First of 3 wives, mother of his children born prior to 1841
Sources
* Family Bible
See submission "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9HMB-DRK : accessed 2015-02-06), entry for James Shockley Bates, submitted by kstowe2757129.
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DNA Connections
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: