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Mrs Lydia <I>Otis</I> Green

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Mrs Lydia Otis Green

Birth
Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Death
31 Mar 1886 (aged 83)
Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, USA
Burial
Queensbury, Warren County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Dr. David Harris Otis & Sarah Rogers. Second wife of Solomon Haviland (7 Aug 1788 - 2 Apr 1846).

Died as Mrs. Lydia O. Green. She marred 1) Thomas Button (son of Joseph Button & Anna Davis) and had three children by him: Ann Elizabeth, Sarah, and Elizabeth. She married 2) Solomon Haviland (son of Roger Haviland & Hannah Wing) and had two children by him: Hannah Wing and Roger Foster. She married 3) Henry Green (12 Sep 1795 - 26 Dec 1875) who was a neighboring farmer. The 1850 census still showed them as living in neighboring households even though they had already been married; she with her children and he with his (his wife apparently deceased):

1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 61A, Dwelling #67, Family #69

GREEN, Lydia O., 47yrs, Female, $4000, born VT.
HAVILAND, Hannah W., 13yrs, Female, born NY.
HAVILAND, Roger, 11yrs, Male, born NY.
GROAK, Bridget, 19yrs, Female, born Ireland. (Servant)
KILLYON, Thomas, 15yrs, Male, born Ireland. (Servant)

Living next door:

1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 61A, Dwelling #68, Family #70

GREEN, Henry, 54yrs, Male, Farmer, $3000, born NY. (Lydia's husband of 3 years)
GREEN, Emeline, 27yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Frances M., 23yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Betsey A., 21yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Charles H., 11yrs, Male, born NY.

In the 1860 they are shown living together.

1860 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 116, Dwelling #915, Family #915

HAVILAND, Rodger F., 21yrs, Male, Farmer, $10,000/$1,000, born NY.
GREEN, Henry, 65yrs, Male, born NY.
GREEN, Lydia O., 54yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN Hannah, 24yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Mary, 19yrs, Female, born Ireland.

Lydia comes from a family of many judges, lawyers, and prominant politicians. Her brother was Harris Foster Otis, Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, who married Elizabeth H. Haviland, daughter of John Grant Haviland and Betsey Beech. (John Grant Haviland is buried at the Pine View Cemetery, Queensbury.) Harris Foster's son, John Grant Otis, was a U.S. Congressman in 1892 (Topeka, KS). Lydia's 3rd Cousin Once Removed was Harrison Gray Otis, U.S. Senator in 1817-1822 in the Federalist Party and Mayor Of Boston, Massachusetts in 1829-1832. One of his houses in Boston is a tour and headquarters of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.
Daughter of Dr. David Harris Otis & Sarah Rogers. Second wife of Solomon Haviland (7 Aug 1788 - 2 Apr 1846).

Died as Mrs. Lydia O. Green. She marred 1) Thomas Button (son of Joseph Button & Anna Davis) and had three children by him: Ann Elizabeth, Sarah, and Elizabeth. She married 2) Solomon Haviland (son of Roger Haviland & Hannah Wing) and had two children by him: Hannah Wing and Roger Foster. She married 3) Henry Green (12 Sep 1795 - 26 Dec 1875) who was a neighboring farmer. The 1850 census still showed them as living in neighboring households even though they had already been married; she with her children and he with his (his wife apparently deceased):

1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 61A, Dwelling #67, Family #69

GREEN, Lydia O., 47yrs, Female, $4000, born VT.
HAVILAND, Hannah W., 13yrs, Female, born NY.
HAVILAND, Roger, 11yrs, Male, born NY.
GROAK, Bridget, 19yrs, Female, born Ireland. (Servant)
KILLYON, Thomas, 15yrs, Male, born Ireland. (Servant)

Living next door:

1850 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 61A, Dwelling #68, Family #70

GREEN, Henry, 54yrs, Male, Farmer, $3000, born NY. (Lydia's husband of 3 years)
GREEN, Emeline, 27yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Frances M., 23yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Betsey A., 21yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Charles H., 11yrs, Male, born NY.

In the 1860 they are shown living together.

1860 FEDERAL CENSUS
Queensbury, Warren, NY
Page 116, Dwelling #915, Family #915

HAVILAND, Rodger F., 21yrs, Male, Farmer, $10,000/$1,000, born NY.
GREEN, Henry, 65yrs, Male, born NY.
GREEN, Lydia O., 54yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN Hannah, 24yrs, Female, born NY.
GREEN, Mary, 19yrs, Female, born Ireland.

Lydia comes from a family of many judges, lawyers, and prominant politicians. Her brother was Harris Foster Otis, Mayor of Topeka, Kansas, who married Elizabeth H. Haviland, daughter of John Grant Haviland and Betsey Beech. (John Grant Haviland is buried at the Pine View Cemetery, Queensbury.) Harris Foster's son, John Grant Otis, was a U.S. Congressman in 1892 (Topeka, KS). Lydia's 3rd Cousin Once Removed was Harrison Gray Otis, U.S. Senator in 1817-1822 in the Federalist Party and Mayor Of Boston, Massachusetts in 1829-1832. One of his houses in Boston is a tour and headquarters of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.


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  • Created by: Havilands.org
  • Added: Jun 8, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38086013/lydia-green: accessed ), memorial page for Mrs Lydia Otis Green (14 Jan 1803–31 Mar 1886), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38086013, citing Quaker Cemetery, Queensbury, Warren County, New York, USA; Maintained by Havilands.org (contributor 47137177).