Capt. Joseph Lyman, Jr.

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Joseph Lyman, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Death: October 21, 1804 (73)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Lyman, Sr. and Abigail Lyman
Husband of Mary Mercy Lyman
Father of Major Erastus Lyman; Mary "Polly" Lord and Judge Joseph Lyman, III
Brother of Eunice Clarke; Mercy Hawley; Eleanor Lyman; Lt. Elisha Lyman and Eleanor Lyman

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About Capt. Joseph Lyman, Jr.

DAR information:

LYMAN, JOSEPH Ancestor #: A072609

Service: MASSACHUSETTS

Rank: CAPTAIN

Birth: 5-4-1731 NORTHAMPTON HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Death: 10-21-1804 NORTHAMPTON HAMPSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS

Service Description: 1) COLS JONATHAN WARD,BENJ R WOODBRIDGE

Residence 1) City: NORTHAMPTON - County: HAMPSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS

Spouse Number 1) Name MARY SHELDON

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2 Joseph Lyman4, Benjamin3, John2, Richard1, 1699-1763, b. 1699; m. Abigail Lewis of Farmington, Ct., who was b. in 1701. He remained in Northampton where he d. March 30, 1763, thirteen years before the death of his wife on whose tombstone are inscribed these words:

The grave is that home of man

Where dwells the multitude.

Northampton, Mass.

Children, Fifth Generation:

14 1 Eunice, b. May 30, 1723; m. Capt. Samuel Clark of Northampton.

15 2 Mercy, b. Sept. 7, 1729; m. Flon. Joseph Hawley, the patriot of the Revolution, who first uttered the sentiment, "We must fight," afterwards quoted by Patrick Henry.

16 3 Joseph, b. May 4, 1731.

17 4 Eleanor, b. May I8, 1732; d. in infancy.

18 5 Elisha, b. June 22, 1734.

19 6 Eleanor, b. Sept. 24, 1737; m. Capt. Oliver Lyman, of Vt. Ch.6th Gen.:

1 Erastus, b. Feb. 9, 1761, who m. Abigail Bracket.

2 Mary, b., 1765; m. Lynde Lord, of Litchfield, Ct., Jan. 30, 1786. (NOTE: Daughter of Joseph, above. -- Jessica German)

3 Joseph, b. Oct. 22, 1767.

Bibliographic information:

  • Title Genealogy of the Lyman Family in Great Britain & America: The Ancestors & Descendants of Richard Lyman, from High Ongar in England, 1631
  • Author Lyman Coleman
  • Publisher J. Munsell, 1872
  • Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Digitized Jun 13, 2007
  • Length 533 pages
  • Page 392
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=IR43AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA392&lpg=PA392&d...

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Capt. Joseph Lyman, Jr.'s Timeline

1731
May 4, 1731
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1761
February 29, 1761
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1764
February 26, 1764
Northampton, MA
1767
October 22, 1767
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1804
October 21, 1804
Age 73
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
October 22, 1804
Age 73
Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States