Born in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gayer Macy
and Anna (Clasby) Macy
Sister of
Jethro Macy, Charles Macy, Sarah Macy, William Gayer Macy, Samuel Macy and Anna (Macy) Bond
Wife of
Watson Petty
— married
8 Sep 1828 in Surry County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Louisa Petty, William Clinton Petty, Nancy J. (Petty) Hammond, David Monroe Petty, Anna Emeline (Petty) Barker and Mary Ann (Petty) Tucker
Died
at about age 83
in Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jul 2012
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Biography
Lydia Macy, born 11 October 1807,[1] married Watson Petty in North Carolina on 8 Sep 1828.[2] She died in 1891.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Barney Genealogical Record. Nantucket Historical Association. Person ID I28489.
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F859-BJJ : 10 February 2018), Watson Petty and Lydia Macy, 08 Sep 1828; citing Surry County, North Carolina, reference ; FHL microfilm 546,472.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #51973804, citing Back Creek Friends Meeting Cemetery, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA.
- Macy, Silvanus Jenkins. Genealogy of the Macy Family From 1635-1868. Albany: J. Munsell, 1868. Page 122.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BF-H95 : 12 April 2016), Lydia Petty, Randolph county, part of, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing family 313, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD64-9N5 : 12 December 2017), Lydia Petty in entry for Wm C Petty, Western Division, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXJ-YVD : 11 September 2017), Lydia Petty in household of David M Petty, Bush Hill, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 209, sheet 3B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,978.
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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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~3.12%
Rhoads Hollowell
:
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~0.78%
Carol (Pierce) McKenzie :
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