Lydia (Record) Bradford (abt. 1794 - abt. 1879)

Born about 3 Apr 1794 in Bakerstown Plantation, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Seth Bradford — married 2 Apr 1818 in Minot, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died about 10 Jul 1879 at about age 85 in Turner, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

:No record has been found of the birth of Lydia Record. She was probably the daughter of Elisha Record and Ruth (Chamberlain) Record and was probably born at Bakerstown Plantation in Cumberland County, Massachusetts (later the towns of Poland and Minot, Maine); see the Research Note below. The 1850 Census shows her as age 56, born in Maine,^[1] and computing her age at her death from her gravestone puts her birth date as about April 1794; her FindAGrave memorial gives the date as 3 Apr 1794, but it cites no source.^[2]

Marriage

Lydia Record married Seth Bradford at Minot, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on 2 Apr 1818.^[3]

Death

A gravestone at the Turner Centerville Cemetery in Turner, Maine, says that Lydia Bradford died on 10 Jul 1879 at the age of 85 years, 3 months.^[2]

Research Note

A biography of the Bradford family in the New England Historical Genealogical Register in 1850 says that Lydia Record, the wife of Seth Bradford, was the daughter of Elisha Record of Minot, Maine.^[4] There were two Elisha Records living at Minot in 1794, father and son. It is likely that Lydia was a daughter of the elder Elisha, by his wife Ruth. The younger Elisha was born in 1775, and it is possible but unlikely that he would have had children by 1794. His only known marriage was in 1809. Ruth, the wife of the elder Elisha, was in her early 40s in 1794, still within the childbearing years.^[5] (Research Note by WikiTree contributor Stu Bloom, 24 May 2020)

Sources

1. ↑ Seth Bradford household, family #230, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Turner > image 28 of 62; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #69494807 for Lydia Bradford, with photo of gravestone of "Lydia, Wife of Seth Bradford"
3. ↑ FamilySearch transcription of the marriage record of Seth Bradford and Lydia Record, in Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch > Seth Bradford, 1818
4. ↑ G. M. Fessenden, "A Genealogy of the Bradford Family," in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 4 (1850), page 243
5. ↑ See the profiles of Elisha Record, Ruth (Chamberlain) Record, and Elisha Record for sources.