Lydia (Shipley) Perham (abt. 1643 - 1710)

Born about 1643 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Perham — married 15 Dec 1664 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1710 at about age 67 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Lydia was baptised in Chelmsford, Massachusetts on 1 February 1656 at about 15 years of age.^[1] She married John Perham in Chelmsford on 15 December 1664.^[2]. John and Lydia had seven children. Lydia died in Chelmsford on 21 June 1710.^[3] There are alternative dates for her death: 20 Jun 1710 in the Massachusetts Vital Records for Chelmsford; 26 Jun 1726 inscribed on her tombstone. Likewise her baptism suggests a birth year of 1641 and the tombstone 1643.

Sources

1. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850, Chelmsford births, p. 138 http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Chelmsford/Images/Chelmsford_B138.shtml
2. ↑ Ibid, Chelmsford Marriages, p. 294 http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Chelmsford/Images/Chelmsford_M294.shtml
3. ↑ Ibid, Chelmsford deaths, p. 426 http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Chelmsford/Images/Chelmsford_D426.shtml

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.

• Lydia Shiple Perham on Find A Grave: Memorial #18169105 Retrieved Burns-5616 22:50, 7 February 2018 (EST).

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Theresa Ellenwood for creating WikiTree profile Shipley-498 through the import of LucindaElizaBatesAncestors.ged on Mar 5, 2013.