Lydia Jane (Chamberlain) Swan

Family

Sources

1. William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Diodate Lord Swan, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Swan was born in East Haddam, July 24, 1824 ... removal to Springfield in 1846 ... New England Card and Paper Company ... associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons ... Alderman 1876-77-78 ward six ... Mr. Swan died in Springfield April 13, 1859 [OCR/typo; ~1895]".

   William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Mr. Swan married, August 22, 1850, Lydia Jane, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Martindale) Chamberlain, of Holyoke, Mass., and had six children — Ella Jennie, born in Springfield October 16, 1851...; Frank Newell, born in Springfield April 4, 1854...; Wilbur Martindale, born July 14, 1856, who married Mary Catherine Bemis, of Chicopee, Mass.; Frederick Richard, born August 29, 1859; Leila Wells, born March 25, 1862, who married George K. Tapley, of Springfield, and Hobart Estabrook, born May 18, 1864..." Same sketch: business carried on "associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons." Matches wilbur-martindale-swan-1856: name Wilbur Martindale; b. July 14, 1856 (= Yale Class of 1918 S. history: father Wilbur Martindale Swan "born July 14, 1856, in Agawam"); wife Mary Catherine Bemis (= Mary C. Bemis in 1918 obit); sister Leila Wells m. George K. Tapley (= Leila W. Tapley, sibling in 1918 obit / heir in Swan v. Tapley); D. L. Swan & Sons. So Wilbur's mother = Lydia Jane (Chamberlain) Swan.

2. William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Diodate Lord Swan, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Swan was born in East Haddam, July 24, 1824 ... removal to Springfield in 1846 ... New England Card and Paper Company ... associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons ... Alderman 1876-77-78 ward six ... Mr. Swan died in Springfield April 13, 1859 [OCR/typo; ~1895]".

   William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Mr. Swan married, August 22, 1850, Lydia Jane, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Martindale) Chamberlain, of Holyoke, Mass., and had six children — Ella Jennie, born in Springfield October 16, 1851...; Frank Newell, born in Springfield April 4, 1854...; Wilbur Martindale, born July 14, 1856, who married Mary Catherine Bemis, of Chicopee, Mass.; Frederick Richard, born August 29, 1859; Leila Wells, born March 25, 1862, who married George K. Tapley, of Springfield, and Hobart Estabrook, born May 18, 1864..." Same sketch: business carried on "associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons." Matches wilbur-martindale-swan-1856: name Wilbur Martindale; b. July 14, 1856 (= Yale Class of 1918 S. history: father Wilbur Martindale Swan "born July 14, 1856, in Agawam"); wife Mary Catherine Bemis (= Mary C. Bemis in 1918 obit); sister Leila Wells m. George K. Tapley (= Leila W. Tapley, sibling in 1918 obit / heir in Swan v. Tapley); D. L. Swan & Sons. So Wilbur's mother = Lydia Jane (Chamberlain) Swan.

3. William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Diodate Lord Swan, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Swan was born in East Haddam, July 24, 1824 ... removal to Springfield in 1846 ... New England Card and Paper Company ... associated with his three sons, under the firm-name of D. L. Swan & Sons ... Alderman 1876-77-78 ward six ... Mr. Swan died in Springfield April 13, 1859 [OCR/typo; ~1895]".

   William T. Davis (ed.), The New England States (Boston: D. H. Hurd, 1897), vol. 1, pp. 332-333, sketch "DIODATE LORD SWAN": "Mr. Swan married, August 22, 1850, Lydia Jane, daughter of Richard and Lydia (Martindale) Chamberlain, of Holyoke, Mass." Matches lydia-chamberlain-swan: wife of Diodate Lord Swan (b. East Haddam 1824, of Springfield); m. 22 Aug 1850; mother of Wilbur Martindale Swan (middle name = her mother's maiden name Martindale) and Leila Wells Tapley.