Lydia BUTLER

(b. 23 February 1629 , Kent County, England d. 24 January 1667 , Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony )
Cause of Death: childbirth

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Lydia BUTLER was born 23 February 1629 in Kent County, England

Lydia BUTLER was the child of ? and ?

Lydia was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1647.

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Lydia married John MINOT 19 May 1647 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
John MINOT was born 2 April 1626 in Saffron, Walden, England. John died 12 August 1669 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset). John was the child of George MINOT and Martha STOCKE.

Lydia BUTLER died 24 January 1667 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony .

Born Ashford, Kent, England

Daughter of Nicholas Butler and Joyce Baker.

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Lydia BUTLER married

John MINOT-- Date: 19 May 1647 Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

John MINOT was the child of George MINOT and Martha STOCKE

"John (1626-1669) & 1-wf Lydia BUTLER (-1667); 19 May 1647; Dorchester {Sibley's Harv. Grad. 2:462; Reg. 1:172, 5:468, 40:255; Butler (1919) 29; Minot 10; DePew 143, 145; Harris (,12) 11; Palmer (,8) 374; Sv. 1:321; Martha's Vineyard 3:48; Anderson Anc. 14}"

Children of John MINOT and Lydia BUTLER:

John MINOT (b.22 January 1648, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 26 January 1690, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony )
m. Elisabeth BRECK 11 March 1670 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

James MINOT (b.14 September 1653, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 20 September 1735, Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Rebecca WHEELER 1684 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Martha MINOT (b.22 September 1657, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 November 1678, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony )

Stephen MINOT (b.10 August 1662, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 November 1732, Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Mercy CLARK 1 December 1686 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (East, North, South) (Allston) (Readville) (Roslindale)

Samuel MINOT (b.3 July 1665, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 18 December 1690, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony )

Mary MINOT (b.24 January 1667, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. abt. 1667, , Massachusetts Bay Colony)

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1629 Birth
23 February 1629
Kent County, England

1647 Marriage / Partner
Lydia BUTLER and John MINOT 19 May 1647, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

She was 18 years old.

1648 Birth of Child
John MINOT was born 22 January 1648, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 18 years old.

1653 Birth of Child
James MINOT was born 14 September 1653, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 24 years old.

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1657 Birth of Child
Martha MINOT was born 22 September 1657, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 28 years old.

1662 Birth of Child
Stephen MINOT was born 10 August 1662, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 33 years old.

1665 Birth of Child
Samuel MINOT was born 3 July 1665, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 36 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Death
'Mrs. Lydia Minot, the wife of Mr. John Minot died in child-bed together with her child the 25th . 11 mo . 1667 ; buried 27th 1667.'
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Mrs. Lydia Minot, page 24

1667 Birth of Child
Mary MINOT was born 24 January 1667, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Lydia was 37 years old.

Lydia is buried at: Dorchester North Burying Ground Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Added: - Updated: 7/23/2025 5:26:43 PM