EDWARD BULKELEY 1540-1620

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of John Carter, son of Hannah St. John (Carter), daughter of Matthias St. John, son of Matthias St. John, son of Matthias St. John, son of Sarah Bulkeley (St. John), daughter of Edward Bulkeley.]

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of John Benedict, son of Daniel Benedict, son of John Benedict, son of Anna St. John (Benedict), daughter of Mark St. John, son of Sarah Bulkeley (St. John), daughter of Edward Bulkeley.]

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[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Sarah Sawyer Hastings (Snow), daughter of Jonathan Hastings, son of Mary Hartwell (Hastings), daughter of Jonathan Hartwell, son of Elizabeth Wright (Hartwell), daughter of Elizabeth Mellows (Wright), daughter of Oliver Mellowes, son of Martha Bulkeley (Mellowes), daughter of Edward Bulkeley.]

Interior St Mary Shrewbury
Edward was Vicar of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, 1578-82

Edward was a Prebend at Westminster Abbey in 1594

The Chapter-House of Westminster Abbey 1894

Edward was a Prebend (member of cathedral clergy: a member of the clergy of a cathedral or collegiate church) at Westminster Abbey in 1594

Edward was Prebend of Chester Cathedral, 1574

Shropshire, Shrewsbury, St Mary's Church

Edward was Vicar of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, 1578-82

Edward was Prebend of Lichfield Cathedral, 1594

Church where Edward and his son Peter Bulkeley preached in Odell, Bedfordshire, England.
According to Wikipedia, Peter succeeded his father as rector of Odell, 1610-1635.

HOME OF REVEREND. EDWARD BULKELEY BUILT IN 1600's
Early 1600's, Odell, Bedford, England

Edward Buckeley Brief Family History
For eleven generations the Bulkeley had lived no more than twenty miles from Beeston Castle. The castle itself was begun about 1220 when the oldest known Bulkeley was a mature man, and it had played its part in many a skirmish. By the time the twelfth generation of these Bulkeleys was born in the 1500s, the castle was described as shattered and ruinous. The early 16th century was a time of turmoil. The Renaissance and its child, the Protestant Reformation, were sweeping in waves of liberation and conflict across Europe. In England the sentiment against the foreign Pope and the rich clergy was growing. In 1533 Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn, and the next year, by the Act of Supremacy, he made himself the only supreme head of the Church of England the break between England and Rome was complete. In 1537 Henry commissioned an English translation of the Bible, and by 1539 he had dissolved or suppressed all the monasteries. It was, perhaps, the next year, 1540, that Edward Bulkeley was born. And it was into the new Church of England that he was baptized. By the time Edward was a teenager it was determined that he was to become a scholar, and he was sent to Cambridge, 125 miles from his native fields of Cheshire and Salop. There, in the fall term Michaelmas of 1555, he entered St. Johns College with other 14 and 15 year olds. Cambridge University was, by then, over three centuries old, but St. Johns had just been founded in 1511. Newer yet was Trinity College, founded by Henry VIII in 1546, a symbol of the crown's strong support for the new Protestant bent toward learning, and still today the largest college in the university. At St. Johns Edward followed the normal course of study, earning his bachelor of arts in 1559/60, whereupon he was made a fellow of the college. He continued for a master of arts in 1563. Apparently by then he had decided on the priesthood, and after another six years supported, no doubt, with Bulkeley funds from the west he completed his bachelor of divinity, in 1569. About 1566, Edward married Olive Irby, ca 1547 1614/5. She was the daughter of John Irby and Rose Overton and was descended from a long line of Lincolnshire Irbys. Because Olive was from eastern England, Edward probably met her in relation to his Cambridge studies, not back home in Woore. In 1571, at somewhat over 30 years of age, Edward obtained the rectorship at All Saints Church in the village of Odell pronounced Odl in Bedfordshire, less than 30 miles west of Cambridge. And here he and Olive settled for the rest of their lives except, as it seems, for four years in Shrewsbury, serving a rural, out of the way parish and raising eleven children, mostly girls. The first child, Mary, was born probably in 1567, and the others followed at regular intervals; Frances, Judith, Martha, Nathaniel, Deborah, Dorcas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Paul, and lastly Peter, born January 31, 1582/3. For a brief four year span, 1878-82, Edward was simultaneously vicar at St. Mary s Church in Shrewsbury, in Salop. Records attest to his residence there for a time. The Burgess Roll of 1580 for the Shrewsbury Corporation indicates that Edward Bulkeley of Shrewsbury, professor of theology, son of Thomas, was admitted as a burgess, and that he had issue, namely, Nathaniel, age 6 Mary, 13 Frances, 12 Judith, 10 Martha, 8 Deborah, 5 Dorcas, 3 and Elizabeth, 1. We know little of Edward's career. As was the custom, he was supported by a stipend a prebend from the estates of well endowed cathedrals Chester in 1574, Westminster in 1583, and Lichfield in 1594. Meanwhile, he had been granted a doctor of divinity degree by St. Johns in 1578. So by the time he was 40 he was an esteemed pastor, the Reverend Edward Bulkeley, D.D. He was among the several clergymen appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1608 for the Levy of Armour in Bedfordshire among the clergy. That the clergy should be directly responsible to James I and his lords, and might be mobilized for battle by them, was an extreme offense to that growing body of Christians called Puritans, of which Edward was one. Edward lived in a remarkable time in English history. Born in the tempestuous days of Henry VIII's reign, he survived the violent swings toward Protestantism under Edward VI and Catholicism under Bloody Mary that followed. His years of ministry coincided very closely with the reign of Henry's daughter Elizabeth. They were years of energy, action, display, advancing prosperity and financial stability, humanism, nationalism, world wide exploration, remarkable progress in architecture, music, literature, poetry and drama. And they were years in which the Church of England became clearly established as the religion of the state, to which all must publicly conform. This church was a tactful compromise, an imprecise melding of Catholic and Reformation traditions, but it was to be uniform and compulsory. Though the Catholics on the right and the Puritans on the left clamored and plotted for change, Elizabeth and her bishops held this Anglican Compromise together until the end of the century. With Elizabeth's death in 1603 its disintegration was rapid and devastating. Edward is described as a moderate Puritan. We can assume that, though faithful to queen and bishop, he leaned toward a more thorough reformation of the church. It is easier to imagine the context of his life and career when it is seen in relation to some major events of the times, especially those that were affecting the shape of society

Age of Edward Year and Event

3 1543 Henry VIII marries sixth wife, Catharine Parr.

7 1547 Henry dies. Edward VI crowned at age 9.

9 1549 First Book of Common Prayer published.

12 1552 Beliefs and forms of Reformation Protestantism severely enforced. Catholics persecuted.

13 1553 Edward VI dies. Catholic Mary crowned. Catholic forms reinstated Protestants burned.

18 1558 Mary dies. Elizabeth crowned at age 25.

19 1559 John Knox returns to Edinburgh to lead Scottish Reformation.

31 1571 Parliament enacts Thirty nine Articles of belief for the Church of England.

40 1580 Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the world.

43 1583 Humphrey Gilbert establishes colony in Newfoundland.

45 1585 Walter Raleigh settles Roanoke Island, Virginia.

47 1587 Elizabeth has Mary Queen of Scots beheaded.

48 1588 Spanish Armada defeated Spanish control of the seas declines.

50 1590 Shakespeare writes his first plays.

60 1600 East India Company for med.

63 1603 Elizabeth dies. James VI of Scotland crowned James I of England.

64 1604 James I rejects any compromise with Puritans at Hampton Court Conference.

65 1605 Suppression of Catholics by James I. Catholic inspired Gunpowder Plot on parliament.

66 1606 Virginia Company chartered founds Jamestown.

71 1611 The Authorized King James Version of the Bible published.

74 1614 Increasing conflict between James I and Parliament.

80 1620 The Mayflower arrives at Plymouth.

Dr. Bulkeley resigned his Odell pastorate in 1609, probably due to failing health, and it was taken up immediately by his son Peter. Edward and Olive continued to live in or near Odell, but she died within a few years. Th e Odell parish register of burials reads, 10 March 1614/15.

Mrs. Olive Bulklye, the wyffe of Master Edward Bulklye, doctor. And six years later, with his own hand, son Peter recorded his father's burial 5 January, 1620

1. The Right Worshipfull Mr. Edward Bulckly, Dockter of Devinitie. Across the Atlantic they would call the winter that Edward died the starving time. Nearly half the Plymouth colonists from the Mayflower were to perish before the summer of 1621. But half survived. And their survival, grim as it was, opened the way for hundreds, thousands, of others to follow among them Edward's son Peter. did it tweakely and sleightly as was proved by the testimony of John Wakefield the miller, himselfe allso nott denying eitt Itt was ordered that he should make good the damage butt because the damage is not justly known what itt is, Mr. Goodyear, and Mr. Gregsonare to veew the worke, and consider off and sett downe the damage by his defective workmanship... Hoadly, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, 1638 1649, p.75. We can forgive this dereliction of duty, however, since at the time he was likely preoccupied by matters more important than the millwork, i.e., his marriage to Catherine or Katherine Cooke, the widow of Andrew Hull, and the birth of the couple's first child.

2). Source French Royals FRRODE.zip Compuserve The Bulkeley Family by Ronald W. Collins, p 10 Bryananc. Aht
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Rev. Edward Bulkeley Bio

REV. EDWARD BULKELEY (Rev.) - EDWARD BULKELEY, D.D., second son of Thomas Bulkeley of Woore, Shropshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Randall Grosvenor, was born not far from 1540. He matriculated pensioner from St. John's College, Camhridge, Michaelmas, 1555; Scholar, 1555;, B.A.,1559/6O M.A., 1563; B.D., 1569; DD. 1578; Fellow, 1560. He obtained the rectorship of Odell in Bedfordshire, probably in 1571. He "compounded" for the living at Odell, 6 March 1571/2, as it is shown by the Bishops Certificates of the Diocese of Canterbury.* This means that he then paid to his superior his first year's salary, as was then the established practice in the English Church.

He married; probably about 1566, OLIVE IRBY, born say 1547, buried at Odell, 10 March 1614/5, daughter of John and Rose (Overton) Irby, by whom he had three sons and twelve daughters.

It is very difficult to learn much of the personal history of a minister who lived in the sixteenth century and who, by the very nature of his calling, did not figure in the political annals of his generation. He was Prebend of Chester, 1574; of Westminster, of Lichfield, 1594; and was Vicar of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, 1578-82. We know that he was one of the commissioners appointed by the Bishop of Lincoln in 1608 for the "Levye of Armour" in Bedfordshire among the clergy.

We owe to the late Col. Banks the following interesting item from Shrewsbury Corporation Record, Burgess Roll, 1580: Edward Bulkeley of Shrewsbury professor of theology, son of Thomas, admitted burges and has issue Nathaniel, aged 6; Mary, aged 13; Frances, aged 12; Judith, aged 10; Martha, aged 8; Deborah, aged 5; Dorcas, aged 3; Elizabeth, aged 1.

Rev. Richard Madockes of Woodhall.[Odell], county Bedford, in his will dated 15 August 1606, proved 27 November 1606, after providing for his relatives in Shrewsbuy, gave legacies to Mr. Doctor Bulkley, Mistress Olive Bulkley, and their daughter Mistress Elizabeth Bulkley. and appointed Edward Bulkley, D.D., and pastor, sole executor. Dr. Bulkeley's daughter the "Mistress Elizabeth" referred to above, married Richard Whittingham, of Sutterton, county Lincoln. He in his will, dated 6 March 1615, proved 1 April 1618, made provision for his wife Elizabèth, by whom he then had no children, and his own heirs; and then gave legacies to his "brother" Mellowes' children to William Ingoldsbie, a son of brother Ingoldsbie, clerk, and the rest of sister Ingoldsbie's children, and to Olive Welbie and all the rest of her brothers and Sisters; also to his father-in-law, Mr. Doctor Buckley, his brother-in-law Mr. Peter Buckley, and the latter's son Edward; and made Mr. Anthony Ingoldsbie, of Fishtoft, clerk, one of the supervisors of the will.

Dr. Bulkley was a moderate Puritan; he resigned his pastorate in 1609, probably because of increasing age, and died at Odell early in January 1620/1. His burial on 5 January 1620/1 was entered in the Odell registers by his son Peter, who had succeeded him as Rector.

The will of Edward Bulkley late of "Woodhall" Bedford, doctor of theology, deceased, was proved January 1620/1, and a commission to administer was granted to Peter Bulkley, son of the said deceased, and executor named in the will [westminster Act Book, No. 3, fo. 59] The will does not exist, either filled or in the register.

Parents: Thomas BULKELEY and Elizabeth GROSVENOR.
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ROBERT RAND 1592-1639

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Increase Child, son of Ephraim Child, son of Priscilla Harris (Child), daughter of Joanna Brewer (Harris), daughter of Elizabeth Rand (Brewer), daughter of Robert Rand.]

Robert Rand in the New World

Robert Rand
Charlestown Pt. II: Robert Rand in the New World
by Hero Trusler

This is what is believed about the first Rand of my ancestry to come to the New World from Ipswich, England in the 1600s:

Robert Rand arrived to settle in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635. Although there are no records from the ships arriving in 1635 it is thought that Robert, his wife Alice and several children arrived then, based on subsequent known facts. One fact is that Alice was admitted to the Charlestown church in 1635 and then the following year a son was born there. Robert received a Land Grant in 1635 in Charlestown.

Robert and his wife Alice would have been Puritans who like others were seeking religious freedom during a time of tremendous political upheaval in England, a time during which the English Parliament had been dissolved by King Charles and the political system hung in limbo in the years leading to the English Civil War.

The first Puritan ship to drop anchor in Massachusetts was of course the Mayflower in 1620, in Plymouth. Ships continued to arrive and this period of English migration to Massachusetts between 1620 and 1640 is sometimes called The Great Migration. Many early settlers arrived in 1630 on the Winthrop fleets but this did not include Robert who came on an unknown ship a few years after this. By 1640, the wave of migration slowed, in part because of the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1641. Robert and his family stayed and made a life for themselves in Charlestown, Massachusetts, founded in 1628, called Mishawaum by the native tribes. Charlestown was of course part of the larger Puritan settlement, the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Robert Rand
Robert Rand arrived to settle in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1635. Although there are no records from the ships arriving in 1635 it is thought that Robert, his wife Alice and several children arrived then, based on subsequent known facts. One fact is that Alice was admitted to the Charlestown church in 1635 and then the following year a son was born there. He received a Land Grant in 1635 in Charlestown. Note: In 1635 Robert was allotted 3 hay-lots, #33 next to Eames. He had a share of 10 acres in the first division on the Mystic side and relinquished 5. In 1638 he obtained 10 lots: 1.) House on the west side of Mill hill-w. Middle st., e. High st.; 2.)1/2 acre Southfield-se. crooked lane, nw. Thomas Lynde, ne. E. Burton, sw. N. Stowers. 3.) 1 1/2 acres Southfield -ne. street, sw. T.L., se. E.B. & John Stratton, nw. common. 4.) 1 acre meadow South Mead- se. mouth of Gibbons river, nw. John Hodge, sold J.H. 5.) 3 cow commons, one bought of Goodman Potter. 6.) 2 acres in Linefield- ne. Mystic river, sw. E. Convers, nw. R. Long, se. B. Hubbard. 7.) 4 acres meadow Mystic marshes- n. creek out of North river, s. woodland, e. William Baker. 8.) 5 acres Mystic field - woodland, w driftway towards North river, e. landway, n. Abraham Palmer, s. James Thompson, W. Frothingham. 9.) 15 acres woods Mystic fields - ne. John Mousel, sw Edward Convers, John Martin, se E. Richardson, sw. Peter Garland. 10.) 37 acres Waterfield - nw. James Brown, Robert Hawkins, se. Ed. Convers, T. Molton, ne. E.R., sw P. Garland. A total of 66 acres, 3 commons and a house. Robert Rand, husbandman (farmer), Charlestown 1635, removed to Lynn, he recieved a bequest from Robert Keane, his former employer.

Robert died in 1639, his widow Alice died and her will dated 22 June 1663 was probated 17 August 1691; bequeaths to sons Nathaniel, Thomas; to grand children John and Edmund, Sanuel and Thomas, and the 4 daughters of her son Thomas."
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RAND
published in 1910

The following information about the RAND family is from google books called:

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the families of the State of Massachusetts, prepared under the supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M. Historian of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. New York Lewis Historical Publishing Company ...1910...

"RAND: In the Anglo-Saxon, Danish, Dutch and German languages the word rand signifies a border, margin or edge. It first appears in England as a patronymic in the early part of the fifteenth century, when there were Rands at Rand's Grange, a small town near Bedale, and also in Yorkshire in 1475. In Evelyn's Diary he mentions "his friend, Dr. Rand." The name is found in the London records as early as 1633; in Ripple, Kent, in 1600; in Gateshead, county Durham, in 1578; in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Essex and other counties, at later dates. There are numerous coats of arms borne by branches of this family in England. There were three early immigrants of this name to New England, James Rand settled in Plymouth, coming in 1623 on the ship "Ann", but probably returned before 1627. Francis Rand came to Rye, New Hampshire, and has many descendants. Robert Rand is mentioned below.

(I) Robert Rand, immigrant ancestor, came from England, probably in 1635, and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where his wife Alice was admitted to the church in that year, and where, the following year, their son Nathaniel was born. In the town Book of Possessions, dated 1638, mention is made of the property owned by Robert Rand, including one house on west side of Windmill Hill, sixty six acres and "three commons." He died in 1639 or 1640, perhaps at Lynn, where he lived for a time. He received a bequest in the will of Robert Keayne, a former employer. In 1658 his widow Alice Rand and her son, Thomas, jointly, had a grant of thirty four acres of wood land and nine commons. She was a sister of Mary, wife of Captain Richard Sprague, and said to be a daughter of Nicholas Sharpe. Both Captain Richard and his wife left in their wills legacies to member of the Rand family. She died August 5, 1691, at the age of ninety eight years, according to the town record, although given as ninety seven on the grave stone. The will of Alice Rand was made August 22, 1663, but not proved until August 17, 1691. She bequeathed to ther sons Nathaniel and Thomas, grandchildren John, Edmund, Samuel, Thomas and the four daughters of her son Thomas.

Children, probably of a first wife:

1. Robert, settled in Lynn as early as 1649 and died there August 19, 1693, leaving seven children.

2. Margery, born about 1624, died April 12, 1714, aged ninety; married Lawrence Dowse and had nine children.

Children of Robert and Alice (probably). 3. Thomas, born about 1627, mentioned below.

4. Susanna, born about 1630, married, February 8, 1652, Abraham Newell, of Roxbury.

5. Alice, born 1633, died August 11, 1721; married, June 26, 1660, Thomas Lord.

6. Nathaniel, baptized November 3, 1636, sergeant; selectman; married Mary___ and (second) Abigail Carter.

7. Elizabeth, born 1639, died May 1, 1702; married December 6, 1661, Nathaniel Brewer in Roxbury.

(II) Thomas, son of Robert Rand, was born in England, about 1627, died at Charlestown, August 4, 1683. He was a sergeant and cordwainer by trade. He was admitted a freeman in 1660. He married, March 25, 1656, Sarah Edenden, died June 26, 1699, aged sixty three, daughter of Edmund and Eliza (Whitman) Edenden.

Children, born in Charlestown:

1. Thomas, February 1, 1657, married, June 17, 167_, Sarah Longley; drowned in the Mystic river in a canoe accident, October 3, 1695.

2. John, October 6, 1659, died December 19, 1659.

3. Sarah, baptized January 6, 1661, died young.

4. Elizabeth, baptized February 2, 1661, married John Henry.

5. John, born May 25, 1664, mentioned below.

6. Sarah, August 15, 1666, married Thomas White.

7. Robert, April 18, 1668, died of small pox, 1678.

8. Edmund, January 27, 1670, died 1683.

9. Hannah, February 21, 1672, married Nathaniel Frothingham.

10. William, September 11, 1674.

11. Deborah, September 28, 1676, died February 16, 1701.

12. Samuel, May 3, 1679.

(III) John, son of Thomas Rand, was born Charlestown, May 25, 1664, died September 24, 1737. He was a malster by trade. He married (first) December 2, 1685, Mehitable Call, died March 25, 1727, in her fifty ninth year, daughter of John and Hannah (Kettell) Call. He married (second) October 14, 1730, Mary Randall, who died September 22, 1757, aged eighty five, widow of Job Randall.

Children, born in Charlestown:

1. Mehitable, March 27, 1687, married Randolph Davis.

2. Sarah, born and died January 5, 1689.

3. John, March 7, 1690, mentioned below

4. Hannah, February 6, 1692.

5. Jonathan, April 27, 1694.

6. Sarah, July 19, 1696, married, December 22, 1720, John Lamson.

7. Rebecca, November 4, 1698, died January 14, 1699.

8. Benjamin, March 17, 1700.

9. Thomas, March 22, 1702, died October 23, 1722.

10.Caleb, December 6, 1703.

11. Isaac (twin), September 4, 1706, died October 27, 1706.

12 Rebecca (twin), September 4, 1706, died October 27, 1706.

13. Rebecca, July 31, 1708, died November 2, 1708.

14. Edmund, July 2, 1710.

15. Richard, November 19, 1714.
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NICHOLAS PHILLIPS 1611-1672

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Increase Child, son of Mary Lyon (Child), daughter of Elizabeth Phillips (Lyon), daughter of Caleb Phillips, son of Richard Phillips, son of Nicholas Phillips.]

His Will
2 June 1671, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Nicolas made his will dated June 2, 1671 "age about Sixty Yeares or their about"....He died prior to September 7, 1672 when the inventory of his estate was taken, which amounted to 257.11.6 and was presented by his son Richard on 3 Oct 1672. In the will he mentioned his sons in order: Richard, Joshua, and Benjamin. He also mentioned his daughters Alice SHAW, Experience KING, Hannah WHITE, and Abigail PHILLIPS, and "My loving brother Henry PHILLIPS and my loving friends Thomas DYER and Jonas HUMPHREY"..(Source: Buczek Deacon Nicholas PHILLIPS of Weymouth should be distinguished from Nicholas PHILLIPS, shop keeper and victualler. of Boston who died 15 March 1669/70. (History of Weymouth by Chamberlain, 1923.) It was the ; Boston Nicholas PHILLIPS' who married Hannah SALTER in 1651, and had children: Elizabeth b. 1652; Hannah b 1654; Nicholas b 1656, d 1657; Nicholas b 1660, d 1551; Abigail b 1661. The 3 daughters were all baptized together with their sister Sarah, 6, 3 months, 1666. (Boston BMD, 1630-1699, p. 102) The widow, Hannah (SALTER) PHILLIPS, goes on to marry JOhn RUGGLES before 3 Nov 1671 when their daughter Ruth was born, and she (Hannah RUGGLES) died 3 Jan 1696/97. (Deacon) Nicholas PHILLIPS of Weymouth also had daughters named Hannah and Abigail, and he mentions them in his will. Will proved 3 October 1672. To eldest son Richard HILLIPS the marsh which is now in his possession. To his three sons, Richard, Joshua and Benjamin HILLIPS his wearing apparel. To second son Joshua HILLIPS 6 pounds. To eldest daughter Alice SHAW 10 pounds, To my six younger childern, viz. Joshua, Benjamine, Alice SHAW, Experience KING, Hannah WHITE, and Abigail HILLIPS, the rest of his estate to be equally divided. Overseers; sons Richard, Joshua and Benjamin PHILLIPS. Son Richard executor. 'My loving brother Henry PHILLIPS and my loving friends Thomas DYER and Jonas HUMPHREY" mentioned....
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Biographical Notes

NICHOLAS PHILLIPS (DEACON) and ELIZABETH JEWSON

CHRONOLOGY OF NICHOLAS PHILLIPS (DEACON) and ELIZABETH JEWSON

My Grandfather Nicholas Phillips is my first ancestor to come to America from his native home in England; He was an English Puritan who came to the New World to work out his ideals in church and government;

“The Puritans of England wished to abolish the authority of the Episcopalian Church of England. They conflicted with Charles I, King of England (1625-49) in the laws regarding Taxation as well as their religion. Consequently, Nicholas Phillips’ family migrated to New England in search of new found freedoms from English Rule.

“The Phillips were early settlers of Weymouth, Massachusetts. The family was held in high regard in the town and in the Church. Nicholas Phillips was a religious man,a Deacon of the First congregational church of Weymouth. He first appears in New England as an inhabitant of Dedham with his brothers Henry Phillips and Martin Phillips; He was an inhabitant of Contentment (Dedham) before 18 August 1636”;

Our early Phillips families married into many of the families of the first five generations of settlers of Weymouth, Massachusetts; The Thomas Drake and Jane Holbrook families being one of the early families of Weymouth with which they were connected through marriage; Thomas Drake is my 7th Great Grandfather.

Nicholas Phillips was from Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England, and left his native English shores for New England Shores when just a young man, newly married.

The meager records that we searched so diligently for and finally found, are always printed in black and white, short and trite, giving no allowance for the smiles of joy and tears of sorrow that accompany the various records.

We do not know which boat our Nicholas Phillips family sailed on, but if we do ever find the record, it will be as I have described, black and white, short and trite, unable to give account for the well of emotions the family must have felt as they left their native land for an unknown land.

