Born in Chatham County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Terrell Brooks
and Susanna (Warren) Brooks
Sister of
Sarah A (Brooks) Brantley, Ruth Terrell (Brooks) Johnson, Josiah Warren Brooks, Warren Brooks, Mary Ann (Brooks) Nicholson, Timothy Terrell Brooks, Rebecca Dabney (Brooks) Kidd, Martha Barton (Brooks) Kidd, William Tell Brooks, Susannah Warren Brooks, Terrell Brooks and Edward Warren Brooks
Wife of
James Thompson
— married
29 Dec 1818 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Martha Thompson, Temperance (Thompson) Jones, John H Thompson, Jesse L Thompson and Molsey S Thompson
Died after
after age 81
in Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
Lydia was born in 1798. She is the daughter of William Brooks and Susanna Warren. Lydia married James Thompson in 1818.[1] The Thompsons moved to Coosa county, Alabama after 1840. They spent the rest of their lives in Alabama.[2][3] Liddie is last listed on the 1880 census in Elmore county, Alabama along with her daughters Martha and Molsey. [4]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9B-T9QZ : 10 March 2021), James Thompson and Lydia B Brooks, 28 Dec 1818; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPY-BB7 : 19 December 2020), Lydia Thompson in household of James Thompson, Coosa, Alabama, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKQ-8CG : 28 May 2021), Liddie Thompson, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JF-VSP : 19 February 2021), Liddie Thompson in household of Meatts Thompson, Good Hope, Elmore, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 70, sheet 72D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,012.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Liddie 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 Liddie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Liddie 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 Liddie:
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~4.69%
Ronald Brooks
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QD3075145 [compare], Ancestry member RonaldBrooksChathamNC
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~3.12%
Sandra Kidd :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sandrakidd524
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~3.12%
Wanda (Reeder) Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A606368 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B554821
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Elise Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A028250 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
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~1.56%
Scott Horn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A344546 [compare], Ancestry member whorn125
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Bobby Touchton :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Michelle Skolyak :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Jeffrey Kern :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jmkrothes1
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Gary Essary :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T212100 [compare], FTDNA kit #60846
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Lydia and I are second cousins five times removed through John Brooks Esq. Sr.
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