WHITCOMB, Lydia

Puffer Genealogy

1762 - 1849 (87 years)

Generation: 1

WHITCOMB, Lydia was born on 26 Jun 1762 in Middlesex County, MA; died on 19 Oct 1849 in Littleton, MA; was buried in Littleton, MA.

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Lydia married SANDERSON, Samuel on 19 Nov 1795 in Littleton, MA. Samuel (son of SANDERSON, Moses and FLAGG, Mary) was born on 30 Apr 1762 in Littleton, MA; died on 26 Jul 1832 in Littleton, MA; was buried in Littleton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. SANDERSON, Lydia was born on 24 Feb 1800 in Littleton, MA; died on 11 Dec 1884 in MA; was buried in Littleton, MA.

Generation: 2

SANDERSON, Lydia

(1.Lydia¹) was born on 24 Feb 1800 in Littleton, MA; died on 11 Dec 1884 in MA; was buried in Littleton, MA.

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Lydia married SPRAGUE, John on 31 Mar 1824 in Littleton, MA. John was born on 6 Jul 1798 in Littleton, MA; died on 15 Jun 1873 in Ayer, MA; was buried in Littleton, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

3. SPRAGUE, Ellen Louise was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Littleton, MA; died on 14 Mar 1914 in Ayer, MA; was buried in Ayer, MA.

Generation: 3

SPRAGUE, Ellen Louise

(2.Lydia², 1.Lydia¹) was born on 11 Aug 1835 in Littleton, MA; died on 14 Mar 1914 in Ayer, MA; was buried in Ayer, MA.

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Ellen married WILLARD, Charles Austin on 17 Apr 1855 in Lancaster, MA. Charles was born on 30 May 1833 in Harvard, MA; died on 26 Nov 1859 in Littleton, MA; was buried in Harvard, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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4. WILLARD, Myra Ellen was born on 4 Apr 1859 in Littleton, MA; died on 8 Aug 1909 in Fall River, MA; was buried in Hollis, NH.

Ellen married PUFFER, Pvt. George Gibson on 1 Jan 1868 in Littleton, MA. George (son of PUFFER, Josiah and PAGE, Emeline) was born on 23 Oct 1838 in Westminster, MA; died on 9 Dec 1915 in Ayer, MA; was buried on 12 Dec 1915 in Ayer, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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5. PUFFER, Mabel Emeline was born on 23 May 1870 in Ayer, MA; died in 1934 in Worcester, MA.

Generation: 4

4.	WILLARD, Myra Ellen (3.Ellen³, 2.Lydia², 1.Lydia¹) was born on 4 Apr 1859 in Littleton, MA; died on 8 Aug 1909 in Fall River, MA; was buried in Hollis, NH. Other Events and Attributes: _COLOR: 11 Notes: FindaGrave: GRID=58132419

PUFFER, Mabel Emeline

(3.Ellen³, 2.Lydia², 1.Lydia¹) was born on 23 May 1870 in Ayer, MA; died in 1934 in Worcester, MA.

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Residence: May 1900, Ayer, MA
Residence: 1907, Ayer, MA
Residence: 1910, Ayer, MA
Residence: 1914, Ayer, MA
Residence: 1927, Worcester, MA

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Graduate of the Ayer High School in 1886, of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, in 1893. Named after her grandmother, a devout Unitarian and substantially wealthy.

Mabel, a white heiress, and her black handyman, Arthur Garfield 'Honey' Hazzard planned to marry, but her family found a compliant judge to declare her mentally incompetent, not only breaking the engagement but, conveniently, seizing control of her assets. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 543 pp .

She owned a cottage on Sandy Pond, Ayer, MA where she stayed during her conflict with family over her marriage plans.

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Graduate of the Ayer High School in 1886, of the Emerson School of Oratory, Boston, in 1893. Named after her grandmother, a devout Unitarian and substantially wealthy.

Mabel, a white heiress, and her black handyman, Arthur Garfield 'Honey' Hazzard planned to marry, but her family found a compliant judge to declare her mentally incompetent, not only breaking the engagement but, conveniently, seizing control of her assets. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 543 pp .,

Residence:
a stenographer

Family/Spouse: HAZZARD, Arthur Garfield. Arthur (son of HAZZARD, William W. and LEW, Mary I.) was born on 2 Jan 1881 in Lowell, MA; died after 1942. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]