b. about 1737^[4]

Abiathar died before January 1740/1.^[6] She married again, on January 15, 1745/6, to Samuel Stower.^[7]

Lydia passed away sometime before 1760 since she was not named in Samuel's will.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ BMD Malden, Mass.: Page 32
2. ↑ BMD Malden, Mass.: Page 238
3. ↑ Samuel A. Bates, Ed. Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793. (Randolph, MA: Daniel H. Huxford, 1886): Page 753 Lydia the Daughter of Abiathar Vinton and Lydia his wife was born y^e 29^th. Day of March 1724
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Worcester, Mass. Probate Files: DGS 101462272, image 657 Case no. 60791, 1743 guardian note for Abiathar's children:

   Lydia 19

   Tamar 15

   Eli 13

   Abia 10

   Saml 6

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} VR of Leicester: Page 95
6. ↑ Worcester, Mass. Probate Files: DGS 101462272, images 648-658 Case no. 60791, Abiathar Vinton
7. ↑ VR of Leicester: Page 213 Samuel Stower and Widow Lydia Vinten
8. ↑ Worcester, Mass. Probate Files: DGS 101355465, images 1025-1032 Case no. 57186, Samuel Stower

• Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850 (University Press, Cambridge, 1914)

• Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1903)

• Massachusetts, Worcester County, probate files; imaged, FamilySearch;

  DGS 101462272 ("Probate estate files - Series A, case no. 60759-60824, Verry, Marry - Vinton, Joseph, ca. 1731-1881")

  DGS 101355465 (Probate estate files - Series A, case no. 57126-57193, Stowell, Asahel - Stratton, Albert, ca. 1731-1881)