Lydia - Paperback by Books by splitShops

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by Shirley Nelson (Author)

Lydia tells her side of her marriage to the notorious petty criminal, Henry Tufts (1748 - 1831). She bore him six children and raised 5 of them at a time when women could not own property, vote, or have much to say about circumstances of their own lives. Language used is Lydia's, as is her opinion of things that affect her life. Her story, as imagined by the author, should interest her descendents, because not much has ever been written about her.

Author Biography

Shirley Durgin Nelson was born, and raised for 12 years, across the road from the site of Lycia's cabin in So. Limington, Maine. Henry, lydia's husband was a favorite topic of family stories, but Lydia was mentioned very little. It is known that Lydia bore 6 of Henry's children--the last on her 50th birthday--and raised those children alone. What happened to the sixth child? This story tells us. Lydia was one of the first residents to settle in the newly formed Town of Limington, Maine, before it became a State,