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Lydia Merrick (1726)

Lydia Merrick
Born in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Biography

Lydia was born on 20 Sep 1726 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Joshua Merrick and Lydia (Mayo) Merrick.[1]

Research notes

It has been suggested,[2] and disproven, that she was the wife of Samuel Smith, but Samuel's wife was Lydia Godfrey, daughter of Jonathan Godfrey and his wife Mercy Mayo. See the profile for Lydia Godfrey for further information and sources. Madison-125 01:39, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-Y5N : 14 January 2020), Lidea Myrick, 1726.
  2. Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQK-4JC : accessed 28 December 2021), entry for Lydia Merrick, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch. Source: Barbara Lambert Merrick, E. Virginia Hunt, Mayflower Families in Progress - William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his Daughter Patience ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001) Source: John D. Austin, F.A.S.G., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations - Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass December 1620 (Vol. 6) ([Plymouth, Massachusetts]: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001)




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