Re: LYDIA PRENTICE (1778-1862), wife of ABIRAM SKEEL
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In reply to:
LYDIA PRENTICE (1778-1862), wife of ABIRAM SKEEL
John Coffey 1/28/06
"Rev. Abiram Skeel married Dr. Lydia Prentice, a woman of strong personality and mentality, who practiced medicine and who was so prominent in church affairs as to gain the title of 'the petticoat bishop.'She was of the family of General Prentice, of Revolutionary War fame, and a cousin of George D. Prentice."
[Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography. New York & Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1917, p.445.]