Lydia Wadsworth

1679 - 1756  (77 years)

• Name	Lydia Wadsworth
  Birth	13 Feb 1678/79	Duxbury, Plymouth Colony   [2, 3]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (12 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	26 May 1756	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 26 May 1756	Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Myles Standish Burying Ground,  Duxbury, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  	Gravestone of Lydia Peterson
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. Mary Wadsworth,   b. 18 Sep 1668, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   2. Abigail Wadsworth,   b. 25 Oct 1670, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Deacon John Wadsworth,   b. 12 Mar 1671, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 May 1750, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)   4. Christopher Wadsworth,   b. 15 Mar 1685, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Before 1748  (Age 62 years)   5. Ichabod Wadsworth,   b. Mar 1687, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Aug 1746, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years)   6. Isaac Wadsworth + 7. Lydia Wadsworth,   b. 13 Feb 1678/79, Duxbury, Plymouth Colony d. 26 May 1756, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 77 years) ▻ Jonathan Peterson,  m. 1701   8. Sarah Wadsworth   9. Grace Wadsworth   10. Hopestill Wadsworth   11. Mercy Wadsworth
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Christopher Wadsworth   (Grandfather)  Elizabeth  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2387	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Pratt (1999) gives her birth date as 23 February 1669. [3]

  
  

Father	Deacon John Wadsworth,   b. 1638, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 May 1700, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 62 years)
Mother	Abigail Andrews,   b. 1647   d. 24 Nov 1723 to 25 Nov 1723, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 76 years)
Family ID	F1860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Jonathan Peterson,   b. 1674, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 30 Sep 1760 (Age 86 years)
Marriage	1701	Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3, 4]
Age at Marriage	She : ~ 21 years and 10 months - He : ~ 27 years.
Notes	Marriage Date: Brown (1916) states He married, after 23 Apr. 1700. [1]
Children	3 sons and 3 daughters
+   1. John Peterson,   b. 22 Aug 1701, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Ruth Delano  m. 21 Aug 1726 >   2. Hopestill Peterson,   b. 30 Jan 1703, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Joshua Delano  m. Yes, date unknow >   3. Jonathan Peterson,   b. 2 Sep 1706, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 May 1765, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 58 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   4. Reuben Peterson,   b. 8 Apr 1710, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rebecca Simmons  m. 6 Jul 1732     5. Alice Peterson  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     6. Lydia Peterson,   b. About 1713  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F1856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	2 Aug 2025




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Lydia Wadsworth(13 Feb 1678/79 – 1756) 2Deacon John Wadsworth(1638 – 1700) 4Christopher Wadsworth 5Grace Cole 3Abigail Andrews(1647 – 1723) 6Joseph Andrews 7Elizabeth

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Feb 1678/79 - Duxbury, Plymouth Colony Marriage - 1701 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 26 May 1756 - Duxbury, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Burial - Aft 26 May 1756 - Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S2251] Browne, William Bradford. "The Peterson Family of Duxbury, Mass.", (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume LXX, April 1916). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 21786355 Lydia Wadsworth Peterson. [S1239] Pratt, Melvyn. Report to Eddy Family Reunion 1999, (Polo Alto, California: manuscript, 1999). [S910] Winsor, Justin. History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts with Genealogical Registers, (Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1849).