I made a mistake on this. Mary Dexter Hall was born 1819, not 1821. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Comstock" <ri1654@earthlink.net> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:08 PM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Lydia Hall Mystery > While looking at the 1870 RI census for the Jonathan F. Comstock family > (wife: Mary Dexter Hall), I found a 55 year old Lydia S. Hall living in the > Comstock home. The census shows Lydia's birthplace as Massachusetts. As far > as I know, Benjamin Hall and Sarah Bates Hall of Bellingham had two > children: Olive born in 1798 who married my 3rd great-granfather, John Jay > Paine of Smithfield; and, Mary Dexter Hall, born 1821 who married Jonathan > F, Comstock, my 2nd great-uncle. I always found it interesting that I > haven't even found children who died at birth or died young in between Olive > and Mary. It would seem unusual in the early 1800s to have only two > children and have them spaced that far apart. > > Now, I find a Lydia S. Hall, four years older than Mary, living with Mary > and her husband, Jonathan F. Comstock, in 1870 in Providence. Does anyone > know if this Lydia is a sister to Mary Dexter Hall, thus making her an > additional child for Benjamin and Sarah Bates Hall? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >