Judith (Farrington) Lyon (1684 - 1740)

Born 4 Apr 1684 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abiel Lyon — married 24 Nov 1703 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1740 at age 56 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Judith was a daughter of John and Mary Farrington, born on 4 April 1684 in Dedham (Norfolk County), Massachusetts.^[1]

She was married to Abiel Lyon in Roxbury on 24 November 1703. Apparently Abiel had removed to Woodstock, Connecticut, by the time of the marriage, as Roxbury vital records show that Abiel Lyon "of Woodstock" married Judith Farrenton in Roxbury.^[2][3] The couple's oldest children were born in Woodstock.

Children

Children of Abiel Lyon and his first wife Judith (FerrIngton) Lyon were:^[4]

1. Experience, born in Woodstock, Connecticut, on October 11 1704; married Ebenezer Goodell on Oct 21 1728; she died at Canterbury, Connecticut, on January 3, 1758
2. Abiel, born in Woodstock on December 6 1706; died in Pomfret, Connecticut, on March 30, 1724
3. Jonathan, born in Woodstock on September 28, 1709; died in Pomfret on August 25, 1785.
4. Pelatiah, born in Pomfret on September 20 1711; died in Pomfret on February 18, 1746^[5]
5. Judlth, born in Pomfret on September 5, 1713;^[6] she is named in Abiel Lyon's will as his daughter Judith Ferrington .
6. Obadiah (or Obediah), born in Pomfret on October 16, 1715^[7]
7. Mary, born in Pomfret on October 8, 1717;^[8] married Benjamin Ingalls
8. Samuel, born in Pomfret on January 3, 1720; died in Pomfret on August 23, 1774.^[9]
9. Peter, born August 26, 1722, in Pomfret; died there on September 7, 1722.^[10]
10. Abigail, born in Pomfret on September 11, 1725;^[11] married Jabez Goodell.

Sources

1. ↑ Sumner, Herbert. "Births Records of Dedham, Massachusetts", Part Three of Four Parts. 'The Connecticut Nutmegger, volume 19 (1986), page 417
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Roxbury, Vol. 2, page 256.
3. ↑ Lyons, page 40.
4. ↑ Lyons, page 41
5. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 128
6. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 128
7. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 128
8. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 128
9. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 129. The town record gives his date of birth as Jan 3., 1719/20; Lyons reported this date as Jan. 3, 1719, but the double date corresponds to 1720 in modern usage.
10. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 128
11. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Pomfret, page 127

• Lyons, Albert Brown. Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families (W. Graham Print Company, 1905) Page 40
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. 1994-2002. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• FSFTID 2WXK-K1D

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of randys ancestors-10generations.ged on 10 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Farrington-66 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.