Notes for Benjamin LYON

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Notes for Benjamin LYON

1747 De 28 Lyon Benjamin of Lyons Farms in the borough of Elizabeth Essex Co yeoman will of Wife Martha Children Benjamin Samuel Matthias Daniel Moses Rachel Mary Sarah and Martha Four sons under age Rachel and Mary married Land joining land of Stephen
Meeker and John Tunis lands bought of William Broadwell deceased and Ezeklel Crane joining lands of Benjamin Crane Daniel Salle deceased Morehouse Samuel Conger land at Ash Swamp joining land of Nathaniel Lyon deceased lands bought of Joseph Lyon Sen r
and Henry Peirson Grandson Rufus Crane son of Jonas Crane deceased a minor Wife's daughters Hannah Lum and Mary wife of my son Benjamin Lyon Executors sons Benjamin and Joseph and son in law Amos Day Witnesses Stephen Morehouse John Perry Charles Hole
Proved Jan 18 1747 Lib E p 145 1747 8 Jan 28 Inventory of personal estate 543.01 04 incl silver buckies and debts due from Ephraim Baker Timothy Harrison Joseph Bonnel Thomas Winter David Morehouse Hezekiah Johnson Matthew Johnson James Carter Daniel
Thompson Samuel Chandler James Chandler Josiah Lyon Ezekiel Crane Daniel Day John Dilly deceased Peter Kuton John Wade Jun r William Whitehead Isaac Jones Richard Broad well deceased David Meeker and note of Samuel Lum deceased Made by Christopher Wood
and Benjamin Crane Esq rs both of Lyons Farms
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40. III. 8. BENJAMINS LYON [Benjamin, Esq.2, Henryi] was
born at Elizabethtown, N. J., in 1691, and died at Lyons Farms Jan.
7, 1748; and is buried in the Newark Cemetery. His first wife was
Mary , the mother of all his children. After 1740 he married
a second wife, Martha, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Sargeant)
Day, the widow of Samuel Lum, of Elizabethtown, whose will is dated
Feb. 28, 1739.
The will of Benjamin Lyon, of Lyons Farms, Elizabeth Borrough.
Essex Co., East New Jersey, yeoman, "sick and weak," dated Dec. 28,
1747; probated Jan. 18, 1747-8; wife Martha to have the use of the
homestead, etc., etc. Son Benjamin to have the Plantation adjoining
John Tunis, etc, etc. Sons Samuel and Moses to receive each Ł20,
etc, etc., when twenty-one years of age, and lands described. Sons
Matthias and Daniel were, when twenty-one years of age, to receive
lands described. To grand-son Rufus Crane, son of Jonas Crane, was
given Ł20. Four daughters are mentioned, Rachel, Mary, Sarah and
Martha; the first two were married. Mention is also made of "my
wife's two daughters, Mary Lum, wife of my son Benjamin, and
Hannah Lum." Executors: son Benjamin Lyon, Joseph Lyon and son-
in-law, Amos Day. Witnesses: Stephen Morehouse, John Perry,
Charles Holt. Inventory taken Jan. 28, 1747-8 by Christopher Wood
and Benjamin Crane, appraisers. [Lyon Memorial...]
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