Henry Lyman, II was not the son of John Lyman & Margaret Lyman
Disputed Parents and Ancestry
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lyman-86
It has been claimed that Henry Lyman was the son of John Lyman and Margaret Gerard, with a long medieval lineage. This alleged Lyman ancestry has been firmly rejected:
"Lyman Coleman in Lyman Family in Great Britain and America (1872) derived Richard Lyman from High Ongar, co. Essex, England. Many English records are given, but there are serious discrepancies between items obtained from Essex County parish registers and a long Lyman line of descent which is traced back through the Lambert family to the Umfrevilles. Furthermore, some patently false states are made. It would almost seem that the author obtained some genuine records from England but was deceived into accepting a fraudulent pedigree, and that he tried to combine them, with little success.
"Many years ago, two descendants of Richard Lyman, studying the Lyman Family independently, both reached the conclusion that the English line there given, despite the inclusion of authentic records, cannot be accepted in toto as there set forth....
References
- “The Mother of Richard Lyman of Hartford, Connecticut,” The American Genealogist. vol 30, page 187 - 190 < AmericanAncestors > (Henry Lyman as son of John Lyman and Margaret Gerard disproved)
- Genealogy of the Lyman family in Great Britain & America, the ancestors and descendants of Richard Lyman, from High Ongar in England, 1631; by Coleman Lyman; Published 1872 by J. Munsell in Albany, N.Y . Page 14. < Archive.Org > (has errors)
