Born about in Henrico County, Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Witt
and Lavinia (Harbour) Witt
Sister of
Joseph Witt, Lavinia (Witt) Sullins, Rhoda (Witt) Stamps, Sarah Ann (Witt) Kirby, Mary (Witt) Jarnagin, Charity (Witt) Carmichael, Elijah Witt, Caleb Witt, Susannah (Witt) Bates and Nelly Witt
Wife of
William (Mays) Mayes
— married
about 1776 in Halifax County, Virginia County, British America
Descendants 
Mother of
Mar Patsy (Maze) Riggs, Milly (Maze) Witt, Sarah (Maze) McDonald, Gardiner B Mays, Rodah (Maze) Snodgrass, John Maze, James Maze, Caleb Maze, Frances Maze, Lemuel Maze and William Maze
Died after
after about age 66
in Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Profile managers:
Holly Witt 
[send private message], Connie Witt [send private message], Donny Anderson [send private message], and Diane Slocumb [send private message]
[send private message], Connie Witt [send private message], Donny Anderson [send private message], and Diane Slocumb [send private message]Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2010
This page has been accessed 997 times.
The Birth, Death, and Marriage Dates are a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Contents |
Biography
Lydia (Witt) Mays was a Virginia colonist.
Lydia Witt was born about 1756 in Halifax County, Virginia Colony. She was the daughter of Charles Witt and Lavinia Harbour. She passed away after 1822 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Birth
No birth record has been found. Lydia's birth date is based on date of marriage and births of her children, as well as dates of birth of her siblings. Estimated birth year is 1756.
Marriage
No marriage record has been found. Lydia married William Mays about 1776. Lydia Witt was unmarried when her father, Charles Witt, wrote his will in 1771.[1] William Mays purchased land near Joseph Witt, Lydia's brother, in 1777. This purchase probably occurred about the time of, or shortly after, his marriage to Lydia. It is assumed they married in 1776; William would be age 21 and Lydia age 20. William died in 1819 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, and left a will in which Lydia was named[2].
Death
No death record or burial site has been found. Lydia was still living in 1822 when she appears on the 1822 tax list of Jefferson County with her sons James and John.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Halifax County Will Book 1, page 414. Transcript of Will available at Charles Witt on Geni.com.
- ↑ 1819 TN Jefferson County William Maze's Will https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S7WF-SKN6-P9?i=352&wc=M6Q7-36D%3A179635101%2C179907401&cc=1909088
- ↑ Charles Witt (c1715 – c1781)
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8570615&pid=-402234676. Source S-535853884. Repository: #R-541783643
- Last Will and Testament of William Maze dated November 1818
Is Lydia your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
a profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
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:
-
~1.56%
Diane (Maze) Slocumb
:
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Patricia (Patterson) Hotze :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Diane (Faulkner) Parvin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F174905 [compare], FTDNA kit #174905
-
~1.56%
Archie Anderson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T819710 [compare], FTDNA kit #352451
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Deb Misener :
23andMe, GEDmatch M299814 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A747584 [compare], Ancestry member DJMisener
-
~0.78%
Mary (Giesler) Harvey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A433415 [compare], Ancestry member mgharvey2
-
~0.78%
Donny Anderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A955629 [compare], Ancestry member sonrizer
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A955629 [compare], FTDNA kit #216140
-
~0.78%
M L Pierce :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A673723 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Sharon (Harris) Ward :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Dalton Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ZY1453023 [compare]
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
J Franklin :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Lynda Hall :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Tannerl4
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Donna (Lee) McLaughlin :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Mary Carmichael :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T468388 [compare], FTDNA kit #586404
-
~0.78%
~1.56%
Lola (Hunt) Wilson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T374286 [compare], FTDNA kit #224397
-
~0.78%
Revoniah (Smithee) Breazeale :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JH3432574 [compare], FTDNA kit #945738
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Susan (Brown) Bulla :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal SUSc86f3d1c, FTDNA kit #934490
-
~0.78%
Robert Fowler :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T608267 [compare], FTDNA kit #298991
-
~0.78%
Ronald Steven Grisham :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch BK3558075 [compare], FTDNA kit #B4179
-
~0.39%
Mary Mayes :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A442212 [compare], Ancestry member merhowell131
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments: 2
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Holly Witt
Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Holly Witt
Witt-2272 and Witt-21 appear to represent the same person because: Needs research to resolve surname variations, but clear duplicates. Same husband William (Mays/Maze/Mayes); one matching child (Gardiner Mayes-450/Gardner Maze-258); vitals generally match.
posted
by Holly Witt
Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Witt-990 and Witt-21 appear to represent the same person because: Same birthdate; both married to William Mays.
posted
by Shirley Ann (Strutton) Dalton (1943-2023)
Featured National Park champion connections: Lydia is 11 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 18 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 13 degrees from George Catlin, 13 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 16 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 14 degrees from George Grinnell, 24 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 13 degrees from John Muir, 15 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 21 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
W > Witt | M > Mays > Lydia (Witt) Mays
Categories: Estimated Birth Death and Marriage Date | Virginia Colonists