Lydah (Spofford) Fish (1700 - 1753)

Born 25 Apr 1700 in Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Thurston — married 30 Dec 1722 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 25 Jun 1753 at age 53 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Lydah (Lydia) Spofford was the daughter of Samuel Spofford and Sarah (Birkbee) Spofford. She was born on April 25, 1700 in Rowley (later Georgetown), Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[1] She married twice. Her first husband was Jonathan Thurston. They were married December 10, 1722.^[2] They had at least nine children. There are records for:

John (b. August 19, 1723-),^[3]

Sarah (b. May 26, 1725),^[4]

Samuel (b. June 7, 1727),^[5]

Stephen, bapt. Feb. 23, 1728/9^[6]

Lidia (b. April 1, 1730),^[7]

Mary (b. February 27, 1731),^[8]

Benjamin (Feb 3, 1733-Oct. 31, 1736),^[9][10]

Martha (b. April 30, 1736),^[11]

Jonathan who lived almost four months (Jr) (Sep 5, 1738-Jan 3 1739)^[12][13]

Her husband, Jonathan (Sr), died Sept 28 1738, about three weeks after Jonathan's birth^[14] After Jonathan's death, she married Deacon William Fish/Fisk on March 10, 1743. It has been almost five years since Jonathan's death.^[15] Their youngest surviving child, Martha, would have been about seven years old. It was Fisk/Fish's second marriage, too. Lydah died July 25, 1753 and is buried in Georgetown, Massachusetts with her first husband.^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3H-3LB : 15 January 2020), Lydia Spofford, 1700.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC3P-F2J : 24 January 2020), Lydia Spofford in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 1722.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKL-V7H : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for John Thurston, 1723.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK2-JXV : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Sarah Thurston, 1725.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-RZ5 : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Sameull Thurston, 1727.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ99-VVD : 15 January 2020), Stephen Thurston, 1728.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK2-M7N : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Lydia Thurston, 1730.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKJ-4PB : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Mary Thurston, 1731.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-W8M : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Benjamin Thurston, 1733.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-7LKT : 2 March 2020), Lydia in entry for Benjamin Thurston, 31 Oct 1736; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKK-B4J : 15 January 2020), Lidia in entry for Martha Thurston, 1736.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKG-PFX : 15 January 2020), Lydia in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 1738.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-S3ZZ : 2 March 2020), Lydia Thurston in entry for Jonathan Thurston, 3 Jan 1739; citing Death, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009689.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12551638/jonathan-thurston/memorial/12551638/jonathan-thurston : accessed 14 November 2020), memorial page for Jonathan Thurston (16 Mar 1701–28 Sep 1738), Find a Grave Memorial no. 12551638, citing Union Cemetery, Georgetown, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933) .
15. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17375132:2495?indiv=1&tid=&pid=&queryId=333ee397ae6a483c14718ace3780b01e&usePUB=true&_phsrc=xTs1&_phstart=successSource
16. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-FHNF : 6 August 2020), Lydah Spofford Fisk, ; Burial, Georgetown, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Union Cemetery; citing record ID 12550439, Find a Grave

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