Person:Lydia Merriman (1)
Lydia Merriman
b.12 Nov 1702 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d.25 Dec 1785 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jul 1690
  1. Sergeant Moses Merriman1691 - 1743/44
  2. Elizabeth Merriman1693 - 1775
  3. Captain Eliasaph Merriman1695 - 1758
  4. Hannah Merriman1697 - 1738
  5. Phebe Merriman1699 - 1772
  6. Lydia Merriman1701 -
  7. Lydia Merriman1702 - 1785
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1723
  1. Mary Cook1722/23 - 1722/23
  2. Mamre Cook1723 -
  3. Phebe CookEst 1725 -
  4. Lydia Cook1726 - 1752
  5. Mary Cook1728 - 1812
  6. Ephraim Cook1730 - 1789
  7. Tirzah Cook1733 -
  8. Elam Cook1735 - 1808
  9. Elizabeth Cook1738 -
  10. John Cook1739 - 1764
  11. Merriman CookAbt 1741 -
  12. Thankful Cook1742 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Lydia Merriman
Married Name Mrs. Lydia Cook
Gender Female
Birth[2] 12 Nov 1702 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1723 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (probably)[Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.]
to Captain Ephraim Cook
Death[2] 25 Dec 1785 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesage 84 -
Burial[2][3] Hillside Cemetery, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. ↑ Merriman, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    5:1168.

    "Lydia (Merriman), b. 12 Nov 1702 (Wallingford Vital Records), …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cook, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    2:436.

    "… Lydia da. Caleb & Mary (Preston) Merriman, … d 25 Dec 1785 (church record, Congregational Society, Cheshire), æ. 84 (gravestone, Old graveyard, Cheshire)."

  3. ↑ Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [Includes headstone photo which is difficult to read. Inscription: IN MEMORY OF. MRS. LYDIA COOK. CONSORT TO CAPT. EPHRAIM COOK. (illegible).]

  4.   Family Recorded, in Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780. (Meriden, Connecticut: C.H.S. Davis, 1870).

    Vol 1, p 675 -
    14. EPHRAIM.
    EPHRAIM COOK, son of Samuel and Mary Cook, married Lydia Doolittle. She died Dec. 25, 1785, ae. 84 years. He died March 22, 1774, ae. 75 years. He was licensed by the county court, April 24, 1727, to prosecute the business of tanning and dressing leather in Cheshire. ...
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    [cos1776 Note of Caution: Davis' maiden name of "Doolittle" does not agree with later researchers. He does not specify a source for this name or her parents. There is no marriage record for Lydia and Ephraim Cook in Barbour's Wallingford VRs to provide us evidence of the surname Doolittle.]

  5.   Wallingford Vital Records, 1670-1850, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Vol 48.

    [No marriage record for Ephraim and Lydia in this source.]
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    p 95 - Mary, d. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Feb. 9, 1723 - Vol 2, p 791.
    p 95 - Mary, d. Ephraim & Lidea, d. Feb. 13, 172[ ] - Vol 2, p 782.
    p 94 - Mamre, d. Ephariem [sic] & Lydia, b. Dec. 21, 1723 - Vol 2, p 792.
    p 94 - Lidea, d. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Mar. 2, 1726 - Vol 5, p 514.
    p 94 - Lidea, m. Jason HITCHCOCK, Sept. 20, 1743 - Vol 8, p 535.
    p 95 - Mary, d. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Apr. 7, 1728 - Vol 5, p 519.
    p 95 - Mary, m. John SMITH, Oct. 26, 1746 - Vol 8, p 535.
    p 89 - Ephraim, s. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Sept. 7, 1730 - Vol 5, p 525.
    p 88 - Elam, s. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Nov. 10, 1735 - Vol 5, p 532.
    p 88 - Elisabeth, d. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Feb, 10, 1738 - Vol 5, p 540.
    p 92 - John, s. Ephraim & Lidea, b. Dec. 29, 1739 - Vol 5, p 546.

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