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Lydia Sparrow

b. 26 Nov 1731 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts  |  d. 4 Jan 1798 · Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
26 Nov 1731 · Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts[1]
Death
4 Jan 1798 · Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Isaac King (1730–1781) · m. 26 Oct 1751 · (Intention), Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Isaac King (ABOUT 1752–AFTER 1811)
    m. Lydia Smith (4 Jan 1753–BEFORE 1811) · 12 Oct 1773 · Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Children: Benjamin King (1774–); Thomas King (1775–1831); Enoch King (1777–1778); Isaac King (1779–); John King (1782–1825); Hannah King (1785–1846); Richard Thomas King (1788–1856); Lydia Frances King (1791–)
  2. William King (AFTER 1752–)
    m. Elizabeth (–AFTER 7 Jan 1798) · BEFORE 1789
    Children: William King (1789–1809); Elizabeth King (1792–)
  3. Joseph King (ABOUT 1760–24 Mar 1788)
    m. Sarah Green (–AFTER 7 Jan 1798) · 26 Oct 1780 · Danvers, Massachusetts
    Children: Lydia King (1782–); Sally "Sarah" King (1784–); Hannah King (1788–)
  4. Sparrow King (24 Dec 1769–13 Aug 1799)
    m. Elizabeth Brown (–AFTER 23 Sep 1804) · 30 Oct 1796 · Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts
    Children: Sparrow King (1798–)
  5. Lydia King
  6. Amasa King

Notes

!Death 4 Jan 1798 at Salem, age 66 [Essex "key records" 14:296] !Birth: MFR 16:75 Bentley's diary often refers to "Lydia King, widow", then vol 1:12 (1785 Salem), 1:18: "visited widow King, 7 children, 6 males", 1:90 (30 Mar 1788, death of her son Joseph), 1:98 (1788 "rec'd help"); 1:335 ("Lydia's a church member in Salem"); in 1798: "4 sons, 1 dau. left" [Essex Inst Hist Collection, Vol. xiv, p.292]: "[Left four sons and a daughter, -- one son in Nova Scotia, at Cape Negro,] One dau in Eastham, Cape Cod, Three sons in Salem. She was a Sparrow, born at Eastham, Barnstable ct Mass... removed to Barrington, Nova Scotia and thence to Salem 23 years since. Husband dec'd 15 years." !Census (1790): Salem, Essex Co., Mass.: Lydia King 2M(>=16), 0M(<16), 1F !Census (1790): Salem, Essex Co., Mass.: Lydia King 0M, 2F [The first one is probably her. Son Sparrow is probably with her]

Sources

  1. The Mayflower Descendant · p. 16:75-6