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Moses Lyon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Death: September 28, 1778 (65)
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Deacon William Lyon and Deborah Lyon
Husband of Grace Lyon
Father of Ethelbert Child Lyon; Elfleda Janes; Alkmena Wallis; Marsilva Cheney; Mayaseliva Lyon and 2 others
Brother of Lieut. William Lyon, Jr.; Dea. Daniel Lyon, Sr.; Ebenezer Lyon; Capt. Jabez Lyon; Aaron Lyon and 9 others
Half brother of Nehemiah Lyon

Managed by: Eugenia Mark (Cathers)
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About Moses Lyon

Moses Lyon

  • BIRTH 26 Oct 1712 Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
  • DEATH 28 Sep 1778 (aged 65) Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 130460885

Parents William Lyon 1675–1741
Deborah Colburn Lyon 1680–1714

Siblings
William Lyon 1700–1780
Daniel Lyon 1702–1767
Ebenezer Lyon 1703–1767
Jabez Lyon 1704–1760
Aaron Lyon 1706–1746
Margaret Lyon Lyon 1708–1781
Moses Lyon 1710–1711

Half Siblings
Nehemiah Lyon 1719–1807

Children
Alkmena Lyon Wallis 1746–1812

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130460885/moses-lyon


Biography

Moses was born in 1712. He was the son of William Lyon and Deborah Colburn.

Child:

Ephraim b. 1733, died May 25, 1798 at Ashford, Connecticut He passed away in 1778.

He graduated Yale in 1735. After graduation he "removed about 1753 to Brimfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1778 (will dated September 17, proved October 31). He probably lived in that part of Brimfield, which is now the town of Holland." (Dexter)

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Profile last modified 12 Oct 2022 | Created 11 Nov 2015 | Last significant change:
4 Nov 2022

Moses Lyon (1712 - 1778)

Moses Lyon

Born 26 Oct 1712 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Son of William Lyon and Deborah (Colburn) Lyon

Brother of William Lyon, Daniel Lyon, Ebenezer Lyon, Jabez Lyon, Aaron Lyon, Margaret Lyon, Moses Lyon and Nehemiah Lyon [half]

Husband of Grace (Child) Lyon — married 10 Oct 1737 in Woodstock, Connecticut

Father of Ephraim Lyon and Alfred Colburn Lyon

Died 28 Sep 1778 at age 65 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

23:33: Leslie Walsh adopted the profile of Moses Lyon (1712-1778). [Thank Leslie for this]

Sources

McPike, Eugene F. "Lyon Memorial" Press of Wm. Graham Printing., Detroit, Michigan. 1905. pp. 34,35.see at archive.org Find A Grave: Memorial #130460885: Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn., 1885) Vol. 1, Page 541.

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Moses Lyon's Timeline

1712
October 26, 1712
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1744
April 13, 1744
Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, United States
1749
1749
1778
September 28, 1778
Age 65
Brimfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
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