ABBOTT, Lydia^[1]

1760 - 1837  (77 years)

• Name	ABBOTT, Lydia
  Birth	19 May 1760	Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Sep 1837	Maplewood Cemetery, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [2]
  Death	9 Sep 1837	Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [1]
  Age	77 years
  Person ID	I3240	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 1	MORRILL, Nathaniel           b. 11 Jan 1761, South Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 1840, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 78 years)  [3]
  Marriage	29 Mar 1787	Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [3]
  Age at Marriage	She : 26 years and 10 months - He : 26 years and 2 months.
  Children	+ 1. MORRILL, Abigail Moxley           b. 1791, Tunbridge, Orange County, Vermont, USA           d. 20 Apr 1836, Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, USA (Age 45 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. MORRILL, Jeremiah           b. 1796, Chichester, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 17 Aug 1859, Danville, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F1117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 2	STONE, James Sr           b. 31 Oct 1747, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 15 May 1790, Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 42 years)  [1]
  Marriage	April or May 1777	Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 17 years - He : 29 years and 7 months.
  Children	1. STONE, John           b. 22 Feb 1780, Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 21 Dec 1871, Warrensburg, Warren County, New York, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. STONE, James Jr           b. 19 May 1785, Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA           d. 22 Nov 1874, Dunbarton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F5336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family 3	GREENFIELD, Charles             d. 1830  [1]
  Marriage	17 May 1818	Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 58 years - He : ??.
  Family ID	F5337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 19 May 1760 - Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - April or May 1777 - Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 29 Mar 1787 - Pembroke, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Marriage - 17 May 1818 - Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Burial - Sep 1837 - Maplewood Cemetery, Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA Death - 9 Sep 1837 - Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  "History and Genealogy of the Thomas Stone Family" by Earl H. Antes: (Following the death of her husband in 1790), except for bills paid to Dr. Hunter for doctoring Mrs. Stone, we hear no more of the family until 6 April 1804, when a new crisis arose. Mrs. Stone had evidently found a home with some man — "who was willing to father children, but not take care of them—" for she now appears with three illegitimate offspring, a twin boy and girl, and another daughter. Ephraim Morrill bid them all off; the boy Luke until 21 for $5.75, and girl Lydia until 18 for $25, and the widow and her youngest daughter for one year at $35.00. This is the last we hear of them until 1818 when the widow married Charles Greenfield. With him she moved to Boscawen, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire. Life must still have been hard, for when he died in 1830, the selectmen of Boscawen put her in their poorhouse, where she remained until her death." According to the James Stone's Revolutionary War Pension records, Lydia and Charles Greenfield were married by a Justice of the Peace. She later received a widow's pension for her husband's military services and bayonet injury suffered in the Revolutionary War. The Pension rate was $80.00/ year, retroactive to 14 Mar 1831. Ironically this pension was granted 28 Aug 1837 less than 2 weeks before she died on 9 Sep 1837! The total amount received was $523.55, which most likely was eventually divided between her 3 children living at the time. In 1800 widow Lydia (Abbott) Stone was living in Henniker, along with 1 female less than 10 years of age (unknown) and a male over 45 years of age, (father-in-law Thomas Stone). She was remarried 17 May 1818 to Charles Greenfield in Henniker, NH. He died there in 1830. She was chronically ill in her later years and had been living for some time before her death in an Almshouse or Poor Farm in Boscawen, NH. The time and the reason for her move to Boscawen is not known, although many Stone and Greenfield families, possibly related to her, lived in that vicinity. However, most likely she moved there because of financial difficulties, requiring her to be placed in the Almshouse. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Findagrave.com. [S50] Findagrave.com. Created by: Jim Pulver Added: 27 Nov 2012 Find a Grave Memorial# 101371628 [S64] (See) Marriage Record.