Mary Lyon

Mary Lyon formerly Batson aka Baston, Boston, Prentice, Robbins

Mary Batson

• Birth: 1676 - Cape Porpoise, York County, Maine
• Death: Mar 2 1760 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts,
• Parents: John Batson, Elizabeth Sanders
• Husbands: 1) Thomas Prentice 2) Nathaniel Robbins 3) Samuel Lyon
• Children: Elizabeth Prentice, Thomas Prentice, John Prentice, Henry Prentice, William Prentice, Hephzibah Prentice

notes

Thomas the f. was styled a brickmaker, and res. on the western side of Garden Street, opposite to the Botanic Garden; the cellar and well were visible recently. He a. 7 Dec. 1709, a. S3 years 3 months and 12 days, as inscribed on his gravestone; his w. Mary m. Nathaniel Robbins before 1720, and Samuel Lyon of Roxbury 24 Nov. 1742, after *bow death she returned to her former dwelling, and d. here 2 Mar. 1760, a. 83.

The epitaph on her gravestone was prob. written by her son. Rev. Thomas Prentice ot Chs., and as a tribute of filial affection is worthy of preservation; "Here lyes intcrr'd the body of Mrs. Mary Lyon, in her first marriage consort to Mr. Thomas Prentice whom she survived more than 50 years, and expired March the 2d 1760, in the 84th year of her age, not impatient of life, but satisfied with tt: Her children rise up, and call her blessed."

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• History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Volume 2 (Google eBook) Lucius Robinson Paige H. O. Houghton, 1877 - Cambridge (Mass.) - 731 pages.  "Prentice" Page 630
• Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon, of Roxbury, Peter Lyon, of Dorchester, George Lyon, of Dorchester, with Intro. Treating of the English Ancestry of the American Families (Google eBook). Albert Brown Lyons W. Graham Print. Company, 1905 - 491 pages.
• [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lyonfamilies/lfa_018.htm "3 Generations of Descendants of William LYON"
• http://brazoriaroots.com/p9427.htm
  • Charles Thornton Libby, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, Maine: The Southward Press, 1928), 82.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 20844802

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Batson-739

Biography

Mary Baston, daughter of John Baston of Cape Porpoise, Maine " ... BASTON, Mary, b. ab. 1676, d. in Camb. 2 Mar. 1760, ag. 83 (grst.).

She m. 1st in Camb. 6 Nov. 1701 Thomas Prentice who d. 7 Dee. 1709; 6 ch. incl. Rev. Thomas Prentice of Ken'port;

2d bef. 1720 Nathaniel Robbins;

3d 24 Nov. 1742 Samuel Lyon of Roxbury. ..."

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Vol. 2 Volume 2 page 82

ROBBINS, Mary [Mrs] and Samuel Lyon (of Roxbury, int.), Nov. 24, 1742. CAMBRIDGE MARRIAGES. [page] 334

6. THOMAS PRENTICE3, son of Solomon2 and Elizabeth; m. 1st, abt. 1696, Maria Russell, she d. May 1, 1701;

m. 2nd, Nov. 6, 1701, Mary Batson, of Boston,

she m. 2nd, Nathaniel Robbins, of Charlestown, Mass.,

and m. 3rd. _____ Lyon, Mary d. March 2, 1760, ae. 84.

Children of Thomas and Maria:

Thomas Prentice4, bapt. Nov. 21, 1697; d. young.

Mary Prentice4, bapt. April 2, 1699.

Children of Thomas and Mary:

Thomas Prentice4, b. Nov. 9; bapt. Nov. 20, 1702; d. June 17, 1782, ae. 80.

John Prentice4, b. Nov. 3, 1703; bapt. March 5; d. bef. May 4, 1738

Elizabeth Prentice4, b. Aug. 22; bapt. 26, 1700

Henry Prentice4, b. Nov. 25; bapt. Dec. 1, 1706

William Prentice4, b. July 24, 1708

Hepzibah Prentice4, b. Oct. 29; bapt.Oct. 30, 1709; m. 1st, June 29, 1727, William Badger; m. 2nd, Mr. Underwood, of Boston. Child of Hepzibah and William: John Badger, brought up by his uncle, William Prentice. https://www.prenticenet.com/people/america/henry/index.php?c=2&qr=&...

6. Thomas^ Prentice, "husbandman" and " brickmakor," son of Solomon, Sen., and Elizabeth, d. Dec. 7 or 17, 1709; m., 1st, about 1696, Maria Eussell, who died May 1, 1701 ; m., 2d, Nov. 6, 1701, Mary Batson, of Boston.* In 1697 he owned the covenant, and was admitted to First Church, Cambridge, July 13, 1701. His estate, £506 2s. 6d. The inventor}- mentions his brickyard, his first wife's wearing apparel, £2 ; a riding-hood in Mrs. Nathaniel Hancock's hands ; gun, sword, and cane, £2 ; homestead on both sides of high-way-, £70 ; land bounded by lands of Solomon Prentice, Nathaniel Wyeth, and Henr}' Prentice. His widow m., 2d, Nathaniel Robbins, of Charlestown, Mass., and again m. Lyon; she d. March 2, 1760, ae. 84.

Harris's "Cambridge Epitaphs" says, " Not impatient of life, but satisfied with it, her children rise up and call her blessed."

Mary, wife of Nathaniel Robbins, settled Thomas Prentice's estate. https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00inbinn/historygenealog...

Mary was born about 1676. She passed away in 1760.

Mary (Batson) Lyon (abt. 1676 - 1760)

Mary Lyon formerly Batson aka Baston, Boston, Prentice, Robbins

Born about 1676 in Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, York, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Daughter of John Batson and Elizabeth (Sanders) Gove

Sister of Elizabeth (Batson) Fairfield and Elizabeth (Waldron) Beard [half]

Wife of Thomas Prentice — married 6 Nov 1701 (to 7 Dec 1709) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Nathaniel Robbins — married about 1719 [location unknown]

Wife of Samuel Lyon — married 24 Nov 1742 (to 2 Mar 1760) in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

[children unknown]

Died 2 Mar 1760 at about age 84 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Profile last modified 1 Jan 2023 | Created 3 Apr 2020

Sources

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