Lydia (Read) Harding (1762 - 1847)

Born 14 Oct 1762 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colony

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Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1847 at age 84 in Eaton Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Lydia Reed Harding BIRTH 1760 Colchester, New London County, Connecticut Colony DEATH Oct 1847 (aged 86–87) Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Old Brick Church Cemetery Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA

When Lydia Read was born on 14 October 1762, in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colony, ^[1] her father, Benjamin Read, was 39 and her mother, Lydia King, was 31. She died on 2 October 1847, in Eaton Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84. Find A Grave Memorial# 16887992

Lydia Read married Israel Harding on 15 May 1787, in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.

Childrenof Lydia Read and Israel Harding (11)

1. Israel Edward Harding 1784–Deceased
2. Benjamin O Harding 1786–1850
3. Amy Harding 1789–Deceased
4. Clarissa Harding 1789–1859
5. Benjamin Harding 1790–Deceased
6. James Harding 1792–1864
7. Lydia Harding 1795–1856
8. Stephen Gardner Harding 1800–1879
9. Sarah "Sally" Harding 1803–1872
10. Eadie Harding 1807–1885
11. Nancy Harding 1815–1887

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W4-5V5 : 7 January 2020), Lydia Read, 1762.

• Lydia Read https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LD5W-HSV

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16887902/lydia-harding: accessed 20 July 2022), memorial page for Lydia Reed Harding (1760–Oct 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16887902, citing Old Brick Church Cemetery, Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by KatiLC (contributor 47944555).

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Hayden, H.E.; Hand, A.; & Jordan, J.W. (1906). Genealogical and Family History of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys Pennsylvania. Lewis Publishing Company, NY.

Krewson, Cecil & Mary (1999). Wyoming County Salutes the Millennium: An Historic Overview of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania 1700 - 2000. MK Publications, Tunkhannock, PA. Page 11.