Lydia Duckett

Female31 January 1797–3 May 1870

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Duckett was born on 31 January 1797, in Laurens, South Carolina, United States, her father, Richard Belton Duckett, was 21 and her mother, Mary Sarah Whitmore, was 17. She married Moses Addington on 24 October 1814, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Macon, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 May 1870, in Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Franklin, Macon, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Addington
1793–1858
Lydia Duckett
1797–1870
Marriage: 24 October 1814
Avaline Clarinda Addington
1815–1893
Lorenzo Dow Addington
1818–1884
Lowery Thomas Addington
1820–1892
William Askew Addington
1823–1905
Infant Addington
1825–1826
Sarah Ann Addington
1827–1905
Thomas Spiers Addington
1829–1911
Moses Henley Addington
1831–1902
Lydia Caroline Addington
1833–1923
Mary Catherine Addington
1836–1914
Harriett A. Addington
1838–1912

Sources (8)

  • Lyddia Addington in household of Milos L Potts, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lydia Ducket in entry for Lydia Caroline Potts, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
  • Lydia Addington in household of Moses Addington, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 October 1814Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
  • Children (11)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (16)

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    World Events (8)

    1799 · Gold Nuggets Found

    Age 2

    "In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 3

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 22

    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): from the Middle English personal name Duket. This may sometimes have been an early Middle English pet form of an Old English Ducc(a), but was more often a pet form of Marmaduke, especially in Yorkshire (see Duke ). Marmaduke itself is from Irish Maol Maedóc ‘servant of Maedóc’, Maedóc being the name of prominent Irish saints of the 6th and 7th centuries.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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