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  • Name GATES, Lydia 
    Birth 3 Sep 1732  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Christening 29 Oct 1732  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Mar 1817  Royalton, Windsor, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    WAC 22 Apr 1910  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
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    Person ID I19655  Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2021 

    Father GATES, Daniel Jr. ,   b. 5 Feb 1706, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationHaddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesd. 5 Oct 1775, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother FULLER, Lydia ,   b. 1 Sep 1709, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationHaddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesd. 14 Aug 1778, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 1729  Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 16 Dec 1952
    Family ID F10239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MACK, Soloman Sr. ,   b. 15 Sep 1732, Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationLyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesd. 23 Aug 1820, Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1759  Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
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    • MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Aug 1957
    Children 4 sons and 4 daughters 
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

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  • Notes 
    • Lydia Gates was a school teacher in Marlow and again in Gilsum. Religion - First Congregational Church of East Haddam - Baptized 29 Oct 1732. Ref: A Comprehensive History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Century I/Volume I - In Six Volumes by B. H. Roberts (Author of -Outlines of Ecclesiastical History; Doctrine of Deity (a discussion); New Witnesses for God (3 vols.); Defense of the Faith and the Saints (2 vols.); Joseph Smith the Prophet Teacher; The Falling Away, 16 Radio Addresses, 1929; etc., etc. Chapter II - The Ancestry of Joseph Smith, The Prophet II. The Macks of New England pg 17- 22. Pg 19 Her husband says: "Here I was thrown into a situation to appreciate more fully the talents and virtues of my excellent wife; for, as our children were deprived of schools, she assumed the charge of their education, and capable of. Precepts accompanied with examples such as hers, were calculated to make impressions on the minds of the young, never to be forgotten. She, besides instructing them in the various branches of an ordinary education, was in the habit of calling them together both morning and evening, and teaching them to pray; meanwhile urging upon them the necessity of love towards each other, as well as devotional feeling towards him who made them. In this manner my first children became confirmed in habits of piety, gentleness, and reflection, which afforded great assistance in guiding those who came after them, into the same happy chanel. The education of my children would have been a more difficult task if they had not inherited much of their mother's excellent disposition." (Note: The passage recalls the lines of Burns: "I've scarce heard aught describ'd sae weel, What generous, manly bosoms feel.") This lady, it should be remembered, was the maternal grandmother of Joseph Smith, the Prophet. . Lydia married Solomon MACK [46869] [MRIN: 15143] 4 Jan 1759 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA. She was sealed to her spouse 24 Aug 1939 in the . Solomon was born 26 Sep 1732 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA, died 23 Aug 1820 in Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA at age 87, and was buried in Marlow, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA. BIRTH: Also shown as Born East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. DEATH: Also shown as Died 1818 ~BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 8 Dec 1914, SLAKE. ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 16 Oct 1924, SLAKE.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Unknown (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S560] Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Original data: White, Lor).
      Marriage date: 4 Jan 1759 Marriage place: Lyme Residence date: Residence place: Lyme
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=611833&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S142] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 2786.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH.

    4. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), downloaded 24 Dec 2009 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S989] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R), citing microfilm 184104, page 403, reference number 14492, downloaded 16 May 2009 (Reliability: 3).