Lydia was born in 1761 in New Hampshire to parents Israel Ober and Mary (Pittman) Ober. [1] Israel and Lydia married young[2] and had only one surviving child, Israel Jr. [3] In 1779 Lydia is listed as the administrator of her husband's estate [4]In 1788 she married David McLaughlin.[5] She applied for Israel's pension in 1838. There were two surviving children when shed died, Thomas and James McLaughlin[6].
Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011."New Hampshire Birth Records, early to 1900." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics. "Index to births, early to 1900." New Hampshire Registrar of Vital Statistics, Concord, New Hampshire.
“New Hampshire, Birth Records, through 1900.” Online index and digital images. i New England Historical Genealogical Society/i. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.
Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War 1894-1912. https://www.fold3.com/image/23317136?terms=hull,war,us,revolutionary,israel&xid=1945
Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.
Gilbert, Edgar. History of Salem, N.H. Rumford Printing Co, 1907. https://archive.org/details/historyofsalemnh00gilb
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