Lydia was the second wife of Col. Zebulon Butler (md Aug 1775) who commanded the patriot forces in the battle of Wyoming
Jul 3,1778. After the massacre her husband withdrew from the valley with the remnant of the Continental force, taking her with him on horseback, they making their way across the wilderness to Connecticut. She returned three years later to Wyoming, where she died in 1781 of a prevailing fever. They had only one child, Cap. Zebulon Butler, who married Jemima, daughter of Jabez Fish.
Lydia's father, Rev. Jacob Johnson, also in Wyoming, took his family and grandson, Zebulon Johnson Butler, and returned to Groton, CT where he remained three years before returning to the Wyoming Valley.
(Rev. Jacob Johnson of Walllingford, CT, and Wilkes-Barre, PA, by F. C. Johnson, M.D., Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Jul 3,1778. After the massacre her husband withdrew from the valley with the remnant of the Continental force, taking her with him on horseback, they making their way across the wilderness to Connecticut. She returned three years later to Wyoming, where she died in 1781 of a prevailing fever. They had only one child, Cap. Zebulon Butler, who married Jemima, daughter of Jabez Fish.
Lydia's father, Rev. Jacob Johnson, also in Wyoming, took his family and grandson, Zebulon Johnson Butler, and returned to Groton, CT where he remained three years before returning to the Wyoming Valley.
(Rev. Jacob Johnson of Walllingford, CT, and Wilkes-Barre, PA, by F. C. Johnson, M.D., Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Lydia was the second wife of Col. Zebulon Butler (md Aug 1775) who commanded the patriot forces in the battle of Wyoming
Jul 3,1778. After the massacre her husband withdrew from the valley with the remnant of the Continental force, taking her with him on horseback, they making their way across the wilderness to Connecticut. She returned three years later to Wyoming, where she died in 1781 of a prevailing fever. They had only one child, Cap. Zebulon Butler, who married Jemima, daughter of Jabez Fish.
Lydia's father, Rev. Jacob Johnson, also in Wyoming, took his family and grandson, Zebulon Johnson Butler, and returned to Groton, CT where he remained three years before returning to the Wyoming Valley.
(Rev. Jacob Johnson of Walllingford, CT, and Wilkes-Barre, PA, by F. C. Johnson, M.D., Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Jul 3,1778. After the massacre her husband withdrew from the valley with the remnant of the Continental force, taking her with him on horseback, they making their way across the wilderness to Connecticut. She returned three years later to Wyoming, where she died in 1781 of a prevailing fever. They had only one child, Cap. Zebulon Butler, who married Jemima, daughter of Jabez Fish.
Lydia's father, Rev. Jacob Johnson, also in Wyoming, took his family and grandson, Zebulon Johnson Butler, and returned to Groton, CT where he remained three years before returning to the Wyoming Valley.
(Rev. Jacob Johnson of Walllingford, CT, and Wilkes-Barre, PA, by F. C. Johnson, M.D., Wilkes-Barre, PA)
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