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Note by Thomson, Andrew John-1:
Lydia Wight formerly Eliot aka Penniman
Bapt July 1, 1610 in Nazeing, Essex, England
Daughter of Bennett Eliot and Lettice (Algar) Eliot
Her brother was the famous Puritan minister, Rev. John Eliot, known as the "Apostle to the Indians". He translated the Bible into the local Native American language.
Sister of Sarah (Eliot) Curtis, Philip Eliot, John Eliot, Jacob Eliot, Joseph Elliott, Francis Eliot and Mary Eliot
Wife of James Penniman II — married July 26, 1631 (to December 26, 1664) in High Laver, Essex, England
Wife of Thomas Wight — married 15 September 1665 in Medfield, Massachusetts.
Mother of William Penniman, James Penniman, Lydia (Penniman) Adams, John Penniman, Joseph Penniman, Sarah (Penniman) Robinson, Bethia Penniman, Samuel Penniman, Hannah Penniman, Abigail (Penniman) Cary and Mary (Penniman) Paine Died July 19, 1676 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Edited to add complete date of second marriage.
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From find A Grave:
Lydia Eliot was sister of JOHN ELIOT and JACOB ELIOT , and daughter of Bennet Eliot of Widford and Nazeing, Essex. She was baptized at Nazeing, Co. Essex, England on Jul 1,1610. (The High Laver parish register omits her maiden name.)
She married (1) James Penniman at High Laver, Essex, 26 July 1631. He was baptized Chipping Ongar, Essex, 29 July 1599, son of James and Annis (Wilcock) Penniman. They came from High Laver, Essex to Massachusetts Bay in 1631 on second trip of the "Lyon." First settled in Boston; later moved to Braintree.
They had ten children: James, Lydia Adams, John, Joseph, Sarah Robinson, Bethia Allen, Samuel, Hannah Hall Haskins, Abigail Cary, & Mary Paine.
After their father died in Braintree 26 December 1664, she married (2) Medfield 7 [December?] 1665 as his second wife Thomas Wight.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
Hancock Cemetery, Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts is what it says on Family Search online for place of burial.
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