Searching for info on the above (sometimes shown as Lydia Valerie Wooley) who was born March 17, 1637 and at age 13, married Zephaniah Howard of Dartmouth, Mass. (later Dutchess County N.Y.) who was born Sept. 10, 1731....son of William Howard and Mary Parker, (2nd wife...first wife being Mary Tallman born 1714.) Valeriah (starting at age 14) and Zephaniah had 12 children: William, Elizabeth, Joseph, Pontius, Lydia, John, Elihu, Fannah, Sylvester, Edward, Silas, and Ann. (1753 through 1758). Valeriah died April 28, 1813 at the age of 76. Zephaniah died Oct. 6,1813 at the age of 81. Info from others indicated her parents were Pontus/Pontius Wooley and her mother to be a Palmer. They were connected to the Howland family (through Fanny Howard???) as well as the Sweet family when Sylvester Howard married Lydia Sweet. The Boston Transcript is shown to have info on Valeriah, if anyone has access to it, a lookup would be appreciated. It is in the Gen. Column 1906-1941. Completely indexed in the Index: 28 Mar 1928, 6814; 25 Mar 1931, 1507; 25 May 1931, 1806 (according to the Americaan Genealogical-Biographical Index) Volume: 85 Page 31