Sarah Lyon (1766)

Born 8 Nov 1766 in Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co., New Jersey, British Colonial America

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1766. She is the daughter of Daniel Lyon and Eunice Fitz Randolph. No marriage or death records have been located yet.

Note that a 'Widow Sarah Lyon' shows up living in Clinton, Essex, NJ in the 1850 Census having her birth year 'about 1766' and living with Stephen Lyon (age 55), Catharine Lyon (age 50), Abby Johnson (44), Harris L Johnson (12), Edward B Johnson (10) and Martha Gilbert (82). Could she have married a cousin?

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Housekeeping

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Sources

• Ancestry.com. Van Duzer-Randolph Bible record [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Accessed 16 Dec 2014. p. 4; Lyon Bible Record copied from the old Bible of Gilbert FitzRandolph Lyon. Births: Children of Daniel and Eunice Lyon. Benjamin, 23 Sep 1763; Daniel, 2 Jul 1765; Sarah, 8 Nov 1766; Rhoda, 31 Dec 1768; Mathias, 26 Aug 1771; Mary, 22 Jul 1774; Simeon, 2 Apr, 1777; Oct 1779; Simeon, 1783; John 5 Nov 1786.

• Louise Aymar Christian and Howard Stelle Fitz Randolph. (1955). The Descendants of Edward Fitz Randolph and Elizabeth Blossom 1630-1950, and Supplement 1955. Copies, Historical Library, Grand Av., Des Moines and Iowa Historical Society Library, Iowa City. Name: Eunice Fitz Randolph. Birth Date: abt. 1755; Birth place: Piscataway; Parents: Jeremiah Fitz Randolph, Ruth Dunn; Spouse: Daniel Lyon; Children: Benjamin (b. 23 Sep 1763); Daniel (b. 2 Nov 1765); Sarah (8 Nov 1766); Rhoda (b. 3 Dec 1768); Matthias (b. 28 Aug 1771, married Elizabeth Fitz Randolph); Mary (b. 22 Jul 1774); Simeon (b. 2 Apr 1777).

• Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Accessed 16 Dec 2014. Year: 1850; Census Place- Clinton, Essex, New Jersey; Roll- M432_450; Page- 337AA, Image: 155. Name: Widow Sarah Lyon; Age: 84. Other household members: Stephen Lyon (age 55, farmer), Catharine Lyon (age 50), Abby Johnson (44), Harris L Johnson (12), Edward B Johnson (10) and Martha Gilbert (82). Place of birth for all household members: NJ.

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