Our grandfather, Deacon Nicholas Phillips, must be distinguished from Nicholas Phillips of Boston who died 15 March 1669-70;

1611 WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND: Nicholas Phillips born about 1611. I have estimated this date. He held the title of Deacon; Source: Phillips Genealogy; Book: 929.273 P54 B2

1612 WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAM, ENGLAND: Elizabeth Jewson born about 1612. I have estimated her birth date; She is a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Kippling) Jewson who were married 29 March 1607 at Wendover parish, England. Source: Phillips Chronology; Book: 929. 273 P54 B2

1631 WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND: Marriage: Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson married 26 June 1631. Sources: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts Genealogy of the Phillips Family.

As their boat sailed away from the shores of England that day, surely my grandmother, Elizabeth, was shedding tears of sorrow as she thought of loved ones and friends left behind. As a mother myself, I feel confident that her thoughts rested upon her first born, a baby girl, whom she named Elizabeth, no doubt after her or a close family member; Baby Elizabeth died before they left England. Surely my grandmother realized that she may never see the shores of England again, and surely, among her mixed emotions was the thought of the new little grave being left behind.

1632 WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Elizabeth Phillips born about 1633. Elizabeth died young (in England). Source: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts

1634 WENDOVER, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson)**Richard Phillips born about 1635 Richard and Mary Packard married about 1656

Richard is my progenitor in this family; He may have been born aboard the ship to New England.

The ship which carried our Phillips family no doubt docked in the Boston Harbor in 1634-35. But they did not stay long in Boston; he and Elizabeth and their infant son, my 8th great grandfather, Richard Phillips, first settled at Dedham, Massachusetts, located 9 miles southeast of Boston on the Charles River.

1635 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: Court Session: 3 September 1635: The General Court of Massachusetts ordered that a plantation be set up about 2 miles above the falls of the Charles River.

Nicholas Phillips name is found with the signers of the petition. Sources: Genealogies of the Phillips Family; Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1636 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 16 August 1636, we find that Nicholas Phillips is a land owner in Dedham. Following is a description of part of his land holdings: “Twelve acres more or lesse as it lyeth between Ezechiell Hilliman towards ye East and Lambert Genere Towards ye West; And butts upon Charles River towards the north, and upon the Swampe and burying place, towards the South, the High Street through the same.”

Part of the Burying Ground in Dedham was a portion of Nicholas’s land in the original lotment.

(Child of Nicholas Phillips/Elizabeth Jewson) Alice Phillips born about 1636; died. Alice and John Shaw married by 1652. John is son of Abraham Shaw. Sources: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Genealogy of the Phillips Family.

23 March 1636/37: Nicholas Phillips was one the signers of the record of the first meeting held in Dedham.

18 August 1636: Deacon Nicholas Phillips had twelve acres of land granted to him. Source Dedham Town Records, 1: 20;

1637 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: Town Meeting: 28 September 1637: At a town meeting on said date was held; At the meeting, it was decided to build a Meeting House; Nicholas Phillips was commissioned to fell the trees to make way for the building. He completed this task 28 August 1638; Sources: Genealogy of the Phillips Family; Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1638 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 6 February 1638: “Nicholas Phillips and Joseph Kingsberry, dow laye downe each of them to the towne one parcel of ye south end of their house lotts and betwixt the same and the swampe. Therly as it is at present set out for the use of a publike Buriall place for ye Towne for ever.”

(Son of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Caleb Phillips born 22 November 1638 Caleb died young.

In April of 1638 Nicholas “laid downe a Pacell of ground for a buriall place at Dedham." Source: Dedham Town Records;

28 August 1638: he was chosen to "mowe," gather up and bring home thatch for ye Meeting house." Sources: Genealogies of the Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Genealogy of the Phillips Family;

1639 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 1 August 1639: Nicholas sold his dwelling house, 2 acres of swamp and 4 acres of "medow"; Sources: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Genealogies of The Phillips Family

Thus we see Nicholas Phillips and family were preparing to leave Dedham; However, he was made a Freeman here in Dedham and left shortly after that event took place.

1640 DEDHAM, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 13 May 1640: Nicholas Phillips took the "Freemans Oath”. “The religious and civil courts were kept busy making decisions and passing laws of the new Colony. Only an approved member became a voter in the elections of the members of the courts and could become a “Freeman”, which included approval of the church.

Our Nicholas Phillips family removed to Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts in 1640.

His land at Weymouth consisted of 13 acres on lot #3 and 39 acres of lot #2 located on Phillips Creek. Sources: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Genealogy of the Phillips Family.

1641 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 1 March 1641: Deacon Nicholas Phillips sold land he had purchased of Philemon Dalton to his brother Henry Phillips; Source: Dedham Town Records: 1: 84;

(Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Experience Phillips born 8 May 1641; died 21 January 1717. Experinece and Samuel King married 17 September 1658. Sources: Genealogy of the Phillips Family; Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1643 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Caleb Phillips born 22 January 1643/44; died before 2 June 1671. Caleb is not mentioned in father's will; We conclude he must have died before the will was made;

1646 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 23 November 1646: Deacon Phillips was one of the Appraisers of the estate of William Brandon of Weymouth;Source. Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1647 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHSUETTS: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Joshua Phillips born about 1647; died between 10 April and 2 May 1679. Joshua served in King Phillip’s War; He apparently never married; He made his will 10 April 1679, calling himself “32 years of age, or thereabouts.” He leaves to Joseph pool, to him, his family, and house, and his charge about me in my sickness, L3; To is sister Experience King year that I have at my brother Ebenezer White’s. To sister Hannah White “apparel, armes and ammunition.” Residue to be equally divided amongst my brothers and sisters and cousin Elizabeth poole. My brother Richard Phillips and Deacon Jonas Humphrey, were appointed executors of his will. Witness: Joseph Deyr and Ephraim Hunt; His will was probated 2 May 1679. Sources: Genealogy of the Phillips Family; Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1651 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 26 November 1651; The first town meeting of Weymouth took place; Among records it was voted “We do elet Nicholas Phillips, Thomas Dyer and Thomas White, raters, to make such rates as were needed for the town.”

1652 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Hannah Phillips born 25 November 1652. Hannah and Lt. Ebenezer White married March 1671.

18 October 1652: Deacon Phillips was one of the appraisers of Dorthy Kings estate. Sources: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Genealogy of the Phillips Family.

1654 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHSUETTS: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Benjamin Phillips born 1654; died 13 February 1687. Benjamin/Ann married (date unknown) Source: Genealogy of the Phillips Family. Benjamine was called "Third son" in his father's will. He was admitted to the First Church of Charlestown 3 April 1680. He was a ship-carpenter and died at Charlestown "in middleage." His wife Anne married 3 February 1696, Benjamin Lawrence of Charlestown. Source: Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts.

1656 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS; (Son) Richard and Mary Packard married 1656/57. Sources Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts; Genealogy of the Phillips Family;

1660 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: (Child of Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson) Abigail Phillips born about 1660, died 19 September 1724, Abigail and John Blanchard married 16848 February 1660: Nicholas Phillips was called Deacon Phillips of the First Congregational Church at Weymouth. Sources: Genealogy of Phillips Family; Genealogies of the Early Families of Weymouth, Massachusetts;

1663 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: 1 December 1663: "Deacon Phillips received thiiteen acres in the First Division and thirty-nine acres in the Second Division of land in Weymouth. His lands were adjoining the lands of Martin Phillips, his brother.

1671 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: Will: Dated 2 June 1671: “Nicholas Phillips of Weymouth, “age Sixty yeares or thereabouts having a very weake body,” made his will which was proved 3 October 1672. To eldest son Richard Phillips the marsh which is now in his possession. To his three sons Richard Joshua and Benjamin Phillips his wearing apparel. To second son Joshua Phillips l6. To third son Benjamin Philips L6; To eldest daughter Alice Shaw l10; to my six younger children, viz., Joshua Phillips, Benjamin Phillips, Alice Shaw, Experience King, Hannah White, and Abigail Phillips, the rest of his estate to equally divided. Overseers; sons: Richard, Joshua and Benjamin Phillips. Son Richard Phillips, exeitor. “my loving brother Henry Phillips and my loving friends Thomas Dyer and Jonas Humphrey” mentioned; Witnesses: Elizabeth Shaw and Thomas Dyer, Jr. Nicholas Phillips mentions Alice as his eldest daughter because his little daughter Elizabeth, who was actually his eldest daughter, was deceased prior to the family coming to America; Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas is not named in his will. she preceded him in death.

1672 WEYMOUTH, NORFOLK, MASSACHUSETTS: Deacon Nicholas Phillips died September 1672. 3 October 1672: The Inventory of his estate was taken by William Totey, Thomas Dyer and Jonas Humphrey; Among the items mentioned were “bookes in leather and 7 pamphlets,” L 202s, total L257 11s; Presented by Richard Phillips as the estate of his late father Nicholas Phillips;

No more is known of Nicholas Phillips family at this writing

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Nicholas Jewson and family
THE NICHOLAS PHILLIPS FAMILY
NICHOLAS PHILLIPS born about 1611, died Weymouth, Massachusetts between 2 June 1671 and 7 September 1672, married Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England 26 June 1631 ELIZABETH JEWSON, baptized Wendover, England 29 November 1612.

Nicholas Phillips was a resident of Dedham (then known as Contentment) in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by August 18, 1636 for on that day he was granted 12 acres of land there.[2/3:20] He had probably moved there within the year as he was not listed as an attendee of the first town meeting, held September 1, 1635, but was for subsequent ones. The 12 acres bordered the Charles River and, interestingly enough, the land of Ezekiel Holliman, who is possibly an ancestor in the Westcott line. Ezekiel moved to Providence by 1637 and joined in founding the first Baptist Church in America. In November of 1637 Nicholas and three others were commissioned to fell trees for a meeting house.[2/3:39] He was also chosen on August 28, 1638 to mow, gather up, and bring in thatch for the meeting house.[2/3:48]

On August 1, 1639 Nicholas sold his Dedham land and no longer attended town meetings after that date. This is probably about the time he removed to the nearby town of Weymouth. He became a freeman on May 13, 1640. By February 8, 1660 Nicholas Phillips had become a deacon in the First Congregational Church in Weymouth. The fact that he was such an active and respected member in the church suggests that he may have come to this country for religious freedom. It may also give the reason he left Dedham. It is known that Ezekiel Holliman left Massachusetts because of its religious intolerance. Dedham may not have been to Nicholas' liking. Martin Phillips had also moved from Dedham to Weymouth and was a neighbor to Nicholas in the latter town. Martin may have been a brother to Nicholas as was Henry Phillips who remained in Dedham.[3] Nicholas promised part of his lot to Martin,[2/3:33] which is a very good indication of a family relationship. Nicholas sold some of his land to Henry Phillips.[2/3:84]

The name of Nicholas' wife was Elizabeth. This fact is established from a record in which Elizabeth Phillips, the wife of Nicholas Phillips of Weymouth, acknowledges before the commissioners appointed to end small causes her consent to her husband's sale of a house and several parcels of land to Francis Smyth of Hingham. Dated "11th day of the Sixth month 1651 in the presence of John Whitman, Thomas Dyer, Willm Torrey Commissioners". She signed with E P as a mark.[5/63:298] This appears to be the only existant record in which she is mentioned.

Elizabeth's surname may have been Jewson as a marriage was recorded between Nicholas Phillips and Elizabeth Jewson on June 26, 1631 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England.[4/2:6] It is not known from where in England the immigrant ancestor Nicholas Phillips came, but in his will Nicholas mentioned his loving friend Jonas Humphrey. Jonas was the son of another ancestor, Jonas Humphrey, who came from Wendover. The evidence, other than names, linking Nicholas of Wendover with Nicholas of Massachusetts is therefore very weak. In addition, Nicholas and Elizabeth of Wendover had a daughter Elizabeth born in 1633, but Nicholas of Dedham did not have a daughter of this name. She may have died young however. The births of several Phillips children were recorded in Wendover in the early 1600s, the time frame for Nicholas' birth. However neither Nicholas' nor his brother's name is among them. In fact, Sarah Phillips was baptised in 1611, the year that Nicholas is presumed to have been born. Further research needs to be done in this area as Nicholas and his brothers might be found in a nearby town which would solidify the connection. Elizabeth's parents were Richard Jewson and Elizabeth Kipping who married October 29, 1607. In addition to Elizabeth they were the parents of Helen, baptrized September 22, 1611, Mary, baptized March 26, 1615, and Sarah, baptized July 28, 1620.[4]

Nicholas was probably born about 1611 as he made his will June 2, 1671 "age about Sixty Yeares or theirabout".[1/7:248] He died prior to September 7, 1672 when the inventory of the estate was taken, which amounted to 257.11.6 and was presented by his son Richard on October 3, 1672.[1/7:250] In the will he mentioned his sons in order: Richard, Joshua, and Benjamin. He also mentioned his daughters Alice Shaw, Experience King, Hannah White, and Abigail Phillips and "My loving brother Henry Phillips and my loving friends Thomas Dyer and Jonas Humphrey".[1]

REF: [1] Suffolk County Probate (Docket 610)
[2] Dedham Town Records, 1892
[3] The History of Weymouth - George Chamberlain, 1923 (pgs.464-5)
[4] Buckinghamshire Parish Registers - W. Phillimore, 1904
[5] New England Historic Genealogical Register, 1909 (pg.298)

Children:
1. Richard, "eldest son" on 2 June 1671, died Weymouth, Massachusetts 1695, married(1) Mary Packard, married(2) Elizabeth (Edson) Kingman (daughter Samuel Edson and Susanna)
2. Alice, baptized about 1632, died after 17 October 1704, married about 1651 John Shaw, baptized Halifax, Yorkshire, England 23 May 1630, died Weymouth, Massachusetts 16 September 1704
3. Experience, born Weymouth, Massachusetts 8 May 1641, married Weymouth 17 September 1658 Samuel King
4. Caleb, born Weymouth 22 January 1643, probably died before 2 June 1671
5. Joshua, born about 1647, died Weymouth 1679 Benjamin, died Charlestown, Massachusetts 13 February 1687, married Anne ___
6. Hannah, married 1671 Ebenezer White of Weymouth (son of Thomas White), born 1648
7. Abigail, married probably about 1684 John Blanchard of Weymouth
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Further Information About Nicholas Phillips
Nicholas Phillips was living in Dedham, Massachusetts in 1638, and as he and Elizabeth Jensen were married in England in June of 1632, he must have come to America some time between 1632 and 1638. It was in Dedham, along the Charles River, that Nicholas Phillips and his family took up farmland along the Charles River.

