Lydia (Powers) Stow (1747 - 1817)

Born 1747 in Grafton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonah Stow Sr — married 17 Oct 1768 in Grafton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1817 at about age 70 in Croydon, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Lydia Powers was born 1747 in Grafton, Province of Massachusetts Bay. She was born on the 20th, but the month of her birth is omitted from the record. She was likely born April-December, since her birth year is not expressed as a split date and other records for Jan-March births on the page are recorded using split date notation.^[1]

She was the daughter of Lemuel Powers and Thankful Leland.^[1]

Marriage intentions for Jonah Stow of Grafton and Lydia Powers of Uxbridge were recorded 17 Oct 1768 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[2][3]

Children of Lydia and Jonah include:

• Judith, b 25 Nov 1769 Grafton, m Whipple Haven^[1][3]
• Prudence, m Paul Jacobs^[3]
• Peter, m Deborah Nettleton^[3]
• Asaph, b 20 Aug 1773 Walpole, Cheshire, Province of New Hampshire^[3][4]
• Solomon, b 19 Nov 1777 Alstea, Cheshire, New Hampshire^[3][5]
• Jonah, b 27 Mar 1780 Alstead^[3][6]
• Lydia, b 27 Mar 1780 Alstead, m Cyrus Powers^[3][7]
• Sarah, b 1787 Croydon, Sullivan, New Hampshire^[8]

From the Croydon centennial:^[3]

Jonah Stow, from whom have descended the Stows, married Lydia Powers, and came early to this town from Stockbridge, Mass., with his four sons, Peter, Asaph, Solomon and Jonah, and long occupied “Stow Hill”, now Brighton. His eldest daughter, Judith, married Whipple Haven, a brother of Rev. Jacob Haven; his second, Lydia, married Hon. Cyrus Powers, a brother of Mrs. President Fillmore, and his third daughter, Prudence, married Paul Jacobs, Esq., of Croydon.

Lydia passed away in 1817 in Croydon, New Hampshire at the age of 70.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1906) Page 101 and Page 125.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1916) Page 311.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Wheeler, Edmund; “Croydon, N.H., 1866 : proceedings at the centennial celebration on Wednesday, June 13, 1866; A brief account of the leading men of the first century, together with historical and statistical sketches of the town“; Printed by Claremont Manufacturing Co.; 1887 p 143
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNB-P5G : 18 January 2020), Asaph Stow, 1773.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNB-PMR : 18 January 2020), Solomon Stow, 1777.
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNB-PMG : 18 January 2020), Jonah Stow, 1780.
7. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDNS-BM4 : 18 January 2020), Lydia Stow, 1780.
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V24Q-F2W : 18 January 2020), Sarah Stow, 1787.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLF-C2Q : 23 February 2021), Lydia Stow, 1817; citing Croydon, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,109.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: L4QN-44M
• Find A Grave: Memorial #192645803, accessed 06 February 2022, memorial page for Lydia Powers Stow (28 Jan 1747–1817), citing Under The Mountain Cemetery, Croydon, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by SJP (contributor 47241080)