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Richard Lyon 1590–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1590

Birth Location: Heston, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 17 Oct 1678

Death Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: William Lyon

Mother: Isabel Wightman

Spouse(s): Margaret Hopwood, Margaret Winthrop

Children(s): Henry LYON, Richard Lyon, Thomas Lyon, William Lyon, Samuel Lyon, Samuel Lyon, Richard Lyon, Hannah Lyon, Esther Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Abigail Lyon, Joseph Lyon, John Lyon, George Lyon, Hannah Lyon, Esther Lyon, Samuel Lyon, Thomas Lyon, Moses Lyon, William Lyon, Richard Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Henry! Lyon

The story of Richard Lyon began in 1590 in Heston, Middlesex, England. Richard Lyon married Margaret Hopwood, Margaret Winthrop, and had children including Abigail Lyon, Elizabeth Betty Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Esther Lyon, George Lyon, Hannah Lyon, Henry Lyon, Henry A Lyon, John Lyon, Joseph Lyon, Moses Lyon, Richard Lyon, Samuel Sgt Lyon, Samuel Lyon, Thomas Lyon, William Lyon. Richard Lyon passed away in 1678 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard Lyon began in 1590 in Heston, Middlesex, England.
  • Richard Lyon married Margaret Hopwood, Margaret Winthrop, and had children including Abigail Lyon, Elizabeth Betty Lyon, Elizabeth Lyon, Esther Lyon, George Lyon, Hannah Lyon, Henry Lyon, Henry A Lyon, John Lyon, Joseph Lyon, Moses Lyon, Richard Lyon, Samuel Sgt Lyon, Samuel Lyon, Thomas Lyon, William Lyon.
  • Richard Lyon passed away in 1678 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Lyon
1540–1624
Birth Location: Little Stanmore, Middlesex, England
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Isabel Wightman
1559–1593
Birth Location: The Hill, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Hopwood
1590–1662
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Margaret Winthrop
1630–1705
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
MW

Children(s)

Henry LYON
1621–1707
Birth Location: Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
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Richard Lyon
1624–1679
Birth Location: Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland
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Thomas Lyon
1621–1690
Birth Location: Heston, Middlesex, England
TL
William Lyon
1660–1699
Birth Location: Fairfield,Fairfield,Connecticut,USA
WL
Samuel Lyon
1665–1733
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
SL
Samuel Lyon
1644–1723
Birth Location: –
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Richard Lyon
1653–1740
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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Hannah Lyon
1661–1743
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
HL
Esther Lyon
1658–1723
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
EL
Elizabeth Lyon
1659–1722
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
EL
Abigail Lyon
1673–1698
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
AL
Joseph Lyon
1643–1726
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
JL
John Lyon
1620–1690
Birth Location: Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JL
George Lyon
1640–1690
Birth Location: Dorchester, Dorset, England
GL
Hannah Lyon
1661–1743
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
HL
Esther Lyon
1658–1699
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
EL
Samuel Lyon
1616–1732
Birth Location: Heston, Heston, Middlesex, Eng
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Thomas Lyon
1609–1659
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
TL
Moses Lyon
1651–1698
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
ML
William Lyon
1660–1699
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
WL
Richard Lyon
1653–1740
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Elizabeth Lyon
1660–1695
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
EL
Henry! Lyon
1619–1703
Birth Location: Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland
HL

