Eliza Ann, or "Lizzie", was born in Addison, Maine in 1808, the daughter of John Worcester and Mary Fernald.
She married her cousin Aaron Leighton in 1829 (intention filed Dec 11, 1829 in Columbia, Maine). They had six children, all born in Columbia, where Aaron was a farmer.
Lizzie died in 1879 and was buried at the Columbia Cemetery in Columbia, Maine.
Sources
Tibbetts, Leonard & Lamson, Darryl. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, ME, Picton Press, p. 290, 648 [1]
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV24-CM38 : 11 July 2016), Eliza Ann Worcester Leighton, 1879; Burial, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States of America, Columbia Cemetery
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-Y43 : 9 November 2014), Eliza Leighton in household of Aaron Leighton, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States; citing family 195, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliza by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Eliza: