Lydia Barstow

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Barstow was born on 27 May 1715, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Job Barstow, was 36 and her mother, Rebeckah Bushnell, was 28. She married William Edgerton on 6 November 1733, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 7 May 1769, in New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 53, and was buried in Plains Cemetery, Franklin, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Edgerton
1710–1760
Lydia Barstow
1715–1769
Marriage: 6 November 1733
Asa Edgerton
1736–1798
Submit Edgerton
1738–1738
Martha Edgerton
1739–1761
Zerviah Edgerton
1741–1760
Alice Edgerton
1744–1794
Rebecca Edgerton
1747–1798
Lebbeus Edgerton
1749–1768
Ezra Edgerton
1752–1802
Lavinia Edgerton
1754–1831
Ariel Edgerton
1757–1838

Sources (22)

  • Lydea Barstow, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Lydia Edgerton, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Lydia Barstow, "Connecticut, Church Records, 1660-1955"

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from a lost place called Bairstow in Southowram, Yorkshire, probably named with Old English beger ‘berry’ + stōw ‘place’. The surname is still most common in Yorkshire.

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

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