Alexander Lyon (1730 - abt. 1785)

Born 1730 in Culpeper Cty., Virginia

Husband of Elizabeth Osbourne — married 1751 (to 1784) in Culpeper,Virginia

Descendants

Died about 16 Dec 1785 at about age 55 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

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Biography

Men with the same name & often mixed up

There are at least three different Alexander Lyons who are being mixed up.
Alexander Lyon of Culpepper VA/Wilkes NC
There is an Alexander Lyon of Culpepper,VA who was married to an Elizabeth. He was born @1730 and seems to have died about 1787-1790 in Wilkes County, NC.
Y-DNA Haplogroup: I1-P109
Possible children are:
1. William S. LYON, b. 17 Feb 1752
2. John LYON, b. ca. 1762
3. Jacob LYON I, b. 1763
4. Isabell LYON, b. 1760-65, VA
On a 1783 tax list for Culpeper Co., VA, we find a William LYON, and an Alexander LYON with son, Jacob LYON. All three next appear together in the 1787 state census of Wilkes Co., NC. It certainly appears that the father of William and Jacob is alive in 1787 and, like his sons, living in Wilkes County.

Alexander Lyon of Culpepper/Amherst VA
There is an Alexander Lyon who married Judith Hill in Amherst, VA. This Alexander Lyon was born no earlier than 1765 (1764 if his birthday was after October 7th).
Proof of his age comes from the 7 Oct 1786 Amherst Co., VA, marriage bond of Alexander LYON & Judith Hill which states that Alexander's father, William LYON of Culpeper VA, "gives consent" for the marriage.
Alexander would only have needed consent to marry if he was under the age of 21 in 1786.
Many secondary files show Alexander Lyon & Judith Hill as the parents of the Hannah LYON born in 1760. Judith cannot be her mother because she wasn't married to Alexander Lyon until 1786. Nor can it be the case that Judith is Alexander's second wife as this Alexander Lyon was under the age of 21 when he married Judith Hill - so he could not have been married previously.

Alexander Lyons of Caswell, NC
There is a third Alexander Lyons who died in Caswell County, NC in 1785.
Y-DNA Haplogroup: I2-L1498
This means that the Alexander Lyon of Wilkes, NC is not the same as the Alexander Lyons of Caswell, NC as as the Alexander of Wilkes was alive in 1787.
In addition the Caswell Lyons Y-DNA Haplogroup does not match the DNA of the Culpepper Lyon.
It also means the Alexander Lyons of Caswell is not the same as the Amherst Alexander Lyon as the Caswell Lyon died before the Amherst Lyon was married.

http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Lyon/LyonAlexander-Elizabeth_.html

Sources

• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Lyon/LyonAlexander-Elizabeth_.html

• Ancestry.com "Descendants of John LYon", National Archives Revolutionary War Benefits