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William Lyon

Also Known As: "Sr."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: September 27, 1741 (66)
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Lyon, of Roxbury and Abigail Lyon
Husband of Deborah Lyon and Martha Lyon
Father of Lieut. William Lyon, Jr.; Dea. Daniel Lyon, Sr.; Ebenezer Lyon; Capt. Jabez Lyon; Aaron Lyon and 11 others
Brother of John Thomas Eliphalet Lyon, Jr.; Joseph Lyon; Abigail Draper; Benjamin Lyon; Nehemiah Lyon and 4 others

Occupation: Deacon
Managed by: David Lee Kaleita
Last Updated:

About Deacon William Lyon

Deacon William Lyon

  • BIRTH 15 Sep 1675 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 27 Sep 1741 (aged 66) Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
  • BURIAL Woodstock Hill Cemetery Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut

The progenitor of the Lyon family in Connecticut was William Lyon, born in 1675, who when fourteen years of age, came with an uncle to Woodstock and settled on the homestead farm now owned by Mrs. William Lyon and Mrs. Emma Lyon Frink.

Parents
John Lyon I (1647 - 1703)
Abigail Polley Lyon (1654 - 1703)

Spouses
Deborah Colburn Lyon 1680–1714 m. 11/8/1699 in Woodstock, Windham, CT 3
Martha Morris Lyon 1675–1756 m. 1/6/1715 in Woodstock, Windham, CT 3

Siblings
John Lyon II
Joseph Lyon Sr.
Benjamin Lyon
Abigail (Lyon) Draper
Benjamin Lyon
Susanna Lyon
Bethia Lyon
Ebenezer Lyon
Nehimah Lyond
Hannah (Lyon) Bicknell

Children w/ Deborah*, Martha**

  • Deborah Lyon Colburn
    • William Lyon 1700–1780 m. Patience Hall (the sister of Urania Hall)
    • Daniel Lyon 1702–1767
    • Ebenezer Lyon 1703–1767
    • Capt. Jabez Lyon 1704–1760 m. Urania Hall (the sister of Patience Hall
    • Aaron Lyon 1706–1746
    • Margaret Lyon Lyon 1708–1781 m. Calab Lyon
    • Moses Lyon 1710–1711
    • Moses Lyon 1712–1778
    • Nehemiah Lyon 1719–1807

Reference

1 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10550921/william-lyon
Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 13 2019, 8:49:02 UTC

2 https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-32000e381985e81300f571465...

3 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lyon-1714

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony

Sources

↑ Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896) Book 1, Page 104. ↑ Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896) Book 1, Page 106. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 July 2018), memorial page for Deacon William Lyon (15 Sep 1675 – 27 Sep 1741), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10550921, citing Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Mayflower Pilgrim 332 (contributor 47081711). See also: Lyons, Albert Brown. Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families (W. Graham Print Company, 1905) Page 34 rootsweb: Treadway-Brant family tree rootsweb: Lyon Families of Northern Rhode Island Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records Name William Lyon Event Type Birth Event Date 15 Sep 1675 Event Place Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Father's Name John Lyon Mother's Name Abigail

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Deacon William Lyon's Timeline

1675
September 15, 1675
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1700
October 28, 1700
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
1702
January 6, 1702
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1703
August 13, 1703
Woodstock, Windham County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
1705
March 7, 1705
Woodstock, Windham County, Province of Connecticut, (Present USA)
1706
January 11, 1706
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States
1708
November 19, 1708
Woodstock, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1710
May 4, 1710
Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony
1712
October 26, 1712
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States