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Richard Lyon 1625–1678 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1625

Birth Location: Heston, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 17 Oct 1678

Death Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: William Lyon

Mother: Isabel Wightman

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Richard Lyon was born in 1625 in Heston, Middlesex, England, the child of William I Lyon And Isabel Wightman. Richard Lyon passed away in 1678 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Richard Lyon was born in 1625 in Heston, Middlesex, England, the child of William I Lyon And Isabel Wightman.
  • Richard Lyon passed away in 1678 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Richard Lyon's Ancestors

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Richard Lyon
1625–1678
Birth Place: Heston, Middlesex, England
Parents
William I Lyon
1555–1624
Little Stanmore Great Stanmore Kingsbury Enfield Old Brentford Hayes Hillingdon Islington Edmonton Bromley Twickenham Feltham Knightsbridge Hackney Hammersmith Teddington Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Isabel Wightman
1559–1593
1671172, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John (Lyon II of) Ruislip
1510–1592
Ryslippe, Middlesex, England
Lord (William Wightman of Wykin Manor) Esquire
1526–1579
Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Audrey (Etheldrea) Deering
1531–1596
Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Ruislip
1470–1528
Emma Hedde
1477–1510
Mable Deering
1510–1532
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Ruislip
1440–1477

Richard Lyon's Timeline

2 Records

1625
1625
Birth of Richard Lyon in Heston, Middlesex, England
Heston, Middlesex, England
1678
17 Oct 1678
Age 53
Death of Richard Lyon in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Heston, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Oct 1678
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

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