Lydia is presumed buried with her husband, James Ireland, Sr. See his memorial for a discussion of the whereabouts of his final resting place.
Lydia lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. She was married and widowed 2 times, once to a sailor and once to a Revolutionary Militiaman and farmer, and had 9 children. She has hundreds of descendants, if not thousands, yet little is known of her birth family.
"Lydia Smith had married a Dutch sailor when she was 17. [Last name Van Emmons] Two months later, his ship started to Europe and was never heard of again. Lydia walked the widow's walk for two years. Some years later, she was married to James Ireland and moved to Pennsylvania. She went with her husband to Cincinnati [Ohio], Miami [Ohio], [and] Jackson County, Indiana." (letter from Emma Arnold to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia may have been the youngest sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. If she is, though, she was born when Rev. William Smith was 59, Elizabeth Quincy Adams was 45, and Lydia's older siblings ranged between 27 and 17 years old. Despite family oral history, official genealogies do not list her as a child of this famous family. Instead, she may have been a relative that was orphaned and raised by the family.
Here are some of the stories supporting the claim she was related to Abigail:
"James & Lydia were living in Philadelphia when John Adams was elected president [1796] and she said she wouldn't live in Phil. and be the poor sister-in-law to the president. When he moved capitol from N.Y. to Phil., so they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1800 later to Ja. [Jackson] Co. Ind." (Letter from James A Roberts, 2G Grandson of Lydia, to Charleen Ireland)
"Lydia lived with her son Abraham east of Brownstown when John Q Adams ran for president in 1824. He stopped for a few days to visit my G. Grandmother, his cousin Abe, James Jr. [and] his Aunt Lydia" (a different letter from James A Roberts to Charleen Ireland)
"Her nephew, John Quincy Adams [US President 1825-1829], visited her at the home [in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana] of her son, Abraham Ireland, the previous summer [to her death in 1826] while he was campaigning in the midwest." [JQA would have actually been campaigning in 1824. Abraham was 23 in 1824, had married about that same year, had first child in 1827] (letter from Emma Arnold, to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. She was married and widowed 2 times, once to a sailor and once to a Revolutionary Militiaman and farmer, and had 9 children. She has hundreds of descendants, if not thousands, yet little is known of her birth family.
"Lydia Smith had married a Dutch sailor when she was 17. [Last name Van Emmons] Two months later, his ship started to Europe and was never heard of again. Lydia walked the widow's walk for two years. Some years later, she was married to James Ireland and moved to Pennsylvania. She went with her husband to Cincinnati [Ohio], Miami [Ohio], [and] Jackson County, Indiana." (letter from Emma Arnold to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia may have been the youngest sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. If she is, though, she was born when Rev. William Smith was 59, Elizabeth Quincy Adams was 45, and Lydia's older siblings ranged between 27 and 17 years old. Despite family oral history, official genealogies do not list her as a child of this famous family. Instead, she may have been a relative that was orphaned and raised by the family.
Here are some of the stories supporting the claim she was related to Abigail:
"James & Lydia were living in Philadelphia when John Adams was elected president [1796] and she said she wouldn't live in Phil. and be the poor sister-in-law to the president. When he moved capitol from N.Y. to Phil., so they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1800 later to Ja. [Jackson] Co. Ind." (Letter from James A Roberts, 2G Grandson of Lydia, to Charleen Ireland)
"Lydia lived with her son Abraham east of Brownstown when John Q Adams ran for president in 1824. He stopped for a few days to visit my G. Grandmother, his cousin Abe, James Jr. [and] his Aunt Lydia" (a different letter from James A Roberts to Charleen Ireland)
"Her nephew, John Quincy Adams [US President 1825-1829], visited her at the home [in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana] of her son, Abraham Ireland, the previous summer [to her death in 1826] while he was campaigning in the midwest." [JQA would have actually been campaigning in 1824. Abraham was 23 in 1824, had married about that same year, had first child in 1827] (letter from Emma Arnold, to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia is presumed buried with her husband, James Ireland, Sr. See his memorial for a discussion of the whereabouts of his final resting place.
Lydia lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. She was married and widowed 2 times, once to a sailor and once to a Revolutionary Militiaman and farmer, and had 9 children. She has hundreds of descendants, if not thousands, yet little is known of her birth family.
"Lydia Smith had married a Dutch sailor when she was 17. [Last name Van Emmons] Two months later, his ship started to Europe and was never heard of again. Lydia walked the widow's walk for two years. Some years later, she was married to James Ireland and moved to Pennsylvania. She went with her husband to Cincinnati [Ohio], Miami [Ohio], [and] Jackson County, Indiana." (letter from Emma Arnold to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia may have been the youngest sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. If she is, though, she was born when Rev. William Smith was 59, Elizabeth Quincy Adams was 45, and Lydia's older siblings ranged between 27 and 17 years old. Despite family oral history, official genealogies do not list her as a child of this famous family. Instead, she may have been a relative that was orphaned and raised by the family.
Here are some of the stories supporting the claim she was related to Abigail:
"James & Lydia were living in Philadelphia when John Adams was elected president [1796] and she said she wouldn't live in Phil. and be the poor sister-in-law to the president. When he moved capitol from N.Y. to Phil., so they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1800 later to Ja. [Jackson] Co. Ind." (Letter from James A Roberts, 2G Grandson of Lydia, to Charleen Ireland)
"Lydia lived with her son Abraham east of Brownstown when John Q Adams ran for president in 1824. He stopped for a few days to visit my G. Grandmother, his cousin Abe, James Jr. [and] his Aunt Lydia" (a different letter from James A Roberts to Charleen Ireland)
"Her nephew, John Quincy Adams [US President 1825-1829], visited her at the home [in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana] of her son, Abraham Ireland, the previous summer [to her death in 1826] while he was campaigning in the midwest." [JQA would have actually been campaigning in 1824. Abraham was 23 in 1824, had married about that same year, had first child in 1827] (letter from Emma Arnold, to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. She was married and widowed 2 times, once to a sailor and once to a Revolutionary Militiaman and farmer, and had 9 children. She has hundreds of descendants, if not thousands, yet little is known of her birth family.
"Lydia Smith had married a Dutch sailor when she was 17. [Last name Van Emmons] Two months later, his ship started to Europe and was never heard of again. Lydia walked the widow's walk for two years. Some years later, she was married to James Ireland and moved to Pennsylvania. She went with her husband to Cincinnati [Ohio], Miami [Ohio], [and] Jackson County, Indiana." (letter from Emma Arnold to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
Lydia may have been the youngest sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams. If she is, though, she was born when Rev. William Smith was 59, Elizabeth Quincy Adams was 45, and Lydia's older siblings ranged between 27 and 17 years old. Despite family oral history, official genealogies do not list her as a child of this famous family. Instead, she may have been a relative that was orphaned and raised by the family.
Here are some of the stories supporting the claim she was related to Abigail:
"James & Lydia were living in Philadelphia when John Adams was elected president [1796] and she said she wouldn't live in Phil. and be the poor sister-in-law to the president. When he moved capitol from N.Y. to Phil., so they moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1800 later to Ja. [Jackson] Co. Ind." (Letter from James A Roberts, 2G Grandson of Lydia, to Charleen Ireland)
"Lydia lived with her son Abraham east of Brownstown when John Q Adams ran for president in 1824. He stopped for a few days to visit my G. Grandmother, his cousin Abe, James Jr. [and] his Aunt Lydia" (a different letter from James A Roberts to Charleen Ireland)
"Her nephew, John Quincy Adams [US President 1825-1829], visited her at the home [in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana] of her son, Abraham Ireland, the previous summer [to her death in 1826] while he was campaigning in the midwest." [JQA would have actually been campaigning in 1824. Abraham was 23 in 1824, had married about that same year, had first child in 1827] (letter from Emma Arnold, to Charleen Ireland, 1980)
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