Lydia Worthen

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Worthen was born on 26 December 1778, in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Michael Worthen, was 20 and her mother, Dorothy Brown, was 15. She married Aaron Whittier about 1804, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 12 May 1873, in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Branch Cemetery, Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Whittier
1779–1842
Lydia Worthen
1778–1873
Marriage: about 1804
Edmund Whittier
1806–1863
Richard Whittier
1810–1838
Harriet Whittier
1813–1876
Mary Whittier Poor
1814–1897
Hazen Whittier
1817–1875
Olive D. Whittier
1817–1897
John Whittier
1818–1873
Alvin Whittier
1825–1835

Sources (10)

  • Lydia Whittier in household of Edmund Whittier, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lydia Worthen, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Lydia Worthen Whittier, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1790

Oldest Grave seen in Memorials List

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Old English worthign ‘enclosure, homestead’ or a habitational name from any of several places so named, such as Worthen in Shropshire or Worthing in Norfolk.

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

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