Lydia Witt (c1756? – aft1822) She was unmarried when her father wrote his will in 1771. While we lack proof, she was probably the Lydia Maze who was married to William Maze (Mays), a neighbor, and also went to Jefferson County, Tennessee sometime after 1789. A William Maze had lived on Flat Creek near Charles Witt, and left a will in 1748 leaving that land to his son William Maze.51 A grandson named William Mays left a will in Halifax County in 1794. Apparently the fourth in the series, William Maze “Jr.” had bought part of the land on Mirey Creek in Halifax County where Sherwood Walton lived in 1777, with Joseph Witt a witness.52 This was probably Lydia’s husband. He is probably the same William Maze listed adjacent to Joseph Witt in the 1782 Halifax tax list. Sometime after 1785 they moved into Pittsylvania County, and in 1789 William Maze sold his land on Miry Creek and moved to the same vicinity as Caleb and Elijah Witt. In fact, William Maze was guardian of two of Elijah Witt’s children in 1807. William Maze’s will was dated 15 March 1818 and proved 14 June 1819 in Jefferson County.53 It named his wife Lydia, sons William, James, Gardner, John, and Caleb, and daughters Mary Patsy, Milly, Sally, Rhoda, and Lydia. It also named his four grandsons, the sons of his daughter Milly Maze and Noah Witt (the son of Elijah Witt). Lydia Witt Maze was still alive when she appears in the 1822 tax list of Jefferson County with her sons James and John.
