Lydia Crosby (abt. 1753 - abt. 1782)

Born about 1753 in Berkeley, Chester, Province of South Carolina [uncertain]

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Died about 1782 at about age 29 in Faitfield, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Lydia Crosby was a South Carolina colonist.

Lydia Crosby was born about 1753 in Berkeley, Chester County, Province of South Carolina, the daughter of Dennis Crosby and Hannah Revels.

Lydia is named in her father's will.^[1]

She married Benjamin Dove. They had at least two children.

1. Nancy (Dove) Jennings was born 18 October 1774 in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina.
2. Laetitia Dove was born 12 October 1785; baptized 24 November 1785 at the Christ Church And Saint Peters in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868: "South Carolina Probate Re... Bound Volumes, 1671-1977"
   Catalog: Wills and miscellaneous probate records, 1671-1868 Wills v. 14-16 1771-1779
   Image path: South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 > Charleston > Wills, 1771-1779, Vol. 014 > image 108 of 1276; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
   FamilySearch Image: 939L-N4SJ-W (accessed 23 July 2022), South Carolina wills, Bk p.95. Notes: Dennis Crosby Will, probated 11 October 1771, St. Marks Parish, Craven County, South Carolina, and recorded in Colonial Wills of Charleston, South Carolina, Deed Book 0, 1771-74, page 49. Children named were Richard, Thomas, Lydia, John, Mary, and William.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHPJ-NNW2 : 15 February 2020), Lydia Dove in entry for Letitia Dove, 1785.

• ”Howe Genealogies, The Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts”, published by NEHGS, 1929, Boston, Massachusetts, vol 1, page 32.

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Crosby-933 created through the import of Crosby Family Tree.ged on Jan 17, 2013 by H Simpson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by H and others.