Person:Richard Lyon (2)

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Richard Lyon
b.Bef 1626
d.Bet 12 Apr 1678 and 17 Oct 1678 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
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m. Bef 1651
  1. Moses LyonEst 1651 - Bef 1697/98
  2. Richard LyonCal 1653 - 1740
  3. Elizabeth LyonEst 1655 - Bef 1704
  4. Samuel LyonEst 1657 - Abt 1733
  5. Esther LyonCal 1658 - 1699
  6. William LyonAbt 1660 - 1700
  7. Hannah LyonCal 1661 - 1743
  8. Abigail LyonEst 1673 - 1698
  9. Joseph LyonAbt 1673 - 1698
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Lyon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1626 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Residence[2] May 1649 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage Bef 1651 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Moses).
to Margaret Unknown
Other[2] 13 Oct 1664 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesFreeman of Connecticut.
Will[1][2] 12 Apr 1678 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2] Bet 12 Apr 1678 and 17 Oct 1678 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Between date of will and date of inventory.
Estate Inventory[1][2] 17 Oct 1678 £632-02-00.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lyon, Richard, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:393-94.

    "Lyon, Richard. … Will 12 Apr. 1678; son Moses, who was to pay 'to my Cosen Mary fitch' £7; sons Richard, William, Samuel, Joseph; dau. Hester Perry; son-in-law Nathaniel Perry; wife Margaret (Exec'x); daus. Betty, Hannah and Abigail (all under 19). Witnesses, Nathan Gold, Mary Murwin. Inv. 17 Oct. 1678. He conveyed to sons Richard and Moses, 1677/8; and Moses purchased from his mother Margaret, 1681. Richard and Samuel Lyon agreed 1699 on distribution of Moses Lyon's property; the owners of the other four parts are Joshua Jennings, Samuel Smith, William Rowleson, and Esther Grumman. Samuel Lyon bought of Esther Grumman, his brother Joseph Lyon, and also from Samuel Jennings right in land which latter bought from Joshua Jennings, Samuel Smith and William Rowleson which befell by the death of their brother. [Fairfield Deeds.]

    Distribution 10 Mar. 1723/4 of commonage to heirs of Richard Lyon, who left five sons, Moses (eldest, dec'd without heirs), Richard, Samuel, William dec'd, Joseph dec'd, and four daus., Hannah, Esther dec'd, Elizabeth dec'd, Abigail dec'd. The children of William are Nathaniel (dec'd, left children), William and Benjamin. Joseph had two sons, Joseph, and David (dec'd left children). Children of Esther: Joseph Perry, Esther (dec'd, wife of Daniel Burr, left children), Mary (dec'd, wife of John Downs, left children), and Samuel Grumman. Children of Elizabeth: Benjamin and Joseph Banks, also Elizabeth (dec'd, wife of Samuel Davis, left children). Abigail left dau., wife of William Odell."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Richard Lyon of Fairfield, in Lyon, Sidney Elizabeth; Louise Antoinette Lyon Johnson; Albert Brown Lyons; and Samuel R. Winans. Lyon Memorial: Families of Connecticut and New Jersey. (Detroit, Michigan: William Graham Printing Company, 1907)
    2:252-58.

    In his will , he gave 7 pounds sterling to his "cousin Mary Fitch". Although she is thought somehow to have been a descendant of Thomas Fitch and Anne Reeve Fitch of Bocking, Essex, England, that link has not been documented; nor has the relationship between her and Richard.

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