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Lydia Hodges

Birth
England
Death
27 Sep 1686 (aged 80–81)
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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aka Lydia Brown . . . His [i.e., Abraham Brown's] wid., Lydia, m., Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich (proprietor of Ipswich in 1639, where his wife, Ann, d. Nov. 15, 1658). He died Dec. 1665, and his wid. returned to Wat., where she d. Sept. 27, 1686. By wife LYDIA, he (A.B.) had 6 chil., of whom, at least one, and probably two were b. in England. The earliest record of a birth in Wat. was that of his dr. Lydia. . . . The earliest mention of a burying-place, in the town records, is July 5, 1642, . . . what is now known as The Old Graveyard of Watertown. . . . it was the only one in the town . . . for more than seventy years. In it repose the remains of the Puritan progenitors and kindred . . . from Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown (1855)
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aka Lydia Brown . . . His [i.e., Abraham Brown's] wid., Lydia, m., Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges, of Ipswich (proprietor of Ipswich in 1639, where his wife, Ann, d. Nov. 15, 1658). He died Dec. 1665, and his wid. returned to Wat., where she d. Sept. 27, 1686. By wife LYDIA, he (A.B.) had 6 chil., of whom, at least one, and probably two were b. in England. The earliest record of a birth in Wat. was that of his dr. Lydia. . . . The earliest mention of a burying-place, in the town records, is July 5, 1642, . . . what is now known as The Old Graveyard of Watertown. . . . it was the only one in the town . . . for more than seventy years. In it repose the remains of the Puritan progenitors and kindred . . . from Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown (1855)
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