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Lydia Sylvester 1730–1810 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: August 17, 1730

Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: March 16, 1810

Death Location: Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Benjamin Sylvester

Mother: Elizabeth Liscomb

Spouse(s): Gideon Tower

Children(s): Gideon Tower, Lydia Tower, Sarah Tower, Richard Tower, Ruth Tower, Abigail Tower, Margaret Tower, Benjamin 6GG

In 1730, Lydia Sylvester entered the world in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, born to Benjamin Sylvester And Elizabeth Liscomb. Lydia Sylvester married Gideon Tower, and had children including Abigail Tower, Benjamin Tower 6Gg, Gideon Tower, Lydia Tower, Margaret Tower, Richard Sylvester Tower, Ruth Tower, Sarah Tower. Lydia Sylvester passed away in 1810 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1730, Lydia Sylvester entered the world in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, born to Benjamin Sylvester And Elizabeth Liscomb.
  • Lydia Sylvester married Gideon Tower, and had children including Abigail Tower, Benjamin Tower 6Gg, Gideon Tower, Lydia Tower, Margaret Tower, Richard Sylvester Tower, Ruth Tower, Sarah Tower.
  • Lydia Sylvester passed away in 1810 in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin Sylvester
1698–1776
Birth Location: Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Elizabeth Liscomb
1711–1774
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Gideon Tower
1723–1803
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Gideon Tower
1752–1825
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Lydia Tower
1754–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Sarah Tower
1758–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard Tower
1760–
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Ruth Tower
1762–1823
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Abigail Tower
1772–1854
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Margaret Tower
1777–1843
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Benjamin 6GG
1765–1859
Birth Location: Randolph, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Colony, British Colonial America
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Lydia Sylvester's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Sylvester
1730–1810
Birth Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Benjamin Sylvester
1698–1776
Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Liscomb
1711–1774
Grandparents
Benjamin Sylvester
1657–1733
Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Standlake
–1733
Philip Liscomb
1675–1743
Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Charity Jordan
1678–1742
Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Sr.
1608–1663
Naomi Torrey
1614–1663
John Liscomb
1633–1680
Hannah Hazard
1642–1701
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nehemiah Silvester
1580–1610
Mary Leenard
1585–1610
Phillip Torrey
1580–1621
Alice Richards
1581–1634
Mathew Liscomb
1600–1707
Dorothy Cross
1608–1697
Lawrence (Johnson)
1610–1646
Mary Foxe
1613–1670

