Lydia (Wood) Cady (1758 - aft. 1826)

Born 22 Aug 1758 in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut

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Biography

Birth Record

Information from the Barbour Collection indicates the birth in Stafford, Connecticut, on 22 August 1758 of Lydia Ward, daughter of Thomas Ward and Dinah. (Ward is a mistranscription for Wood in this record.) ^[1]

Baptism Record

A baptism record of the First Congregational Church in Stafford shows the baptism on 29 July 1759 of Lydia Wood, daughter of Thomas and Dinah Wood. ^[2]

Note that the facing page of the same book shows the baptism on 15 February 1759 of Reuben Cady (future wife of Lydia Wood), son of Timothy and Mehitabel Cady.

Marriage Record

Information from the Barbour Collection indicates the marriage in Stafford, Connecticut on 5 December 1776 of Reuben Cady and Lydia Wood. Their parents are not indicated. ^[3]

Historic Homes and Institutions

The book Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, published in 1907, includes a short biography of Thomas Wood. The source indicates that Thomas Wood's wife was Dinah Perry and that one of his children was Lydia Wood, born 22 August 1758. ^[4]

… Thomas Wood of Bridgewater, a blacksmith by trade, bought of James Lindsley, January 4, 1742–43, for one hundred and thirty pounds current money, fifty acres of land in Stafford, the deed having been recorded January 24, 1742–43. After making this purchase, he seems to have returned to Bridgewater where, February 23, 1744, was recorded the intention of his marriage to Dinah Perry. Having taken Dinah to wife, they returned to Stafford where, May 30, 1748, he purchased 25 acres of land of James Blodgett, deed recorded July 19, 1748, and states that both the parties were of Stafford. The children of Thomas and Dinah (Perry) Wood, as recorded in Stafford, were: Joshua, born January 26, 1747–48; John, January 20, 1749; Nathan, March 16, 1752; next child record was torn, name not readable; Ruth, August 15, 1756; Lydia, August 22, 1758.

Descendants of Nicholas Cady

The book Descendants of Nicholas Cady, published in 1910, includes an entry for Reuben Cady. ^[5]

Note that Descendants of Nicholas Cady indicates that Reuben Cady lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, and Longmeadow, Massachusetts, between about 1785 and 1794. There are deeds of a Reuben Cady in Longmeadow that give this information. However, this must be a different Reueben Cady because deeds in Stafford, Connecticut, show Reuben Cady living in that community throughout the same time frame.

Reuben Cady [son of Timothy Cady] ... b. Stafford, Conn., Sept. 3, 1753; m. Dec. 5, 1776, Lydia Wood of Somers, Conn., b. Aug. 23, 1758. He d. Butternuts, now Gilbertsville, N. Y., 1826; his wife d. a few years later. Reuben Cady first enlisted as a private in Capt. Paul Blodgett’s company, marched from the town of Stafford for the relief of Boston during the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. He enlisted May 9, 1775, in Capt. Elijah Robinson’s company of Stafford, 2d Regt., Gen. Joseph Spencer; discharged Dec. 18, 1775. He became a pensioner in 1818. He lived for a time in Stafford, Conn. We find him in Springfield, Mass., in 1785, where he is recorded as buying land in Longmeadow, Mass., and was of that town in 1794. He later removed to the town of Butternuts, N. Y.

Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown

The book Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown and Some of Their Descendants, published in 1940, shows that Thomas Wood and Dinah Perry had a daughter named Lydia, born on 6 February 1758, who married Reuben Cady on 5 December 1776. The date of birth is different here than those shown by other sources. ^[6]

Thomas Wood b. July 24, 1720 (son of Thomas Wood and Ruth Clark who were married in Pembroke, Mass., in 1719), m. Feb. 24, 1744 at Bridgewater, Mass., Dinah Perry b. Sept. 10, 1727 at Sandwich, Mass., dau. of Abner Perry and Joanna Gibbs. …

Thomas Wood was a blacksmith and lived at Stafford, Conn. Land Transactions at Stafford : Vol. V., p. 95 : John Crabtree conveyed to Thomas Wood real estate. Vol VI, p. 52, Dec. 9, 1783 Thomas Wood conveyed to Abner Wood. Thomas Wood took the Oath of Fidelity at Stafford, Conn., March 25, 1778—Stafford Town Record.

Children of Thomas Wood (Thomas) and Dina Perry, all b. at Stafford :

1 Abner Wood b. June 19, 1746 (Stafford Rec. Vol. 1, p. 31), d. Oct. 18, 1821 at Guilford, Chenango Co., N. Y. (U. S. Pension Bureau V. L. M. Wid. File, Rev. War), buried at Whitestore, N. Y., m. Nov. 15, 1769 Elizabeth Cross, d. Dec. 14, 1837 ae 92 yr. 3 mo. 10 da. (G. S. R. Cincinnatus, N. Y.), buried on the burying lot of her son Solomon Wood. …

2 Joshua Wood b. Jan. 26, 1747/48.

3 John Wood b. Jan. 20, 1749

4 Nathan Wood b. Mar. 16, 1752, d. Aug. 28, 1806.

5 Mary

6 Ruth b. Aug. 15, 1756.

7 Lydia b. Feb. 6, 1758, m. Dec. 5, 1776 Reuben Cady.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record. Barbour Collection. Film # 008656413, image 5555 of 10322. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-D3C4-PS2Q
2. ↑ Baptism records. Records of the First Congregational Church, Stafford, Connecticut. Film # 007951348, image 730 of 875. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS8S-6QNG-W
3. ↑ Marriage Record. Barbour Collection. Film # 008272225, image 1222 of 10056 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS56-67RP
4. ↑ Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, Volume 1. Published in 1907. Page 524. https://archive.org/details/historichomesins01crane/page/n779/mode/2up
5. ↑ Descendants of Nicholas Cady of Watertown, Mass. 1645–1910. Orrin Peer Allen. Published 1910. Page 94. https://archive.org/details/descendantsofnic01alle/page/94
6. ↑ Ancestors of Florence Julia Brown and Some of Their Descendants. Published in 1940. Page 203. https://archive.org/details/ancestorsofflore00brow/page/204/mode/2up