Born about in Frederick, Maryland
Daughter of Thomas Bentley
and Hannah (Unknown) Bentley
Sister of
Benjamin Bentley, Mary (Bentley) Freeman, Daniel Bentley, Rachel (Bentley) Whitaker, Patience Bentley and Margaret (Bentley) Younce
Wife of
Meshack Bednay Davis
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Aaron Davis
Died
at about age 82
in Gilmer, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Aug 2013
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Biography
Lydia is the daughter of Thomas and Hannah. She married Meshack Davis, in about 1774 in Rowan County[1]
Research Notes
See the Bentley Name Study section Three Similar Thomas profiles for more information about Lydia's father and mother.
Gilmer, GA is now Fannin, GA.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Thomas Bentley of Frederick County, Maryland, And Old Rowan County, North Carolina And his Descendants"by James W. Miller. 2006 available here
- ↑ Entered by Dennis Davis.
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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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~1.56%
Hugh Madden
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M955580 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hmadd
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~1.56%
Gusta (Burchett) Bevins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A758873 [compare], Ancestry member GB
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~1.17%
Joe McDonald :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rebecca (Sherr) Van Hout :
23andMe, GEDmatch M513033 [compare]
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~0.78%
Rachelle D :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Michael Hall :
23andMe, GEDmatch PF4473082 [compare]
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~0.78%
Ewing Brooke Whitaker :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Carl Fields :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ccf149
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Denia Pearson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dgems
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~0.78%
Stephen Freeman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T499594 [compare], Ancestry member sfreem
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~0.78%
Dianne Dearring :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A644121 [compare]
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~0.78%
Louise (White) Buckley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A520455 [compare], Ancestry member BillyLouiseBuckley
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~0.78%
Shannon Rogers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A965538 [compare], Ancestry member Lipizzan_Lady
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~0.78%
Barbie (Whistler) Fay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RD2021092 [compare]
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~0.78%
Connie Casebolt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member casebolt1967
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~0.78%
John Floyd :
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