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Notes for Ebenezer LYON

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Gen.Collections Charles Carroll Gardner Vol 29 CLARK
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Lyon Memorial, Volume II,Sidney E. Lyon, Louise Lyon Johnson, A.B. Lyons,pg88
9. II. 1. CAPTAIN EBENEZER2 LYON [Henry1], was born at Newark, N. J. in 1670, and died at Elizabethtown, March 13, 1739. He married Elizabeth, baptized in N. Y. City Dutch Reformed Church, March 28, 1671, daughter of John and Susannah (Melyn)
Winans(+), who was born 1668, and died July 1, 1739. They were both buried in the churchyard of the old First Presbyterian Church at Elizabethtown. Ebenezer Lyon was Captain of the sloop "Three Sisters," from Amboy, N. J. to Boston, Mass. 1723-25, and
of the sloop "Dove" 1726-33. In 1694, he was one of the Associates of Elizabethtown. He was a soldier in the Albany Expedition, 1698. The will of Ebenezer Lyon of Elizabethtown, N. J. is dated Jan. 22, 1738-9. It mentions wife Elizabeth (bequest of
œ50, etc., etc.); children: Elizabeth, wife of Ephraim Clark; Darkis, wife of Ebenezer Stebbens; Susanna, wife of David Morehouse; Ebenezer Lyon, and (???), wife of John Thompson; grand-children: Peter Lyon, Ebenezer Wade, Bethia Winans, Samuel and
David Man, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Darkis, Henry, Riderous, Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark, Elizabeth and Hannah Thompson, David and Joanna Morehouse and Cornelius, Abigall and Jacob Stebbens. Executors; friends, David Ogden, Attorney-at-Law, Thomas
Longworth, Isaac Lyon, Benjamin Clark [most likely son of Joshua Clark], and Joseph Lyon (all of Newark) and Joseph Tuttle of Hanover, N. J. Witnesses: Benjamin Meeker, Samuel Meeker and Thomas Jackman. Probated March 17, 1738-9.
Children of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Winans) Lyon:
*43. I. Phebe; m. John Thompson.
*44. II. Elizabeth; m. Ephraim Clark.
*45. III. Darkis [Dorcas?]; m. Ebenezer Stebbens.
*46. IV. Susannah; m. David Morehouse.
*47. V. Ebenezer.
48. VI. Danghter; m. (???) Man [Mann]; two sons; 1. David, 2. Samuel. She died before Jan. 1739.
49. VII. Daughter; m. (???) Wade: a son, Ebenezer. She died before Jan. 1, 1739.
*50. VIII. Bethia; b. 1713; m. 1st John Winans; d. 1766.
See Lyon memorial: Families of Connecticut and New Jersey, including records of ...by Sidney Elizabeth Lyon, Louise Lyon Johnson, Albert Brown Lyons
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Page: 312
Name: Capt. Ebenezer Lyon
Date: 22 Jan 1738-9
Location: Elizabeth Town, Essex Co.
DEATH: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. II 1730-1750
Calendar of New Jersey Wills
DEATH: yeoman; will of. Daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Ephraim Clark, and her five children, viz., Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Ideras and Darkis Clark, all under age. Daughter, Darkis, wife of Ebenezer Stebbins. Daughter, Susana, wife of David
Moorehouse. Grandson, Peter Lyon, land bought of George Jewell, deceased, at 21, unless his father, my son Benjamin, should return and need it. Grandson, Ebenezer Wade, land I bought of his grandfather, Benjamin Wade, and £3.10, to purchase two acres
of land from the heirs of Daniel Burnet, deceased. Granddaughters--Elizabeth and Hannah Thompson, a trunk dated 1682, with its contents (£43.16.08), belonging to the estate of Benjamin Wade, Jun'r, for the use of his son and daughter, Ebenezer and Mary
Wade, both under age; Phebe Thompson, a legacy left her by her father, John Thompson, at 18 years of age. Other grandchildren--Bethiah Winans, Mary and Ebenezer Lyon, Samuel and David McCan, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Darkis, Henery, Riderous,
Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark, David and Johaanah Moorehouse, Cornelius, Abigail and Jacob Stebbins. Land joining lands of Benjamin Meeker, John Thompson, Alexander Kene, deceased. Land that belonged to Thomas Headley. Executors--friends, David Ogden,
attorney-at-law, Thomas Longworth, Isaac Lyon, Benjamin Clark, Joseph Lyon of Newark, and Joseph Tuttle of Hanover. Witnesses--Benjamin Meeker, Samuel Meeker, Thomas Jackman.
DEATH: 1738-9, March 17. Codicil. If son, Ebenezer, should not return in four years, his share to revert to my three daughters. Witnesses--Benjamin Meeker, Samuel Meeker, Thomas Jackman. Proved May 16, 1739.
DEATH: Lib. C, p. 270.
DEATH: 1739, April 9. Inventory of personal estate (£465.09.08), includes bonds of Samuel Kneeland of Boston, Joshua Hunlock and Zophar Lyon; cash received from Thomas Cushing of Boston; debts due from Nath'll Price, Nath'll Crane, Mathias Burnet,
Ephraim Terrill, Jotham Clark, Joseph Mun, William Martin. Made by Nathaniel Johnson, Benjamin Meeker.
DEATH: 1739, May 4. Benjamin Lyon, of Newark, called Benjamin Clark in will, Joseph Lyon and Joseph Tuttle decline to act as executors. Witnesses--John Hinds, Samuel Chandler, Nathaniel Dalglish, Samuel Mun.
DEATH: 1739, May 15. Accompt of executors, showing payments and legacies to the widow, three daughters, Ebenezer and Mary Wade, Phebe Thompson, David Moorehouse and 20 grandchildren; also to Roger French, James Bancks, Justice Mun for coffin, Eliakim
Higgins, Mr. Chetwood, James Townley, Jr., Mrs. Cooper, Will'm Winans, Mr. Grazalie, Jonathan Dickinson. Jonathan Thompson, Samuel Price, Edward Willmott, Henry Garthwait, John Higgins, Ebenezer Stebbins, Peter Wennum, Mrs. Tongreloo, Stephen Hinds,
Doct'r Burnett, Eunice Gray (admx of Joseph Gray), Joseph Marsh, John Pierson, John Joline, Andrew Joline, Daniel Clark, Sen'r, Nath'll Hazard, Thomas Woodruff, Nathaniel Johnson, Samuel Carter, Widow Sayres, Henry Howell, Nath'll Woodruff, Stephen
Brown, Jonathan Dayton, Samuel Farrand.
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