In 1635 there had been rumors in the Massachusetts Bay Colony that a war with the local Indians was impending and a fear arose that the few, small, coastal communities that existed were in danger of attack. This, in addition to the belief that the few towns that did exist were too close together, prompted the Massachusetts General Court to establish two new inland communities. The towns of Dedham and Concord, Massachusetts were thus established to relieve the growing population pressure and to place communities between the larger, more established coastal towns and the Indians further west.

Dedham was settled in the summer of 1636 on what the Indians called Tio by "about thirty families excised from the broad ranks of the English middle classes traveling up the Charles River from Roxbury and Watertown traveling in rough canoes carved from felled trees. The town was named for Dedham, Essex, in England, where some of the original inhabitants had been born. They devised a form of government in which almost every freeman could participate and eventually chose selectmen to run the affairs of the town. They then formed a church and nearly every family had at least one member. [Historical information from Wikipedia]

However, Nicholas eventually moved to Wessagusset (Weymouth ) and settled there. He was made Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter in 1640, elected Commissioner in 1643, and later elected church Deacon in 1660.

He died in Weymouth, and his will of 2 June 1671 (proved 3 October 1672), names his eldest son Richard as executor, but Nicholas wished his brother Henry, Richard's uncle, to act as overseer. (See the History of Weymouth and the Gustin-Carlisle Genealogy. Quoted from Phillips Genealogy.) The estate was divided among all his living children.
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Ancestry of Nicholas Phillps.
Taken from Ancestry.com. Bassett-Preston Ancestors: a History of the Ancestors in America of Marion Bassell Luitwerler, Howard Murray Bassett Preston (data base on-line)
Phillips Page 209-210

Nicholas Phillips,a pioneer at Dedham, Massachusetts -1636 was one of the men appointed to govern the town, 1636-39. In 1636, He gave to Dedham its first burying ground. He moved to Weymouth, 1648, and to Boston in 1651. A butcher; freeman, 1640.

He married in Wendover, England, 1631, Elizabeth Jenson (Jewson?) and he married second, January 4, 1651, Hannah Salter. His will, dated June 2, 1671, proved October 2, 1672, mentions daughter, Alice Shaw. He died September 1672. His brother Henry of Dedham, died 1686; married 1639, Elizabeth Brock; (2) 1641, married Ann Hunting; (3) 1656, Mary Dwight (John)

Children:
l. Richard, died 1695. Married about 1656 to Mary Packard (father Samuel), (2) about 1693, Married Elizabeth ( father Edson)) Kingman.
2. Alice, married 1655, John Shaw (father Abraham)
3. Experience, born May 8, 1641, died 1718, married 1658, to Samuel King.
4. Caleb, born January 22, 1644
5. Joshua, died April 1679
6. Benjamin, died 1687, married Anne__________'
7. Hannah, born November 25, 1654, married Ebenezer White (father Thomas) or Thomas Pemberton.
8. Nicholas, born May 12, 1660, died 1661.
9. Abigail, born February 20, 1661 - perhaps she was who married John Blanchard.
10. Elizabeth, born February 20, 1662
11. Sarah, born May 6, 1666
12. Thomas, born October 9, 1667
References: Pioneers of Massachusetts. Pope, 1900, and Phillips Genealogies, 1885
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ROLAND/RICHARD BRACKETT 1610-1690

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Mary Barney (Barber), daughter of Israel Barney, son of Elizabeth Brackett (Barney), daughter of Josiah Brackett, son of Roland Bracket.]

The inscription of Richard's stone reads: ""Here lyeth buried ye body of Captain Richard Brackett Deacon Aged 80 years Deceased March 5 16and90". This photo was found on Findagrave.com. Alice, Richard's wife, has no marker but it is believed she is buried near her husband.

Birth: September 16, 1610, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
Death: March 5, 1690, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Captain Richard Brackett was one of the first of the name in America. With certainty it is known that he was in the colony of Massachusetts Bay as early as 1630. Richard Brackett died March 5, 1690 "after an eminently useful, active and pious life." He is buried in the north precinct of Braintree; now Quincy.

On the stone you can read: "Here lyeth buriedye body ofCap. Richard BrackettDeaconAged 80 yearsDecd March 516and90"

His wife, Alice (Blower) Brackett, was his lifelong companion from the time of their marriage. Her death occurred in 1690. No stone marks her place of burial but it is presumed that it is near Richard's grave. This appears to be part of the original stone but appears to have been set in cement or affixed to another stone. His son James is also set next to his.

In the year 1629, the year they probably came to America, Richard was only seventeen years old. There is his oath of affidavit on July 2, 1668 that he is 56 years old. If this is true he was born in 1612. His tombstone reads: "Died March 1690 80 Years Old"; if this is true he was born in 1610. This is important as it bears on the question of whether or not he was accompanied to America by a guardian. It is believed that Peter was his elder brother and his guardian.

Captain Richard enjoyed the confidences of the ruling, Puritan, power of the colony at an early age. He agreed with them on all matters pertaining to religion and politics. He took a decided stand with a large majority of the people of Braintree. His life can be described as typical in quite all particulars pertaining to his conduct as a man and a religionist. The mundane rewards, which were his to enjoy, seem to have been quite all the honors and favors that fall to one who followed rather than led. He followed closely on the heels of those who led. He seems to have gotten his fair share of those favors the colonists had to divide amongst themselves. He seems to have been very successful in his undertakings and to have possessed a good mind at the time of his death.

On August 27, 1630, he was among the colonists that were instrumental in and with whom Governor Winthrop organized the First Church of Boston, the instrument is dated at Charlestown. Mr. Jeffery Richardson, a descendant of Captain Richard, wrote in his Brackett Genealogy, in 1860, that the church structure "was at first a low thatched-roofed building which was soon removed and one was built where Brazier's building is". Captain Richard remained with this church for twelve years; he then removed to Braintree. Under the date of September 8, 1635 one can read in the church records that "Alice; wife, of our brother Richard Brackett, signed the Covenant.

He was but twenty-three years old in 1635 and had probably been with the Church for a short time when his wife joined the Church. They were married, in St. Katherine by the Tower, in London in 1633/34. His wife's maiden name was Alice Blower. He was admitted freeman in Boston May 25, 1636 and on November 23, 1636 he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. Prior to March 21, 1636 he was granted a lot upon which to build. His choice was limited to lots "not being built upon (and) is free to be otherwise disposed of". He made the selection of a lot now on Washington Street (1860), nearly midway between the present West and Boylston Streets. He erected a house about which was a garden and there resided until about November 20, 1637. He was then appointed by the General Court to be the keeper of the prison. His salary and prerequisites were thirteen pounds and six pence, increasing to twenty pounds June 6, 1639. He was also given the use of a dwelling house. The following year he sold his property on Washington Street. In volume one, page twenty-five, of the Boston Town Proceedings, it is recorded:

"Granted to our Brother Richard Brackett to sell his howes and yarding, June 11, 1638".

The property was sold to a Mr. Jacob Leger."

The town proceedings give some information as to Captain Richard's occupation. Prior to his removal to Braintree, under the date of February 12, 1639, it is recorded that leave was granted "to our Brother Richard Brackett to mowe the marsch lying in the newfield which he hath usually mowen, for the next summer time." It is clear that he had something to do in addition to his duties as jailer. He had an eye open for municipal windfalls and a yearning for agriculture.

He had a strong desire to lead the life of a husbandman, in preference to the other calling so many of his fellow compatriots followed; fishing. Many acquired a great deal of wealth as fishermen. Richard decided to turn his attention to farming. To accomplish this he would need to leave Boston.

In relating the period of his life when he is about to change his place of residence, to take leave of Boston, it is proper to mention the reference to Richard Brackett by S.G. Drake, in his History and Antiquities of Boston. It occurs in his picture of Spring Lane, at it's conclusion, as he recalls the first settlers visiting the spring, he wrote these words:

"And grim Richard Brackett, the jailer, may have laid down his halbred to quaff a morning draught."

The quote's briefness tells how pressed for data pertaining to those early days and the settler's activities the author was. It is known that he had only those few words to present relating to "Grim Richard". Mr. Jeffery Richardson had heard it stated that the jailer in Hawthorne's Scarlett Letter was grim Richard. It seems certain that the description is not of the individual (Richard) nor that the author had in mind any particular individual as he wrote.

Mr. Jeffery Richardson mentions that Captain Richard was jailer for many years. It is certain that he held the position to the time of his removal to Braintree. Whether he held it subsequently to this move, there is no evidence. The "marsch lying in the newfield which he hath usually mowen" and which Richard was granted to mow February 12, 1639 was at Mount Wollaston where Thomas Morton; some seventeen years earlier, had set up his business, much to the annoyance of the Plymouth Colony. Morton's Maypole exercises were of the merriest kind and these and other doings brought the merrymakers such ill repute that they were driven out of the county by enraged saints. Braintree was incorporated in 1640. Captain Richard was associated with it's incorporation. He moved to Braintree perhaps in 1641 or 1642. The time is fixed by the date of his dismissal by the church in Boston. There is some uncertainty about this date. In some publications it is December 5, 1641 and in others May 8, 1642. Under the latter date, the records of the First Church of Boston read:

"Our Brother Richard Brackett was granted by the church to be dismissed to ye church at Braintree at their desire with ye office of Deacon amongst you."

The saints of the First Church of Boston entertained a high opinion of the integrity of the young Deacon and this opinion was shared by the Boston town authorities. The church in Boston appears to have exercised a parental care over the new church in Braintree and insured it's well being by patronizing it with one of it's model members as a Deacon. He was ordained Deacon July 21, 1642. This office was held by Richard in the church at Braintree until he died.

There were tracts of land in Braintree that were owned or claimed by the town of Boston. Boston appointed Captain Richard to oversee these tracts of land as it's agent:

"Agreed with Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree that he should in the town's behalf, take care that noe wast or strip of wood or timber be in the land belong-inge to this town lyinge nere theier towne; but do his utmost to prevent it or give information to the Selectmen. In consideration whereof he hath libertie to cutt out of the wood already fallen to the value of 40 cord. 25 December 1676."

Another time Captain Richard was granted by the town of Boston:

"Libertie to cut soe much tymber upon the common land of Braintree as may serve for ye buildinge of 1/4 pte of a vessel of 25 tun. In consideration of his care of the tymberlands."

Volume 6 page 237 of the Suffolk County Deeds reads:

"Richard Brackett of Braintree, husbandman, sells 30 acres of woodland in the township of Braintree but belonging to Boston, and abt 25 years past by sd town of Boston gtd and laid out to other men as by record of said town appeareth, 25 October 1660".

There was another tract of considerable extent in Braintree, which Boston claimed. A large part of that tract was purchased from an Indian Chief. It was the desire of a great portion of the people of Braintree to commence action to recover that tract from Boston. This was opposed by a few in the town, notably Richard Brackett and Edmund Quincy. They and Samuel Thompson, in March 1682, were appointed to a committee to meet with the town of Boston. The contest was a prolonged one and as late as 1687 Richard was still opposing the proceedings against Boston. A committee secured for Braintree what is known as a six-hundred-acre log.

Richard Brackett was one of the town's early officials, was it's first town clerk and held that office for some years. In 1652, he was chosen selectman and again in 1670 and 1672. The highest office his townsmen should bestow upon him was that of Deputy to the General Court. He was first selected to that position in 1643, again in 1655 and 1665.

