Brief Life History of Lydia
Lydia Briggs was born about 1783, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. She married Russell Barker Beadle about 1804, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 30 June 1812, in Herkimer, New York, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Smithville Flats Cemetery, Smithville Flats, Chenango, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Lydia Beadle, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1779–1858 Male
1783–1812 Female
Children (2)
1806–1860 Female
1807– Male
World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
Age 0
1791
Age 8
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 11
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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