Gilbert Lyon (1719 - 1816)

Born 20 Jul 1719 in Byram Neck, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Kniffen — married 1742 in Westchester, New York

Descendants

Died 1816 at about age 96 in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States

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Biography

Gilbert was born in 1719. He was the son of Thomas Lyon and Abigail Ogden. He passed away about 1816.

He married Jane Kniffen, daughter of Nathan. Their children are:

1. Deborah Lyon 1743-?; m. Caleb Merritt
2. Gilbert Lyon 1745- bef. 1809; m. Ruth Lyon
3. Sarah Lyon 1749-1813; m. Andrew Miller
4. Andrew Lyon 1751-1840; m. Eunice Kniffen
5. Joshua Lyon 1754-1841; m. Elizabeth Purdy
6. Simeon Lyon 1756-1807; m. Mary Mills, no issue
7. Abigail Lyon 1760-1841; m. Daniel Purdy
8. Abraham Lyon 1764-1849; m. Hannah Mills

Other children were Andrew and Elizabeth

Sources

• Greenwich Preservation Trust Extract of Lyon family research http://greenwichpreservationtrust.org

• A Lyon Memorial [https://archive.org/details/lyonmemorial00mill/page/62^[1]

Notes

Gilbert Lyon's Will, dated 28 Aug 1809, probated 5 Jun 1816 "Stamford Probate Records: 11/210 (Will) 11/213(Inventory) lists 8 acres of land and "my homestead where I new Dwell" along the "main stage road" on the south (Route 1/Post Road today) and the "Byrum River" on the north. Executors were Joshua Lyon and Samuel Lyon. Gilbert was the sixth and youngest son of Thomas Lyon and Abigail Ogden. He married Jane Kniffen, the family name often spelled Sniffen.

"During the Revolution his sympathies were with the loyalists but his sons did not share his feelings in this regard. He lived to 97 years and died at last while sitting in his chair as though falling asleep." (excerpt from A Lyon Memorial, p. 61)