Lydian jackson emerson biography
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Emerson, Lidian Jackson (1802–1892)
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- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4N1-313 : 5 November 2017), Lydia Jackson, 20 Sep 1802; citing Birth,
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Today’s sketch is unusual for me in that Lidian is not my direct ancestor, but I find her so fascinating I have to write about her! Lydia Jackson was born Plymouth, Massachusetts on 20 September 1802 to Charles and Lucy (Cotton) Jackson. She is my 2nd cousin six times removed on my grandfather Arthur Washburn Ellis Davis’ side of the family. She is a descendant of Abraham 1 Jackson and Remember Morton. I wrote about the couple here.
By the time Lydia was orphaned at age sixteen she had already lost two siblings. She then went to boarding school and lived with relatives. Her surviving siblings were Lucy and Charles, the latter became a well-known physician. Lydia was particularly close to her sister Lucy, whose husband abandoned her and their two children. Lydia’s family was part of Plymouth society. She received a formal education, even learning German. Her father was a ship owner involved in foreign trade. The Jackson family lived in downtown Plymouth with
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Lydia (Jackson) Emerson (1802 - 1892)
Lydia(Lidian)Emerson formerly Jackson
Daughter of Charles Jackson and Lucy (Cotton) Jackson
Sister of Lucy Cotton (Jackson) Brown and Charles Thomas Jackson
Mother of Waldo Emerson, Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith (Emerson) Forbes and Edward Waldo Emerson
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