Generation
father's estate."
Signed: Mary Lyon Beecher
Elizabeth and William Mansfield
Annie Lyon
Nathaniel Lyon
Experience Lyon Brainerd." (N.H. Town Rec.)
Col. William Lyon died Oct. 12, 1830. (See Obit. by Rev. Jona- than (4) Maltby). His wife died Aug. 28, 1821. (Ref. "Mansfield Gen." p. 51).
Children of Col. William Lyon and Lois Mansfield:
VI.498. William Lyon, b. July 12, 1772; d. Oct. 26, 1841; unmar.
VI.499. Sarah " b. July 21, 1775. )
VI.500. Elizabeth " b. July 2, 1775; d. Nov. 26, 1851 ) ?
VI.501. Mary " b. Oct. 7, 1780; d. Sept. 12, 1817, Charlestown,
S.C.
VI.502. Sophia Brainard Lyon, b. Mch. 17, 1782.
VI.503. Emelia " b. Feb. 6, 1787.
"The Mansfield Gen.," p. 53, gives a personal account of Col. William Lyon and states that "he died Oct. 12, 1830, and his wife died Aug. 26, 1821."
A note adds: "William Lyon Bennet mar. Frances T. Wells, of Brooklyn, N.Y. He was of Yale College.
Children. 1. Ethel Bennet
2. Mary "
3. Joseph H. " of Yale College."
V.168. Nathaniel Lyon, b. Nov. 18, 1762 (Eliz.4, Nathaniel 3, John 2, Wm.1). Mar. Lucy (----) Booth.
Children: VI.504. John Lyon "died young" VI.505. Nancy " VI.506. Sarah "
V.170. Mary Lyon, b. Nov. 21, 1755 (Eliz.4, Nathaniel 3, John 2, Wm.1). Mar. May 27, 1779, John Beecher, b. Oct. 28, 1754. Capt. John Beecher was his father; he died Nov. 22, 1793.
In 1787, Deacon Nathaniel Smith and Capt. Silas Kimberly were to divide the estate to widow Mary, and eight children, distribution recorded at New Haven, Dec. 20, 1790. Widow was left land at West- field. Nathaniel to have the cooper shop; the other children named as below.
"One third of the sloop 'Bachelor', value # 10, belongs to the estate." (See Agreement 4)." (Lineage Book of "Daughters of American Colonists")
"Mary Lyon, b. 1766, died 1817, mar. John Beecher, b. 1754; d. 1784. She was dau. of William Lyon and Elizabeth Maltby, dau. of Nathaniel Maltby and Deborah Jones. They were mar. in 1779."
Children:
VI.507. Nathaniel Beecher, m. Dinah Smith of West Haven (?)
VI.508. Ezra " m. Mary Trowbridge, Southbury, Conn. He
d. there ae. 92.
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