Person:Lydia Coffeen (1)

Lydia was 12 years old when her father was killed, she and her brothers, Moses and David, inherited adjacent parcels of land in Acworth. On September 16, 1784, at the age of 14, she and her sister, Lucy, chose as guardians for themselves, Simon Brooks, Jr., of Alstead, New Hampshire, while other minor children of her father became wards of other men including William Markham, Jonathan Pierce and Captain John Coffeen.

In October, 1787, Lydia Coffeen's brother, Moses, sold to Silas Joy, Jr., the land which he had inherited adjoining that inherited by Lydia and sharing the buildings thereon.

In November, 1788, Silas and Lydia Joy sold to Moses Coffeen the land which Silas Joy, Jr. had purchased thirteen months earlier together with an adjoining portion of Lydia's inherited land. This serves to identify Lydia, the wife of Silas Joy, Jr., with Lydia, daughter of Henry Coffeen. They left Grantham, New Hampshire and were at Cavendish about 1790 (according to that census record, with a young male child). They moved soon after to Herkimer County, New York. Silas died before 1800, leaving Lydia a widow with three young sons. Lydia married her second husband, Noah Hutchins of Schuyler, New York, who also was a widower. Lydia was buried in Corners Cemetery. Information above provided by Linda M. Welch via internet in August of 1996. For further information see " Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton" by Marvin Clayton Hutchins