Person:Lydia Kilbourne (1)

Immigrated with her parents to Wethersfield in 1635. Mentioned in her mother’s will in 1650. Her husband died before her and there is a record of a deposition made by her at Windsor in 1684 where she gives her age as “70 or thereabouts.”

1. ↑ Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon. The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn. (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1856)
   pages *49-*50.

   'Extracts from the Parish Register of Wood Ditton, Co. Cambridge: ...
   "1616.--Lydia Kylborne, the daughter of Thomas Kylborne and Frances, his wife, was baptized the xiiijth daye of Julye.'

2. ↑ Kilbourne, Payne Kenyon. The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn. (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1856)
   page 42.

   'LYDIA, baptized in Wood Ditton, England, July 14, 1616; came to Wethersfield with her parents in 1635; married Robert Howard of Windsor, Conn., ... He died in 1684. His wife survived him; and in a deposition made by her, at Windsor, Sept. 3, 1684, she says she is "aged 70 years or thereabouts." [citing MS. of N. Goodwin, Esq., Hartford]'