Individual Details
Lydia Ballou
(1640 - 1722)
Lydia was born in Providence in 1640. Her first husband was George Gardiner who was divorced from Herodias Long. Lydia and George are mentioned in Lydia's dad's will. Lydia was a widow in 1677 and married 2nd William Hawkins.
Events
| Birth | 1640 | Providence, British America | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1665 | Providence, British America - George Gardiner |  |  | |
| Civil | June 2, 1668 | Robert Ballou will - Suffolk, British America | | | |
| Widow | 1677 | ||||
| Marriage | June 14, 1678 | Providence, British America - William Hawkins | | ||
| Death | 1722 | Providence, British America | |||
| Burial | |
Families
| Spouse | William Hawkins (1647 - 1723) |
| Child | William Hawkins (1679 - 1712) |
| Child | Sarah Hawkins (1684 - 1759) |
| Child | John Hawkins (1688 - 1755) |
| Spouse | George Gardiner (1599 - 1677) |
| Child | Lydia Gardiner (1669 - 1723) |
| Father | Robert Ballou (1620 - 1668) |
| Mother | Susanna Unknown Ballou (1623 - 1668) |
Notes
Marriage
Despite the notoriety of the trial Gardiner does not appear to have lost his standing in the colony, he married Lydia Ballou, dau. of Robert Ballou of Portsmouth by whom he had several children, his widow married 2nd William Hawkins of Providence.Civil
Lydia's dad's will, "unto my truly well beloved wife Susannah all my worldly estate, two daughters and sonn twelve pence apiece, and also my son in law George Gardiner, I leave to the protection of Almighty God dated the second of June in the year 1668"Endnotes
1. (2008). || Volume 1 page 597.
2. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Suffolk County Probate Records, 1636-1899; Page 27, 28. Page 28 marked ‘page 17 in original volume’. Image 212 of 922.
3. (2008). || Volume 1 page 597.
4. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .