Lydia Tilton (Tilton )

  General Notes:

Note for: Lydia Tilton, 1759 - 4 Jan 1845 Index
Individual Note:
HISTORY: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins and SomeAmerican Descendant s, Haritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg 115
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Miss Lucretia Spears.
DAR ID Number: 89584
Born in Richmond, Kans.
Descendant of Garrett Conover, as follows:
1. William Ewing Spears (1842-1908) m. 1877 Susie Mary Hostetter (b.1859).
2. Zarel Cratic Spears (b. 1818) m. 1837 Mary N. Spears (b. 1822).
[p.189] 3. John Spears (1792-1823) m. 1811 Rebecca Conover (1792-71)(parents of Zarel).
4. Garrett Conover m. 1776 Lydia Tilton (d. 1845).
Garrett Conover (1754-1826) was a private in Capt. Samuel Stout'scompany, 3rd regiment, Midd lesex County, New Jersey militia, 1776. Hiswidow received a pension, 1844, for his service . He was born inPrinceton, N. J.; died in Adair County, Ky.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Spears.
DAR ID Number: 148022
Born in Menard County, Ill.
Descendant of Garrett Conover, as follows:
1. John Haley Spears (1823-94) m. 1848 Louisa Patterson Radford(1825-1907).
2. John Spears (1792-1823) m. 1811 Rebecca Conover (Covenhoven)(1792-1871).
3. Garrett Conover m. Lydia Tilton (d. 1845).
Garrett Conover (1756-1826) was a private in Capt. Samuel Stout'scompany, 3d regiment, Middl esex County, New Jersey militia. He was bornin New Jersey; died in Adair County, Ky.
Also No. 140496.
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2 i. Lydia2 Tilton was born before April 1790, the first event for which there is a recorded date. She married Garret Cownover April 1790. Garret was the son of Dominicus Cowenhoven and Mary Updike. Garret died 3/28/1826 in Adair County, KY. He was baptized in Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, 3/21/1756. Religion: Dutch. He made a will in Woodford County, KY, March 1825. Conflicting evidence states that he died in Adair County, KY, 1835.
Henry B. Hoff, GENEALOGIES OF LONG ISLAND FAMILIES, From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol II Praa- Young, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc. Baltimore, 1987. page 574, 575.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Fayette, KY.

Lydia married Garret Conover, son of Dominicus Conovenhoven and Mary Updike, in 1790 in Unknown. (Garret Conover was born on 21 Mar 1756 in Penn's Neck Atlantic NJ and died on 28 Mar 1826 in Adair Co Kentucky.)