Born in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Phineas Sheldon
and Ruth (Harmon) Sheldon
Sister of
Apphia (Sheldon) Loomis [half], Deborah (Sheldon) Hanchett [half], Phineas Sheldon II [half], Joseph Sheldon [half], Benjamin Sheldon [half], Ruth (Smith) Viets [half], Ezra Sheldon, Anna (Sheldon) Sykes, Alexander Sheldon, Increase Sheldon, David Sheldon and Silence Sheldon
Wife of
Cephas Kent Jr
— married
30 Jan 1779 in Bennington, Vermont, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Cephas Sheldon Kent, Lydia (Kent) Farnsworth, Lucinda (Kent) Farnsworth, Dianthe (Kent) Martindale, Sylvester Kent, Beula (Kent) Welch, Ebenezer Kent, William Jackson Kent, Eliphalet Kent and Maria Kent
Died
at age 86
in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2011
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Biography
Lydia Sheldon was born 12 Dec 1759 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
She married Cephas Kent Jr. on 30 Jan 1779 in Dorset, Bennington, United States, Vermont - children were Cephas Sheldon Kent, Lydia (Kent) Farnsworth, Lucinda (Kent) Farnsworth, Diantha Kent, Sylvester Kent, Beula Kent, Ebenezer Kent, William Kent, Eliphalet Kent and Maria Kent
She died 15 May 1846 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Sources
- CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- VT Vital Records, 1760-1954
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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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~1.56%
Mike Edwards
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WB1490540 [compare], Ancestry member MichaelRayEdwards
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~0.78%
Stephen Pratt :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Stephen Chapman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member schapmans
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~0.39%
Marion (Rich) Spencer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Duke1948
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~0.39%
Jeanne Sheldon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member EJSheldon
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N87543
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~0.39%
David Erickson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member daviderickson312
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Stephen Pratt
Grandmother of Stephen Martindale Farnsworth and Philo Taylor Farnsworth who were with Brigham Young and company on the way to Utah and Salt Lake City with the Mormons. Between them Stephen and Phlio fathered over 50 children.
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