Born in Sussex, Delaware USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Simpler
and Leah (Rodney) Simpler
Sister of
Sarah (Simpler) Richards, John Simpler, Mary (Simpler) Rust, Eunice (Simpler) Blizzard, James Simpler, Thomas Simpler Jr, Arcada (Simpler) Atkins and Peter R. Simpler
Wife of
Eli Walls
— married
14 Jan 1795 in Delaware USA
Mother of
Mary Walls, Nancy Walls, James Walls, Lydia Walls, Eli Walls Jr, Jonathan Walls, Arcada Walls, Gideon Walls, Leah Walls, Absalom Walls and Sarah Walls
Died
at age 67
in Delaware
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2011
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Biography
Lydia was born April 19th 1779 in Sussex, Delaware. She married Eli Walls, son of Samuel Walls and Mary Ann Johnson, January 14th 1795. Eli was born June 19th 1776. They had at least 11 children.
Lydia died June 8th 1842, at the age of 63.
Sources
Delaware Families 1787-1800
Maud Russell 1937: “Compiled and drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma (1937) from bible records and other records, remembrances of older relatives, county records, History of Sullivan and Green Counties, Indiana, by Professor John W. Spencer (1887). Information furnished by many relatives, notably, Miss Gay Edna Calvert.”
Mary L. Pickrell, March 1979: “This information was taken from a chart on file at the Vigo County Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.”
“ The information was compiled and the chart drawn by Maud Russell, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1931, from bible and other private records, county records, and the Pound Genealogy as to some dates.”
“Also on file at the Vigo County Library is a chart on the St.Clair family which was also prepared by Maud Russell. In comparing the Fanny/Siner/Eli St.Clair section, a few discrepancies were found.”
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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%
Lorrain Leckliter
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