Mary (Woodward) Lyman (1678)

Born 26 Feb 1678 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Richard Lyman IV — married 11 Apr 1700 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary was born in 1678 in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1700, Mary married Richard Lyman in Lebanon, Connecticut. They had at least nine children.

In 1746, Richard passed away in Lebanon.

Genealogy of the Lyman family in Great Britain & America, by Lyman Coleman; Albany, New York: Munsell, 1872

II. DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD³, THROUGH RICHARD⁴, AND DEA. THOMAS⁵.

RICHARD⁴, 2d son of Richard³, Richard², Richard¹, was b. at Northampton, in 1678; removed with his family to Lebanon, Conn., in 1696; m. April 7, 1700, Mary Woodward; d. June 6, 1746, aged 69, according to these dates. The epitaph on his grave stone in Lebanon, is: “Sacred to the memory of the well beloved Mr. Richard Lyman 4th, who after serving God and his generation faithfully many years, fell asleep in the cradle of death, June 6, 1746, in the 69th year of his age.” Lebanon, Ct.

Children, Fifth Generation :

1 1 Israel, b. Feb. 22, 1701; d. March, 13, 1701.

2 2 Ebenezer, b. Aug. 4, 1702; m. Lydia Wright, no date-farmer, Columbia.

3 3 Thomas, b. July 6, 1704; d. 1783, Lebanon Crank.

4 4 Mary, b. Oct. 27, 1706.

5 Hannah, b. Sept. 13, 1708; m. Swetland.

6 6 John, b. Jan. 10, 1711; m. Feb. 25, 1730, Hannab Birchard, who d. June 28, 1746; m. 2d wife, Sept. 3, 1747, Mary Strong of Coventry ; d. 1787.

7 7 David, b. 1711; d. 1787.

8 8 Elizabeth, is given in one record without date or further notice of her.

9 9 Richard, b. March 23, 1721. With John and David he enters into covenant with their father and mother to provide for all their temporal wants during their natural lives. He m. June 15, 1759, Ann Bradford, of Haddam, living at that time in Mansfield, where his first two children were b.; then removed to Lebanon where two children were born to him.

Sources

• 1700 Connecticut Vital Records for Marriage of Mary Woodward
• Findagrave profile

Acknowledgment

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