In 1665, the colony had need of the services of it's ablest men in it's contest over the Province of Maine with the heir of Georges'. It required the counsel of such men as Richard to successfully steer the ship of state during the stormy period of restoration.

Again in 1667, Captain Richard was Braintree's Deputy to the General Court and also in 1671. In the year 1675 King Philip's War commenced and continued into the following year. The war ended but there was no lasting peace with the Indians until 1679. Richard once again represented the General Court in 1680.

Richard served his people in a military as well as a civil and religious way. He was chosen Sergeant of the organization of the train-band in Braintree and held that rank for a few years. He was promoted to Lieutenant and was the second to hold that position in the company. About 1654 Richard was promoted to be the Captain of the company, the third person to be so honored. This is where the title Captain Richard Brackett is derived from. For promotion to this office it was necessary that the approval of the candidate should be made by the General Court; himself being a member of the court.

Judging from the propriety he exercised in his own and the town's affairs and the regularity he observed in all his business transactions, it is believed that there was not a better drilled and more thoroughly capable Train-Band in the province. Though Braintree was near Boston, it did not escape the battles of King Philip's War. On February 25, 1675 the Indians raided Braintree and killed four persons. In March 1676 another person was killed. Richard's men responded to these and other alarms. They collected the women and children, scouts were dispatched to observe the enemy, messages were sent to neighboring towns to give them warning and summon aid and an energetic pursuit was organized. It is regretted that hardly a scrap has been preserved of the part taken in this war by Captain Richard and his men. The only record that has been handed down to us is:

The raids by the Indians caused the colony to establish a garrison on or near the line between the towns of Braintree and Bridgewater. The military committee of the General Court appointed Richard Thayer to take charge. This Thayer was ambitious to earn his wages and a name for vigilance. He raised an alarm on the most meager of rumors, stalked all phantoms of the wilderness and stampeded at the approach of a horse or a cow of any color. Night and day he had the people afraid of an immediate prospect of being swooped down upon by the braves. He had Richard Brackett stirred up and his anger thoroughly aroused and his men were worn out by keeping constant vigil and Watch. At last what Thayer had prayed for took place. One of King Philip's men, "John George, a poor half starved wretch, on his knees went through the snow to the garrison house and surrendered. He was too weak to walk. He was the only Indian that was seen by Thayer and his garrison". Thayer took advantage of the situation to proclaim his vigilance. He kept John George in the garrison house for five weeks at the expense of the town. Richard was sorely strained but he had to put up with it all as Thayer was also a General Court's man. The old jailer thought the jail was a good place to keep the Indian and took him from his keeper. Thayer protested and said he had a grievance and that all his bills had not been paid by the town. Richard had already prepared the evidence of his men in support of the course he had taken, which was approved by the men in authority.

The General Court took it upon themselves to banish the poor Indian (John George) from the county and it's records read that he was sold into slavery. It is to be regretted that Richard did not turn the poor Indian loose.

In Braintree Captain Richard Brackett was among the first in it's church, military and civil affairs. He was held in high esteem in Boston and other adjoining towns to Braintree. In all of these towns he had an extensive acquaintance of men of prominence, of residents and by some he was appointed to administer their wills and estates. He was nominated by the court to administer the estates of many people. Upon petition of members of their respective families his name is frequently mentioned. His selection for such trusts attests to his high standing in the community.

There is another position the Captain Richard filled, of which mention should be made, and that is of schoolmaster. Mr. Jeffery Richardson is authority that Richard was one who taught school in Braintree.

As he advanced in years he sought to disburden himself of the offices whose duties were too cumbersome and brought him little or no returns. He looked after positions where pay was attached for his services. He could disclaim all sinister motives for this action as he had frequently devoted the best years of his life to the common cause.

In the records of the General Court read:

"On request of Captain Richard Brackett being 73 years of age and the infirmities of age upon him; having formerly desired and now again today, to lay down his place of Chief Military Commander in Braintree, the Court granted the request and appointed Lieut. Edmund Quincy to succeed him."

At the time he had been connected with the company for upwards of forty-three years and was it's Captain. On the petition of the inhabitants of Braintree he was appointed in October 1679 to perform marriages and to take oaths in civil cases.

In Braintree his pursuit of farming is recorded as in deeds and other records he is described as a husbandman. He had his choice of the best land in the town and acquired a considerable estate for that time period. When the town of Billerica was incorporated he became a freeholder there and two of his sons and two of his daughters settled in Billerica. His years following his move to Braintree and until his mid-life were devoted to the breaking and clearing of his farm. Once this was done he had time for other pursuits such as teaching school, administering estates and performing other services of a semi-clerical and professional nature. At whatever age, he was busy and had his daily duties in one or another capacity. At all times he was a highly honored and respected person in Braintree. He attained such positions as he could along all lines; military, civil and religious.

About 1610 Richard Brackett was born to Peter and Rachel Brackett in Sudbury, Suffolk County, England. About 1630 Richard and his older brother, Peter, came to New England and settled in what was to become Boston. Richard returned to England briefly, as on 06 June 1633 in St. Katherine by the Tower, London, Richard married Alice Blower. They came back to live in New England in Boston and later Braintree. Alice died 03 November 1690 and Richard 05 March 1691 in Braintree.

Richard and Alice Brackett's Children were:

1. Hannah, baptized 4 June 1634 in Boston, married 1st Samuel Kingsley, who died 21 May 1662 in Billerica, Massachusetts, married 2nd Deacon John Blanchard who died in Duntable in 1693. She survived her husbands and was killed by Indians in Dunstable 3 July 1706.

2. John, baptized 7 May 1637 in Boston, married 1st 6 September 1661 Hannah French, who died 9 May 1674. Married 2nd 31 May 1675 Ruth Ellice. John Brackett in Billerica was allotted land, in 1660, which adjoined the land allotted to his brother Peter. After the death of his wife, he and his four children went to Dedham to live.

3. Peter, baptized 7 May 1637 in Boston, was a twin with John. Married 7 August 1661 Elizabeth Bosworth, who died 30 November 1686. Married 2nd 30 March 1687 Sarah Foster (nee) Parker, who died 8 April 1718. Peter lived in Billerica and was a farmer.

4. Rachael, baptized 3 November 1639; in Boston, married 15 July 1659 Simon Crosby of Billerica.

5. Mary born 12 May 1641; married 1 February 1662 Joseph Thompson.

6. James born about 1645 in Braintree, married Sarah Marsh in 1674.

7. Sarah married 1 June 1689 Joseph Crosby who died 26 November 1695.

8. Josiah baptized 8 May 1652 in Braintree, married 4 February 1673 Elizabeth Waldo. They had two daughters; Sarah and Elizabeth (mentioned in Richard's will). Richard was the son of Peter and Rachel Brackett of Sudbury, Suffolk County, England. After Peter died Rachel married 2nd to Martin Saunders and they immigrated to America. Some Saunders researchers give Rachel's maiden name as Wheatley.(--William Brackett)

Burial: Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 11534942

found on findagrave.com

WILLIAM LYON 1620-1692

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Mark Anthony Child, son of Increase Child, son of Mary Lyon (Child), daughter of Joseph Lyon, son of Joseph Lyon, son of William Lyon.]

WILLIAM LYON MEMORIAL

signature of William Lyon, Sr. 1692, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA

William Lyon, The Immigrant

Eliot Burial Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Birth: December 23, 1620, Heston, Greater London, England
Death: May 21, 1692, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Born about 1621 (aged 14 on 11 September 1635).

Buried at Roxbury 21 May 1692.

Came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Hopewell." (On 11 September 1635, "W[illia]m Lyon," aged 14, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Hopewell). First settled in Roxbury; moved to Rowley by 1676, and Roxbury 1678. Married: (1) Roxbury 17 June 1646 Sarah Ruggles, daughter of THOMAS RUGGLES {1637, Roxbury}.(2) Rowley 30 November 1676 Martha (Philbrick) Cass, daughter of THOMAS PHILBRICK {1636, Watertown} and widow of John Cass. She died at Roxbury "about" 4 August 1694.

The editors of the Lyon Memorial state that "There appears to be no reason to question the conclusion reached by Albert Welles that this was the William Lyon who was baptized at Heston, now part of the city of London, December 23, 1620, the youngest son of William and Anne (Carter) Lyon of Heston." On the contrary, aside from the correct name and age, there is no particular reason to believe that this baptism does apply to this immigrant, although it is not impossible.

Burial: Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 45344649

found on findagrave.com

Possible Orphan in 1635
It is said here her older brother William, might have been orphaned (Possibly parents died mid-ship route? as his sister born about 1635 ended up in America as well, maybe she was on the ship in 1635 as an infant with parents and parents died?)

"The name is further registered in Rolls Office, Chancery Lane, London, as having sailed for New England September 11, 1635, and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. William Lyon, perhaps an orphan, is said to have been placed in the care of Isaac Heath.† There appears to be no reason to question the conclusion reached by Albert Welles (American Family Antiquity) that this was the William Lyon who was baptized at Heston, now part of the city of London, December 23, 1620, the youngest son of William and Anne (Carter) Lyon of Heston.

†"Isack" Heath, "harmsmaker" (armorer) with family were fellow passengers with William Lyon, his name immediately following theirs in the passenger list. He was freeman 1636; member of John Eliot's church, ruling elder, town officer and deputy; buried Roxbury, January 23, 1661.
page 25 Wightman had a son William born about 1580. He married July 17, 1615, at Harrow on the Hill, Anne Carter, and made his home in Heston.

His children were:

1. Katherine, baptized October 25, 1616;

2. John, baptized November 30, 1617, died in infancy;

3. John, baptized June 1, 1619, and

4. William, baptized December 23, 1620; (O.S.)."
found: http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Lyon/LyonWilliam-SarahRuggles-MarthaPhilbrick.html

also reading this further makes me wonder if Katherine was born around 1616 as mentioned in her baptism date, this would make more sense as far as possible emigration dates for Katherine. Yet she was married in 1652- and last known child-Nathaniel-was born in about 1667. So there is some confusion there as for Katherine's birth date- and about 1635 seems more likely.
found on ancestry.com

Hopewell, 2nd voyage of 1635
The Hopewell left London, England July or September 1635 with her master, Thomas Babb, arriving in Massachusetts Bay.
Alphabetical:
Albon Alice 25
Baylie Robert 23, #20
Blackly/Blackwell Thomas 20, #3, listed with Tredwells
Bull Thomas 25 (From Southwark, Surrey, Ref: Hinman. 36 pg 169)
Chambers Robert 13, #9
Chipperfield Edmond 20
Clark Mary 16
Cleven Joan 18
Edge Robert 25
Edwards Robert 22
Forten Jo. 14
Freeman Anthony 22
Grave Joan 30
Grave Mary 26
Heath Elizabeth 40
Heath Elizabeth 5
Heath Isack 50, Harnis maker (From Amwell, Little, Hertfordshire, bound for Roxbury as per 36 pg 66)* Heath William, same cities, is on the Lyon as per 36 pg 66))
Heath Martha 30
Hubbard Marie 24, #11
Hull Katherin 23
Hulls Andrew 29
Hutley Richard 15
Johnson Thomas 25, #10
Kerbie Jo. 12, #12 (Kerby, John, from Rowington, Warwickshire, bound for Plymouth. Ref: Wethersfield History. 36 pg 175)
Leaves Ellin 17
Lloyd Walter 27
Lyon William 14
Marshall Jo. 14
Maudsley Henry 24, #5
Miller Joseph 15
Norton William 25 (From Stortford's Bishop's, Hertfordshire, bound for Ipswitch as per 36 pg 71)
Pennaird Robert 21, a Turner or tanner
Pennaird Thomas 10
Prier Jo. 15 (John and Thomas Prior are listed on the Hopewell, from Watford, Hertford, bound for Scituate, as per 36 pg 71)
Pryer Daniell 13
Reld Gabriell 18
Robinson Isack 15, #14
Rofe Barbary 20
Stokes Grace 20
Thomas Jo. 14, #13
Ticknall Henrie 15
Toothaker Margaret 28
Toothaker Roger 1
Toothaker Roger 23
Tredwell Mary 30, smith #1
Tredwell, Thomas 1, #4
Tredwell, Thomas 30, #2
Turner Thomas 42
Weekes Anna 1, #18
Weekes Jo. 26, Tanner #16
Weekes Marie 28, #17
West Twiford 19
Williamson Ann 18, #15
With Mary 62
Withie Marie 16
Withie Robert 20
Withie Suzan 18, #19
Wood Elizabeth 24, #7
Wood Jo. 26, #8
Wood William 27, husbandman #6
Younglove Margaret 28
Younglove Samuel 1
Younglove Samuel 30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sworn July 28, 1635
Certificate from the Minister of St. Giles Cripplegate.
Tredwell Mary 30, smith #1
Tredwell, Thomas 30, #2
Blackly/Blackwell Thomas 20, #3
Tredwell, Thomas 1, #4
Sworn August 21, 1635
Maudsley Henry 24, #5
Sworn September 11, 1635
Baylie Robert 23, #20
Chambers Robert 13, #9
Hubbard Marie 24, #11
Johnson Thomas 25, #10
Kerbie Jo. 12, #12 (Kerby, John, from Rowington, Warwickshire, bound for Plymouth. Ref: Wethersfield History. 36 pg 175)
Robinson Isack 15, #14
Thomas Jo. 14, #13
Weekes Jo. 26, Tanner #16
Weekes Marie 28, #17
Weekes Anna 1, #18
Williamson Ann 18, #15
Withie Suzan 18, #19
Wood Elizabeth 24, #7
Wood Jo. 26, #8
Wood William 27, husbandman #6
September 11, 1635
Albon Alice 25
Bull Thomas 25 (From Southwark, Surrey, Ref: Hinman. 36 pg 169)
Chipperfield Edmond 20
Clark Mary 16
Cleven Joan 18
Edge Robert 25
Edwards Robert 22
Forten Jo. 14
Freeman Anthony 22
Grave Joan 30
Grave Mary 26
Heath Isack 50, Harnis maker (From Amwell, Little, Hertfordshire, bound for Roxbury as per 36 pg 66)* Heath William, same cities, is on the Lyon as per 36 pg 66))
Heath Elizabeth 40
Heath Elizabeth 5
Heath Martha 30
Hull Katherin 23
Hulls Andrew 29
Hutley Richard 15
Leaves Ellin 17
Lloyd Walter 27
Lyon William 14
Marshall Jo. 14
Miller Joseph 15
Prier Jo. 15 (John and Thomas Prior are listed on the Hopewell, from Watford, Hertford, bound for Scituate, as per 36 pg 71)
Pryer Daniell 13
Reld Gabriell 18
Rofe Barbary 20
Stokes Grace 20
Ticknall Henrie 15
Toothaker Roger 23
Toothaker Margaret 28
Toothaker Roger 1
West Twiford 19
With Mary 62
Withie Marie 16
Withie Robert 20
Younglove Samuel 30
Younglove Margaret 28
Younglove Samuel 1
Sworn August 29, 1635
Norton William 25 (From Stortford's Bishop's, Hertfordshire, bound for Ipswitch as per 36 pg 71)
September 5, 1635
Turner Thomas 42
"Certificate from Doctor Denison"
Pennaird Robert 21, a Turner or tanner
Pennaird Thomas 10
Hopewell sources:
Hotten P of Q pg 110,123,130-131
http://www.winthropsociety.org/ships/hopewell2.htm
(contains massive errors, duplicates the James 2 list)
http://english-america.com/spls/635ne021.html#Hopewell
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/hopewell1635_2.shtml
Pilgrim Ship Lists
Pilgrim Ship Passengers
Genealogy Main Page
found on ancestry.com

