Born in Smithfield, Providence, RI
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hezekiah Sprague
and Sarah (Smith) Sprague
Sister of
Ruth (Sprague) Angell, Anne (Sprague) Whipple, Hadassah (Sprague) Eddy, Mehitable (Sprague) Angell, Hezekiah Sprague Jr., Joseph Sprague, Sarah (Sprague) Smith, Mercy (Sprague) Hawkins and Abigail Sprague
Wife of
Isaac Medbury
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 95
in New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY
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Biography
Find A Grave Memorial# 82741831 Created by: Johnnie Zollinger
Lydia Sprague Medbury
Birth: Feb. 20, 1725, Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island
Death: Jul. 9, 1821 New Berlin, Chenango Co, NY
Lydia Sprague is the daughter of Hezekiah and Sarah Smith Sprague and in March 22, 1745 she married Isaac Medbury in Warwick, RI and they had at least ten children: Nathaniel, Lydia, George, Hezekiah, Joseph, Isaac, Annie Abigail, Benjamin and Stephen and a child that died young. Lydia was a woman of great power and character. At the age of 95 she rode horseback from New Berlin to Cooperstown, a distance of more than fifty miles. (This was probably a round trip since it is about 26 miles each way) Burial: Medbury Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, USA
Sources
Arnold, "Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850" V3: Part 6, p.117 list of children of Hezekiah and Sarah (smith) Sprague: (Book 3: 100-101) Daughter Lydia SPRAGUE b: 20 FEB 1726 in Smithfield, Providence, RI
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Stephen Bryant 
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23andMe, GEDmatch BX2374460 [compare]
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~0.78%
Sara (Stevens) Patton :
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