Brief Life History of Lydia
Lydia Stone was born about 1776, in New York, United States. She married Roswell Knowlton in 1795. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hamilton, Hamilton, Madison, New York, United States in 1840 and Persia, Persia, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1850. She died after 1850, at the age of 8224.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Lydia Stone, "United States Census, 1840"
- Lydia Knowlton in household of Jeremiah Pairce, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
1771–1839 Male
1776–1850 Female
Children (6)
1796– Male
1798– Male
1801–1862 Female
1802–1881 Male
1804–1866 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1776
Age 0
1776
Age 0
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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