John (Lyons) Lyon I (1647 - 1703)

Born 10 Apr 1647 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Polley) Lyon — married 10 May 1670 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1703 at age 55 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

JOHN LYON ,son of William Lyon and Sarah (Ruggles) Lyon , was born in Roxbury, Mass., in April, 1647. He inherited the landed property of his father and lived and died in Roxbury. He married, May 10, 1670, in Roxbury, Abigail Polley, born June 4, 1654, daughter of John and Susanna Polley of Roxbury. They united with John Eliot's Church March 24, 1672. John Lyon and his wife died (it is said of smallpox) on the same day, Jan. 15, 1703, and were buried in one grave in West Roxhury Cemetery ^[1][2][3]

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John Lyon was the eldest son of William Lyon and Sarah (Ruggles) Lyon, born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, in April 1647.

He married Abigail Polley in Roxbury on 10 May 1670. He lived and died in Roxbury, where he inherited his father's land.

Christening

10 Apr 1647 (Roxbury, Massachusetts)

Children: John Lyon Jr, William Lyon, Joseph Lyon, Benjamin Lyon, Abigail Lyon Draper (wife of Nathaniel Draper), Benjamin Lyon, Susannah Lyon, Bethiah Lyon Bugbee (wife of Jonathan Bugbee), Ebenezer Lyon, Nehemiah Lyon, and Hannah Lyon Bicknell.

Death

Died the same day as his wife. Their death may be related to the 5th outbreak of smallpox which left 313 people dead. Date on FS image is 15 Jan 1702/3.^[4]

Note

An earlier version of this profile gave his birth and death locations as Roxbury, Connecticut. Members of this family did remove from Massachusetts to a settlement in Connecticut called "New Roxbury," which became the town of Woodstock, Connecticut. According to town history on the town of Woodstock website, the town was settled in 1686 by a group of men from Roxbury, Massachusetts, who named the settlement "New Roxbury."^[5] Lyons states in The Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families that "when the new settlement at New Roxbury, now Woodstock Conn, was determined upon in 1686, [John's father William] was one of the "goers" and he was assigned a lot there, although he did not actually occupy it."^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Lyon memorial; Massachusetts families, including descendants of the immigrants William Lyon, of Roxbury, Peter Lyon, of Dorchester, George Lyon, of Dorchester, with intro. treating of the English ancestry of the American families / Editors: A. B. Lyon(s), G. W. Lyon. Associate editor: Eugene F. McPike. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89061963773&view=1up&seq=37&skin=2021
2. ↑ John Lyon Born, 10 Apr 1647, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. DEATH,15 Jan 1702 (aged 54) Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.BURIALWesterly Burying Ground West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. PLOT W/B71 MEMORIAL ID 10513122 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10513122/john-lyon
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-Y6R : 20 May 2022), John Lyon, about 15 Jan 1702; citing Death, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
4. ↑ https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Boston_Massachusetts_genealogy
5. ↑ A Brief History of the Town of Woodstock, CT, Town of Woodstock website, accessed March 5, 2015
6. ↑ Lyons, page 25

• Lyons, Albert Brown. Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families (W. Graham Print Company, 1905) Pages 26-30.
• Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records

Name John Lion

Event Type Birth

Event Date 10 Apr 1647

Event Place Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Gender Male

Father's Name William Lion

• FindAGrave Memorial #10513122