Gertrude was born about 1725, the daughter of William Carden of Lismore and Gertrude Warburton. (Note that three generations of George Despards of Donore married successively three Gertrude Cardens of Lismore. Not an error.)
Gertrude's marriage to George Despard happened in either 1742 or 1743.[1]
Dodge, Richard Despard. "The Despard Family." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of America, Vol. 2. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, January 1896.
Burke's Peerage: F, #363020
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gertrude 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 Gertrude: