Lydia (Pickering) Williams (abt. 1735 - abt. 1824)

Born about 27 Feb 1735 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of George Williams — married 15 Mar 1758 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 21 Oct 1824 at about age 89 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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Lydia Pickering was born at Salem, Massachusetts Bay, on the 27th of February 1735/1736; she was a daughter of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering.^[1]

She married, as his second wife, widower George Williams, at Salem on the 15th of March, 1758.^[2][3] Children:

1. Lydia b. 1763 m. Lyman bap 2 Oct 1763
2. Samuel b.1760 bap. 6 Apr 1760
3. Mary b. 1767 m. Pratt bap. 9 Aug 1767
4. Stephen b. 1774 (b. 1772) bap 8 May 1774
5. Anna bap 14 Mar 1779 m. Baldwin
6. Charles bap 18 Jan 1784
7. Henry b. 1762 bap 3 Jan 1762
8. Timothy b.1765 bap 1 Sep 1765
9. Elizabeth b. 1774 m. Little bap 8 May 1774
10. Nancy b. 1779 m. Baldwin bap 14 Mar 1779 or Apr 1783
11. John bap 13 Aug 1769 ?
12. Francis bap 23 Jun 1776 ?

She passed away, at Boston, in October of 1824. Though the Salem marriage records do not show her union with George Williams, her death record -- which includes her maiden surname and her husband's name -- make it clear that the two were wed.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Salem, Vol. II, p.172 $
2. ↑ The History of Salem Massachusetts, Vol. 1 1626-1637, by Sidney Perley, Salem, Mass.: Sidney Perley, 1924, p. 280;
3. ↑ 'The Essex Genealogist, Vol. 30, pp. 41-42, information provided by Marilyn Fitzpatrick, citing The History of Salem; The Essex Genealogist. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.); https://app.americanancestors.org/DB396/i/33910/41/56271882
4. ↑ Vital Records of Salem. Deaths.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141840520/lydia-williams: accessed 04 January 2024), memorial page for Lydia Pickering Williams (27 Feb 1735–21 Oct 1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #141840520, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Jacki Earp, Weymouth, Massachusetts (contributor 47755371).