Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Short was born on 20 December 1792, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nicholas Noyes Short, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Morse, was 40. She married Stephen Merrill on 30 November 1811, in Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 4 February 1844, at the age of 51.
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Sources (19)
- Lydia Short, "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924"
- Lydia Short, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Lydia Short, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Spouse and Children
1798–1859 Male
1792–1844 Female
Children (14)
1812– Female
1814–1872 Female
1818–1895 Male
1820–1901 Male
1820–1860 Male
+9 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1749– Male
1752– Female
Siblings (5)
1779– Female
1781–1849 Male
1789– Female
1791– Male
1792–1844 Female
World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 2
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 8
1808
Age 16
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a short person, from Middle English short ‘short’ (Old English sceort).
English: topographic name for someone who lived at a detached or cut-off piece of land (Middle English shorte, shirte, from Old English scierte, scerte, scyrte) or else a habitational name from a place so named, such as Shoart in Harbeldown (Kent) and Shuart in Saint Nicholas at Wade (Kent). Compare Shorter .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr ‘son of the short man’ (see McGirr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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