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Mehitable Child 1719–1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 January 1719

Birth Location: Woodstock, CT

Death Date: 17 Apr 1789

Death Location: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA

Father: Ephriam Child

Mother: Priscilla Harris

Spouse(s): Nehemiah Lyon

Children(s): Levina Lyon, Elisha Lyon

The story of Mehitable Child began in 1719 in Woodstock, CT. Mehitable Child married Nehemiah Lyon, and had children including Elisha Lyon, Levina Lyon. Mehitable Child passed away in 1789 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Mehitable Child began in 1719 in Woodstock, CT.
  • Mehitable Child married Nehemiah Lyon, and had children including Elisha Lyon, Levina Lyon.
  • Mehitable Child passed away in 1789 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mehitable Child's Ancestors

Self
Mehitable Child
1719–1789
Birth Place: Woodstock, CT
Parents
Ephriam Child
1683–1759
Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Priscilla Harris
1684–1780
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Benjamin Child
1658–1723
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
GRACE Morris
1661–1723
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Daniel Harris
1652–1733
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Joanna (Brewer or) BROWN?
1663–1707
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Childe
1631–1678
Mary Bowen
1635–1707
EDWARD Morris
1630–1690
Grace Bett
1634–1705
Robert Harris
1618–1701
Elizabeth Boughey
1622–1701
Nathaniel Brewer
1635–1692
Elizabeth Rand
1639–1702
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Benjamin DNA
1591–1658
Sarah DNA
1609–1685
Griffith Bowen
1600–
Margaret Fleming
1600–1675
Thomas Morris
1608–1638
Grace Hewsone
1610–1710
Thomas Betts
1602–1688
Mary Bridge???
1606–1706
Robert robert
1586–1599
Joan Whately
1587–1644
FRANCIS Boughie
1590–
Daniel Brewer
1605–1689
Joanna Morrill
1602–1688
Robert Rand
1601–1694
Alice Sharpe
1593–1691

Mehitable Child's Descendants

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Mehitable Child (8 January 1719–17 Apr 1789) m. Nehemiah Lyon (1719–1 October 1807)
  1. 1. Levina Lyon 1750–1788 m. Peleg Corbin 1749–1816
    1. 1. john (lyon) phillips 1774–1854
      1. 1. Susan (ann) phillips 1816–1873 m. Ross 1803–
        1. 1. margaret (susan) Ross 1841–1917
        2. 2. Maria Ross 1842–1932
        3. 3. John (miller) Ross 1846–1887 m. eliza ethridge 1844–
        4. 4. Rupert (G) Ross 1850–
        5. 5. edward (james) Ross 1857– m. Sarah (Mcdow) Dillon 1870–
        6. 6. alfred Ross 1857–1950
        7. 7. lydia (ann) Ross 1858–1934
      2. 2. john (alvin) phillips 1799–1871
      3. 3. david phillips 1808–1884
      4. 4. henry phillips 1810–
      5. 5. stephen phillips 1814–
      6. 6. esther phillips 1822–
        1. 1. john (reuben) shaw 1847–1937 m. burton 1859– m. Elizabeth (Alise) Burton 1848–
        2. 2. james (H) shaw 1850–1925
        3. 3. david shaw 1852–
        4. 4. thomas shaw 1854–
        5. 5. armenia shaw 1856–
        6. 6. elisa shaw 1859– m. James Burton 1855–
      7. 7. samuel phillips 1823–1922
      8. 8. reuben phillips 1825–1891
      9. 9. benjamin phillips 1829–1888
      10. 10. charles (frederick) phillips 1831–1923
      11. 11. james (uriah) phillips 1834–1871
    2. 2. Eliakim (Lyon) Corbin 1777–1841 m. Lodama Rathbone 1783–1864
      1. 1. Abel (Rathbone) Corbin 1808–1880
      2. 2. Horace Corbin 1806–1882
      3. 3. Eli (Lyon) Corbin 1812–1886
    3. 3. Patty Corbin 1774–1844
    4. 4. Priscilla Corbin 1776–
    5. 5. Ichabod Corbin 1780–
    6. 6. Aaron Corbin 1781–
    7. 7. Levina Corbin 1786–
  2. 2. Elisha Lyon 1744–1767

Mehitable Child's Timeline

2 Records

1719
8 January 1719
Birth of Mehitable Child in Woodstock, CT
Woodstock, CT
1789
17 Apr 1789
Age 70
Death of Mehitable Child in Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
Woodstock, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 January 1719
    Event Place: Woodstock, CT
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions
    [3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1719; Birth city: Woodstock; Birth state: CT
    [4] Family Data Collection - Births
    [5] Millennium File
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families, of the Past and Present in the United States and the Canadas, From 1630 to 1881
    [8] Connecticut, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1789
    Event Place: Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions
    [3] Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts
    [4] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1719; Birth city: Woodstock; Birth state: CT
    [5] Millennium File
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] Connecticut, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Connecticut, Find a Grave Index

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