flag female ancestor  Lydia  SEARLE

  (b. 17 May 1723 Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. 17 December 1789 Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )  

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Lydia SEARLE was born 17 May 1723 in Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Lydia SEARLE was the child of ?   and   ?

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Lydia  married  Joseph BASS 8 March 1747 in Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph BASS  was born 28 September 1723 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset).  Joseph died 15 January 1797 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

Lydia SEARLE died 17 December 1789 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Lydia SEARLE married flag male ancestor Joseph BASS-- Date: 8 March 1747 Place: Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay


Children of Joseph BASS and Lydia SEARLE:

flag male ancestor Alden BASS (b.12 July 1750, Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay   d. 27 December 1825, Canaan, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Catherine BROWN 1785
m. Christina BURNS 12 November 1776 in , Nova Scotia, Canada



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birth1723 Birth
17 May 1723
Dorchester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
marriage1747 Marriage / Partner
Lydia SEARLE and Joseph BASS 8 March 1747, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

She was 23 years old.
1750 Birth of Child
Alden BASS was born 12 July 1750, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 27 years old.
marriage1776 Marriage of Child
Alden BASS married 12 November 1776, , Nova Scotia, Canada to Christina BURNS
death1789 Death
17 December 1789
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

She died at the age of 66.
Added: 1/2/2026 2:04:24 PM - Updated: 1/2/2026 2:04:45 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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