Lydia Merriman

  General Notes:

1358. Lydia Merriman. Born on 12 Nov 1702 in Wallingford, CT.14 Lydia died on 25 Dec 1785; she was 83.1 Buried in Old Graveyard, Cheshire.

Children of Ephraim and Lydia (Merriman) Cook, born at Wallingford:14
i. Mary, b. 9 Feb 1723, d. 13 Feb 1723;
ii. Mamre, b. 21 Dec 1723, m. Daniel Hotchkiss;
iii. Lycia, b. 2 Mar 1726;
iv. Mary, b. 7 Apr 1728, d. 31 oct 1812 at Cheshire, m. 1st at Wallingford 26 Oct 1746 John Smith, m. 2nd at Cheshire 23 Feb 1775 Moses Blakeslee;
v. Ephraim, b. 7 Sep 1730, d. 18 Jan 1789 at Cheshire, Capt., m. at Wallingford 1 Jan 1752 Elizaeth Hull (b. 14 Feb 1733 at Wallingford, dau. of John & Sarah (Ives) Hull);
vi. Tirzah, b. 5 Oct 1733, m. Samuel Smith of Bristol;
vii. Elam, b. 10 Nov 1735, d. 3 Feb 1808 at Cheshire, m. at Wallingford 8 Jan 1761 Abigail Hall (b. 20 Mar 1740 at Wallingford, d. 26 Sep 1816, dau. of Joseph & Abigail (Judd) Hall);
viii. Elizabeth, b. 10 Feb 1738, m. Eleazer Brown;
ix. John, b. 29 Dec 1739, d. 1 Oct 1764 at Cheshire, m. Obedience Stepvens (b. ca. 1746, d. 25 oct 1830 at North Branford, dau. of Thomas & Desire (Smith) Stevens, she m. 2nd at Wallingford 7 Dec 1769 Daniel Ives, m. 3rd Rufus Hoadley of Northford); and
x. Thankful, b. 19 Sep 1742.1

Lydia married Capt. Ephraim Cook (3150) , son of Samuel Cook (30 Sep 1641-1703) & Mary Mallory (1478) (28 Nov 1656-17 Sep 1752). Born on 19 Apr 1699 in Wallingford, CT.14 Ephraim died in Wallingford, CT on 22 Mar 1774; he was 74.14 Buried in Old Graveyard, Cheshire.

They had one child: 3075 i. Lydia (1726-1752) http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/conn/rr01/rr01_275.html#P26251

Lydia married Ephraim Cook, son of Samuel Cook and Mary Mallory. (Ephraim Cook was born on 19 Apr 1699 in Conneticut.)