Robert
Lyman
Born in Essex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Lyman
and Sarah (Osborne) Lyman
Brother of
Phillis (Lyman) Hills, Richard Lyman, William Lyman [half], William Lyman [half], Richard Lyman II, Elizabeth Lyman, Sarah (Lyman) Bridgman, Anne Lyman [half] and John Lyman
Husband of
Hepzibah (Bascom) Lyman
— married
5 Nov 1662 in Northampton, Massachusetts
Father of
Sarah Lyman, John Lyman, Thomas Lyman, Hepzibah Lyman, Thankful Lyman, Preserved Lyman, Wait Lyman and Experience (Lyman) Cook
Died about
at about age 62
in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Robert Lyman immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Robert Lyman was a son of Richard and Sarah Osborne,[1] of Hartford who was baptized at High Ongar, in 1580, and came with Eliot, in the “Lion,” bringing five children with him.[2][3][4] Robert was the youngest, born in Sep 1629,[5] m. Hepzibah Bascom on 5 Nov. 1662 at Northampton.[6]
Robert was a signor of the Newark Covenant as such, was instrumental in the formation of the New-Ark (later Newark) settlement. Surveys were made for him in 1675 in Newark, New Jersey, but in 1684 when he sold to Jasper Crane, he was of Massachusetts.[2]
Robert must not have stayed in Newark or traveled between Northampton and Newark as he is mentioned in Northampton records in 1669 town records,[7] but continues to appear in Newark records for years.[8] He is listed as receiving one of the first land grants on what is now known as Hawley Street.[9]
A hill, on which he died in Northampton, is still named Robert’s Hill. John, brother of Robert married Dorcas Plum, of Branford, removed to Northampton, and had six sons and four daughters.[2]
Children born to Robert and Hepzibah (Bascom) Lyman:
- Sara, b. 13 Oct 1663
- John, b. 5 Dec 1664
- Thomas, b. 23 Dec 1666
- Hepzibah, b. 1672
- Thankful, b. 10 Oct 1672
- Preserved, b. Apr 1676
- Waitstill, b. 14 Apr 1678
- Experience, b. 1679
Robert died between 1691 and 1693 in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Sources
- ↑ The American Genalogist, Volume 30, Page 189-190
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 History of Essex and Hudson Counties, page 363 and 364. https://archive.org/stream/historyofessexh01shaw#page/362/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/stream/historyofessexh01shaw#page/362/mode/2up
- ↑ Robert's family is listed on this ship's passenger list, he is not: Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts A Descriptive List Drawn from the Records of the Colonies Towns and Churches, and Other Contemporaneous Documents, Page 296. Genealogical Publishing, 1996.
- ↑ Robert is listed in his mother's will: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010; Paid subscription to view link), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Page 1217-19; citing Manwaring 1:23
- ↑ The Great Migration, Volume 1-3, Page 1219. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image/?pageName=1219&volumeId=12107&rId=23895578
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850, , Volume 1, Page 974. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14508/974/264996332
- ↑ Genealogy of the Lyman Family, Page 47. https://archive.org/stream/genealogyoflyman00byucole#page/46/mode/2up
- ↑ Index for Robert Lyman/Limon in Records of the Town of Newark, https://archive.org/stream/recordstownnewa00njgoog#page/n308/mode/2up/search/Crane
- ↑ Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution. Betty Allen Chapter, Northampton, Early Northampton, Page 18. Publisher Northampton, Mass, 1914. https://archive.org/stream/earlynorthampton00massa#page/18/mode/2up/search/Lyman
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