Richard Lyon's Ancestors

Self
Richard Lyon
1590–1678
Birth Place: Heston, Middlesex, England
Parents
William Lyon
1540–1624
Little Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Isabel Wightman
1559–1593
The Hill, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Lord (John Lyon 7th Lord of) Glamis
1509–1592
Glamis (Forfar) England
Joan ("Janet") Keith
1514–1550
Ryslippe, Middlesex, , England,
William WIGHTMAN
1526–1579
Harrow-on-hill, Mddx, England
Audrey DEERING
1530–1596
Harrow-on-hill, Middlesex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Glamis
1495–1528
Jonet Douglas
1495–1537
Robert Keith
1483–1514
Elizabeth Douglas
1488–1527
Richard Wightman
1484–
Elizabeth Purcell
1500–1530
Walace Deering
1510–1530
Mable Spencer
1510–1532
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Lyon
1470–1510
Elizabeth Gray
1485–1529
George Angus"
1469–1513
Elizabeth Drummond
1470–1514
William Marischal
1451–1527
Lady Gordon
1462–1525
John Morton
1459–1513
Janet Crichton
–1493
Thomas Wightman
1454–1500
Mary Reynolds
1475–1506
Humphrey (Peshall)
1445–1489
Unknown Swynnerton
1435–
Thomas Deering
1470–
Sir ll
1437–1552
Isabel Graunt
1465–1539

