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Lydia <I>Ward</I> Brigham

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Lydia Ward Brigham

Birth
Death
14 Dec 1750
Mansfield, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Mansfield City, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Her origins are currently unknown by the memorialist. She as "Lydia Ward" m. May 22, 1745 at Mansfield, Conn. as his first wife, Uriah Brigham, and had two children. She d. Dec. 14, 1750, Æ 26, indicating she was b. after Dec. 14, 1724.
Her origins are currently unknown by the memorialist. She as "Lydia Ward" m. May 22, 1745 at Mansfield, Conn. as his first wife, Uriah Brigham, and had two children. She d. Dec. 14, 1750, Æ 26, indicating she was b. after Dec. 14, 1724.

Inscription

In Memory of Mrs.
Lydda Wife of Mr.
Uriah Brigham
Who died Dec:m:r
ye 14th 1750 in ye 26th
Year of her Age.

Based on how age at death was inscribed on gravestones prior to the early 1800s, on the day Lydia died she was 25 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 26, indicating she was b. after Dec. 14, 1724.



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  • Maintained by: Don Blauvelt
  • Originally Created by: Sara
  • Added: Sep 21, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42217346/lydia-brigham: accessed ), memorial page for Lydia Ward Brigham (unknown–14 Dec 1750), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42217346, citing Pink Cemetery, Mansfield City, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939).