Mary (Hoyt) Lyon (abt. 1632 - 1692)

Born about 1632 in Dorchester, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1692 at about age 60 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Biography

Origin

Mary was born c. 1632, probably at Dorchester (now part of Boston), Massachusetts.^[1] She was the eldest child of Simon Hoyt and his second wife, Susannah Unknown. No record of her birth or christening have been found, and the date and place of her birth are uncertain.

Simon Hoyt may have immigrated as early as 1629 and lived initially at Charlestown and Dorchester, Massachusetts. The family removed to Scituate about 1635, when Simon and his wife were admitted to the church there. However no children were baptized at Scituate. The family then removed to Windsor, Connecticut, where they remained until about 1646. They next lived at Fairfield, Connecticut (possibly as early as 1644).^[1]

Note: Upway as birth location is probably wrong. See g2g discussions linked to her father's profile.

Marriage and Children

Mary married c. 1652, as his 2nd, to Thomas Lyon.^[1]

Children (incomplete)

1. Abigail, b.abt. 1654; m 1672^[2]

2. John, b.1655

3. Thomas, b.1673

4. Samuel, b.__, d.abt.1713 Greenwich, CT, apparently unmarried

5. Joseph, b. 1677, d. 21 Feb 1761; m. Sarah __?

6. Elizabeth, b.__, d. bef. Nov 1713; m. John MARSHALL

7. Deborah, b.__, d.__; m. __ CONE or COVE ^{[citation needed]}

8. Sarah, b.__, d.__; m. __ MERRITT ^{[citation needed]}

Death and Legacy

Mary was born c 1632. (Some records 1635) ^{[citation needed]} She passed away after 1690.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Robert Charles Anderson, (1995) "Simon Hoyt." Featured name. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Vol. 1-3. Boston, MA: NEHGS, American Ancestors.org (Vol 1-3, pp 1028-1033).
2. ↑ Anderson citing FoOF 1:395

• Mary Hoyt Lyon on Find A Grave: Memorial #140901925

• Clarence Almon Torrey. 1997. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD. On p. 481

• Robert B. Miller & Albert Brown Lyons, eds. 1907. Lyon Memorial III: New York Families Descended from the Immigrant Thomas Lyon of Rye. Self-published. [W. Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI.] 539 pp. (facsimile reprint available from Higginson Books; online at Ancestry.com, where images are not entirely readable): p. 20

• DGMWeb.net citing several sources of Thomas Rye Lyon data [1]