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About Joseph Lyman, Sr.
(III) Lieutenant Benjamin Lyman, fourth son of Ensign John and Dorcas (Plumb) Lyman, was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, August 10, 1674, and died there October 14, 1723. He was an enterprising and successful man, and at the time of his death was owner of five hundred acres of land near Granville, Massachusetts. His estate free of debt was appraised at 1147 pounds. He also engaged in trade, and his sbop and goods were appraised at 198 pounds. He was an extensive farmer and fatted cattle in the stall. He owned a negro slave named Nancy, who was appraised at 40 pounds. October 27, 1698, Lieutenant Benjamin Lyman married Thankful Pomeroy, daughter of Deacon Medad Pomeroy, and granddaughter of Eltweld Pomeroy, who came from Devonshire. England, in 1630, and lived first in Dorchester. Massachusetts. then in Windsor, Connecticut, and still later in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1673.
Benjamin Lyman and Thankful Pomeroy had twelve children:
1. Joseph, born August 22, 1699, died 1764; married Abigail Lewis.
2. Benjamin, born December 19, 1701, died in infancy.
3. Benjamin, born January 2, 1703; settled in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
4. Aaron, born April 1, 1705; settled in Belchertown, Massachusetts.
5. Eunice, born in May, 1707, died in June, 1720.
6. Hannah, born July 14, 1709, died in 1794; married Nathaniel Dwight, of Belchertown, Massachusetts.
7. Caleb, born August 8, 1711, and lived in Boston; never married.
8. Susannah, born July 18, 1713; married Baxter, of Boston.
9. William, born December 12, 1715.
10. Daniel, born April 18, 1718; graduated from Yale College, in 1745; became a prominent lawyer and judge in New Haven.
11. Elihu, born July 10, 1720; graduated from Yale College, 1745; afterward became an officer of the French army; never married.
12. Medad, born March 20, 1722; was a tavern keeper in New Haven. Connecticut.
Bibliographic information:
- Title Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 2
- Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter
- Editor William Richard Cutter
- Publisher Lewis historical Publishing Company, 1908
- Original from Harvard University
- Digitized Sep 20, 2006
- http://books.google.com/books?id=kFoLBC2TwFYC&pg=PA726&lpg=PA726&dq...
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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.
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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Joseph Lyman, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1699 |
August 22, 1699
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1728 |
May 30, 1728
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
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| 1729 |
September 7, 1729
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1731 |
May 4, 1731
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1732 |
May 18, 1732
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1734 |
June 22, 1734
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1737 |
September 24, 1737
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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| 1763 |
March 30, 1763
Age 63
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Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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1763
Age 63
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Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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