Individual Details
Lydia Gyles
( - Aft 1665)
After her second marriage abt 1654 to John Spring of Watertown, MA, Lydia lived apart from him in Scituate. On 6 Oct 1659, the court ordered "Conserning a certaine woman, viz', the wife of John Spring of Watertowne, which was sometimes the wife of Thomas Hatch, of Scittuate, which said woman hath liued about three or foure yeares att Scittuate from her husband, the Court haue ordered, that shee either repaire to her husband with all convenient speed, or to repaire to Duxburrow to the house of Mr. Alden, on the twentyeth of this p'sent month of October, to giue a reason why shee doth not; and in case shee shall refuse to attend this order, the Court will take a speedy course to send her to said husband." (Plymouth Colony Records, Court Orders, vol 3, page 174). Apparently she satisfied the authorities as to her reasons for living apart from her husband, for in 1665 she was still living in Scituate.
Events
Marriage | 11 Feb 1617 | Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom - Thomas Hatch | |||
Marriage | Abt 1654 | John Spring | |||
Death | Aft 1665 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British America |
Families
Spouse | Thomas Hatch (1596 - 1646) |
Child | William Hatch (1624 - 1702) |
Child | Jeremiah Hatch (1626 - 1712) |
Child | Thomas Hatch (1628 - 1686) |
Child | Mary Hatch (1631 - 1656) |
Child | Alice Hatch (1636 - ) |
Child | Lydia Hatch (1638 - 1691) |
Child | Hannah Hatch (1640 - ) |
Spouse | John Spring ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Thomas' widow, Lydia, married John Springof Watertown, Massachusetts, about 1654, and then continued to live inScituate. Plymouth Colony Records dated 6 October 1659, state:Conserning a certaine woman, viz', the wife of John Spring, of Watertown, which was sometimes the wife of Thomas Hatch, of Scittuate, which the said woman hath lived about three or four years att Scittuate from her husband. The court haue ordered that shee either repaire to her husband with all convenient speed, or to repair to Duxburrow to the house of Mr. Alden, on the twentyeth of this p'sent month of October, to give a reason why shee doth not; and incase shee shall refuse to attend this order, the Court will take a speedy course to send her to her husband.(39)"
Evidently Lydia satisfied the authoritiesfor her reasons for living apart from her husband for in 1665 she was still living in Scituate when, as Lydia Spring, she took oath to the statements which her son-in-law, Jonas Pickles, made to her as to his wishes regarding the disposition of his property after his death."(40) Pope incorrectly identifies"widow, Grace Hatch" as the widow of Thomas Hatch of Scituate in 1646 when he wrote "He [Thomas] died before June 14, 1646, when child Hanna was baptized inventory presented by widow Grace May 27, 1661.(41)The 1661 inventory presented for Thomas Hatch by Grace was for Thomas Hatch "of Barnstable, lately deceased."(42) It appears that Pope missed the fifteen-year time difference between the baptism of Hannah and the presentation of the inventory of Thomas Hatch of Barnstable. In addition to the court record above, there is another reference to Lydia Spring in the baptism record for Daniel Pryor, grandson of Thomas and Lydia.
Endnotes
1. Pack, Charles Lathrop., Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & some of his descendants : the descent of Alice Gertrude Hatch and her husband, Charles Lathrop Pack, from Thomas Hatch and allied families. Newark, N.J.: Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, 1930, 372 pgs., p..
2. Kaye Hooley, "Hatch, Thomas and William of Scituate: Plymouth Colony ca. 1634-1700 ," ; , October 17, 1998; 2002; , , http://home.comcast.net/~kaeh/Histories/thos-wm.html.