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Mr. Bolton mentions ' William Horton of King street, Rye,' as of this family, and states that his children were ' I. Jeremiah, of Mamaro- neck, who married Elizabeth Hart, and left, 1. Abraham ; 2. James ; 3. Benjamin ; 4. Elijah ; 5. Hannah ; 6. Anne. II. Isaac, who married Sarah Cornell, and died 1821. III. Timothy of L. I. IV. Rachel. V. Pruer.' He also mentions ' Daniel Horton of Rye, a lineal descend- ant of the first Joseph ; born Feb. 22, 1776; married Anne Strang, born Sept. 30, 1764. Their children were; 1. James, born Oct. 29, 1787 ; 2. Henry, born Feb. 19, 1789; Ebenezer, born Nov. 30, 1796, died May 13, 1814; 4. Nathanael, born Jan. 17, 1794;' and seven daughters.
HUDSON. Robert and John, perhaps brothers, were here early. ' Robert Hutsone' was one of the signers of the declaration of 1662, on Manussing Island. His name occurs again in 1673 as that of wit- ness. In 1688, he was living in Westchester. The deposition of Rob- ert Hudson, ' aged 48 years,' is given concerning a riot in that town, July 16. (Co. Ree., A. p. 267.)
In 1674, John Hudson, junior, of Rye, conveyed to John Hudson, senior, of Rye, his right in four divisions of land which he had from Timothy Knap and Walter Lancaster. This right John Hudson, senior, in 1683, assigned to Peter Disbrow. He too, meantime, had removed to Westchester, where he was living in 1676. (Bolton, Hist. Westchester County, vol. i. p. 134.)
JACKSON. John Jackson was a member of the original settlement on Manussing Island. Ile was a witness to the Indian deed. May 22, 1661, for the second purchase on Peningo Neck, and one of the signers of the letter to the General Court, January 26. 1663. when he wrote his name 'Jagson.' He removed soon after to East Chester, and was one of the founders of that town in 1665. In 1670, . John Jackson of Eastchester in the Duke of York his territories in America,' sold his house and lands at Rye, together with all his rights and privileges there, to ' John Purdy, now inhabitant at Eastchester as aforesaid, for the sum of forty-five pounds, and a heifer of two years old, and some vantage, as is agreed by both parties.'
JEFFERIES. Thomas Jefferies was here early, but the only record of
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his stay is the mention of a lot ' formerly ' his, given in 1686 to Benja- min Collier ; and the name of a locality apparently called after him. In 1701, the proprietors agreed to build a school-house, and to set it ' near Tom Jeffers' hill.'
JEE. 'The land that was John Jees,' near Andrew Coe's swamp, is mentioned in 1704. The name does not recur. A John Gee died in Boston in 1693. Mr. Savage mentions others.
JENKINS. Samuel Jenkins was of Greenwich in 1672. (Savage.) In 1684 he bought land at Rye, with a house and home-lot, which he sold again in 1703. 'Jenkins his lot' is referred to in 1718.
KNAP. I. Timothy Knap came to Rye as early as 1667, when he bought Thomas Studwell's house and home-lot near ' the mill brook.' His father, Nicholas Knap, had emigrated to New England in 1630, and settled first in Watertown, Mass., where this son was born, Decem- ber 14, 1632. Thence he removed to Stamford, Conn. (Savage.) Timothy became an active member of the community at Rye. He was constable of the town in 1681, 1682. He had proprietary rights through Studwell; and the record of ' several parcels of land ' of his in 1680, shows that he had a considerable estate. At his house, which was somewhere near the spot where Mr. David Kirby now lives, relig- ious services were held in and before 1682. Toward the latter part of the century, he removed to Greenwich, where he was living in 1697, and where he seems to have taken a leading part in church matters.
Joshua Knap, a brother of Timothy, born January 5, 1635, settled in Greenwich as early as 1688. (Hist. of Greenwich, p. 71.)
II. Timothy Knap, 'junior,'2 owned land on Barton's Neck in 1689. He inherited his father's proprietary rights in Rye, where he remained. In 1745 he sold to his two sons Daniel and Amos, for five hundred pounds, his homestead and house 'where I now dwell,' com- prising fourteen acres ; and another parcel 'whereon my barn stands,' containing seventy acres, together with all his other lands, and his right in undivided lands in Peningo Neck purchase. The house-lot is that on the northeast corner of Milton Avenue, and the road to the Beach, now belonging, together with the larger tract on the south side of that road, to the late Newberry Halsted's estate. He left three sons : Dan- iel, Amos, and Gabriel.
III. ' Timothy Knap, Gabriel Knapp and Daniel Knapp' are men- tioned in a deed of 1768 as having formerly sold the property above described to Ezekiel Halsted. Mr. Halsted died in 1757. He had removed from New Rochelle to Rye in 1746. Timothy Knap was probably living, and confirmed the sale to Halsted, made by his sons Gabriel and Daniel, Amos not being named.
KNIFFEN. I. George Kniffen, of Stratford, Conn., in 1666 bought a house and land in Rye from John Budd senior ; 'the house being situated in the town formerly called Hastings.' (Probate Records
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Fairfield Co.) At the same time probably he acquired proprietary rights which continued in his family as long as the corporation sub- sisted. He was 'propownded for freeman' of the colony in 1670, his name appearing as ' George Snuffene, of Ry.' (Conn. Rec., vol. ii. p. 128.) His ' house-lot, laid out in 1678,' seems to have been situated where his descendant Jonathan Sniffin now lives. He died in 1694. A son, Joseph, and a daughter who married John Stoakham, are known. Five others of the name are presumed to be his sons : Ebenezer, Jona- than, George, Nathan, and Samuel.
