Born in Elbert, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Burk Jr.
and Rebecca Jane (Tuttle) Burk
Sister of
Patience (Burk) Gibson, Thankful Elizabeth (Burk) Morrow, Rebecca (Burk) Dodson, William H Burke, Anna (Burke) Rogers [half], Jane Burke, Thomas Henry Burke, Susannah Burke, Phoebe Burke, Thomas Tuttle Burke and Clarissa Emiranda Burke
Wife of
William Bradford Lair
— married
24 Dec 1807 (to 1863) in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Amanda (Lair) Alexander, Mary (Lair) Duncan, Rebecca Elizabeth (Lair) Powell, Armilda (Lair) Holder, Thomas Hardin Lair, Elizabeth Ann (Lair) Powell, Josiah Bradford Lair, John S. Lair, Permilia Jane (Lair) Morris and Julia Legran Lair
Died
at age 81
in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Dec 2011
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Biography
Elizabeth Burk was born in 1788 and passed away in 1872.
Sources
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: Ancestry Profile
- "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1D-T8GG : 9 March 2021), Bradford Lear and Betsey Burk, 21 Dec 1807; citing Marriage, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,912,848
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB1-FN1 : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Lair in entry for Bradford Lair, 1860
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy 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 Betsy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy 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 Betsy:
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~1.56%
Toni (Saxberg) Dillon
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Cynthia (Leslie) Oder :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Kim (Ford) Moore :
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~1.56%
Dwayne Knox :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XK1174811 [compare], FTDNA kit #116852
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~1.56%
Bobbi Meadows :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bobbimeadows70
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~1.56%
Tony Jones :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tlrjones1
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~0.78%
Solveig Quass :
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~0.78%
Joel Hinton :
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~0.78%
Kimberley Phillips :
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~0.78%
Mary (Kreeger) Rayner :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Denise526073
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~0.39%
Ginger Rogers :
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~0.39%
Dianna Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A473287 [compare], Ancestry member dianna_clark68
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth Berkey (1788-) › Elizabeth (Laird) Buck (abt.1792-) › Mary (Unknown) Burke (abt.1765-) › Elizabeth Burke (abt.1786-) › Elizabeth Birch (bef.1792-)
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