Individual Details

Lydia Simpson

(7 Oct 1774 - 30 Jun 1869)

She was a woman of great personal beauty and unusual energy, vigor and perspicacity. Her mental characteristics were transmitted to some of her descendants. She lived to see her son Nathan one of the supreme court judges of the United States. She died June 30, 1869, in the ninety-sixth year of her age.

Events

Birth7 Oct 1774Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage20 Jun 1799Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States - Nathan Clifford
Residence1840Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Residence1850Ward 6, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Residence1860Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
Death30 Jun 1869
Alt nameLydia Clifford
BurialRumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States

Families

SpouseNathan Clifford (1778 - 1820)
ChildLiving
FatherDavid Simpson (1727 - 1806)
MotherMary Williams (1734 - )
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SiblingSusanna Simpson ( - )
SiblingJohn Simpson (1755 - )
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SiblingSamuel Simpson (1776 - )
SiblingDavid Simpson Captain (1777 - 1857)
SiblingNancy Simpson (1778 - )
SiblingSarah Simpson (1782 - 1880)
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Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Web: New Hampshire, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

2. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_670; Page: 232; Image: 237; Family History Library Film: 803670.

3. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Portland Ward 6, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_252; Page: 210A; Image: 410.

4. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

5. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations. Inc., 2013).

6. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

7. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

8. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (n.p: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record G, n.d), Source Citation: Year: 1840; Census Place: Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: 237; Page: 262; Image: 1105; Family History Library Film: 0014931.

9. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Portland Ward 6, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_252; Page: 210A; Image: 410.

10. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire; Roll: M653_670; Page: 232; Image: 237; Family History Library Film: 803670.

11. Ancestry.com, Web: New Hampshire, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

12. Compiler: William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume: I (n.p: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1910, n.d), p. 2126.

13. Ancestry.com, Web: New Hampshire, Find A Grave Index, 1665-2012 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).