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Lydia Sherman 1762–1814 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Feb 1762

Birth Location: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Death Date: 26 Dec 1814

Death Location: Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Nathaniel Sherman

Mother: Susannah Burnap

Spouse(s): Benjamin Wiley

Children(s): Nathaniel Willey, Benjamin Willey, Jacob Sr.

The story of Lydia Sherman began in 1762 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America. Lydia Sherman married Benjamin Wiley, and had children including Benjamin Willey, Jacob Wiley Sr, Nathaniel Sherman Willey. Lydia Sherman passed away in 1814 in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Lydia Sherman began in 1762 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America.
  • Lydia Sherman married Benjamin Wiley, and had children including Benjamin Willey, Jacob Wiley Sr, Nathaniel Sherman Willey.
  • Lydia Sherman passed away in 1814 in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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Lydia Sherman's Ancestors

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Lydia Sherman
1762–1814
Birth Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Parents
Nathaniel Sherman
1730–1809
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colonial America
Susannah Burnap
1736–1768
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Nathaniel (Sherman) Col.
1698–1760
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, English Colonial America
Dorcas Sawyer
1700–1785
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, English Colonial America
Isaac Burnap
1712–1780
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Susannna Emerson
1713–1792
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Sherman
1656–1712
Sarah Huchason
1671–1748
William Sawyer
1674–1718
Dorcas Burnap
1679–1720
Joseph Capt.
1663–1744
Tabitha Eaton
1674–1734
Ebenezer Emerson
1677–1751
Bethia Parker
1685–1715
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel (Judge)
1618–1700
Sarah Mitchell
1621–1665
Robert Burnap
1627–1695
Sarah Brown
1650–1683
John Eaton
1635–1695
Elizabeth Kendall
1642–1688
Joseph Rev.
1620–1680
Elizabeth (Buckley)
1637–1693
Nathaniel Ens
1651–1737
Bethiah Polly
1659–1748

Lydia Sherman's Descendants

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Lydia Sherman (27 Feb 1762–26 Dec 1814) m. Benjamin Wiley (12 December 1763–10 April 1840)
  1. 1. Nathaniel (Sherman) Willey 1785–1814
  2. 2. Benjamin Willey 1787– m. Betsey Parker 1792–1835
  3. 3. Jacob (Wiley) Sr. 1789–1854

Lydia Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1762
27 Feb 1762
Birth of Lydia Sherman in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1814
26 Dec 1814
Age 52
Death of Lydia Sherman in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Feb 1762
    Event Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Death Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911
    [2] Massachusetts, Town Birth Records
    [3] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Dec 1814
    Event Place: Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast

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