Person:Lydia Spaulding (5)

Name	Lydia Spaulding
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	7 Nov 1718	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	19 Apr 1748	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Robert Bates
Death^[2]	6 Jul 1806	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
p. 147.

SPAULDING, Lidiah, d. Edward and Lidiah, [born] Nov. 7, 1718.
↑ Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914)
p. 364.

BATES, Lydia [w. Robert, GR1], old age, [died] July 6, 1806, a. 88 y. CR1 [in her 88th y. GR1]
[Birth about 1718. GR1=Forefathers' Cemetery]
Spalding, Samuel Jones. Spalding memorial (1872): a genealogical history of Edward Spalding of Massachusetts Bay and his descendants. (Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1872)
p. 28.

Children of Edward Spalding and Lydia ---: Lydia, m. 7 Nov 1718, d. 6 Feb 1810 [sic, see comment], m. 19 Apr 1748 Robert Bates.
[Note: there is a death record in Chelmsford is for a "wid. --- Bates" on 13 Apr 1806 (not 6 Feb 1810), a. 93, which doesn't calculate properly. Lydia's own death record is found for 6 Jul 1806 (not 6 Feb 1806) indicating it was recorded both in church records and on a tombstone, age 88 (not 93). It appears the author was confused about these records?]