Lydia (Sollows) Landers (1757 - aft. 1803)

Born 27 Aug 1757 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Landers — married 5 Mar 1778 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died after 1803 after age 45 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Lydia Sollows was born August 27, 1757, the daughter of John Sollows and Anna Elwell of Beverly, Mass^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}.

In 1764, she emigrated to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia along with her family^{[5] [6] [7] [4]}

On March 5, 1778, she married John Landers, son of Sealed Landers and Thankful Handy, who were among the first settlers of Yarmouth^{[3] [2] [4]}, and their children included:

1. Paul, born in 1778, who settled in NYC^[4]
2. Chloe, born November 25, 1779, who died unmarried^[4]
3. Anne, born November 1, 1781, who married Frank Whynacht^[4]
4. Lydia, born September 24, 1784, who married John Allen, son of Daniel^[4]
5. John, born July 10, 1786, who married Eunice Harris, daughter of Benjamin Harris 1st^[4]
6. Sealed (4th, born June 29, 1788, who married Jane Van Norden, daughter of Stephen^[4]
7. David, born July 14, 1790, who married Hannah Landers, daughter of Jabez, and then married Elizabeth (Bridgeo) Studley^[4]
8. Joseph, born November 5, 1795, who married Susannah Perry, daughter of Levi^[4]
9. Thomas, born September 13, 1796, who married Sarah Perry, daughter of Elisha^[4]
10. Walter, born October 27, 1798, who married Lydia Landers, daughter of Isaac^[4]
11. Sarah, born July 25, 1802, who married James Bent, son of Elkanah^[4]

This profile shows she died some time after the birth of her youngest child.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Volume 1, page 288, also found in NEHGS, which states SALLAS (see also Sallows) Lydia, d. John and Anna, Aug. 27, 1757
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Thomas 1 Landers Of Sandwich, Mass. (Ca. 1613-1675) (Continued Published in Volume 124, page 281 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Lydia B. Brownson, Grace W. Held, and Doris V. Norton, "Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod Families" (Duxbury, Mass., typ., 1966), This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall; see Vol. 32 (Kendrick to Leonard), page 188 for Sealed and Sarah
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 262 for Landers and 389 for Sollows
5. ↑ Campbell, John Roy. A History of the County of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (J. & A. McMillan, Saint John, N.B., 1876)
6. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto; Digitizing sponsor MSN; Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto; Not in copyright;
7. ↑ Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982