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Samuel Lyon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Death: February 22, 1756 (76)
Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Dea. William Lyon IV and Sarah Lyons
Husband of Maria Kenrick and Joanna Lyon
Father of John Lyon; John Lyon; Edward Lyon; Sarah Lyon; Hannah Lyon and 5 others
Brother of Hannah Tucker; Benjamin Lyon, died young; William Lyon and Mehitable Lyon
Half brother of David Lyon; Deborah Lyon; Martha Lyon and Jacob Lyon, Sr.

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About Samuel Lyon

Samuel Lyon

  • BIRTH 20 Sep 1679
  • DEATH 22 Feb 1756 (aged 76)
  • BURIAL Purchade Cemetery, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  • MEMORIAL ID 50787074 Photos by Chip5610

Samuel was born in Roxbury, Suffolk county, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He 1st married Maria Kenrick. Maria was born in 1675 and she died 25 April 1704 in Roxbury. They had one child John. He 2nd married Joanna Weld, daughter of John Weld and Hannah Prentice, on 20 Dec 1704(?). They had eight children. The family moved from Roxbury, MA to Middleborough, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. On 23 January 1732, he united with the Church there and stayed until his death .

Inscription
IN MEMORY OF Mr
SAMUEL LYON WHO
DECd FEBry ye 22
1756 IN YE 76
YEAR OF HIS
AGE

Parents
William Lyon 1652–1714
Sarah Dunkin (Duncan) Lyon 1655–1689

Spouses
Mariah/Maria Kenrick Lyon 1675–4/25/1704 in Roxbury
Joanna Weld Lyon 1685 – unknown m. 12/20/1704 daughter of John Weld and Hannah Prentice

Siblings
Jacob Lyon 1696–1771

Childrenwith Maria*, Joanna**

  • John Lyon ca1704
    • Eleazer Lyon 1706–1751
    • Jonathan Lyon
    • Edward Lyon
    • Sarah Lyon
    • Hannah Lyon
    • William Lyon
    • Jedediah Lyon 9/7/1721–1807
    • Phebe Lyon Thomas 1723–1795

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Samuel was born in Roxbury, Suffolk county, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

He married Maria Kenrick. Maria was born in 1675 and she died 25 April 1704 in Roxbury. They had one child:
John

He married Joanna Weld, daughter of John Weld and Hannah Prentice, on 20 Dec 1704(?). They had eight children:
Elenzer
Jonathan
Edward
Sarah
Hannah
William
Jedediah September 7, 1721
Phebe

The family moved from Roxbury to Middleborough. In 23 January 1732, he united with the Church there.

Samuel died in Middleborough, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts.

When Samuel Lyon was born on 27 March 1752, in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Philip Lyon, was 22 and his mother, Lydia Green, was 19. He died on 12 January 1757, in his hometown, at the age of 4, and was buried in Hampden, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

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Samuel Lyon's Timeline

1679
September 20, 1679
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1703
April 18, 1703
Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
1704
1704
1706
August 15, 1706
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
October 14, 1706
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1710
December 24, 1710
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1712
1712
Sutton, Massachusetts
1715
1715
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1716
1716
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1719
1719
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts