Lydia Washburn (Leonard) Benson (1817 - 1879)

Born 4 Apr 1817 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Cyrus Benson Jr. — married 25 Oct 1842 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1879 at age 62 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sources

• Memorial: Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical, of Solomon Leonard, 1637, Duxbury and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and some of His Descendants. By Manning Leonard, Southbridge, Mass. Press of Knapp, Peck & Thomson, Auburn N.Y. 1896, p196.

• "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FG-YMC : accessed 13 April 2015), Spencer Leonard in entry for Lydia W. Leonard, 04 Apr 1817; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.

• "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4QP-R6D : accessed 8 July 2015), Cyrus Benson and Lydia W. Leonard, 25 Oct 1842; citing p 58, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,420,528.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD97-MBC : accessed 8 July 2015), Lydia W Benson in household of Cyrus Benson, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing family 457, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Massachusetts, State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4H-8BV : accessed 8 July 2015), Lydia W Benson, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,956.

• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHR-C2T : accessed 8 July 2015), Lydia W Benson in household of Spencer Leonard, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 308, household ID 2580, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,518.

• "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQCY-BMH : accessed 13 April 2015), Spencer Leonard in household of Lydia W Benson, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 954,577.

• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHR-C2T : accessed 8 July 2015), Lydia W Benson in household of Spencer Leonard, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 308, household ID 2580, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,518.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQW-93S : accessed 8 July 2015), Lydia ? Benson, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 70, family 598, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,137.

• "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N72K-754 : accessed 13 April 2015), Spencer Leonard in entry for Lydia Washburn Benson, 18 Sep 1879; citing Bridgewater, Massachusetts, v 311 p 263, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,216.