Lydia (Wall) Matthews (abt. 1780 - 1824)

Born about 1780 in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine

Ancestors

Wife of William Matthews — married 20 Nov 1796 in Boothbay, Maine

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1824 at about age 44 in Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, United States

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Biography

Lydia Wall was born around 1780 in Boothbay, Maine. Her parents were Andrew Wall and Hannah (McFarland) Wall^[1].

She married William Matthews on 20 November 1796 in Boothbay^[2]. They had eleven children^[1]:

1. Jennet, born 27 Mar 1797; married John Deering

2. Mary, born 3 Sep 1798; married Benjamin Bennett

3. John, born 5 Aug 1801; married Mary Barter

4. Andrew, born 8 Feb 1803; married Nancy Decker

5. James, born 23 Mar 1804; married Catherine Harris

6. Person, born 20 Mar 1807; died young

7. Hannah, born 21 Aug 1810; died 1824

8. Stinson, born 23 Sep 1813; married Annis Merithew

9. Adeline, born 8 Feb 1815; married Nathaniel Race

10. Willard, born 7 May 1818

11. Margaret, born 16 Jul 1821

Lydia died on 20 September 1824 in Boothbay^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Greene, Francis B. History of Boothbay, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1623 - 1905. Portland, Maine: Loring, Short & Harmon, 1906. Page 484.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46J-3YD : 10 February 2018), William Matthews and Lydia Wall, 20 Nov 1796; citing Boothbay, Lincoln, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,560.