Lydia LEONARD
Born: 22 September 1707, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Matthew HUNTINGTON 17 May 1726 Place: Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Lydia
COOKE
Born
27 April 1679
,
Stonington, Connecticut Colony
Died
7 July 1738
,
Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
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Born: 27 April 1679 in Stonington, Connecticut Colony
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Lydia married Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) abt. 1706 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) was born abt. 1683 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Samuel died 11 May 1718 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut . Samuel was the child of Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) and Abigail ATWOOD (WOOD).
Lydia married (2) Nicholas WILLIAMS 5 December 1720 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Nicholas WILLIAMS was born 28 October 1685 in Beverly, Massachusetts Bay Colony . Nicholas died November 1776 in Sprague, Crown Colony of Connecticut . Nicholas was the child of John WILLIAMS and Martha KNIGHT.
Lydia COOKE died 7 July 1738 in Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Lydia COOKE
Lydia COOKE married 
Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON)
Marriage date: abt. 1706
Marriage place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) was the child of Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) and Abigail ATWOOD (WOOD)
Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON)Marriage date: abt. 1706
Marriage place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) was the child of Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) and Abigail ATWOOD (WOOD)
Children of Samuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) and Lydia COOKE
Ebenezer LEONARD
Born: 17 March 1710, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: abt. 1782, Worthington, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Died: abt. 1782, Worthington, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Married: Esther AMOS 6 May 1730 Place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Samuel LEONARD
Born: 18 March 1712, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 24 April 1760, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 24 April 1760, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Lydia STANTON 9 August 1733 Place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Jane LEONARD
Born: 5 November 1714, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: April 1753, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: April 1753, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Married: Daniel WILLIAMS 6 June 1737 Place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Nathan LEONARD
Born: 22 August 1717, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: abt. 1783, Worthington, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Died: abt. 1783, Worthington, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
Married: Abigail HERRICK 12 November 1739 Place: Griswold, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Lydia COOKE married Nicholas WILLIAMS
Marriage date: 5 December 1720
Marriage place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Source: ancestry.com
Nicholas WILLIAMS was the child of John WILLIAMS and Martha KNIGHT
Nicholas WILLIAMSMarriage date: 5 December 1720
Marriage place: Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Source: ancestry.com
Nicholas WILLIAMS was the child of John WILLIAMS and Martha KNIGHT
Marriage notes:
Name: Niclas Williams
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Lydia Lonord
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 5 Dec 1720
Marriage Place: Preston-Griswold, New London
Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Children of Nicholas WILLIAMS and Lydia COOKE
Isaiah WILLIAMS
Born: 15 October 1721, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
Died: 15 August 1793, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
Died: 15 August 1793, Canterbury, Connecticut, USA
Married: Abigail KNIGHT 5 May 1744 Place: Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut
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1679 - Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records, 1674-1874 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008), (Originally published as: History of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, Conn., 1674-1874 with the Report of the Bi-centennial Proceedings, June 3, 1874. Richard A. Wheeler, T. A. David and Co., Norwich, CT, 1875.).
1679 COOK April 27, 1679, The same day, Lydia, daughter of Richard Cook. Baptism
1679 COOK April 27, 1679, The same day, Lydia, daughter of Richard Cook. Baptism
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'Samuel Leonard or Leonardson - on page 55 of the genealogy
'Solomon Leonard and his Descendants,' is presented a problem which 'Norwich Deeds,' Book III, Part A, page 411 solves for there is a recorded acknowledgement of Joseph Benjamin and wife Elizabeth, John Carter and wife Mary, John Andrews and wife Sarah, Samuel Lennard and wife Lydea, and Jane Cook, having received from their brother Obed Cooke their share of the estate of their father Richard Cooke, late of Norwich, deceased 4th Dec. 1716.'
Norwich, Conn. Frank Palmer
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1898, Volume 52, Page 271
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 160 vols., 1847-2006.)
'Solomon Leonard and his Descendants,' is presented a problem which 'Norwich Deeds,' Book III, Part A, page 411 solves for there is a recorded acknowledgement of Joseph Benjamin and wife Elizabeth, John Carter and wife Mary, John Andrews and wife Sarah, Samuel Lennard and wife Lydea, and Jane Cook, having received from their brother Obed Cooke their share of the estate of their father Richard Cooke, late of Norwich, deceased 4th Dec. 1716.'
Norwich, Conn. Frank Palmer
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1898, Volume 52, Page 271
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register . (Online db: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 160 vols., 1847-2006.)
Birth — 167927 April 1679
Stonington, Connecticut Colony
All Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary -- ancestry.com
Page 273-274
All Register of the Society of Mayflower descendants in the District of Columbia, 1970 in commemoration of the 350th anniversary -- ancestry.com
Page 273-274
Title The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 52
Authors Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society
Publisher New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1898
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Jan 30, 2008
Page 271
1707 Birth of ChildLydia LEONARD was born 22 September 1707, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 28 years old.
Preston, Connecticut
Nov 7, 1708 - Lydia, wife of Sam'l LEONARDSON Jun'r renewd cov't & submitted to discipline
Admission & Renewals of Covenant
Extracted from
The Bi-Centennial Celebration
First Congregational Church
of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898
Statistics of the Church Taken From The Church Records.
ADMISSIONS & RENEWALS OF COVENANT
Pages 129 - 198
dunhamwilcox.net/ ct/ preston_ct_admis.htm
Admission & Renewals of Covenant
Extracted from
The Bi-Centennial Celebration
First Congregational Church
of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898
Statistics of the Church Taken From The Church Records.
ADMISSIONS & RENEWALS OF COVENANT
Pages 129 - 198
dunhamwilcox.net/ ct/ preston_ct_admis.htm
1710 Birth of ChildEbenezer LEONARD was born 17 March 1710, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 30 years old.
1712 Birth of ChildSamuel LEONARD was born 18 March 1712, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 32 years old.
1714 Birth of ChildJane LEONARD was born 5 November 1714, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 35 years old.
1716 LEONARDSON Novr 4th, the wife of Samuel Leonardson. Admission
Preston, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records, 1698-1898. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898 : together with statistics of the church taken from church records. Preston, Conn.: The Society, 1900.
Preston, Connecticut, First Congregational Church Records, 1698-1898. (Online db. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) Originally published as: First Congregational Church of Preston, Connecticut, 1698-1898 : together with statistics of the church taken from church records. Preston, Conn.: The Society, 1900.
1717 Birth of ChildNathan LEONARD was born 22 August 1717, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 38 years old.
1718 Death of Spouse/PartnerSamuel LEONARD (LEONARDSON) died 11 May 1718, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
1720 Marriage / PartnerLydia COOKE and Nicholas WILLIAMS 5 December 1720, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
She was 41 years old.
1721 Birth of ChildIsaiah WILLIAMS was born 15 October 1721, Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck)
Lydia was 42 years old.
1726 Marriage of ChildLydia LEONARD married 17 May 1726, Norwich, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Matthew HUNTINGTON
1730 Marriage of ChildEbenezer LEONARD married 6 May 1730, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Esther AMOS
1733 Marriage of ChildSamuel LEONARD married 9 August 1733, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Lydia STANTON
1737 Marriage of ChildJane LEONARD married 6 June 1737, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Daniel WILLIAMS
Death — 17387 July 1738
Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut
She died at the age of 59.
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The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
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