Born about in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Bruce
and Edith (Thurman) Bruce
Wife of
Overton Pugh
— married
11 Apr 1826 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Jane (Pugh) Irby, William Thomas Pugh, Coleman Columbus Pugh, Richard K. Pugh, Mary Mourning (Pugh) Simpson and Martha Ann (Pugh) McDowell
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2011
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Biography
Sources
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YR-S89 : 6 August 2020), Matilda Bruce in entry for Overton Pugh, 1826.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-4XL : 23 December 2020), Matilda Pugh, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMH-H8C : 18 February 2021), Matilda Pugh in entry for Overton Pugh, 1860, North District, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPS-SGR : 29 May 2021), Gilda Pugh in entry for Overton Pugh, 1870, Subdivision North of Dan River, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda:
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~6.25%
Gay (Irby) Balter
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Alva (Balter) Noonan :
23andMe, GEDmatch B160180 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Greg Balter :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare], FTDNA kit #862690
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch MR2002944 [compare]
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~1.56%
Nicolette (Slusser) Toussaint :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CG7248614 [compare], yourDNAportal NICab0347d9, Ancestry member thymetoblossom
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