Lydia Marr

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Marr was born about 2 July 1766, in Scarborough, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, James Marr, was 40 and her mother, Lydia Hill, was 38. She married George Fogg on 1 July 1785, in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1806, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

George Fogg
1761–1842
Lydia Marr
1766–1806
Marriage: 1 July 1785
Luther R. Fogg
1786–1854
Calvin Fogg Sr
1788–1856
Margaret Fogg
1790–1832
Catherine Fogg
1792–1863
Reuben Fogg
1797–1869
Elizabeth Fogg
1798–
George Fogg
1800–1877
John Fogg
1802–1888

Sources (2)

  • Lydea Mans, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
  • Lydea Marrs, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the district of Mar in Aberdeenshire, an ancient tribal name probably based on a Brittonic personal name Marsos. There may have been confusion with Mair 2.

English: habitational name from one or other of various places called from Old Norse marr ‘fen, marsh’, such as Marr, High and Low Marr in Wheldrake, and The Marrs in Swine (all Yorkshire).

German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Marro.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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