When Lavina Winship was born on 9 August 1789, in Broome, New York, United States, her father, Jabez Lathrop Winship, was 36 and her mother, Hannah Forsythe, was 37. She married John Conner on 13 March 1813, in Franklin, Indiana Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 3 April 1842, in Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States.