Person:Lydia Huntley (7)

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m. 28 Nov 1790
  1. Lydia Howard Huntley1791 - 1865
  • H.  Charles Sigourney (add)
  • WLydia Howard Huntley1791 - 1865
m. 16 Jun 1819
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Name Lydia Howard Huntley
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1 Sep 1791 Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 16 Jun 1819 to Charles Sigourney (add)
Death? 10 Jun 1865 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Known as "the Sweet Singer of Hartford," Lydia Sigourney was a prolific writer who published over fifty books before her death.

Some of her work.... Traits of the Aborigines of America, 1822; Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years Since, 1824; Poems, 1827; Zinzendorff and Other Poems, 1835; Illustrated Poems, 1848; Past Meridian, 1854; Lucy Howard's Journal, 1858; Letters of Life, 1866.

Lydia Sigourney: Selected Poetry and Prose. Kelly, Gary. ed. Peterborough, ON: Broadview, 2008.

Wikipedia [1]

References
  1. , in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Hartford, Conn.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913)
    Vol.1 p.516.

    "Lydia the Daughter of Ezekiel Huntley & of Zerviah his wife was born September 1st 1791."