Lydia (Haines) Denny (1816 - 1864)

Born 5 Apr 1816 in Elkrun Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Azariah Denney — married 1848 in Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Oct 1864 at age 48 in Hesper, Winneshiek County, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Lydia was a Friend (Quaker)

Lydia was born in Ohio in 1816. She was the daughter of Levi Haines and Sarah Hatcher. Lydia’s family lived in Elkrun Township, Columbiana County, Ohio until 1830 when they moved to New Baltimore, Marlboro Township, Stark County, Ohio. They were granted a certificate (of transfer) to Marlboro Monthly Meeting, Stark County, Ohio on 4 mo., 18, 1829.

Lydia married twice, and she bore twelve children, six to each of her spouses.

Lydia married John Hamlin, the son of John and Elizabeth Hamlin, in Stark County, Ohio on 5 June 1833. John died in 1847. Their children were:

• Sarah Haines Hamlin (1834-1907), m. John Milton Antrim;
• Almira Hamlin (1836-1921), m. Stephen Wheeler Hiatt;
• Levi Hamlin (1838-1917), m. Elizabeth Coppock;
• Mary Ann Hamlin (1841-1906), m. Benjamin Franklin Newcomer;
• Hannah Hamlin (1841-1915), m. 1st Samuel Newcomer, m. 2nd Lewis Harkness; and
• John Hamlin (1844-1922), m. Sarah Jane Cook.

After the death of John Hamlin, Lydia married Azariah Denney. Their children were:

• Rebecca S Denney (1849-1885), m. David E Hubbell;
• Amanda J Denney (1851-1930), m. James Spencer;
• Viola Denney (1853-1862);
• Azariah Newton Denney (1855-1861);
• Lydia Emeline Denney (1857-1937), m. Stephen Peele; and
• Juliett “Etta” Denney (1859-1918), m. Robert McDorman.

Lydia died in Hesper, Winneshiek County, Iowa on 24 October 1864.

Sources

• Haines, John Wesley (comp.) Richard Haines and His Descendants: a Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey Since 1682. (Boyce, Virginia: Carr Pub. Co., 1961-1966), Vol II, pp. 142, 143, 144.

1850 - Census, Lydia Denny, 35 years old, living in Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana with husband, Azariah Denny (50), farmer, and children, Sarah Hamlin (16), Almira Hamlin (14), Mary A Hamlin (11), John Hamlin (7), and Rebecca Denny (7 months):

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJX-YJB : Fri Oct 06 00:05:08 UTC 2023), Entry for Azaria Denny and Lydia Denny, 1850.

1860 - Census, Lydia Denny, 44 years old, living in Newburg, Fillmore County, Minnesota with husband, Azariah Denny (60), farmer, and children, Sarah Hamlin (26), Almira Hamlin (24), Levi Hamlin (22), Mary Ann Hamlin (20), Hannah Hamlin (18), John Hamlin (16), Rebecca Denny (10), Amanda J Denny (8), Azariah N Denny (5), Lydia E Denny (3), and Juilett Denny (1):

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LR-G8T : 19 March 2020), Lydia Denny in entry for Azariah Denny, 1860.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21302348

• Lydia Haines Hamlin Denney

Hubert & Jeanne Stewart

Spouse: Azariah Denney

Birth: date date 1816 city, Columbiana, Ohio, USA

Death: date date year Winneshiek, Iowa, USA

Residence: date Hamilton, Indiana, USA

• Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 DEATH, BURIAL, CEMETERY & OBITUARIES

Name: Lydia Denney

Death: 1864

• Ancestry.com link
• Iowa, Find A Grave Index, 1800-2012, Ancestry.com.