Family:Whitney, Lydia (1736-1825)

Lydia⁵ Whitney (Nathan⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), daughter of Nathan⁴ and Lydia (Young) Whitney, was born 6 or 11 Dec 1736, Biddeford, ME,^[1] or 11 Dec 1736, Saco, ME, and died 16 Aug 1825, Saco, ME.

She married, 26 Aug 1756, Biddeford, ME, Stephen Bryant,^[2] son of David and Elizabeth (Bourne) Bryant. He was born 8 Mar 1723/4, Biddeford, ME, and died 9 Apr 1814, Biddeford, ME.

Children of Stephen and Lydia⁵ (Whitney) Bryant, both born Biddeford, ME:

i.	Stephen Bryant, bapt. 1 May 1757; d. 18 Mar 1823, Saco, ME; m. 8 Nov or 10 Dec 1778, Pepperellborough, ME, Miriam Davis.
ii.	David Bryant, bapt. 30 May 1762 [sic]; b. 28 Nov 1762 [sic], Biddeford, ME; d. 6 Mar 1825, Saco, ME; m. 1787, Sarah Haley.

References

1.^  "Lydia [Whitney], d. of Nathan and Lydia, b. Dec. 11, 1736," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 15.

2.^  "Lydia, and Stephen Briant, b. of Biddeford, m. Aug. 26, 1756," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 106.

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