William Lyon
Born: December 23, 1620 – Heston, Middlesex, England
Immigration: September 1635 – Aboard the Ship "Hopewell"
Died: May 16, 1692 – Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Buried: May 21, 1692 – Old Cemetery, West Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Revised January 23, 2011

William Lyon was born (or possibly baptized) on December 23, 1620 in Heston, Middlesex County, England. Heston, then a separate community, is now part of the city of London. William was the son of William Lyon (1580-1634) and Anne Carter (1594-unknown), both of Heston, and the grandson of another William Lyon (1540-1624) and Isabelle Wightman (1559-1590+). William may have had brothers or sisters but their names, if they existed, are unknown.
While William had the same name as both his father and grandfather, and also named one of his sons William, there is no evidence that he was named either William Lyon Sr., William Lyon Jr., or William Lyon III. Variations of his last name, including Lion, Lyons and Ljon, also appear in certain records, but Lyon is the generally accepted spelling. It is interesting to note, however, the William Lyon himself spelled his own name "Lion" in his last will and testament.

William, at age 14, immigrated to America on board the ship "Hopewell", which left England on September 11, 1635. By some accounts, he was an orphan in the care of Isaac Heath, a weapons manufacturer, who also was on board the "Hopewell". This is plausible because William's father died in 1634. William may have been indentured to Isaac Heath for a period of time, a common practice at that time.

There is no record of William Lyon during his early years in New England. He sooner or later settled in the community of Roxbury, Massachusetts, near Boston (years later, Roxbury became incorporated into the greater city of Boston).

In Roxbury, on March 17, 1646 (by some accounts June 17, 1646), William, age 26, married Sarah Ruggles, age 17. Sarah Ruggles was born April 19, 1629 in Nazeing, Essex, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Ruggles (1584-1644) and Mary Curtis (1559-1674). The Ruggles family is listed among the "Nazeing Christians" who participated in the "Great Migration" to America that began in 1630. It is likely, therefore, that Sarah Ruggles came to America as an infant or very young girl, possibly on the same ship, the "Hopewell", that brought William Lyon.

Over a 20-year period, William and Sarah had eight children, all born in Roxbury. Children that survived to adulthood were

John (1647-1702),

Thomas (1648-1734),

Samuel (1650-1713),

William (1652-1714),

Joseph (1654-1721) and

Sarah (1657).

A Jonathan Lyon was born in 1666 but died in early 1668. Another boy, born in 1668, was also named Jonathan, but he too died that same year.

The death of Sarah Ruggles Lyon was not recorded, but it is believed she died in Rowley, Massachusetts, and certainly before September 30, 1677, for on that day William Lyon, at age 56, married the widow Martha Philbrick Casse, age 46. Martha Philbrick was born about 1631 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (there is, however, some question as to whether Watertown is her correct birthplace), the daughter of Thomas (Philbrick) Felbrigge II and Elizabeth Knapp. Martha was the widow of John Casse (or Cass), who died in 1675.

Though William Lyon and Martha Philbrick did not have any children of their own, with his marriage to Martha, William Lyon became the stepfather of her ten children:

Martha (1649),

John (1650),

Mary (1652),

Joseph (1656),

Samuel (1659),

Jonathan (1663),

Elizabeth (1666),

Mercy (1668),

Ebenezer (1671) and

Abigail (1674).

This brought the total immediate family of William Lyon to 19 people, with 17 children ranging in age from 30 to 3. (Of interest was the sad fate of the youngest child, Abigail. She was captured by Indians on August 10, 1703 and held in captivity until her death, at age 31, on December 15, 1705.)

William Lyon was a prominent member of the Roxbury community. In 1645, he became a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Roxbury. In 1648, he received a grant of six acres of land in Roxbury, and in 1652 a grant of three acres "upon the common, by John Polly's." He was admitted to full communion in John Elliot’s church in 1655, and became a freeman in 1666. He is mentioned in numerous documents (land transactions, deeds, etc.) in Roxbury city records:

Deed dated June 25, 1651: "For valueable Consideration in hand received, Capt. Hugh Pritchard, late of Roxbury in New England, deeds unto James Morgan, Griffin Craft, Edward Bridge, Wm. Lyon, John Mayes, Robt. Seaber and John Ruggles and Isaac Johnson a certaine parcell of marsh land in Roxbury being now an island by reason of a creeke between the same and the land of John Johnson of Roxbury."

Deed dated August 3, 1657: "In Consideration of fowerscore pounds to him in hand well and truly paid, Edward Weld deeds to William Lyon and John Polly 40 acres of land in Roxbury."

Deed dated September 4, 1657: "In Consideration of certain other lands and houses specified as also in Consideration of sixe pounds in hand paid unto him, William Lyon and Sarah his wife deed to Isacke Johnson a dwelling house in Roxbury with an orchard and tenne acres of land more or lesse, of which said Orchard is part. Signed: William Lion and a seale. Sarah Lyon and a seale.

Deed dated June 15, 1661: "In Consideration of a Vallueable price to us all: and to every of our contents payed, we, Richard Witherington and Eliz: his Wife of Dorchester and John Aldiss and Sarah his Wife and Jon Smith and Lidda his Wife both of Dedham deed to Willm Gary and Willm Lyon and John Mayes Junr and John Bridge and Jon Watson Junr all of them of Roxberry, in generall all the houseing and lands that Deacon Phillip Elliott was possessed of in Roxberry when he Died, including a dwelling house, Barne and Cow houses with two Achors of land in Roxbury; ninety-six Achors of land in the Second alottment in Roxberry; fiveteen Achors of land as it lyeth in Roxbery abutting upon the highway leading to the great Pond; six Achrs of Salt Marsh at Gravelly Pointe in Roxbury; three Achors and a halfe of fresh Meadow as it lyeth in baremash in Roxbury; twelve Achors of land in Roxbury."

Deed dated September 1, 1661: In Consideration of a valueable Price to us in hand payed, we, William Lyon, John Mayes, Junr and John Bridge and John Watson Junr to William Gary fiveteen Achors of land in Roxbury.

When the new settlement of New Roxbury (now Woodstock, Connecticut) was determined upon in 1686, William Lyon was one of the "goers" and was assigned a lot there, although he did not actually occupy it. However, several of his grandsons (William, Thomas, John and Jacob) were prominent members of Woodstock, and a stepson, Ebenezer Cass, received a grant of land there.

William Lyon and second wife Martha lived out their lives in Roxbury. The Lyon homestead was located on what is now Bellevue Avenue, formerly called Lyon Street. It was on the east side of the street, southwest of Atwood Street.

William Lyon died at age 71 on May 16, 1692. He was buried five days later in the Old Cemetery in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. His second wife, Martha, survived him by two years and died at age 63 on August 4, 1694. Martha's will mentions leaving "half the drinks" each to son Ebenezer and daughter Abigail, indicating that William and Martha Lyon, at least during the latter part of their lives, were innkeepers.

The following document is interesting for it helps us understand what life was like in early New England (original spelling is unchanged):

"Wm Lyon & Rich. Sutton, both of Roxbury (for & in consideration of two oxen sould and delivered to them) did grant unto Tho: Dudley, Governr., six Acres of land in Roxbury, lyeing southwards of the great lotts, the land of Georg Brand on the east, the commons on the west & on the south. Also fyve Acres near the greate Pond, lately purchased of Samuel Ruggles with fyve acres he doth covent, sufficiently to fence before the 1 (3) next, both these parcels of land being the possession of sd. Wm. And the said Rich: doth grant fifteene Acres purchased of Wm. Parke, with the appurtenances; provided that if the sd. Wm. & Richard shall pay to the sd. Thomas, his heiress, Execs. or Assignes fourty seven shillings six pence lawfull money upon 7 (2) next & the like sum upon the 7 (8) 1651, & the like summes each 7th day of Apr. & Octob. the severall yeares 1652, 1653, 1654, in good clean dry & merchantable wheat at the now dwelling house of the sd. Tho. Dudley in Roxbury, then this grant to be void, els not. And the said Wm. & Rich. do bind themselves in the summe of fourteene pounds that they will not forfeit the mortgage. And the sd. Tho. Dudley doth agree that if the sd. Wm. & Rich: doenow carry plow harrow &e according to an agreement beareing date with these presents that then it shalbe abated out of the above sd. paymts. dated 7 (8) 1650 & acknowledged 19 (8) 1650 before Mr. Wm. Hibbins."

William Lyon’s last will and testament was a follows:

The Last Will and Testament of William Lion Senr of Roxbury in the County of Suffolk in his Majesties Territory in New England as followeth: I the sd William Lion being in my perfect understanding and memory by the blessing of my mercifull Father into whose hands I commend my Soul, I dispose of my Worldly Estate as followeth:

I will constitute my Eldest son John Lion to be my Sole and alone Executor and Administrator to act with full power as I myself can do during my natural life for to take care for to discharge and pay or cause to be paid all my just Debts and Such Charges as may be needfull for my decent buriall. And also as an attorney to recover all due Debts to the sd. William Lion’s Estate. I further will and give unto my son John Lion my now Dwelling house Together with all and every parcell of Land or Lands belonging unto me in Roxbury to the sd. John Lion and his Male heires, and should that family faile of Male heires then the same benefit to Thomas Lion and his Male heires and Samuel Lion and his Male heires and William Lion and his Male heires and Joseph Lion and his Male heires.

Furthermore my Will is That my sons Thomas and William Lion shall have my Salt Marsh at Gravelly Point equally divided between them notwithstanding the words all and every parcell in the sixteenth line.

Furthermore my Will is That my beloved wife Martha shall have Seven pounds a yeare. That is to say Three pounds Tenn Shillings in Money and Three pounds Tenn Shillings in Countrey pay as the sd. Martha shall need at current prices, and the new Leantoo in the Western end of my house for to dwell in and room in the Parlour as she shall have occasion for the same privileges above mentioned to be duly performed by the above mentioned Executor unto the sd. Martha Lion during her naturall life.

My Will is that my Four Sons, Thomas and Samuel, William and Joseph shall have Sixteen pounds apiece duely and truely paid unto them at Current pay at Current prices within Six years after my death by my above mentioned Executor.

