Lydia Lynde

1752 - 1828  (76 years)

• Name	Lydia Lynde  [1]
  Born	20 Jun 1752	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Nov 1828	Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [3, 5]
  	EATON TOMB Old Burying Ground Then Reading, now Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA                                                LIEUT. NATHAN EATON                                               An Officer in the Northern                                                  Army of the Revolution                                                   Born Dec. 25, 1748.                                                  Died Mar. 12, 1817.                                                                     LYDIA L.                                                  Widow of the late                                                Lieut. Nathan Eaton.                                               Born Sept 29, 1751.                                                 Died Nov 1 1828. "Malden Vital Records give Lydia Lynde's birth as 20 Jun 1752. Her tombstone inscription above, states birth as 29 Sep 1751. Possibly this is Lydia's baptismal date. The years 1751 and 1752 could be a matter of double dating, due to the old calendar style, or just an inscription error. My father, Arthur Bradford Eaton, and I phographed the inscriptions. The monument is huge and contains inscriptions for burials of as many of Nathan and Lydia's descendants, and their spouses, whose remains that could fit into the tomb. My Gt. Grandfather, Arthur Ingraham Eaton, was the last to be buried. His remains were buried under the step of the tomb, in January 1904.
  Buried	4 Nov 1828	Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [1, 3]
  	Buried in the Eaton Tomb
  		I87916 Lynde, Lydia (1752-1828), Eaton Monument, Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Notes	From James K. Raywalt, correspondent, note of September 22nd, 2006      Corey's Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Malden , p. 262, shows Joseph Lynde (he was ENSIGN Joseph, b. at Malden, 2 Sep 1690  m. Mary Sprague on 21 Oct 1714. They are NOT to be confused with Joseph Lynde  who m. his cousin, Mary LYNDE on 4 Jul 1740.  Both couples had daughters named Lydia.  Joseph Lynde who married his cousin Mary Lynde, is, in fact, the SON of the Joseph Lynde and Mary Sprague.      Joseph and Mary (Lynde) Lynde had a daughter Lydia, b. at Malden on 20 June 1752 (Malden VR, supra, p. 52).  She m. at Malden, 3 April 1781 to Lt. Nathan EATON (Malden VR, supra, p. 262). [1, 2]
  Person ID	I87916	Sprague Project
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Lynde,   b. 4 Jul 1716, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1798, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Lynde,   b. 14 Apr 1718, Leicester, Worcester Co., MA, USA ,   d. Abt 3 Nov 1788, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	4 Jul 1740	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [7, 8]
  	From Diana (Eaton) Butcher, correspondent, note of October 26th, 2006      Lieut. American Revolutionary War. MASS. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION: Corporal Capt. Benjamin Blaney's Co., which marched on the Alarm of April 19, 1775, to Watertown, by order of Col. Gardner; service, 1 day; also Lieutenant, in Capt. Nailer Hatch's Co., Lt.-Col. William Bond's (late Gardner's) 37th Reg't, company return dated Malden, Oct. 6, 1775; also 37th reg't, list of officers who had not been commissioned, as returned by Lieut. Colonel William Bond, dated Camp Prospect Hill, Oct. 25, 1775, ordered in Council Oct. 31, 1775, that SAID OFFICERS BE RECOMMENDED TO GEN. WASHINGTON FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.      According to HIST. GENE. AND BIO. OF EATON FAMILY, by Molyneaux, Lt. Nathan Eaton was a man of great physicial proportions so that it became a proverbial comparison to say "as big as Mr. Nathan Eaton". He was a Minute Man at Malden, Corporal, at Lexington Alarm-1775. Religion: Congregational. US GenWeb: MA Soldiers Who Fought in the Revolutionary War E EATON, Nathan of Melrose. SOURCE: [41] The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1903; pages 211-216      EATON, Nathan of Malden. On the "Role of the Company of the Militea that went to Watertown By order of the Late Colo. Gardner upon the alarm on the 19 Day of april 1775 and from there to Resist the Ministeral troops under the Command of Capt. Benja. Blaney"; Corporal. SOURCE: [41] The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1903; pages 211-216      EATON, Nathan of Malden. SOURCE: [41] The History of Melrose, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, 1903; pages 211-216      MY NOTES FOR NATHAN'S WIFE, LYDIA LYNDE EATON: Births, Marriages, and Deaths in the Town of Malden, Massachusetts, 1649-1850, comp. by Deloraine P. Corey. Publisher: Cambridge, Mass: Printed at the University Ptress for the City of Malden, 1903: P. 52 Malden Record Of Births--LYNDE 158 (? could be 138-- hard to read) Lydia, da of Joseph and Mary, June 20, 1752 P. 154 Malden Marriage Intentions--LYNDE 56 Lydia and Lieut. Nathan Eaton, both of Mald., March 12, 1781 P. 262 Malden Marriages LYNDE      315 Lydia, m. Lieut. Nathan Eaton, both of Mald. Rev. P. Thacher, April 3, 1781 One of the very early DAR applications, with no proofs, had Lydia's maiden name as "Lydia Lynde". But, GENE. BIO. OF THE EATON FAMILIES by Molyneaux gives Lydia's parents as Jonathan and Mary (Damon) Eaton of Wakefield (Reading), MA. I purchased a birth record for this Lydia Eaton, and submitted it with my DAR app. for Lt. Nathan Eaton, but always felt that she was too old to be Nathan's wife (Birth Rec.