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Mrs Lydia <I>Chipman</I> Swift

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Mrs Lydia Chipman Swift

Birth
Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Jun 1790 (aged 82)
Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.8756959, Longitude: -72.8600236
Plot
Old Section: Row 7; Lot C
Memorial ID
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wife of Mr. Zephaniah Swift
who died June 23d, 1790
in the 82d year of her age

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Some dates were found at the following website:
http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/derby_ct5.htm

The following inscriptions were copied by Rev Zephaniah Swift in Sept. 1836, from monuments then standing in the Wilmington, Vt., grave yard; the subjects being of his grandfather's family:

* SWIFT, ZEPHANIAH, died May 9, 1781, in the 78th year of his age.
* LYDIA, wife of Zephaniah Swift, died June 23, 1790, in 82d year of her age.
* MARY, wife of Chipman Swift, Esq., died Jan. 22, 1813, in her 65th year.
* SWIFT, POLLY, died Dec. 23, 1781, in 3d year of her age.
* SWIFT, CHIPMAN, Jr., died Apr. 5, 1784, in the 2d year of his age.
* Lucy, dau. of Chipman and Mary Swift, died Apr. 12, 1790, in 17th year of her age.
* SALLY, wife of John Rice, died Oct. 2, 1825, in 39th year of her age.
* SWIFT, LYDIA, died Dec. 29, 1828, aged 53.
wife of Mr. Zephaniah Swift
who died June 23d, 1790
in the 82d year of her age

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Some dates were found at the following website:
http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/derby_ct5.htm

The following inscriptions were copied by Rev Zephaniah Swift in Sept. 1836, from monuments then standing in the Wilmington, Vt., grave yard; the subjects being of his grandfather's family:

* SWIFT, ZEPHANIAH, died May 9, 1781, in the 78th year of his age.
* LYDIA, wife of Zephaniah Swift, died June 23, 1790, in 82d year of her age.
* MARY, wife of Chipman Swift, Esq., died Jan. 22, 1813, in her 65th year.
* SWIFT, POLLY, died Dec. 23, 1781, in 3d year of her age.
* SWIFT, CHIPMAN, Jr., died Apr. 5, 1784, in the 2d year of his age.
* Lucy, dau. of Chipman and Mary Swift, died Apr. 12, 1790, in 17th year of her age.
* SALLY, wife of John Rice, died Oct. 2, 1825, in 39th year of her age.
* SWIFT, LYDIA, died Dec. 29, 1828, aged 53.

Inscription

All you advanced in year
You healthy and robust
Are tottering around the grave
And soon must turn to dust



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  • Created by: Linda Church
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56615783/lydia-swift: accessed ), memorial page for Mrs Lydia Chipman Swift (9 Jun 1708–23 Jun 1790), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56615783, citing Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Windham County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Linda Church (contributor 47249283).