flag female ancestor  Lydia  PIKE

  (b. 3 April 1748 Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut   d. April 1850 Greene, New York, USA )  

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Lydia PIKE was born 3 April 1748 in Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Lydia PIKE was the child of John PIKE   and   Sarah BACKUS and the grandchild of: (paternal)  John PIKE and Sarah HYDE (maternal)  Timothy BACKUS and Sarah POST

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Lydia  married  Rufus WHEELER 22 March 1764 in Rowley, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rufus WHEELER  was born 21 November 1740 in Rowley, Massachusetts, USA.  Rufus died 21 January 1823 in Rowley, Massachusetts, USA.  Rufus was the child of Moses WHEELER and Jane PLUMMER.

Lydia PIKE died April 1850 in Greene, New York, USA.
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Lydia PIKE married flag male ancestor Rufus WHEELER-- Date: 22 March 1764 Place: Rowley, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Rufus WHEELER was the child of Moses WHEELER and Jane PLUMMER




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birth1748 Birth
3 April 1748
Canterbury, Crown Colony of Connecticut
marriage1764 Marriage / Partner
Lydia PIKE and Rufus WHEELER 22 March 1764, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA

She was 15 years old.
1768 Birth of Child
Rufus WHEELER was born 26 March 1768, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA

Lydia was 19 years old.
marriage1788 Marriage of Child
Rufus WHEELER married 18 December 1788, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA to Abigail SPAFFORD
1796 Death of Child
Rufus WHEELER died 26 September 1796, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA

Lydia was 48 years old.
NewsThe War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.
1823 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rufus WHEELER died 21 January 1823, Rowley, Massachusetts, USA
NewsFrom the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
death1850 Death
April 1850
Greene, New York, USA

She died at the age of 102.
Added: 9/21/2016 8:00:25 AM - Updated:
Did You Know?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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