Person:Alethea Wetmore (1)

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Alethea Wetmore
d.1766
m. 5 Nov 1718
  1. James Wetmore1727 - 1798
  2. Alethea Wetmore1730 - 1766
  3. Anne Wetmore1732 -
  4. Charity Wetmore1734 - 1760
  5. Esther Wetmore1736 -
  6. Timothy Wetmore1737 - 1820
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Name Alethea Wetmore
Gender Female
Birth? 1730 Rye, Westchester, New York, United States
Marriage to Rev. Joseph Lamson
Death? 1766
References
  1.   Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
    Oct 1701-May 1745, 133-138.

    JAMES WETMORE ...married in 1718 Anna, the eldest child of the Rev. Josiah Dwight ...

    Their children were two sons and four daughters, all of whom survived their father.

    The eldest daughter married the Rev. Joseph Lamson, (Y. C. 1741), Mr. Wetmore's assistant for a few years. A letter from the Rev. Mr. Winslow, Missionary of the Venerable Society at Stratford, Connecticut, written in the July after Mr. Wetmore's decease, speaks of him “as a gentleman of extensive usefulness, a father and exemplary pattern to the clergy in those parts.” ...