Born in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Theophilus Whalley
and Elizabeth (Mills) Whaley
Sister of
Joan Whaley, Ann Whalley, James Whaley Sr., Theodosia (Whaley) Spencer, Elizabeth Whalley, Martha (Whalley) Spencer and Samuel Whaley
Wife of
John Sweet
— married
22 Jan 1718 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Valentine Sweet, Lydia (Sweet) Tefft, Susannah (Sweet) Grennell, Mercy Sweet, John Sweet, Richard Sweet, Amos Sweet, Mary Sweet, Grumel Sweet, Theophilus Sweet, Elizabeth Sweet, Ann Sweet and Priscilla Sweet
Died
at age 69
in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
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Biography
Lydia Whaley, daughter of Robert Theo Whaley and Elizabeth Mills, is wife of John Sweet [1]
Lydia Whaley is named one of three children (the others were Martha and Samuel) of Theophilus Whaley, the immigrant and Elizabeth Mills his wife. [2]
BURIAL: Nov 1753 Elm Grove Cemetery North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. [3]
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/82458825/person/40462210858/facts
- ↑ Page 146 The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Vol. 6. Biographical https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/24869/images/dvm_LocHist009955-01714-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=2771
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215177440/lydia-sweet accessed 11 Feb 2021.
- Source: Descendants of James Sweet, Microfilm #0385003, Source Locality: Salt Lake City, Author: Florence Wetzel, Text: #385000 refers to The James Sweet family, vols. 4-7 of Mrs. Wetzel's notebooks.
- Information provided by Laura Flebbe.
- "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S1TG-PL8 : accessed 2011-01-08), entry for Lydia /Whalley/
- National Biographical Publishing Co., pub. (1881). The Biographical cyclopedia of representative men of Rhode Island. Providence: National biographical Publishing Co., Providence, 1881; p 46
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Whaley-296 created through the import of Clancy Family 9.ged on Aug 22, 2011 by Shirley Becker. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Shirley and others.
- Whalley-155 was created by Patrick Barnum through the import of barnum.ged on May 19, 2014.
- Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Whaley-446 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013. ID: 97366AB8CBD943BAB02894B3F2DB232ECD19. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by William and others.
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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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Whaley-446 and Whalley-214 appear to represent the same person because: appear to be same person
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Whaley-974 and Whalley-214 appear to represent the same person because: Similiar information
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Patrick Barnum
Whalley-155 and Whaley-253 appear to represent the same person because: Her birth date, birth place, father and siblings match and there was only one Lydia Whalley in this family.
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