Lois (Stevens) Hapgood (1754 - 1776)

Born 29 Oct 1754 in Warwick, Hampshire, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of John Hapgood — married 5 Jan 1775 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1776 at age 21 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth

Lois Stevens was born on 29 Oct 1754, the daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Stevens.^[1] See the Research Note below.

Marriage

Lois Stevens of Sudbury, Massachusetts, married John Hapgood of Marlborough, Massachusetts, at Sudbury on 5 Jan 1775.^[2][3]

Death

Lois Stevens died at Marlborough, Massachusetts, on 10 Apr 1776, with her age at her death reported as 21 years, 5 months, 12 days.^[4] She died two months after the birth of her first child.^[2]

Research Note

The identification of the Lois Stevens born at Warwick, Massachusetts, on 29 Oct 1754 with the Lois Stevens who married John Hapgood at Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1775 is based on her age at her death from the Marlborough vital records, which computes to an exact match with her birth date. (Research Note by WikiTree contributor Stu Bloom, 7 May 2021)

Sources

1. ↑ Undated transcription of the birth record of Lois Stevens (subscription required), in Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011 > Warwick > Births, Marriages and Death > page 28 > image 212 of 801. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Warren Hapgood, The Hapgood Family, Descendants of Shadrach 1656-1898, a new edition with supplement (Boston, Mass., 1898), pages 186-187
3. ↑ 1903 transcription of the marriage record of John Hapgood and Lois Stephens, in Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1903), page 210
4. ↑ 1908 transcription of the death record of Lois Hapgood, wife of John, in Vital records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass., 1908), page 126