Individual Details
Lydia Pierson
(Abt 1775 - Aft 1850)
The 1792 will of Benjamin Pierson includes a bequest to his daughter Lydia Pierson
Likely born in Newark
https://books.google.com/books?id=S8opAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=benjamin+pierson+sarah+gilbert&source=bl&ots=z-TR_aKMXp&sig=ACfU3U2v8HnG-UVSeXfNUibnqVLiyXGRwA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid76q9svbjAhXpmuAKHUgOAXMQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Likely born in Newark
https://books.google.com/books?id=S8opAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=benjamin+pierson+sarah+gilbert&source=bl&ots=z-TR_aKMXp&sig=ACfU3U2v8HnG-UVSeXfNUibnqVLiyXGRwA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwid76q9svbjAhXpmuAKHUgOAXMQ6AEwA3oECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
Events
| Birth | Abt 1775 | Richmond, Massachusetts |  |  | |
| Marriage | Abt 1813 | Jonathan Ballard | |||
| Residence | 1847 | Cortland County, New York | |||
| Residence | 1850 | Cortlandville, Cortland, New York | | ||
| Death | Aft 1850 | Cortlandville, Cortland, New York |
Families
| Spouse | Jonathan Ballard (1768 - 1847) |
| Child | Augusta Ballard (1813 - 1891) |
| Child | Augustus Ballard (1813 - 1861) |
| Child | Roswell Ballard (1815 - ) |
| Child | Maryette Ballard (1818 - 1835) |
| Father | Benjamin Pierson (1739 - 1797) |
| Mother | Sarah Gilbert (1740 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Mary "Polly" Pierson (1764 - 1856) |
Notes
Birth
will of Benjamin Pierson – he dies in 1797 prior to Lydia’s marriage – it does name daughter Mary Ballardhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8800/images/005115900_00090?usePUB=true&pId=6722943
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cortlandville, Cortland, New York; Roll: M432_493; Page: 336B; Image: 424.
2. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Cortlandville, Cortland, New York; Roll: M432_493; Page: 336B; Image: 424.