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Lydia A. Anthony

Female 1794 - 1877  (82 years)


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  1. 1.  Lydia A. Anthony was born 6 Mar 1794, Somerset, MA; died 1 Jan 1877, East Greenwich, RI; was buried , St. Luke's Church Cemetery, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Lydia Sprague is living at East Greenwich, and with her are daughter Cynthia and son-in-law John R. Congdon and their two children, Mary & George.

    Lydia — John Sprague, Jr.. John was born Abt 1782; died Abt 23 Jul 1817; was buried , Baptist Cemetery, Wine St., East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Cynthia Anthony Sprague  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 18 Dec 1817, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Dec 1880, East Greenwich, RI.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Cynthia Anthony Sprague Descendancy chart to this point (1.Lydia1) was born Abt 18 Dec 1817, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Dec 1880, East Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    See notes for her father, Captain John Sprague.

    "Cynthia and her husband had a deeply commited relationship. They had two children, Mary Remington Congdon (1842-1916) and George Barrell Congdon (1846-1902). George was named after the master of the bark Index, the first vessel on which his father sailed. Both children, along with their mother, accompanied John Congdon on sea voyages at various times between 1852 and 1862. During the first few years of her marriage, Cynthia had remained at home when her husband sailed; but by 1852, the emotional hardship she endured during his absences induced her to accompany him to San Francisco on the brig Hannah Thornton, along with young George. In a letter to John dated March 12, 1851, she lamented,

    Cynthia married John Remington Congdon 6 Mar 1842. John (son of Peleg Congdon and Mary Remington) was born Abt 6 Aug 1820, Apponaug, Warwick, RI; died 28 Feb 1863, at sea, off the coast of Cape Horn; was buried , East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Remington Congdon  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1843; died 1916.
    2. 4. George Barrell Congdon  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1846; died 1902.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Mary Remington Congdon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Cynthia2, 1.Lydia1) was born Abt 1843; died 1916.

    Notes:

    "Mary Congdon sailed with her parents on the Hannah Thornton


  2. 4.  George Barrell Congdon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Cynthia2, 1.Lydia1) was born Abt 1846; died 1902.