 1691 - 1748
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| Name |
Benjamin Lyon |
| Born |
1691 |
Elizabethtown, Union Co, New Jersey  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
28 Dec 1747 |
Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey [1] |
- Will of Benjamin Lyon, "sick and weak;" wife Martha to have the use of the homestead, etc. Son Benjamin to have the Plantation adjoining John Tunis, etc. Sons Samuel and Moses to receive each ¹20, etc. when twenty-one years of age, and lands described. Sons Matthias and Daniel were, when twenty-one years of age, to receive lands described. To grand-son Rufus Crane, son of Jonas Crane, was given ¹20. Four daughters are mentioned, Rachel, Mary , Sarah, and Martha; the first two were married. Mention is also made of "my wife's two daughters, Mary Lum, wife of my son Benjamin, and Hannah Lum." Executors: son Benjamin Lyon, Joseph Lyon and son-in-law, Amos Day. Witnesses: Stephen Morehouse, John Perry, Charles holt. Inventory taken 28 Jan 1747/48 by Christopher Wood and Benjamin Crane, appraisers.
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| Died |
07 Jan 1748 |
Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey [2] |
| Buried |
Newark Cemetery, Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey [1] |
| Person ID |
I30154 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
27 Nov 2006 |
| Father |
Benjamin Lyon, Esq., b. 1668, Elizabethtown, Union Co, New Jersey , d. Bef 07 Apr 1720, Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| Mother |
Bethia Condit, b. Abt 1670, England |
| Married |
Abt 1688 [3] |
- Bethia was sister of John Condit, whose will dated 15 Mar 1709/10 names "brothers Benjamin Lyon and Matthew Williams" as overseers.
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| Family ID |
F2546 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 1 |
Mary |
| Married |
Abt 1716 |
| Children |
| | 1. Rachel Lyon, b. 24 Dec 1717, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| | 2. Benjamin Lyon, b. 1719, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 31 Jul 1758, Elizabethtown, Union Co, New Jersey |
| | 3. Hannah Lyon, b. Abt 1720, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 26 Jan 1745 |
| | 4. Mary Lyon, b. 24 Jul 1724, Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| | 5. Martha Lyon, b. Abt 1727, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 09 Oct 1790 |
| | 6. Samuel Lyon, b. 26 Jun 1729, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 09 Feb 1780, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| | 7. Moses Lyon, b. 1731, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 27 Mar 1813, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| | 8. Daniel Lyon, b. Est 1735, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| | 9. Matthias Lyon, b. 1738, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey , d. 11 Nov 1797 |
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| Family ID |
F2540 |
Group Sheet |
| Family 2 |
Martha Clark, b. 02 Nov 1701, Elizabethtown, Union Co, New Jersey , d. 1749, Lyons Farms, Essex Co, New Jersey |
| Married |
Aft 1740 [1, 4] |
- According to the Lyon Memorial, Benjamin married after 1740, a second wife, Martha, the widow of Samuel Lum, of Elizabethtown, whose will is dated 28 Feb 1739.
According to Lum Genealogy, Martha Clark, widow of Samuel Lum married secondly, Benjamin Lyon, son of Benjamin and Bethya (Condit) Lyon and grandson of Henry Lyon and Mary (Bateman) Lyon, a widower with five children. This Benjamin Lyon was b. 1694 and d. Jan 7, 1747.
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| Family ID |
F2544 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S199] Lyon, Lyon Memorial, Lyon, Sidney Elizabeth, (William Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI, 1907), p. 94.
- [S199] Lyon, Lyon Memorial, Lyon, Sidney Elizabeth, (William Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI, 1907), p.94.
- [S199] Lyon, Lyon Memorial, Lyon, Sidney Elizabeth, (William Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI, 1907), p. 84.
- [S398] Genealogy of the Lum Family, Lum, Edward H., (Unionist-Gazette Association, Somerville, NJ, 1927), p. 20.
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