Born in Culpeper, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Gaines
and Elizabeth (Strother) Gaines
Sister of
Lucy Gaines, James Taylor Gaines, Edmund Pendleton Gaines, Agnes (Gaines) Everett, George Strother Gaines and Martha Washington Gaines
Wife of
James Lyon
— married
1 Apr 1792 in Stokes, North Carolina
Descendants 
Died
at about age 87
in Stokes, North Carolina
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| Created 24 Apr 2016
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Biography
Behetheland was born in 1778. She was the daughter of James Gaines and Elizabeth Strother, and a sister of Maj. Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, a hero of the War of 1812. She passed away in 1865.[1]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families (Chattanooga, Tennessee: Lookout Publishing, 1918) Vol. 1. See Behetheland Gaines, pp. 90-91. Behetheland was the eighth child of Capt. James Gaines and his wife Elizabeth Strother, whose family are listed on p. 88.
Moody, Martha L. (ed.) Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Washington, D.C., 1919). Vol. LII 1905. See lineage of Mrs. Sophia Lyon Lees of Demopolis, Alabama, p. 23.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Behetheland:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Behetheland:
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~1.56%
Phillip Rich
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M348125 [compare]
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~1.56%
Amy (Withers) Riedl :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Danny Rich :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Dlrich17
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~1.56%
Maurice Ewing :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A745222 [compare], Ancestry member dgewing
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~1.56%
Ethel Ewing :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PQ8304100 [compare], Ancestry member dgewing
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~1.56%
Christiane Honeycutt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BL7201757 [compare]
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~1.56%
Terry Moore :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DN3619859 [compare], FTDNA kit #31001
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~0.78%
Amy (Martin) Trafton-Simer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A700811 [compare], Ancestry member AmySimer
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