Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Lord was born on 13 November 1695, in Saybrook, British Colonial America, her father, Benjamin Lord Sr., was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Pratt, was 22. She died on 26 January 1696, in her hometown, at the age of 0.
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- The Boston Transcript, 'Massachusetts Newspapers, 1704-1974' on MyHeritage
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English laford, louerd, lord ‘lord, master’ (Old English hlāford), perhaps given to a someone who played the part of the lord or master of ceremonies in festival games.
Irish: adoption of the English name (see 1 above) as a translation of the main element of Gaelic Ó Tighearnaigh (see Tierney ) and Mac Thighearnáin (see McKiernan ).
Americanized form of French Laure, a variant of the personal name Laur 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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