Lydia (Whitney) Haven (1695 - 1790)

Born 18 Apr 1695 in Framington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Haven — married 4 Apr 1713 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died Nov 1790 at age 95 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lydia Whitney was born on 18 Apr 1695, in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. She was the daughter of John Whitney and Sarah Haven,^[1] John's second wife.

Lydia married Richard Haven (b. 8 Jan 1692, Framingham) in Framingham on 4 Feb 1714.^[2] After their marriage, they stayed in Framington, where they registered the births of 13 children:

1. Lydia Haven (b. 10 Feb 1714/5;^[3] m. Seth Bullard)
2. Hannah Haven (b. 10 Jun 1716;^[4] m. Isaac Fiske)
3. Mary Haven (twin, b. 5 Jun 1718;^[5] m. John Hill)
4. Sarah Haven (twin, b. 5 Jun 1718;^[6] d. 10 Jul 1718)^[7]
5. Sarah Haven (b. 11 Sep 1719^[8]; m. Isaac Hill)
6. Richard Haven (b. 16 Dec 1722;^[9] d. 3 Aug 1770, Athol, Worcester County, age 47)
7. Elisabeth Haven (b. 24 May 1724;^[10] m. Ebenezer Bullard)
8. John Haven (b. 7 May 1726;^[11] m. (1) Susannah Drury; m. (2) Martha Perkins)
9. Rebeka Haven (b. 26 Apr 1728;^[12] d. 10 Jan 1729)^[13]
10. Daniel Haven (1 Feb 1730;^[14] m. Hannah Wood)
11. Jonathan Haven (b. 3 May 1732;^[15] m. Hannah Baldwin)
12. Simon Haven (b. 5 Mar 1734;^[16] d. 14 Apr 1734)^[17]
13. Elias Haven (b. 19 Feb 1735;^[18] d. 2 Jul 1735)^[19]
14. Simon Haven (b. [2 Jul 1736 ?]; m. Ruth Baldwin)^[20]

Lydia and Richard were admitted to the church in Framingham May 12, 1717.

Richard Haven died in Athol, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay on 3 Aug 1770.^[21]

Lydia (Whitney) Haven may have died in Athol, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay in November of 1790, if the record mis-estimated her age at the time of her death as 90 (b. 1700), instead of 95 (b. 1695).^[22]

Research Note

The fourteenth child, the second Simon Haven, has been included in the list of Richard and Lydia Haven's children, but there is no entry in the collected records of Framington to support this. The existance, parentage and date of birth for this child depend on Seward's unsourced A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, p. 1008:

"RICHARD³ HAVEN, son of Moses, b. in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 8, 1692/3; d. in Athol, Mass., Aug. 3, 1770, m. 4 Feb. 1713/4, Lydia Whitney, b. Apr. 1695, in Framingham, Mass. ... IV. SIMON⁴ HAVEN, son of Richard, was b. in Framingham, Mass., July 2, 1735."

The date of 2 Jul 1735 is, curiously, the date of death of Simon's brother, Elias, and would be too soon after Elias's birth on 19 Feb 1735, to be accurate. The date for this second Simon's birth has, therefore, been changed to 2 Jul 1736, and labeled "uncertain."

Sources

1. ↑ "Whitney, Lydya, d. of John and Sarah, Apr. 18, 1695:" Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, p. 94.
2. ↑ "Whitney, Lidia and Richard Haven, 4 Feb 1713-4:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 397.
3. ↑ "Haven, Ledia, d. of Richard and Leadia, Feb. 10, 1714-5:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 100.
4. ↑ "Haven, Hannah, d. of Richard and Lydia, June 10, 1716:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 99.
5. ↑ "Haven, Mary, d. of Richard and Lydia, June 5, 1718. [Twin.]:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 101.
6. ↑ "Haven, Sarah, d. of Richard and Lydia, June 5, 1718. [Twin.]:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 102.
7. ↑ "Haven, Sarah," d. of Richard and Lydia, July 10, 1718:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 439.
8. ↑ "Haven, Sarah, d. of Richard and Lydia, Sept. 11, 1719:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 102.
9. ↑ "Haven, Richard, s. of Richard and Lydia, Dec. 16, 1722:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 102.
10. ↑ "Haven, Elisabeth, d. of Richard and Lydia, May 24, 1724:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 99.
11. ↑ "Haven, John, s. of Richard and Lydia, May 7, 1726:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 100.
12. ↑ "Haven, Rebeka, d. of Richard and Lydia, Apr. 26, 1728:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 102.
13. ↑ "Haven, Rebeka," d. of Richard and Lydia, Jan. 10, 1729:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 439.
14. ↑ "Haven, Daniel, s. of Richard and Lydia, Feb. 1, 1730:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 99.
15. ↑ "Haven, Jonathan, s. of Richard and Lydia, May 3, 1732:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 100.
16. ↑ "Haven, Simon, s. of Richard and Lydia, Mar. 5, 1734:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 102.
17. ↑ "Haven, Simon," s. of Richard and Lydia, Apr. 14, 1734:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 439.
18. ↑ "Haven, Elias, s. of Richard and Lydia, Feb. 19, 1735:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 99.
19. ↑ "Haven, Elias, s. of Richard and Lydia, July 2, 1735:" Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, p. 438.
20. ↑ Birth date 2 Jul 1735, but see Research Note, below: Seward, A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, p. 1008.
21. ↑ "Haven, Mr. Richard, Aug. 3, 1770," citing church records: Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, p. 199.
22. ↑ "Haven, the widow, Nov. ---, 1790, in the 91. y. of her age," citing church records: Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, p. 199.

• Baldwin, Thomas W., compiler. Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1911.
• Baldwin, Thomas W., compiler, Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Stanhope Press, 1911.
• Bemis, Charles A. History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, N.H.', Boston, Massachusetts: Press of Geo. H. Ellis, 1881. New edition: The Frost Free Library, Somersworth, New Hampshire: New England History Press, 1974.
• Seward, Josiah Lafayette. A History of the Town of Sullivan, New Hampshire, 1777-1917, Volume II, Keene, New Hampshire: J. L. Seward, Est., 1921.
• Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, published by Franklin P. Rice, Trustee, Systematic History Fund, Boston, Massachusetts: Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company, 1910.
• WRG Whitney Research Group, Family:Whitney, Lydia (1695-1790), http://whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Lydia_(1695-1790) and Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 34.

Other Sources

• Broken or Inactive Link: Ancestry Family Tree.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Whitney-473 created through the import of The Sammons Family Tree.ged on Jun 9, 2011 by Steve Sammons.