Lydia Sylvester's Descendants

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Lydia Sylvester (August 17, 1730–March 16, 1810) m. Gideon Tower (1723–October 16, 1803)
  1. 1. Gideon Tower 1752–1825
  2. 2. Lydia Tower 1754–
  3. 3. Sarah Tower 1758–
  4. 4. Richard (Sylvester) Tower 1760–
  5. 5. Ruth Tower 1762–1823
  6. 6. Abigail Tower 1772–1854
  7. 7. Margaret Tower 1777–1843
  8. 8. Benjamin (Tower ,) 6GG 1765–1859 m. Eunice (Liscom ,) 6GG 1765–1839
    1. 1. Fannie (Liscom) Tower 1787–1816
    2. 2. Lydia Tower 1790–
    3. 3. Mary Tower 1792– m. John Thomas 1792–
    4. 4. Cynthia Tower 1794–
    5. 5. Roxanna Tower 1797–1867
    6. 6. Sarah Tower 1798–
    7. 7. Betsey Tower 1802–
    8. 8. Abigail Tower 1804–
    9. 9. Benjamin Tower 1806–1853
    10. 10. Meriam Tower 1808–
    11. 11. Lucretia Tower 1812–1877
    12. 12. Eunice (H. Tower , 5GG, DNA) Confirmed 1786–1873 m. Gideon (Shattuck , 5GG, EOL, DNA) Confirmed 1782–1818 m. Sarel ("Cyril") Hayward 1769–1849 m. Elisha (A.) Baldwin 1788–1875
      1. 1. Edna (Hayward (DNA) Line) 1824–1897 m. Eliphaz Elmore 1822–1892
        1. 1. Alice (Elizabeth) Elmore 1853–1929 m. Emory (E.) Stacy 1856–1915
        2. 2. Aurelius Elmore 1847–1915
        3. 3. Austin Elmore 1849–1915
        4. 4. Flora (Adela) Elmore 1857–1934
        5. 5. Augusta (Maria) Elmore 1858–1936
        6. 6. Luke (Samuel) Elmore 1863–
        7. 7. James (L.) Elmore 1863–
        8. 8. Julia Elmore 1866–1926
        9. 9. Samuel Elmore 1862–
      2. 2. 1806–1889 m. Adeline (Ward , 4GG, Died from old age, DNA) Confirmed 1814–1888
        1. 1. Newton (Shattuck , Died from drowning in the Grand) River 1849–1854
        2. 2. Pvt. (Edgar Sanderson Shattuck , 3GG, Civil War - Union, Died from cerebral apoplexy & arteriosclerosis\bronchitis, DNA) Confirmed 1842–1926 m. Lucy (Ann Lewis , 3GG, Methodist Episcopal?, Died from chronic myocarditis, DNA) Confirmed 1845–1924
        3. 3. Nelson (Tower Shattuck , Died from prostatitis\bacterial) infection? 1841–1921 m. Winnefred (“Winny”) Judge 1846–1895
        4. 4. Allen (Sibley Shattuck , Died from Brights) Disease 1838–1919 m. Emma (B.) Burrows 1844–1906 m. Maretta Corey 1843–1937
        5. 5. Daniel (W. Shattuck , Civil War - Union P.O.W., Died from barbarous treatment as a) P.O.W. 1838–1865 m. Lavina Corey 1835–1920
        6. 6. Idora (M.) Shattuck 1844–
        7. 7. Charles (Sumner Shattuck , Died from acute dilation of the) liver\nephritis 1856–1943 m. Hattie (M.) Clark 1862–1886 m. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Farrell 1869–
        8. 8. Charles ("Charley" Shattuck , Adopted, Died from burns from falling into hot) ashes 1864–1876
      3. 3. Samuel Shattuck 1805–1818
      4. 4. Gideon (W.?) Shattuck 1808–
        1. 1. Mary (Fidelia) Shattuck 1829–1911 m. George (Washington) Nash 1821–1912
      5. 5. Eunice (Mary) Shattuck 1810–
      6. 6. Martha (Shattuck (DNA) line) 1812–1886 m. Hiram (Abiff) Reed 1806–1886
        1. 1. William (H.) Reed 1850–
        2. 2. George (Washington) Reed 1833–1902
        3. 3. William (Wallace) Reed 1835– m. Mary (Ann) Wade 1841–
        4. 4. Clarissa (A. "Clara" Reed (DNA) line) 1839–1903 m. Justus (Abram) Kellogg 1835–1890 m. Ezekiel (W.) Riggs 1819–1898
        5. 5. Leyman\Lyman (Russell) Reed 1839–1906 m. Adelaide ("Addie\Ada") Sperbeck 1851–
        6. 6. Mary (Ann) Reed 1841–1904 m. Delay (R.) Grennell 1848–
        7. 7. Charles (Edward “Chase” Reed (DNA) line) 1846–1901 m. Mary (A.) Fryer 1835–1904
        8. 8. Henry (Allen Reed (DNA) line) 1847–1921 m. Emeline (Jeanette) Grinnell 1852–1915
        9. 9. Martha (Cordelia) Reed 1848–1905 m. Velorus (Devulson) Grennell 1844–1915
        10. 10. Horace Reed 1856–1863
        11. 11. Edwin Reed 1854–
        12. 12. Frank (Hiram) Reed 1851–1921 m. Euphemia (Arnette) Grennell 1850–1891
      7. 7. Benjamin Shattuck 1814–
      8. 8. Mary (E.) Shattuck 1816–
      9. 9. Abiah Hayward 1822–1822
      10. 10. Edmund (B.) Hayward 1823–1856 m. Johanna Carroll 1816–1894 m. Mary (Jane) Brown 1830–1899
        1. 1. Mary (Adeline) Hayward 1848–1911 m. Samuel (Jones) Stone 1846–1897
        2. 2. Terrell (D.) Hayward 1846–1846
        3. 3. Albert (Carroll) Hayward 1851–1856
        4. 4. Emaline (Abby) Hayward 1850–1856
        5. 5. Rose (Marie) Hayward 1854–1856
        6. 6. Martha (Ann) Hayward 1848–1924 m. Charles Taylor 1854–1930
      11. 11. Dolly Hayward 1825–1910
      12. 12. George (Horace) Hayward 1827–1879
      13. 13. Foster Hayward 1825–1915 m. Johanna Carroll 1816–1894
        1. 1. Rose (Emma) Hayward 1859–1859
        2. 2. William (Foster) Hayward 1861–1962 m. Sarah Murray 1870–1935
      14. 14. Philena (Hayward (DNA) Line) 1831–1913 m. George (Willard) Reed 1824–1899

Lydia Sylvester's Timeline

2 Records

1730
August 17, 1730
Birth of Lydia Sylvester in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1810
March 16, 1810
Age 80
Death of Lydia Sylvester in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: August 17, 1730
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 16, 1810
    Event Place: Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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