Lydia (Harpine) Easterly (1786 - 1863)

Born 13 May 1786 in Harpinetown, Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George Easterly Jr — married 31 Mar 1804 in Forestville, Shenandoah Co., VA

Descendants

Died 6 May 1863 at age 76 in Greene County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Lydia Harpine was born on April 13, 1786, in Shenandoah, Virginia, Abraham Harpine and Elizabeth Branner. She married George Easterly Jr. on March 31, 1804, in Shenandoah, Virginia. They had nine children in 16 years. She died on May 6, 1863, in Greene, Tennessee, having lived a long life of 77 years, and was buried there.

Birth

• Lydia Harpine was born on April 13, 1786, in Harpinetown, Shenandoah, Virginia, to Elizabeth Branner, age 19, and Abraham Harpine, age 21.^[1][2]

Baptism

• Lydia was baptized on 27 September 1768.^[2]

Marriage

• Lydia married George Easterly Jr. DNA in Shenandoah, Virginia, on March 31, 1804, when she was 17 years old.^[2][3][4]

Death

• Lydia died on May 6, 1863, in Greene, Tennessee, when she was 77 years old.^[1][2]

Burial

• Lydia is buried in Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery in Saint James, Greene County, Tennessee.^[1][2]

Children

• Lydia and George had the following issue:^[2]
  1. Rachael Easterly, b. Nov. 23, 1806; mar. John Reeee.
  2. Abraham Easterly, d. at the age of fourteen.
  3. Elizabeth Easterly, b. Feb. 9, 1810, mar. Cornelius Smelser.
  4. Jonathan Harpine Easterly, b. Apr 24, 1811 ; mar. Catherine Renner.
  5. Philip Harpine Easterly, b. Mar 3, 1813; mar. Elizabeth Neas; mar. Martha A. Cook.
  6. Magdalene Easterly, b. March 8, 1816; mar. Benjamin F. Neas.
  7. Ambrose Gore Easterly. b. June 26, 1819; mar. Eliza R. Malone.
  8. Reuben Moore Easterly, b. May 24, 1821 ; mar. Susan Malone.
  9. Rufus Easterly, b. July 24, 1828; mar. Annie Neas..

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64756964/lydia-easterly : accessed 20 November 2021), memorial page for Lydia Harpine Easterly (13 May 1786–6 May 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64756964, citing Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery, Saint James, Greene County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by guzgw (contributor 46934312) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Branner, John Casper. Casper Branner of Virginia and his descendants, page 147-150, Privately Printed, Stanford University; 1913. https://archive.org/details/casperbrannerofv00bran/page/n6/mode/1up
3. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850"
   Ancestry Record 3723 #1038916 (accessed 20 November 2021)
   Lydia Harpine marriage to George Esterly on 31 Mar 1804 in Shenandoah, Virginia.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
   Ancestry Record 60214 #3662460 (accessed 20 November 2021)
   Lydia Harpine marriage to Geo Esterly on 31 Mar 1804 in Shenandoah, Virginia.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7D-PHF : 11 February 2018), Geo Esterly and Lydia Harpine, 31 Mar 1804; citing Shenandoah, Virginia, reference pg 136; FHL microfilm 33,930.
• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 9, Greene, Tennessee; Roll: 880; Page: 209a
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #6162868 (accessed 20 November 2021)
  Lidea Easterly (65) in Division 9, Greene, Tennessee, USA. Born in Virginia.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDX-XQ9 : 12 April 2016), Lidea Easterly, Greene county, part of, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1129, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Ancestry.com. Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Works Progress Administration. Greene County, Tennessee Tombstone Inscriptions. Washington, D.C.: WPA Records, 1935.
• Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R00001 NOTEAncestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006).

Acknowledgements

• Hardine-6 was created by Brent Schaeffer through the import of Neas branch.ged on Jun 1, 2015