Richard Lyon's Descendants

1.
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Richard Lyon (1590–17 Oct 1678) m. Margaret Hopwood (1590-1594–Dec 1662) m. Margaret Winthrop (1630–1705)
  1. 1. Henry (A) LYON 1621–1707 m. Elizabeth Lyon 1623–1689 m. Elizabeth Bateman 1627–1703
    1. 1. Benjamin (Lyon) (Esq.) 1668–1720 m. Bethia Condit 1660–1720
      1. 1. Benjamin (Lyon) Jr. 1694–1747 m. Martha ("Mary") Condit 1694–1749
        1. 1. Moses Lyon 1731–1809 m. Mary Harris 1732–1809
        2. 2. Sarah Lyon 1725–1763
        3. 3. Daniel Lyon 1741–1761
        4. 4. Benjamin Lyon 1719–1758
        5. 5. Matthias Lyon 1738–1797
        6. 6. Samuel Lyon 1729–1780
        7. 7. Hannah Lyon 1721–1745
        8. 8. Mary Lyon 1724–1763
        9. 9. Martha Lyon 1735–1790
        10. 10. Daniel Lyon 1725–1761
        11. 11. Sarah Lyon 1724–1763
        12. 12. Daniel Lyon 1741–1796
      2. 2. Rachel Lyon 1717–1800
      3. 3. Rachel Lyon 1717–1800
      4. 4. Joanna Lyon 1690–1761
      5. 5. Abigail Lyon 1684–
      6. 6. Anna Lyon 1689–1744
    2. 2. Mary Lyon 1654–1684
    3. 3. John Lyon 1647–1702
    4. 4. Thomas Lyon 1652–1694
    5. 5. Samuel LYON 1655–1707
    6. 6. Joseph Lyon 1658–1726
    7. 7. Ebenezer (Captain) Lyon 1670–1739 m. Elizabeth Winans 1669–1739
      1. 1. Mary (Joy) Lyon 1700–1726
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Winans) Lyon 1701–1739
      3. 3. Ebenezer (Lyon) (Capt) 1696–1739
      4. 4. Abigail Lyon 1715–1759
      5. 5. Susannah Lyon 1704–1776
      6. 6. Darkis Lyon 1692–1766
      7. 7. Phebe Lyon 1698–1738
    8. 8. Dorcas Lyon 1692–1703
    9. 9. Mary Lyon 1690–
    10. 10. Nathaniel Lyon 1663–1700
    11. 11. Capt. (Ebenezer) Lyon 1670–1739 m. Elizabeth Winans 1668–1739
      1. 1. Ebenezer Lyon 1696–1739 m. Abigail Kingsland 1706–1737
        1. 1. Peter Lyon 1722–1784 m. Joanna Clark 1726–1791
        2. 2. Sybil Lyon 1738–1751
      2. 2. Elizabeth Lyon 1701–1739
      3. 3. Mary (Joy) Lyon 1694–1726
      4. 4. Dorcas Lyon 1694–1739
      5. 5. Abigail Lyon 1696–1759
      6. 6. Phebe Lyon 1700–1739
      7. 7. Darkis Lyon 1702–
      8. 8. Susannah Lyon 1704–1777
      9. 9. Deborah Lyon 1708–1739
      10. 10. Daughter Lyon 1711–1739
      11. 11. Susanna Lyon 1713–1766
      12. 12. Benjamin Lyon –1764
      13. 13. Hannah Lyon –1745
      14. 14. Peter Lyon 1722–1784
    12. 12. Samuel Lyon 1655–1707
    13. 13. Joseph Lyon 1658–1726
    14. 14. Benjamin Lyon 1651–1720
    15. 15. Mary LYON 1654–1684
    16. 16. Benjamin Lyon 1668–1720
    17. 17. Mary Lyon 1691–
    18. 18. Nathaniel Lyon 1668–1700
    19. 19. Thomas Lyon 1652–1694
    20. 20. Dorcas Lyon 1692–1703
    21. 21. Lyons Lyon 1655–1705
    22. 22. Nathaniel Lyon 1663–1700
    23. 23. John Lyon 1665–1694
  2. 2. Richard Lyon 1624–1679 m. Margaret Winthrop 1630–1705
    1. 1. Moses Lyon 1640–1698
  3. 3. Thomas Lyon 1621–1690 m. Martha (Johanna) Winthrop 1630–1653 m. Mary (Eliza) Hoyt 1635–1696
    1. 1. Mary (Marie) Lyon 1649–1713
    2. 2. Deborah Lyon 1666–1702
    3. 3. John Lyon 1658–1736
    4. 4. Abigail Lyon 1655–1713
    5. 5. Sarah Lyon 1663–1687
    6. 6. Thomas Lyon 1673–1739 m. Abigail Ogden 1677–1760
    7. 7. Joseph Lyon 1677–1761
    8. 8. Samuel Lyon 1663–1713
    9. 9. Johanna Lyon 1663–1764
    10. 10. Elizabeth Lyon 1666–1725
  4. 4. William Lyon 1660–1699
  5. 5. Samuel ("Sgt.") Lyon 1665–1733
  6. 6. Samuel Lyon 1644–1723
  7. 7. Richard Lyon 1653–1740
  8. 8. Hannah Lyon 1661–1743
  9. 9. Esther Lyon 1658–1723
  10. 10. Elizabeth ("Betty") Lyon 1659–1722
  11. 11. Abigail Lyon 1673–1698
  12. 12. Joseph Lyon 1643–1726
  13. 13. John Lyon 1620–1690
  14. 14. George Lyon 1640–1690
  15. 15. Hannah Lyon 1661–1743
  16. 16. Esther Lyon 1658–1699
  17. 17. Samuel Lyon 1616–1732
  18. 18. Thomas Lyon 1609–1659
  19. 19. Moses Lyon 1651–1698
  20. 20. William Lyon 1660–1699
  21. 21. Richard Lyon 1653–1740
  22. 22. Elizabeth Lyon 1660–1695
  23. 23. Henry! Lyon 1619–1703

Richard Lyon's Timeline

7 Records

1590
1590
Birth of Richard Lyon in Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
1590
1590
Birth of Richard Lyon in Heston, Middlesex, England
Heston, Middlesex, England
1667
1667
Age 77
Richard Lyon was married
None
1678
17 Oct 1678
Age 88
Death of Richard Lyon in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1678
17 Oct 1678
Age 88
Death of Richard Lyon in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1678
17 Oct 1678
Age 88
Death of Richard Lyon in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1679
18 Dec 1679
Age 89
Death of Richard Lyon in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1433.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JPL

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1590
    Event Place: Heston, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1667

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1649
    Event Place: Connecticut
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Connecticut; Year: 1649; Page Number: 185

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Lyon memorial : families of Connecticut and New Jersey

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Dec 1679
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1678
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1678
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1678
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
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