Born in Childsbury, Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Isaac Child
and Margaret (Tunsteed) Child
Sister of
Sarah (Child) Harleston and Mary (Child) Thomas
Wife of
George Chicken Jr.
— married
5 Feb 1741 in Province of South Carolina
Wife of
Elias Ball
— married
28 Jan 1747 in St Tho St Denis, Berkeley, South Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine (Chicken) Simons, Elias Ball, Isaac Ball, Lydia (Ball) Bryan, John Coming Ball Sr. and Samuel Ball UEL
Died
at age 42
in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina
Profile last modified
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Biography
Lydia, born 22 February 1721/2, was the daughter of Isaac Child and Margaret Tunsteed of Childsbury, Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina.
On 5 February 1740/1 she married George Chicken. They had a daughter Catherine (b. 29 January 1741/2). George Chicken died 2 March 1745/6.
She married second on 28 January 1747/8 Elias Ball.
Lydia died 1 April 1765.
Research Note
There are no primary sources showing her with a middle name Turnsteed or Tunsteed.
Sources
- Smith, Henry A. M. “Childsbury.” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 15, no. 2 (1914): Bible records pp.111-112. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27575394
- Find A Grave: Memorial #29470099
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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%
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Christina Jobe
Child-1306 and Child-1112 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
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