-Town of Reading: Yr.1740; Vol.1; P.91 for Lydia, dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Damon) Eaton, born 25 Nov 1740). I took all of Jonathan and Mary (Damon) Eatons' lineages back to progenitor, and submitted proofs of allied lines for membership in various organizations, such as Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.      In 2006, I scanned photos that I'd taken of the Eaton Monument ca. 1975, into my computer, and used the magnifying glass tool. The inscription on the Eaton Monument is: born Sept. 29, 1751 (difficult to read because of erosion of the carved dates, plus a shadow was cast on the enormously tall monument) Keeping in mind that the inscription was based upon the birthdate given posthumously by a descendant, Lydia was could have been baptized in Sept. 1752. But, her birth date is also given as 29 Oct 1752 in various data. This date, could also have been her baptismal date. This latter date is the one used at the Sprague site mentioned below.      I located Lydia and her parents online on Richard E. (Dick) Weber's site, The Sprague Project. I contacted Dick, who in turn contacted a Sprague correspondent, and professional genealogist, James Raywait, of Sutton, WV. James' e-mail response to both of us verified that Lieutenant Nathan Eaton's wife was Lydia Lynde, daughter of Joseph and his cousin, Mary (Lynde) Lynde. James provided verification that the first sentence in these notes for Lydia are correct. Following this, I started all over again with Lydia and built the Lynde and allied Ancestry and Family Group Data.      NOTE: All of my original research results for Lydia (Eaton) dau. Jonathan and Mary (Damon) Eaton remain (at least presently) in my database, because Jonathan Eaton and Lieut. Nathan Eaton both go back to the same progenitor. Therefore, Jonathan and Mary (Damon) Eaton's daughter, Lydia Eaton is still in my file, with no spouse listed. [6]
  Family ID	F14554	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Lt. Nathan Eaton,   b. 25 Dec 1748, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 12 Mar 1817, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 68 years)
  Married	3 Apr 1781	Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA   [2, 9]
  Children	1. Nathan Eaton, Jr.,   b. 1 Jun 1782, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA ,   d. 21 Aug 1828, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  (Age 46 years) + 2. Ezra Eaton,   b. 8 Aug 1784, Reading (Now Wakefield), Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. 25 Feb 1861, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. John Eaton,   b. 1 Sep 1787, Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Jun 1860  (Age 72 years)   4. Lydia Eaton,   b. 12 Nov 1790, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Aft 1859, prob. Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA, USA  (Age 69 years)   5. Mary Eaton,   b. 12 Apr 1793, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Sophia Eaton,   b. 29 May 1796, Reading, Middlesex Co., MA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F32951	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 20 Jun 1752 - Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA Married - 3 Apr 1781 - Malden, Middlesex Co., MA, USA Died - 1 Nov 1828 - Wakefield, Middlesex Co., MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones

  Lynde, Lydia (1752-1828) Eaton Monument, Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of September 20th, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S392] Correspondent: Bannerman, Alexander, note of September 22nd, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of September 22nd, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S8] Vital Records, Malden Record of Births (Reliability: 0). [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of September 25th, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of October 26, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S392] Correspondent: Bannerman, Alexander. [S8] Vital Records, Malden Marriages as provided by Diana (Eaton) Butcher, correspondent, note of October11th, 2006 (Reliability: 0). [S75] Correspondent: Butcher, Diana Eaton, (4th Great Granddaughter of Lt. Nathan and Lydia (Lynde) Eaton), note of October 11th, 2006 as found in the Malden Marriages (Reliability: 0).