Lydia Nunn

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Nunn was born in 1788, in Greene, Georgia, United States, her father, John Nunn, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Eliza Pratt, was 38. She married Zephaniah Johns in 1808, in Greene, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 1850, in Wilkinson, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Zephaniah Johns
1787–1853
Lydia Nunn
1788–1850
Marriage: 1808
James Carlton Johns
1811–
Jonathan Johns
1813–1904
William Peter John
1814–1861
Elizabeth Johns
1822–1885
Frances E. Johns
1822–
Samuel Joseph Johns
1831–1862
Melissa J Johns
1832–1893

Sources (1)

  • Lidia Johns in household of Zephniah Johns, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1803

Historical Boundaries: 1803: Wilkinson, Georgia, United States

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English (mainly East Anglia): nickname for a pious or demure man from Middle English nunne, nonne, occasionally none, noune, and nowne ‘nun’.

German: from an Old High German personal name Nunno, said to be a nursery word.

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

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