And for the better enabling my Son John Lion to discharge these obligations, I the sd. William Lion Senr give all my moveables within and without doors excepting those things particularly given.

And Furthermore if in case that the Salt Marsh don’t come to make Thomas and William Sixteen pounds apiece, then to be made up out of the estate.

The last Will of William Lion. Witness my hand and seale.

Signature: William Lion Sr.

In the presence of Jabez Tolman, John Grigs, Francis Youngman.
Probated October 27, 1692
Inventory, May 27, 1692, amounted to £213-16-4
found on ancestry.com

The Lyon Family from Scotland to America
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/lyon.htm Morris County, NJGenWeb
Source: J. Percy Crayon, Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, (Rockaway, N.J., Rockaway Publishing Co., 1902)

The family of LYON is of great antiquity in Scotland. The ancestors of the family, John de LYON, came over with William I. He or one of his immediate ancestors settled in Perthshire, in the district still called Glenlyon. Sir John LYON, son of John de LYON, "a young man of very good parts and qualities, and a very graceful and comely person, and a great favorite of the king (Robert II) was Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland. The Princess Jean, the king's daughter, being in love with the fair-favored young man, he received her hand in marriage, and with it the lands of Glamis, 1372." Until that time Glamis was a royal residence of a line that dates back to Kenneth I, 850 A. D. This castle was the scene of Macbeth's crime. The murder of Malcolm II, at Glamis is narrated as an authentic event by the old chroniclers.

Colonial records place William, of Roxbury, (landed 1635, aged 14, ship Hopewell) as the earliest of the "old comers." The American Antiquity, show, thus William LYON as descended from Sir Adam LYON, knight, first son of John de LYON, the Feudal Baron, the French family of LEONNE, originated from LEONES, a patrician family of Rome.

The latter's third son, Sir John LYON, Baron of Fortevoit, was the ancestor of the Earls of Strathmore. Gen. Nathaniel LYON (Civil War) claimed direct descent Sir Thomas LYON, of Auldbar, Forfarshire, designated master of Glamis, brother of John, the Eighth Lord Glamis, one of the principals in the seizure of James VI, at the raid of Ruthern, 1582, and after his return, he with the Earls of Angus and Mar, seized Sterling Castle. Again he fled, but in 1585 was restored to royal favor.

It is further stated that Sir John LYON had two sons, the first, Earl of Strathmore, the second, Earl of Kingham. Another John LYON was colonel of the Scottish Guards in the services of Henry IV of France. William LYON, son of the above John LYON, having been denounced as a heretic at the time of the massacre of St. Bartholemew, August 24, 1572, escaped to Holland where he received protection and ultimately came with his three children to New England. This would indicate that William of Roxbury was not the first of the LYON family of Glenlyon, to seek a home in America.

William, of Roxbury, was a member of the Artillery, 1645, free man 1666, died 1692. John LYON, of Salem, 1638, lived there until 1648. John LYNE (LYON?), of New Haven, signed covenant 1639. Thomas LYON settled on Byram river 1640. Henry LYON was at Milford 1646, John LYON was at Marblehead 1648. Richard LYON was at Dorcester 1649.

These men were doubtless clansmen if not near relatives, and were among those who fled from the mother country for religious, political or civil reasons, traitors in their old home, but patriots in their wilderness refuge, and doubtless they were the founders of the LYON family in the United States, a vast aggregate of people widely separated by time and circumstances, but many of them holding in common the tradition of Glenlyon origin and ancestry.

Although descendants of Robert the Bruce, founder of the House of Stuart, the colonial LYONs were king-haters, especially Stuart-haters. Like the master of Glamis, Sir Thomas LYON, a number of the LYONs were naturally partakers of treason through fierce and fanatical convictions that demanded personal liberty and condemned kingcraft. These "Puritan" under the persecution, were in sympathy with the Roundhead movement and active adherents of CROMWELL.

Tradition says that Richard LYON, who appeared at Fairfield 1649 after the decapitation of Charles I, was on guard with his two brothers at the scaffold the day of the execution and witnessed the regicide. Daunted by the enormity of this political crime the three secretly took ship for America and landed at Boston, Massachusetts. Here they separated: Richard journeying to Connecticut to settle there.

This Richard is the ancestor of the New Jersey LYONs, of the Henry LYON, of Milford and Newark. He was of Fairfield 1649, and his house and home lot of two acres is recorded January 1653. He was made free man 1665. His will dated 1678, mentions wife Margaret, and children Moses, Richard, William, Samuel, Joseph, Hester, wife of Nathaniel PERRY, Bettie, Hannah and Abigail. Henry LYON, the oldest son of Richard, was brother-in-law to Joseph MIDDLEBROOK and of Thomas BATEMAN. The will of William BATEMAN 1656, gave five pounds to grandchild Joseph MIDDLEBROOK, one-half of his estate to son Thomas and one-half to son-in-law Henry LYON.

Children:

Moses, son of Richard, married Mary _____ died before 1696.

Richard had Samuel, Ebenezer and Sarah baptized April 5, 1696; Daniel, October 3, 1697; Nathan, February 13, 1703; Jonathan, June 1, 1708, (Fairfield Parish Records).

William had Nathaniel baptized September 9, 1694; Eunice, September 1716, and Tabitha. Samuel had wife Susanna and children: John, James and Margaret baptized March 12, 1704; Abigail May 12, 1706; Ephriam, September 27, 1708; Anne, August 6, 1710; Jeremiah, April 1, 1713.

Joseph had wife Abigail, children: Joseph, baptized July 28, 1695; David, June 27, 1697.

John, had wife Hannah, children: Thankful, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, baptized August 15, 1726; Hester, February 2, 1726; Lyon, April 16, 1729, Griswould, May 30, 1731.

The general outlook at this time, New Jersey under the charter granted to Berkeley and Carteret, promised greater freedom in civil and religious affairs than could be hoped for with the existing conditions of Connecticut, and they severed home ties for still another pioneer beginning, known only by hearsay.

Staunch they were in all things, sternly zealous in church matters, and sternly opposed to monarchial interference. The spirit of independence that animated the Puritan fathers was transmitted to their descendants, an aversion to the domination of kings that reached a climax in the Essex Riots 1745, which was the first overt act of resistance to the authority of Great Britain, making the men of New Jersey Plantations the earliest aggressors in the cause of civil liberty.
Henry LYON of the Milford colony was one of the founders of Newark, New Jersey, first called Milford, received home lot number 8, held several public offices and is cited as having been at Elizabeth, New Jersey, with son Thomas in 1673, where he purchased among other lands 100 acres of upland by the lyne (line?) of Elizabethport, which has since been called Lyons Farms.
Henry LYON, of Milford, the Passaic pilgrim, in 1652 was married at Fairfield church to Mary, daughter of William BATEMAN. His will, dated 1702 in Newark, names wife Mary, and children: Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, Ebenezer, Thomas, deceased; John, deceased, Nathaniel, deceased; Dorcas and Mary.

Children of Henry LYON and wife Mary:

Samuel, had home lot 39, married (1) Sarah BEACH, (2) Hannah PIERSON. Will 1765 mentions children: Samuel, Henry, Joseph, John, James, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, and wife Hannah.

Joseph's will 1726, names children: Joseph, born 1676, died 1726; Abigail, wife of Joseph CRANE, son-in-law Nathan FOSTER; Samuel and Daniel SAYRES.

Benjamin, Esq., will 1726, children: Benjamin (2), Anne, wife of Israel CANFIELD; Johanna, wife of John PRUDEN and wife Bethya. Benjamin (2) born 1694, died January 7, 1747. Children Benjamin (3), Moses, Daniel and Samuel. Grandson Rufus CRANE, who was son of Hannah LYON and Jonas CRANE, a Revolutionary soldier, who was born 1718, died 1805. Their son Rufus was born 1744, married Charity CAMPBELL 1779, died 1804. Son-in-law Amos DAY, deacon, had children: Amos, Aaron and Phebe.

Capt. Ebenezer, born 1670, died March 31, 1739, buried at Elizabeth, New Jersey, had wife Elizabeth born 1668, died 1739.

Thomas died 1694, had wife Elizabeth, whose will 1731, names children: Thomas (2), Isaac, Elizabeth, Anna MILLS and Phebe THOMSON (Penelope THOMPSON, Congers Notes.) Thomas (2) will 1759, Daniel and son-in-law, Samuel BOND. Isaac died February 3, 1764, aged 72.

William, children: Mattaniah, John, Eliphlet, Abigail and Jane; granddaughter Lucy PIERSON. Mattaniah died at Morristown February 4, 1794, aged 69. (He had wife Mary, Morristown records give children: John and wife Esther; Hannah, baptized April 28, 1763, died August 18, 1763; Stephen SMITH, baptized November 24, 1764, died May 11, 1790; Harvey, baptized December 6, 1767, died September 24, 1791; Jacob, born July 30, 1771; Isaac, Moses and Aaron.
John, died 1694, had wife Hannah and four children.

Nathaniel died before 1702, his widow Mary, married POTTER. Children: Mary and Elizabeth.
Dorcas, died young: Mary, married John WARD, had a son John and a grandson Lemuel, who married Hannah CANFIELD. John WARD married (2) Abigail KITCHEL.

Benjamin LYON (2) had wife Martha, born 1694, died 1749, had son Benjamin (3) born 1719, died 1758, buried at Elizabeth churchyard.

Anna LYON, who married Israel CANFIELD (born 1684 at Milford, died 1744 at Newark) had children: Thomas, Esq., married Eliza BALDWIN; David, died 1756; Ephriam, died 1759; Israel, Abraham, Phebe, married Timothy BRUEN; Abigail, married ____ BEACH; Hannah, married Lemuel WARD; Sarah, married Joseph HEDDEN, Esq.

Joanna LYON, who married John PRUDEN (born at Milford 1675) was son of Rev. John, the school master who graduated at Harvard 1668. Children: Joanna and Abigail, who married Deacon Samuel ALLING.

Benjamin LYON (3) had children: Benjamin (4) who married Mary LUM November 18, 1747; Martha, married John GLOVER September 14, 1747; Mary, married Ezekiel YOUNGLOVE May 16, 1746, who had daughter Dorcas, who married Zenas BALDWIN August 31, 1769. The tribe of Benjamin seems to have settled at an early date at Morristown and Mendham, New Jersey.

Samuel LYON, son of Benjamin (2) born 1739, died 1780, married Phebe CHANDLER, born 1730, died 1781. Children: Samuel, born September 19, 1753, died December 31, 1776; Tappen, born February 15, 1756, died December 15, 1776. Samuel and Tappen were captured by the British and confined in the Sugar House Prison in New York and died there. Phebe, born October 14, 1758, died October 16, 1821; David, born December 19, 1760, died May 21, 1845; Ann, born June 27, 1763, died January 20, 1846; Aaron, born September 7, 1766, died October 31, 1768; Joanna, born December 1, 1769, died November 11, 1791; Caleb, born September 29, 1771, died April 27, 1854, removed to Schnectady, New York. Amos, born September 28, 1775, married Charity HARRISON, of Lyons Farms, died December 28, 1823. She was born November 22, 1776, died February 21, 1853.

Children of Amos LYON and wife Charity: Nancy, born November 21, 1801, married John WILSON, of North Shields, England, died February 1893; Julia Ann, born June 21, 1803, married Daniel BAKER, of Irvington, New York, died July 16, 1852; Caleb, born August 16, 1805, died June 14, 1807; Joseph, born October 12, 1807, settled at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, died about 1892; Phebe, born June 30, 1809, married Joshua EDWARDS, of Lickning county, Ohio, died August 15, 1868; Caleb (2) born August 21, 1811, married Julia Ann RABB, settled at Utica, Ohio, died December 9, 1897; David, born October 1, 1813, died April 4, 1836; Hannah, born January 31, 1816, died May 6, 1829; John, born March 17, 1818, married and settled in Broadway, Hale county, Ohio, died April 28, 1893; Elizabeth, born August 21, 1821, died December 23, 1821.
Matthias, son of Benjamin (2) born 1738, was Revolutionary soldier, captain in Col. DRAYTON's Regiment. He had son Joseph, and died 1797, buried at Elizabeth churchyard.

Daniel LYON, son of Benjamin (2) was Revolutionary soldier in Capt. MARSH's Troop of Lighthorse, married Eunice Fitz RANDOLPH 1761. Children: Benjamin, born September 23, 1763; Daniel, born November 2, 1765; Sarah, born November 8, 1766; Rhoda, born December 3, 1768; Matthias, born September 26, 1771; Mary, born July 22, 1774; Simon, born April 2, 1777; John, born November 5, 1786.
(Conger's notes Ham Daniel LYON and wife Eunice, Will 1796. Children: Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, David, Daniel, Aaron, Moses, John, Stephen, Crecy, Sarah, Phebe, Joanna and Anna.)

