Mercy Hawley

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...