Lydia (Brown) Hastings (1697 - 1768)

Born 30 Dec 1697 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Province

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hastings — married 2 Oct 1716 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1768 at age 70 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts bay Province

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Biography

Lydia Brown was born on December 30, 1697, in Watertown, MIddlesex, Massachusetts^[1]. She was the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hyde) Brown. Lydia married Joseph Hastings^[2] on October 2, 1716, in Watertown^[3]. Lydia passed away on February 5, 1768, in Waltham, MIddlesex, Massachusetts^[4].

Children

Joseph and Lydia Hastings had, in the part of Watertown that later became Waltham:^[5][6]

• Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1716-7, m. Samuel Whitney, 8 Apr 1735
• [[Hastings-649 | Lydia, b. 26 Nov 1718,(Mrs.?) m. Zachariah Smith, Jr, 19 Oct 1738
• Grace, b. 2 April 1720, m. Phinehas Warren, 3 May 1739
• Joseph, b. 1 June 1722, m. Hannah Hastings, 10 July 1744
• Lucy, b. 9 April 1726, m. Moses Winship, 5 Apr 1746
• Josiah, b. 28 Feb 1728, m. Lydia Ball, 4 June 1752
• Jonas, b. 15 Sep 1729, m. Mary Benjamin, 26 Feb 1756
• Susanna, b. 26 May 1731, m. John Cutter, 16 Nov 1749
• Eliphalet, b. 10 Oct 1734, m. Susanna Fisk, 20 Aug 1761
• Thankful, b. 12 Oct 1736, m. Elnathan Allen, 31, May 1753
• Isaac, b. 12 Nov 1737, died a month later 14 Dec 1737

and in Waltham (which had just been separated from Watertown) Joseph and Lydia had:^[7]

• Lois, b. May 4, 1742, m. Elisha Hobbs, 17 May 1764 in Weston

Sources

1. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 10
2. ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D., Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855) (Free e-book) p. 287
3. ↑ Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 60
4. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1904)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 271
5. ↑ Watertown Records . . . of Births Deaths and Marriages, (Watertown, 1894, Fred G Barker), pp. 56, 60, 64, 73, 110
6. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, page 167-168
7. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, page 50, 167

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 April 2021), memorial page for Lydia Brown Hastings (30 Dec 1697–5 Feb 1768), Find A Grave: Memorial #175500219, citing Grove Hill Cemetery, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .

Acknowledgement

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