Barsillai Lyon

Notes:

Given name may be Barzillai, Bezaleel or Bezeleel.

Christening record has "Aaron, son of Nathaniel and Abigail".

Bezaleel Lyon, (1739-96), was a minute man from Hubbardston at the Lexington Alarm. He was born in Needham; died in Hubbardston, Mass.

Killed by a falling limb while cutting timber. Barzillai, according to the History of Hubbardston, which styles him Bezaleel, came thither with his wife, Mary Davenport, from Barre, in 1771. He was in Needham, Massachusetts in 1770.
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Reference:
Batch #: 7119329, Sheet #: 46, Source Call #: 0538847
DAR ID Number 28402

Barsillai married Mary Davenport 25 Sep 1765, Needham, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Joseph Davenport and Sarah Ware) was born 1742; died 1 Apr 1803. [Group Sheet]

1. Sarah Lyon was born 1767; died 30 Jan 1804.
2. Miriam Lyon was born 31 Jan 1768, Needham, Massachusetts; died 30 Jul 1820.
3. Nathaniel Lyon was born 11 Feb 1770, Needham, Massachusetts; died See Notes.
4. Samuel Lyon was born 25 Nov 1771, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died See Notes.
5. Asa Lyon was born 4 Jan 1774, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died 5 Jul 1858, Malden, Massachusetts.
6. Martha Lyon was born 29 Feb 1776, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died Johnson Township, Lamoille County, Vermont.
7. Ruth Lyon was born 5 Apr 1778, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died 11 May 1858.
8. Lucy Lyon was born 24 Apr 1780, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died 8 Feb 1826.
9. Louis Lyon was born 24 Apr 1780, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
10. Betsey Lyon was born 20 Oct 1782, Hubbardston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
11. Anna Lyon was born 1784; died 25 Dec 1851.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Lyon Memorial", A. B. Lyon, 1905, p 329, 333.

Nathaniel married Mary Lyon 17 Sep 1734, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

It seems probable that this Mary was of the family of William Lyon of Roxbury, Massachusetts. She was certainly a member of the Eliot Church in Roxbury.
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Reference:
"Lyon Memorial", A. B. Lyon, 1905, p 333.

Notes:

Batch #: M502203, Source Call #: 974.461 V26, 397047

No children of Nathaniel are recorded in Dorchester or in Canton records, but
the persistency of family names was very strong in Peter's line. It may, then,
be presumed that had Nathaniel had children, he would have handed down the
name. There appears in Needham a Nathaniel, who from the date of birth of his
eldest son would appear to have been born about 1710, and who died there in
1760. As this name does not occur in the Roxbury line, this Needham family
will.be assigned to a place among Peter's descendants, unless the assumption be
subsequently disproved. The name Thomas, occurring in the will of Nathaniel
without apparent cause, suggests that he may have had a brother Thomas.

Lyon Memorial lists birth as 28 December 1680.
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Reference:
"Lyon Memorial", A. B. Lyon, 1905, p 323, 329.

Nathaniel married Esther White 27 Nov 1707, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Lyon Memorial", A. B. Lyon, 1905, p 329.

Other Events:

• AFN: 1TGG-TF

Notes:

Of Nathaniel also very little is known; and he also preferred fighting to
weaving, for we find him in garrison at Springfield in 1676, during King
Philip's War. He was in Dorchester in 1700; but had a lease of land in Canton
from the Indians, and had 50 acres laid out to him by the proprietors on the
road leading to Dry Pond. His wife died March 27, 1705 in Dorchester; and the
Dorchester record, "Nathaniel, d. March 15, 1705," evidently refers to him.
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Reference:
"Lyon Memorial", A. B. Lyon, 1905, p 323.