Dorothy (Kinney) Lyman (1754 - 1829)

Born 10 Jan 1754 in Preston, New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Lyman Sr. — married 26 May 1769 in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1829 at age 75 in Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

DOROTHY KINNE, born at Preston, Connecticut, 10 Jan 1754 daughter of Joseph Kinne and Sarah Blunt;^[1] Dorothy died at Chester, Massachusetts, 11 Dec 1829;^[2] married at Worthington, Massachusetts, 26 May 1769,^[3] TIMOTHY LYMAN, born at Northampton, 31 Dec 1744 son of Elias Lyman and Anne Phelps;^[4] Timothy died at Chester, 11 Oct 1815.^[5]

Timothy and his brother Stephen Lyman traveled together to Murrayfield (later Chester, Massachusetts) in 1763. Timothy and Stephen were first settlers of Chester and Stephen Lyman was one of the first deacons at the church at Chester.^[6] Timothy and his brother Stephen occupied adjacent farms in Chester.^[7]

In 1790, the household of Timothy Lyman was eight persons at Chester: two males 16 and over, two males under 16, and four females.^[8]

In his will written 17 December 1806 (probate 7 November 1815), Timothy Lyman bequeathed to his sons Timothy, Jr. and Asahel all the wearing apparel. Wife Dorothy receives all the household furniture, forever, and one-half the improvement of the real estate while she is a widow. Each of his daughters receives one dollar with what they received at marriage completes their portions: Susanna wife of Joseph Clap, Theodosia wife of Jasper Brewster, Achsa wife of Dr. William Coleman, and Dorothy wife of Edward Taylor, Jr. The remainder of the estate goes to son Timothy who is to provide comfortable support to Dorothy. Timothy was also named executor.^[9]

Children

Dorothy Kinne and Timothy Lyman were parents of six children born at Chester.^[10]

i SUSANNAH LYMAN, b. 6 Nov 1770; d. at Homer, NY, 18 Jul 1842; m. at Chester, 28 May 1789, JOSEPH CLAPP, b. at Northampton, 11 Nov 1764 son of Joseph and Hannah (Lyman) Clapp; Joseph d. at Homer, 11 Jul 1839.

ii ACHSAH LYMAN, b. 27 Feb 1774; d. at Oberlin, OH, 7 Dec 1868; m. at Middlefield, MA, 19 Jul 1792, Dr. WILLIAM COLEMAN, b. at New Haven, 7 Sep 1765 son of Sarah and Sarah (Beecher) Coleman; William d. at Pittsfield, 28 Apr 1858.

iii THEODOSIA LYMAN, b. 16 Nov 1775; d. at Madison, OH, 1 Apr 1851; m. at Chester, 26 Jul 1796, JASPER BREWSTER, b. at Lebanon, CT, 22 Jun 1769 son of Wadsworth and Jerusha (Newcomb) Brewster; Jasper d. at Madison, 15 Sep 1824.

iv DOROTHY “DOLLY” LYMAN, b. 24 Apr 1780; d. at Montgomery, MA, 12 Jun 1865; m. (intention at Chester 2 Oct 1804), EDWARD TAYLOR, b. at Westfield, MA, 11 Mar 1777 son of Edward and Sarah (Ingersoll) Taylor; Edward d. at Montgomery, 7 May 1866.

v TIMOTHY LYMAN, b. 30 Aug 1782; d. at Chester, 22 Dec 1827; m. at Chester, EXPERIENCE BARDWELL, b. at Belchertown, 30 Jul 1788 daughter of Joseph and Sybil (Smith) Bardwell; Experience d. at Easthampton, 21 Feb 1865.

vi ASAHEL LYMAN, b. 3 Apr 1785; d. at Cortland, NY, 19 Feb 1847; m. at Blandford, MA, 25 Jan 1810, DOROTHY “DOLLY” BLAIR, b. at Blandford, 3 Mar 1787 daughter of Rufus and Dolly (Boise) Blair; Dolly d. at Cortland, 17 Aug 1856.

Sources

1. ↑ Robertson, The Genealogy of Henry and Ann Kinne, p 31
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41571693/dorothy-lyman: accessed 07 July 2023), memorial page for Dorothy Kinney Lyman (10 Jan 1754–11 Dec 1829), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41571693, citing Chester Center Cemetery, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bette Hartman (contributor 46633755).
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNB-F3N : 16 August 2021), Dorothy Kinne, 26 May 1769; citing Marriage, Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007580285.
4. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, Southampton, Volume 1, p 378; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41571721/timothy-lyman: accessed 07 July 2023), memorial page for Timothy Lyman (31 Dec 1744–12 Oct 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41571721, citing Chester Center Cemetery, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Member#47194125 (contributor 47194125).
6. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, Southampton, Volume 1, pp 378-379; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
7. ↑ Coleman, Genealogy of the Lyman Family, p 339
8. ↑ The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Chester, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 139; Family History Library Film: 0568144
9. ↑ Massachusetts Probate, Hampden County, Estate of Timothy Lyman, 1815, Case No. 7220
10. ↑ Coleman, Genealogy of the Lyman Family, pp 339-340

• Coleman, Lyman. 1872. Genealogy of the Lyman Family in Great Britain and America; the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Lyman, from High Ongar in England, 1631. Albany, NY: J. Munsell.
• Robertson, Florance Loveless Keeney. 1947. The Genealogy of Henry and Ann Kinne, Pioneers of Salem, Massachusetts. Los Angeles, CA: Wetzel Publishing.