Mary (Johnson) Lyford (1763 - 1845)

Born 15 May 1763 in Brentwood, New Hampshire

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Died 9 Nov 1845 at age 82 in East Livermore, Kennebec, Maine, United States

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Biography

Birth

Mary Johnson was born on 15 May 1763 in Brentwood, New Hampshire, the daughter of Joseph Johnson and Anna (Lane) Johnson.^[1]

Marriage

Mary Johnson married Nathaniel Ladd Lyford at Brentwood, New Hampshire, on 25 Feb 1784.^[2]

Children

The children of Mary (Johnson) Lyford are listed in the "Children" section of her husband's profile.

Death

Mary (Johnson) Lyford is buried at the Moose Hill Cemetery in Livermore Falls, Maine, with her date of death given on her gravestone as 9 Nov 1845.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG4-778 : 12 December 2014), Joseph Johnson in entry for Mary Johnson, 15 May 1763; citing Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,008.
2. ↑ For the evidence for the marriage, see the "Marriage" section of her husband's profile.
3. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Nath^l Lyford and Mary Lyford, wife of Nath^l Lyford (Find A Grave: Memorial #196539873). The 1901 Lyford genealogy in the Essex Institute Historical Collections (volume 37, page 401) gives her date of death as 15 Nov 1845.

Acknowledgments

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