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Waitstill (Wyatt) Lyon (1692 - 1729)

Waitstill Lyon formerly Wyatt aka Wiat, Lyons
Born in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusettsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], , and
Wife of — married 13 Feb 1710 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , and
Died at age 37 in Stoughton, Suffolk County, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Waitstill (Wyatt) Lyons was born on 3 January 1692 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Her parents were Nathaniel (Wyatt) Wyat (1648 - 1702) and Mary (Corbin) Wyatt (1662 - 1721).[1]

Her siblings were...

  1. Nathaniel Wyat (1669 - 1703)
  2. Jonathan Wyatt (1677 - )
  3. Jane (Wyatt) Bronson (1691 - 1754)

Waitstill married Peter Lyon (1686 - 1752) on 13 February 1710 in Dorchester.[2][3]

Their children were...

  1. Mary (Lyons) Foster (~1712 - 1744)
  2. Waitstill (Lyons) Evans (1712 - )
  3. Maria Lyons (1715 - )
  4. Peter Lyon IV (1717 - )
  5. Abigail (Lyons) Crane (~1719 - )
  6. Hepsibah (Lyons) Herring (~1722 - )
  7. Jane (Lyon) Capen (~1723 - 1815)
  8. Beulah (Lyons) Hadley (~1725 - )
  9. Lemuel, b. 13 Feb 1729, m. Lydia Perry 10 May 1750

Waitstill died on 12 Mar 1729 in Stoughton, Massachusetts, at age 37.[4]

Peter Lyon m. 2nd 23 Sep 1731, Walpole, Jemima Fales (b 20 Apr 1707, Dedham, dau of Peter & Abigail; she d. 7 July 1732, Walpole, Mass.); he m. 3rd (int Jun 1734, Walpose) Sarah Hall. He d. 8 Apr 1752, Walpole, Mass and his widow m. Joseph Carver of Walpose, 9 May 1756) & she was liv. 1770 still in possession of her third of the estate of her late husband Peter Lyon. [5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #43442906 (accessed 25 December 2021)
    Waitestill Wiate born on 3 Jan 1692 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  2. ↑ Lyons, Albert Brown. 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. W. Graham Printing Company, 1905. Page 329.
  3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #66332625 (accessed 25 December 2021)
    Waitstil Wiat marriage to Peter Lyon on 13 Feb 1710 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
  4. ↑ Death Registration: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #82177713 (accessed 25 December 2021)
    Waitsill Lyon death 12 Mar 1728-1729 in Canton and Stoughton, Massachusetts.
  5. ↑ Vose, Ellen F., compiler. Robert Vose and His Descendants, Fort Hill Press, Boston, 1932 p. 17: 19
See also:
  • Families of Dickerman ancestry: "Families of Dickerman ancestry" Vol.1. Chapter III. John4 Dickerman of Stoughton Page 24 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 25 December 2021)




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Johnson-43462 Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
Note to the PM: her mothers LNAB should be CORBIN based upon the vital record source of her marriage to Nathaniel.
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