flag female ancestor  Lydia  BEALS

  (b. 17 July 1780 Goshen, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay   d. 26 October 1872 Swanton, Vermont, USA )  

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Lydia BEALS was born 17 July 1780 in Goshen, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

Lydia BEALS was the child of Adam, Jr. BEALS   and   Lydia Wheat BEAL and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Adam BEALS and Jael WARRICK (maternal)  Lazarus BEAL and Lydia WHEAT

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Lydia  married  Asahel STUDLEY 22 January 1801 in Goshen, Massachusetts, USA .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Asahel STUDLEY  was born 1 August 1778 in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, USA (West Chesterfield).  Asahel died 16 January 1859 in Swanton, Vermont, USA. 

Lydia BEALS died 26 October 1872 in Swanton, Vermont, USA.
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Lydia BEALS married flag male ancestor Asahel STUDLEY-- Date: 22 January 1801 Place: Goshen, Massachusetts, USA


Children of Asahel STUDLEY and Lydia BEALS:

 female ancestor Achsa STUDLEY (b.abt. 1814,   d. 18 February 1874, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

 female ancestor Eliza STUDLEY (b.abt. 1817,   d. 12 May 1868, Swanton, Vermont, USA)



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birth1780 Birth
17 July 1780
Goshen, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
marriage1801 Marriage / Partner
Lydia BEALS and Asahel STUDLEY 22 January 1801, Goshen, Massachusetts, USA

She was 20 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.
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)
1859 Death of Spouse/Partner
Asahel STUDLEY died 16 January 1859, Swanton, Vermont, USA
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1868 Death of Child
Eliza STUDLEY died 12 May 1868, Swanton, Vermont, USA

Lydia was 87 years old.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1872 Death
26 October 1872
Swanton, Vermont, USA

She died at the age of 92.
Added: 2/6/2026 10:58:01 AM - Updated: 2/6/2026 11:17:00 AM
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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