Born in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Jacob Lyon
— married
Nov 1775 (to 3 Jan 1829) in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Peter Lyon, Elisha Lyon, Seth Lyon, Lemuel Lyon, Reuben Lyon, Amos Lyon, Jesse Lyon, Susanna Tucker Lyon and Charles Humphrey Lyon
Died
at age 82
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2015
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Biography
Jerusha was the oldest child and first daughter of Timothy Tucker and his wife Mindwell Ingraham Tucker. She was born October 9, 1757, in Milton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, just south of Boston. She had 8 younger siblings. She had just turned 18 when she married Jacob Lyon, a fifer in the Massachusetts militia and American patriot, in November 1775 at Milton's Congregational Church.
She and Jacob had 7 children together:
- 1. Peter LYON b: 11 NOV 1776 in Milton, Mass.
- 2. Benjamin LYON b: 15 DEC 1776
- 3. Elisha LYON b: 29 SEP 1778 in Milton, Mass.
- 4. Seth LYON b: 22 JAN 1781
- 5. Lemuel LYON b. 16 FEB 1783 in Milton, Mass.
- 6. Amos LYON b: 1788, prob. in Wellesley MA
- 7. Susanna Tucker LYON, b. 01 MAR 1793
Jacob Lyon died in Wellesley, Norfolk, Mass., on January 3, 1829. He is buried in the Wellesley Congregational Church Cemetery, Wellesley, Norfolk County, Mass. Jerusha survived him, moving back to her native Milton, until she passed away on October 6, 1840.
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