Lydia Flagg

     Lydia Flagg was born on 12 March 1783 at Shoreham, Addison Co, Vermont.¹ She was the daughter of Isaac Flagg and Abigail Baldwin. Lydia Flagg was born on 5 October 1783 at Worcester, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; Birth records appear in both Shoreham and Worcester. It is likely that she was born in Worceseor since they removed to Shoreham afterwards.² She married Stephen Hix Salls, son of Hix Salls and Mary Briggs, before 1818; Stephen & Lydia were sponsors to the 1818 bapt of Stephen Salls Flagg. Lydia Flagg married David Sawyer on 14 January 1852 at St George's Anglican Church, Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co, Quebec.³ Lydia Flagg died on 21 October 1862 at Noyan, Missisquoi Co, Quebec, at age 79.³ She was buried on 22 October 1862 at Missisquoi Co, Quebec.³
     She witnessed the birth of Stephen Salls Flagg on 31 May 1817 at Caldwell's Manor, (now Missisquoi Co), Quebec.⁴