Family:James Stockwell and Lydia Ball (1)

Parents: James Stockwell and Elizabeth Newton James Stockwell b. Abt 1780 Massachusetts, United States d. 6 Dec 1827 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Jonas Ball and Mehitable Latham Lydia Ball b. 23 Dec 1783 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 Oct 1861 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

Aft 20 Oct 1804

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Elizabeth Stockwell	12 Jun 1807 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	5 May 1812 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
2.	James Stockwell	23 Feb 1814 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States	27 Sep 1872 Warwick, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Warwick (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1739-1900
Vol. 1, p. 155.

James Stockwell Jun. [of] Warwick Entered his Intentions of Marriage With Lydia Ball of s'd Warwick } Oct. 20th 1804.
Source:Allred, Marilyn. Town of Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Genealogical Records 1739-1900, Births, Marriages,, p. 267, adds an apparently fictitious child to this family: "Lydia, b. 1817, d. 2 Oct 1817". The family register found on Vol. 2, p. 206 of Warwick records shows the death of Lydia Stockwell, crammed on the end of the line showing the birth of her son James, with death date Oct 2 18??. There is no birth for Lydia, and the year does not look like 1817. The "Oct 2'd" suggests it is the death of the mother who died 2 Oct 1861, and 1861 looks far more like the unreadable year than 1817 does. There is no gravestone listed in Find A Grave for such a daughter, and the absence of a birth record suggests Allred created a fictitious daughter arising from misinterpreting the death year.