Matthias LYON, son of Daniel and Eunice, married Mary Fitz RANDOLPH 1796. Children: Charlotte, born 1799; Mary, born 1800; Sarah, born 1802; Rhoda, born 1803; Bulah, born 1804; Daniel, born 1806; Joel, born 1807; Abel, born 1808; Gilbert, born 1809.

Simon LYON, third son of Daniel, married Christinia STEWART 1805. Children: Maria, born 1806; Sarah, born 1808; John, born 1809; Rebecca, born 1811; James, born 1812; Jacob, born 1814; Daniel, born 1816; Eliza, born 1818; Joseph, born 1821; Margaret, born 1823.

Moses, son of Benjamin, (2) born 1731, died March 27, 1813, married Mary HARRIS. She was born 1739, died June 12, 1809. Both buried at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Moses was Revolutionary soldier in Captain Abraham LYON's 7th Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Essex Regiment.
Children of Moses LYON and wife Mary: James, born at Lyons Farms August 31, 1755, emigrated to Ohio 1787, died September 20, 1841, at the homestead, Mill Creek Farm, near Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a Revolutionary soldier in Col. Jedadiah BALDWIN's Regiment of Artificers, and pensioned for three years actual service. He married (1) Elizabeth WILLIAMS, of Newark, April 21, 1782. She was born May 18, 1759, died at Cincinnati September 10, 1800. (2) Mrs. Mary HAMMEL, November 4, 1801. She died November 13, 1813. (3) Mrs. Mary WILLIAMS, widow of Thomas WILLIAMS, the brother of Elizabeth. She was born June 22, 1763, died December 22, 1834. No children by second and third marriage.

Henry, born 1757, married Joanna E. _____ who was born 1766. He was Revolutionary soldier in BALDWIN's Artificers and applied for pension for three year's service 1818, dismissed from Elizabeth First Presbyterian Church to Newark, 1831. His wife died at Newark 1840, aged 74. Children: James, Henry and Hannah; all died childless.

Moses, born 1761, died 1763, buried at First Presbyterian churchyard at Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Moses (2) born December 21, 1763 at Lyons Farms, died at Prattsburg [Plattsburg?], New York, May 2, 1823, married Elizabeth ARNETT at Elizabethtown, May 1787. She was born April 24, 1769, died at Plattsburg, New York, April 7, 1822.

Children of Moses LYON and wife Elizabeth: James, born April 27, 1788, married Lydia MORELY, died March 15, 1864; Moses, born March 18, 1789, married Sallie BENTON, died April 21, 1863; Mary Bowman, born April 15, 1791, married William WORDS, died April 13, 1873; Elizabeth Arnett, born February 10, 1793 married Ebenezer RICE; Abigail Grummon, born November 29, 1797, married Samuel RICE, died November 24, 1883; Robert Bend, born September 27, 1796, married Catharine BACON, died at Conneant, Ohio, October 5, 1859; Abner Parcell, born January 27, 1799, married Helen HUMPHREYS, died 1878; Thomas Bowman, born August 9, 1801, married Devia SMEDLEY, died 1878; Sarah Gibbs, born 1803, married Norman TOWN, died 1884; Lewis Shexill, born 1805, died 1806; Charles Procter, born 1808, died 1809; Jane Ann, born 1807, died 1864, married Norman LITTLE; Helen Reynetta, born 1811, married Dr. Ten Eyck GANESVOOST, died 1880.

Obediah LYON, born 1765, lived on a farm between Newark and Elizabeth, New Jersey, married (1) Catharine CRANE, died September 13, 1847. She was born 1768, died 1789. (2) Sarah MEEKER, who was born 1765, died 1852. Children of Obediah and wife Sarah: Stephen, born 1791, died 1864; David, born 1793; Elizabeth, born 1795; Catharine, born 1797; Harris, born 1799; Abigail, born 1803.

Richard LYON, married (1) Sallie HENDRIX, who was born 1784, died 1810. Children: Abigail, born August 5, 1792, died at Osage, Illinois, 1888, buried at Elizabeth, New Jersey. Sarah, born December 10, 1794, married Asa PRIOR, died February 1880; Richard, born September 19, 1796, married Martha WALDRON, died in Michigan; Mary, born January 10, 1799; Moses, born February 25, 1802, died in New York City August 31, 1844, married Catharine WRIGHT; John Joseph, born November 15, 1809, died at sea. Richard LYON married (2) Effie VANHOUTEN, of Bergen, 1811. Children: Mary Harris, born February 24, 1812; David Demorest, born March 26, 1814; Aaron Grummon, born February 9, 1816; Rachel Demorest, born November 29, 1817.

Harris LYON, died unmarried, was buried in the old churchyard, Spring street, near Bleeker, in New York City. He was a merchant in New Orleans.

Hannah LYON died unmarried aged 95.

Mary LYON, married (1) Capt. James WHEELER, Revolutionary soldier, born 1747, died 1777. Children were Joseph, Stephen, James and Phebe, who married William S. PENNINGTON, governor of New Jersey. He died September 17, 1826, in the 69th year of his age, buried at Newark. Mary married (2) Abner PARCELL, of Staten Island, had five sons.

Abigail LYON, married Aaron GRUMMON (GRUMMON is a corruption of GERMOND, a French Hugenot family, of Dutchers county, New York.) no children. As a widow she returned to the home of her parents, Moses and Mary Harris LYON, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and was the companion of their old age.

Children of James LYON born at Lyons Farms 1755, and wife Elizabeth WILLIAMS: Jonathan Williams, born March 19, 1783, at Maiden Lane, New York City, removed to Hamilton, Ohio, with his parents 1787. He married Melinda Gard LEE, daughter of Peter Perrine LEE and Ruth GARD, at North Bend, Ohio, February 9, 1806. He died December 28, 1871. She died July 27, 1875. Both buried at Spring Grove Cemetery.

James, born October 30, 1784, minister, married (1) Sarah DAVIS. She was born 1782, died 1816. Children: James, Eliza and Jonathan, who died in infancy. Married (2) Maria (PARKER) OGG, had children: Joanna, born March 14, 1822, married Joseph LANDON, of Cincinnati; Eliza, born February 2, 1824, died young; Mary Ann, born April 1825, married John CROSBY; James C., born October 8, 1826, died 1862; Martha, born January 25, 1829, married Mark LANGDON.
Oliver, born January 13, 1787, married Elizabeth MARSH, died November 26, 1848. Their children were: Joanna, born November 10, 1812, died 1812; Moses, born May 18, 1814, died 1854, never married; Phebe, born March 27, 1817, died August 20, 1844; Joanna (2) born August 20, 1820, married _____ HOLLOWELL; Melinda, born July 20, 1823, died young; Hannah Jane, born June 14, 1825, died November 20, 1849, married _____ CROSBY; Martha, born February 21, 1830, married John SHIELDS; Lewis Lee, born April 7, 1833; Adaline Biddenger; Oliver Rufner, born July 13, 1835, died 1836.

Joanna, born 1789, married (1) Elijah NORTON of Cincinnati, Ohio, died 1820. Children: Joanna, married Capt. Columbus HAWK; Elizabeth, married Capt. Joseph HALL, (2) Joseph Stewart.

Moses, born April 22, 1794, married Eliza ROSS, of New York City, died July 13, 1873. Children: Ann Eliza, born November 13, 1818, died July 27, 1840; Mary Jane, born October 6, 1820, married James Evens, died May 22, 1880; James, born August 6, 1822, married Harriet HULL, died September 20, 1841; William Henry, born December 13, 1824, never married, died March 27, 1859; Susan Emily, born May 14, 1827, married John WILTSEE, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Isabella, born November 28, 1829, married James LUPTON; Georgianna, born August 28, 1838, died December 18, 1839.

Children of Jonathan Williams LYON and wife Malinda Gard LEE: Oliver Lee, born December 10, 1806, married Sarah BROWN, of Boston, Massachusetts, died 1882. Sidney Smith, born August 4, 1808, died at his home, "The Octagon" Jeffersonville, Indiana, June 34, 1872, from injuries received during the Civil War. He was major of 4th Kentucky Cavalry, detached as chief of engineers, successively on the staffs of Gens. BUEL, BURNSIDE and MORGAN, through Tennessee and Kentucky. Was at battles of Cumberland Gap; siege of Vicksbury; built the fortifications at Cumberland Gap; planned and executed the famous "Retreat of the Ten Thousand" from Cumberland Gap to the Ohio river. In his youth was an artist of celebrity. Was geological surveyor of Kentucky, and as a scientist was world known. He married Honora Vincent LYONS, at Louisville, Kentucky, November 8, 1831. She was born January 6, 1816, died February 22, 1900. Julia Ann, born September 10, 1810, married Theodore WILLIAMS, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died April 4, 1892. Harriet Ruth, born June 10, 1812, married William BRIANT, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died February 27, 1844. Elizabeth Williams, born April 14, 1814, married Mahlon TAYLOR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, still living (1900). James Harris, born March 15, 1816, never married, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1879. Mary Jane, born April 8, 1818, died July 25, 1819. William Parker, born March 19, 1820, died August 21, 1821. Elvira Amelia, born January 6, 1823, married Harvey DENMAN, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died July 31, 1887. Martha Jane, born May 5, 1825, married Charles BETTS, of Cincinnati. Cornelia, born March 31, 1827, died August 26, 1828. Frances Cornelia, born January 17, 1829, married William FULLERTON, of Boston, Massachusetts, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 13, 1871. Laura Augusta, born May. 19, 1831, married C. H. RHODES, of Lancaster, Wisconsin. Clara Huntington, born April 23, 1833, died at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 14, 1867.

LYONs not identified, but supposed, descendants of the LYON families who settled at Morristown: Samuel LYON, born 1781, died at Stockholm, New Jersey, June 26, 1860, buried at Lyons burial ground near Stockholm. His wife died March 18, 1863. His son Halsey was born 1804, married Harriet DENMAN, died June 24, 1871. She was born May 14, 1804, died February 14, 1871, buried at Lyons Cemetery. Children: Sarah A., married William D. ROCKAFELLOW July 6, 1857, removed West. Jonathan, born June 8, 1837, married Maria E. LYON, August 13, 1864, removed to Ohio. Amos, born July 1, 1839, died December 31, 1863, buried at Sockholm. Margaret, born July 30, 1843, married John Nelson KIMBLE November 10, 1864, removed to Ohio.

Joseph LYON, son of Asher, of Morristown, born June 7, 1785, married Betsey HILL, daughter of John, of Franklin, New Jersey, March 30, 1815, died May 5, 1858. She was born December 13, 1796, died August 13, 1868. Both buried at Rockaway. Children of Joseph LYON and wife Betsey: Sarah L., born December 15, 1815, married John WILSON, went to Western New York, died June 11, 1847. John Hill, born September 5, 1817, married Mary FORDYCE December 22, 1842. She was born March 18, 1847, died September 22, 1893, buried at Rockaway. Phebe Jane, born September 22, 1820, died August 30, 1851; Alice, born October. 3, 1823, married Job Allen TALMADGE as fourth wife September 3, 1845, died July 28, 1887. Jacob L., born January 23, 1827, went to Australia, married Anna CRANE and settled at St. Louis. Nancy K., born April 28, 1829, married Elisha MEEKER, of Millbrook, May 22, 1853. He was born 1837, died March 29, 1900. Philip Edward, born February 11, 1832, married Anna VOSS, went to Scranton, Pennsylvania, died June 25, 1897.

Isaac LYON, born June 19, 1791, married Margaret TODD, daughter of Jacob and wife Hannah, died December 3, 1865. She was born 1795, died April 19, 1862. Both buried at Millbrook. Children of Isaac LYON and wife Margaret: John S., born December 1, 1815, married Mary E. MEEKER, died February 11, 1890. Both buried at Millbrook. Moses, never married; Nancy, born October 21, 1823, married Elias L. PALMER, died March 19, 1860. He was born October 21, 1808, died December 9, 1853. Both buried at Rockaway. Amy, married Henry STRUBLE, died in Illinois.

Jerusha, married Nathaniel ANDERSON, died in Illinois. Julia, married Job A. TALMAGE (third wife). Both buried at Hill Cemetery. Margaret Ann, married Charles, son of William SMITH.
Children of John S. LYON and wife Mary E.: Julia Ann, born 1837, married Daniel AYRES, died at Franklin May 9, 1899. He died 1897. Both buried at Hill Cemetery; Joanna, married Charles HULBERT, buried at Mt. Freedom. Huldah B., married David C. HATHAWAY, of Dover; Elizabeth, married Albert R. TALMAGE, of Dover; John Wesley, died young, buried at Rockaway; Isaac married Mary (FORDYCE) HILL, daughter of Jacob H. and Catharine FORDYCE, and widow of Lewis HILL, December 21, 1871. Living on the old LYON homestead, Franklin.

Children of Isaac LYON and wife Mary: Ida J., born November 7, 1872, married Frank MAINS; Kate Edna, born July 4, 1876, married Charles Edward STURTEVANT September 1, 1897.
Transcribed by John Cresseveur
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