Born in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Josiah Gilbert
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Benjamin Gilbert [half], Elizabeth (Gilbert) Deming [half], Josiah Gilbert [half], Sarah (Gilbert) Williams [half], Moses Gilbert [half], Caleb Gilbert [half] and John Gilbert [half]
Wife of
John Riley Jr.
— married
[date unknown] in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT
[children unknown]
Died after
after age 49
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.
Lydia was born on 18 Nov 1656 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT to Josiah Gilbert and Elizabeth_. [1], [2]
She married John Riley, son of John Riley and Grace Buck in 1646 in Wethersfield. [3]
She died in 1705 or so.[4]
Sources
- ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. pg 625 "RILEY, John (1646-1711) & Lydia [GILBERT} (1656-1705+); Wethersfield, CT."
- ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Towns Vital Records, Wethersfield 1634-1868, Vol 52, pg 129, Birth Record: Gilbert, Lidiah, [d. Josiah & Elizabeth], 18 Nov 1646.
- ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. pg 625 "RILEY, John (1646-1711) & Lydia [GILBERT} (1656-1705+); Wethersfield, CT."
- ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. pg 625 "RILEY, John (1646-1711) & Lydia [GILBERT} (1656-1705+); Wethersfield, CT."
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. pg 625 "RILEY, John (1646-1711) & Lydia [GILBERT} (1656-1705+); Wethersfield, CT."
- Barbour Collection of Connecticut Towns Vital Records, Wethersfield 1634-1868, Vol 52, pg 129, Birth Record: Gilbert, Lidiah, [d. Josiah & Elizabeth], 18 Nov 1646.
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Categories: Gilberts descended from Richard Gilbert of Yardley in Worcestershire, England, Gilbert Name Study
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77V-HZN : 11 February 2018), Lidiah Gilbert, 08 Dec 1656; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.