Gershom Lyon is DAR Ancestor #: A072748. He was a Surveyor of Highways in Fairfield in 1780. His spouse is Mary Buckley. Children in patriot file: Sarah who m. James Pendelton, Gershom who m. Sarah ______, [1]
Burial: Lyon Cemetery, Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut Gershom Lyon Birth: unknown Death: May 3, 1801. In the 75th year of his age.
His will is dated 5 March 1798 in Weston and proved on 15 June 1801. He mentions Isaac Lyon, Ezekiel Lyon, his wife Mary, Thomas Lyon, Gershon Lyon, Daniel Lyon, Abram Lyon, Eunice Turney, wife of Benjamin Turney, and Sarah Merritt, wife of John Merritt.[3]
His inventory was completed on 1 August 1801 in Weston.[4]
In 1802, his estate distribution was set out to Isaac Lyon, Thomas Lyon, Gershom Lyon, Daniel Lyon, Ezekiel Lyon, Abraham Lyon, Eunice Turney, wife of Benjamin Turney, and Sarah Merritt, wife of John Merritt.[5]
Sources
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Nov 17, 2020), "Record of Gershom Lyon", Ancestor # A072748.Meehan-411
↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TGG1 : 3 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 18, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 28, 1798-1829, Pages 17-18.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TL2S : 17 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 529, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 29, 1803-1818, Pages 442.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 26-27, 1795-1819”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y418 : 26 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627303, image 274-275, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 26, 1795-1819, Pages 536-537.
The Bulkeley Genealogy Jacobus, Donald. The Bulkeley Genealogy (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1933) Page 244
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