Born in Lower Wakefield, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry Allen Shaw
and Abigail Hood (Kinney) Shaw
Sister of
William Advardus Shaw, Jonathan Shaw, Sophronia (Shaw) Siprelle, Darius Allen Shaw, Curziza Ann Shaw, William Q. Shaw, Elizabeth Jane (Shaw) Britton, Henry H. Shaw, Randolph Ketchum Shaw and Abigail Hood (Shaw) Hale
Wife of
Stephen Britton
— married
4 Aug 1825 in Woodstock, New Brunswick
Descendants 
Mother of
Susan Moriah Britton, Elizabeth Jane (Britton) Shaw, William Henry Britton, George Ira Britton, Benjamine Britton, Cureza Ann Britton, John Wilfred Britton, Harriet Adelia Britton, Frederick Whitfield Britton and Abigail Isabella Britton
Died before
before age 60
in Lower Wakefield, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Nov 2012
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1809. Lydia is the child of Henry Shaw and Abigail Kinney.
Newspaper Carleton Sentinel d. At her residence, Lower Wakefield (Carleton Co.) 28th Oct., Lydia beloved w/o Stephen BRITTON, age 60 years 4 mos., leaving a sorrowful husband and nine children, 36 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren to mourn her loss. She died trusting in the merits of a risen Saviour.
Sources
- Edwin W. Bell and Lillan M. B Maxwell. Israel Kenny, his children and their families. (1944) 120p.
- 1851 Census New Brunswick Carlton County Wakefield Parish
- http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1851_pdf/e092/e002292242.pdf
- 1861 Canadian census
- http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1861/pdf/4108533_00437.pdf
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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~6.25%
Richard Cooper
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
James Shaw :
23andMe
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~3.12%
Daniel Shaw :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Katie Wallace :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Susan (Powell) Marx :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A698161 [compare], Ancestry member rrrose593
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~1.56%
Gregory J. V. Harris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gregoryjharris1
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~0.78%
Clair (Harris) Zarges :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A476553 [compare], Ancestry member ClairZarges
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~0.78%
Beth McGarrigle :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Don Oliver :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #233638
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Kim Britton
Kim Britton
Shaw-2848 and Shaw-5029 appear to represent the same person because: I think these are the same person
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by Kim Britton
Lydia is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 29 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 25 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 11 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.