Lydia (—?—) (Lawes)1 
b. say 1588
8th great-grandmother of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
10th great-grandmother of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
Lydia was born say 1588 (aged 49 in 1637).1 She married Francis Lawes, son of John Lawes and Elizabeth (—?—) (Lawes).
Francis and Lydia Lawes were residents of the parish of St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, Norfolk, between 1623 and 1625, and in 1633/34 of St. Mary Coslany.1 On 8 April 1637, Lydia, Francis, and their household embarked on either the John and Dorothey or the Rose, two ships commanded by a father and son, both named William Andrews, at Ipswich together with many other Norwich families.1 After a voyage of 73 days, they landed in Boston on 20 June 1637. The description of the family on the books of the port of Ipswich is as follows: "--rancis: Lawes: borne in Norwch in Norff and their liuing weauear aged .....nd Liddea: his Wife ageed 40 yeares With one child Marey: and 2 saruants. Samuell: Lincorne: aged 18 yeares [Abraham Lincoln's ancestor] and Anne: Smith, aged 19 yeares ar desirous to passe for New-England to inhabitt."1
Francis and Lydia Lawes were residents of the parish of St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, Norfolk, between 1623 and 1625, and in 1633/34 of St. Mary Coslany.1 On 8 April 1637, Lydia, Francis, and their household embarked on either the John and Dorothey or the Rose, two ships commanded by a father and son, both named William Andrews, at Ipswich together with many other Norwich families.1 After a voyage of 73 days, they landed in Boston on 20 June 1637. The description of the family on the books of the port of Ipswich is as follows: "--rancis: Lawes: borne in Norwch in Norff and their liuing weauear aged .....nd Liddea: his Wife ageed 40 yeares With one child Marey: and 2 saruants. Samuell: Lincorne: aged 18 yeares [Abraham Lincoln's ancestor] and Anne: Smith, aged 19 yeares ar desirous to passe for New-England to inhabitt."1
Children of Lydia (—?—) (Lawes) and Francis Lawes
- Mary Lawes+ 1 d. 27 Jun 1681
- Jeremiah Lawes2 b. 28 Sep 1623
- John Lawes2 b. 20 Jul 1625
Citations
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. 1I, 424, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 427, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
