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Lydia Smith Baker

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Birth	:	18 Jan 1742 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Death	:	24 Sep 1771 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.6878480, -72.0843890
Inscription	:	Septr. 24th AD: 1771: Departed this Life Mrs. Lydia Wife to Mr. Sa- uel Baker, In ye 30th Year of her Age. [Multiple lines of verse] On the day Lydia died she was 29 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "
Description	:	Lydia Smith, dau. of Josiah Smith and Amy Cottrell, b. of record Jan. 18 (bp. Jan. 31), 1741/2 at Windham, Conn. where she d. of record Sept. 24, 1771, Æ 30 (g.s.) On Dec. 8, 1763 at the Scotland Society Ch., then in the town of Windham, Lydia m. as his 1st wife, Samuel Baker, Jr., s. of Dea. Samuel Baker and Prudence Jenkins, b. Sept. 30, 1740 at Barnstable, Mass. They had four children recorded at Windham, Conn.: Erastus, Ephraim, Ethelbert, and an unnamed son who d. the day after its birth. According to the 1934 Hale Conn. Cemetery inventory of... Read More	Lydia Smith, dau. of Josiah Smith and Amy Cottrell, b. of record Jan. 18 (bp. Jan. 31), 1741/2 at Windham, Conn. where she d. of record Sept. 24, 1771, Æ 30 (g.s.) On Dec. 8, 1763 at the Scotland Society Ch., then in the town of Windham, Lydia m. as his 1st wife, Samuel Baker, Jr., s. of Dea. Samuel Baker and Prudence Jenkins, b. Sept. 30, 1740 at Barnstable, Mass. They had four children recorded at Windham, Conn.: Erastus, Ephraim, Ethelbert, and an unnamed son who d. the day after its birth. According to the 1934 Hale Conn. Cemetery inventory of the "old" Scotland Cemetery, in Scotland, Conn. (until 1857 the east part of the Town of Windham), Lydia's then readable gravestone was listed one line before her unmarried sister-in-law Marcy Baker, who d. in 1766, and whose gravestone still exists. As of June 2016 Lydia's gravestone was still intact and discernable having been previously overlooked by prior find-a-grave volunteer photographers. Revised 6/16/2016

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Lydia Smith Baker's memorial is located at: Old Scotland Cemetery North, Scotland, Windham County, USA.
When did Lydia Smith Baker death?
Lydia Smith Baker death on 24 Sep 1771 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
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Latitude: 41.6878480
Longitude: -72.0843890

Family Members:

Parent

Josiah Smith Sr.

(1707 - 1782)

Amy “Ammi” Cottrell Smith

(1709 - 1746)

Spouse

Deacon Samuel Baker Jr.

(1740 - 1812)

Siblings

(1730 - 1797)

(1731 - 1799)

(1733 - 1792)

(1736 - 1815)

(unknow - 1771)

(unknow - 1835)

(1751 - 1782)

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Coordinate: 41.6878480, -72.0843890

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