Lydia
Benedict
formerly [surname unknown]
Born in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Benedict Sr.
— married
1737 in Fairfield, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Rachel (Benedict) Matthews, Benajah Benedict, William Benedict, Moses Benedict, Phebe Phoebe (Benedict) Hall, John Benedict, Lydia Benedict and Rebecca Benedict
Died
at about age 74
in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2014
This page has been accessed 55 times.
Biography
Note
- Some suggest her maiden name was Gregory but no source given.
- Burial Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
- Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 December 2017), memorial page for Lydia “Relict of L[ieutenan]t John” Benedict (unknown–18 Mar 1793), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21148843, citing Congregational Church Cemetery, Bethel, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Gary Boughton (contributor 46892198) .
- Henry Marvin Benedict, The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America, (Joel Munsell, 82 State Street, Albany, NY, 1870) pg 286 (pg 366 google ebook)
- Manual of The Congregational Church in Bethel, Conn., May 16, 1887 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, Conn., 1887) Page 21.
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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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~0.78%
~3.12%
Martha (Culp) Stills 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A324094 [compare], Ancestry member mykellee
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A324094 [compare], FTDNA kit #B18540
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~0.78%
Karen (Nelson) Fetzer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Karenfetzer60
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~0.78%
Marina (Gregoire) Dickey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lucy (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Diaz :
23andMe, GEDmatch YX1860828 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A356733 [compare], Ancestry member luseaann1
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~0.39%
Donna (Selvaggio) Selvaggio-Richards :
23andMe, GEDmatch M206722 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A423129 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Michael Stills :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A414581 [compare], Ancestry member Mykellee
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A414581 [compare], FTDNA kit #B18540
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Jillaine Smith
Elaine (Gosser) Dodd
Records on Find a grave, N American family historys, Benedicts in America
posted
on Gregory-6556 (merged)
by Elaine (Gosser) Dodd
Jillaine Smith
Gregory-3978 and Unknown-247320 appear to represent the same person because: Based on vitals, likely the same person but no sources provided to support her maiden name. Needs research to find that and date of marriage to Hicks.
posted
on Gregory-6556 (merged)
by Jillaine Smith
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