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Lydia Olmstead Reed 1773 – 1846 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1773

Birth Location: New York

Death Date: 8 Jan 1846

Death Location: Oneonta, Otsego, New York

Father: Eliakin Reed

Mother: Rebecca Fitch

Spouse(s): Sylvester Ford

Children(s): Vina Ford, Sally Ford, Harriet Ford, Eliakim Ford, Jacob Ford, Samantha Ford, Lydia Ford, Sylvester Ford, Alexander Ford, Carline Ford, Juliann Ford, George Ford, Abigail Ford, Aaron Ford

According to available records, Lydia Olmstead Reed was born in 1773 in New York, the child of Eliakin Reed and Rebecca Fitch. Following those early years, Lydia Olmstead Reed married Sylvester Ford, and their family grew to include Vina Ford, Sally Ford, Harriet Ford, Eliakim Reed Ford, Jacob Ford, Samantha Ford, Lydia Ford, Sylvester Ford, Alexander Hamilton Ford, Carline Ford, Juliann Ford, George Ford, Abigail Ford and Aaron Ford. In the later years of life, Lydia Olmstead Reed died in 1846 in Oneonta, Otsego, New York.

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Parents

Eliakin Reed
1752 – 1830
Birth Location: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Rebecca Fitch
1748 –
Birth Location: Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Spouses(s)

Sylvester Ford
1770 – 1846
Birth Location: Austerlitz, Columbia, New York
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Children(s)

Vina Ford
1792 – 1845
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Sally Ford
1794 – 1796
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Harriet Ford
1796 – 1865
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Eliakim Ford
1797 – 1873
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Jacob Ford
1799 – 1867
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
JF
Samantha Ford
1801 – 1875
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Lydia Ford
1803 – 1888
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Sylvester Ford
1804 – 1882
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
SF
Alexander Ford
1806 – 1870
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
AF
Carline Ford
1809 – 1809
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Juliann Ford
1810 – 1814
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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George Ford
1811 – 1880
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
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Abigail Ford
1813 – 1814
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
AF
Aaron Ford
1815 – 1895
Birth Location: Westerlo, Albany, New York
AF

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 22 Nov 1773
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: Ford Genealogy

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 6 Feb 1774
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Reed-Read Lineage : Captain John Reed of Providence, Rhode Island, and Norwalk, Connecticut, and hi

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Jan 1846
    Event Place: Oneonta, Otsego, New York
    Record Source: Ford Genealogy
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