Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Foote was born in 1724, in Colchester, New London, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ephraim Foote, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Chamberlain, was 31. She married Thomas Smith Jr. on 15 June 1746, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1816, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 92.
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- Lydia Foot, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Lydia Foot in entry for Thomas Smith, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Lydia in entry for Zeruiah Smith, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.
English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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