Lydia's parents based on data, including autsomal DNA matching, are believed to be Asa Cooke b 1720 and Lusannah (Luce Anna) Bryant b 1724, daughter of Deacon Samuel Bryant (Memorial 44140040) and Tabatha Ford Bryant (Memorial 44140209).
Lydia nursed a soldier at Fort Washington, severely brused and wounded, unconscious for several days after an engagement with the indians. This was her future husband, Gabriel Hutchings
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A History of Terrace Park
Romance on the Frontier
Young Joseph Hinkle was only 11 when Indians killed his father. His widowed mother--"In order to survive," says a Hinkle family history--married a soldier from Fort Washington [Gabriel Hutchings] and moved away, after distributing her six children among relatives and sympathetic Covalt Station neighbors.
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NSDAR file for Mary Margaret Hutchings #138314 another story is from Gabriel Hutchings (grandson of Gabriel and Lydia), and Hannah's brother. He related, "Lydia Hutchings, when in bed alone with a 3 day old baby, had her house searched by indians. The indians came and searched for gunpowder. They searched under the hearth stone and when they found mustard seed, they gave a whoop for they thought it was powder. Finding that they were mistaken, they lifted her with the bed clothes and tenderly laid her on the floor while they searched the tick.
Lydia nursed a soldier at Fort Washington, severely brused and wounded, unconscious for several days after an engagement with the indians. This was her future husband, Gabriel Hutchings
~~~~~~~~~~
A History of Terrace Park
Romance on the Frontier
Young Joseph Hinkle was only 11 when Indians killed his father. His widowed mother--"In order to survive," says a Hinkle family history--married a soldier from Fort Washington [Gabriel Hutchings] and moved away, after distributing her six children among relatives and sympathetic Covalt Station neighbors.
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NSDAR file for Mary Margaret Hutchings #138314 another story is from Gabriel Hutchings (grandson of Gabriel and Lydia), and Hannah's brother. He related, "Lydia Hutchings, when in bed alone with a 3 day old baby, had her house searched by indians. The indians came and searched for gunpowder. They searched under the hearth stone and when they found mustard seed, they gave a whoop for they thought it was powder. Finding that they were mistaken, they lifted her with the bed clothes and tenderly laid her on the floor while they searched the tick.
Lydia's parents based on data, including autsomal DNA matching, are believed to be Asa Cooke b 1720 and Lusannah (Luce Anna) Bryant b 1724, daughter of Deacon Samuel Bryant (Memorial 44140040) and Tabatha Ford Bryant (Memorial 44140209).
Lydia nursed a soldier at Fort Washington, severely brused and wounded, unconscious for several days after an engagement with the indians. This was her future husband, Gabriel Hutchings
~~~~~~~~~~
A History of Terrace Park
Romance on the Frontier
Young Joseph Hinkle was only 11 when Indians killed his father. His widowed mother--"In order to survive," says a Hinkle family history--married a soldier from Fort Washington [Gabriel Hutchings] and moved away, after distributing her six children among relatives and sympathetic Covalt Station neighbors.
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NSDAR file for Mary Margaret Hutchings #138314 another story is from Gabriel Hutchings (grandson of Gabriel and Lydia), and Hannah's brother. He related, "Lydia Hutchings, when in bed alone with a 3 day old baby, had her house searched by indians. The indians came and searched for gunpowder. They searched under the hearth stone and when they found mustard seed, they gave a whoop for they thought it was powder. Finding that they were mistaken, they lifted her with the bed clothes and tenderly laid her on the floor while they searched the tick.
Lydia nursed a soldier at Fort Washington, severely brused and wounded, unconscious for several days after an engagement with the indians. This was her future husband, Gabriel Hutchings
~~~~~~~~~~
A History of Terrace Park
Romance on the Frontier
Young Joseph Hinkle was only 11 when Indians killed his father. His widowed mother--"In order to survive," says a Hinkle family history--married a soldier from Fort Washington [Gabriel Hutchings] and moved away, after distributing her six children among relatives and sympathetic Covalt Station neighbors.
~~~~~~~~~
NSDAR file for Mary Margaret Hutchings #138314 another story is from Gabriel Hutchings (grandson of Gabriel and Lydia), and Hannah's brother. He related, "Lydia Hutchings, when in bed alone with a 3 day old baby, had her house searched by indians. The indians came and searched for gunpowder. They searched under the hearth stone and when they found mustard seed, they gave a whoop for they thought it was powder. Finding that they were mistaken, they lifted her with the bed clothes and tenderly laid her on the floor while they searched the tick.
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