Born about in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Cuff (Mitchell) Ashport
— married
6 Feb 1772 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Calvin Ashport and Rebecca Ashport
Died about
at about age 82
in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
Lydia (Quay) Ashport is a part of US Black heritage.
In their Bridgewater marriage record, Lydia is noted as "a Molatto girl brought up by Anthony Winslow."
She was the wife of former slave and American Revolutionary War soldier Cuff Ashport, and the great-grandmother of Civil War veteran Lemuel A. Ashport of the all-black 54th Massachusetts regiment.
Death
She passed away about 1842 and is buried at First Cemetery in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Sources
- Find a Grave: Elisabeth Ashport née Quay
- Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Bridgewater Deaths
- Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Bridgewater Marriages
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