II. 1. Joseph,2 son of George Kniffen,1 is named as early as 1703. In 1711 he lived near ' Tom Jeffer's hill,' the present site of the Epis- copal Church.
2. Jonathan,2 mentioned 1697-1721, had land in the north end of the town.
3. Ebenezer,2 first mentioned 1700, had land in the Town Field. The proprietors of Lame Will's Purchase in 1709 gave him land on Hog-pen Ridge, ' in consideration of moneys lent to the town, which belonged to his wife's portion.' He died about 1722.
4. George,2 mentioned 1705-1718, is alluded to as early as 1687, his father then calling himself senior. In 1705 Deliverance Brown, senior, sold to George Kniffen four or five acres in the Great Swamp. This locality was between Ridge Street and Regent Street, south of the road to Park's mill. There ' the Kniffens' owned land long after.
5. Nathan,2 mentioned 1701-1708, bought land on Gunn Brook Plain, or in the neighborhood of Dr. Sands' property. He was living in 1741, when he was called ' senior.' He had Nathan and Caleb.
6. Samuel,2 probably the youngest son of George Kniffen,1 was con- stable and collector of Rye in 1701. He married a daughter of Francis Purdy. His petition to the governor (about 1701) states that he is ' a prisoner in the common Gaol of the County, being destitute of many friends.' The inhabitants of the town of Rye had made choice of him for constable, and afterwards the collector's place was laid upon him; 'and being a young man verry ignorant of any office was flattered by the people so that the Rates which he was to collect through his simplicity are great part in arrears.' This has brought him into this destitute condition : and 'haveing a poor distressed wife at home big with child expecting every hour her deliverance, and no body to help her,' he implores his excellency to grant him enlargement, . so that he may go and collect said taxes with all severity.' (N. Y. Col. MSS., vol. xxxviii. p. 215.) These taxes were those that had accumulated during the revolt of the town to Connecticut. (See page 119.) The inhab- itants evidently did not blame the collector for his lenity ; and the governor must have granted his petition; for he was made one of the townsmen of Rye the next year, 1702. He died before 1707. (Ibid. vol. lii. p. 41.)
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III. 1. Joseph Kniffen,3 called 'junior' in 1732, was perhaps a son of Joseph.2 He lived apparently about where Mr. T. Theall now lives, on Grace Church Street. In 1752 he sold to Josiah Purdy twenty- two acres ' beginning at the corner by the entrance of Grace church street.' Thomas and Obadiah Kniffen were perhaps his sons.
2. Ebenezer 3 is named in 1735 with Joseph,3 as if brothers. He was a man of means and influence ; acquiring as proprietor and by pur- chase a considerable landed property. He was justice of the peace in 1755 and 1769. He lived in ' the town-plot,' on or near the site of the house opposite the Episcopal Church, now Mr. Daniel Budd's ; and owned a farm of ninety acres, bounded by Grace Church Street and the Milton Road. This farm he sold, about the year 1768, to Ezekiel Halsted, who conveyed it to Philemon Halsted soon after. Ebenezer Kniffen removed in 1769 to Courtlandt Manor.
3. Jonathan,3 son of Jonathan Kniffen,2 in 1745 owned land east of the Hog-pen Ridge Road. He died about 1758, leaving a son Jona- than.
4. George,3 perhaps a son of George Kniffen,2 in 1712-1717 bought land on Brush Ridge, and called himself . George Kniffen of Brushie Ridge.' He afterwards lived on King Street, but by the year 1744 had removed to North Castle, where he died in or before 1750. He left two sons, George and David ; and probably Israel.
5. Nathan,3 son of Nathan Kniffen,2 had land in 1741-1751 between Grace Church Street and the Boston Road.
6. Caleb,3 son of Nathan Kniffen,2 was perhaps the person of this name who lived in White Plains.
7. Samuel,3 mentioned in 1718, perhaps an older son of Samuel Kniffen.2
8. William,3 son of Samuel Kniffen,2 was born about 1702. At the Court of Sessions in Westchester, in 1716, ' Francis Purdy junior ac- quaints ye Court at ye Request of his father Francis Purdy senior, yt William Sneffin son of Samuel Sneffin deceased, who dying when ye said son William was but two years old, and upon his death-bed gave ye said William unto his grandfather Francis Purdy senior until he attained to ye Age of twenty-one years,' is now fourteen years old ; and his friends ask to have him bound to a good trade. (Westchester Co. Records, lib. B. p. 68.)
Of this generation there were several others, probably grandsons of George,1 but whose immediate parentage I cannot ascertain. Andrew Kniffen is mentioned in 1724; Benjamin in 1727; Thomas in 1740; Nehemiah in 1741; Amos in 1744. Thomas lived on Grace Church Street, and was perhaps a son of Joseph.2 Amos Kniffen bought in 1752 the house where Mr. Ezrahiah Wetmore now lives, with eight acres.
IV. 1. Thomas Kniffen,4 perhaps the son of Joseph,3 was the father of Thomas and Nehemiah. He is said to have lived where the en- trance to Mr. Quintard's place now is.
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2. Obadiah Kniffen 4 in 1732 adopted the ' ear-mark ' or cattle-brand of Joseph.3 These marks were generally transmitted from father to son.
3. George Kniffen,4 ' eldest son and heir to George Kniffen, late of North Castle, deceased,' in 1750 surrendered all interest in the farm at Rye which his father had owned, and where his brother then lived. He probably settled in North Castle.
4. David Kniffen,4 brother of George,4 was living on King Street in 1752.
5. Israel Kniffen,4 probably a son of George,3 had removed to ' Phil- ipsburgh manor' by the year 1745, when he sold land at Rye which he had acquired 'on the right of William Odell, one of the Proprietors. This right George Kniffen 3 had bought in 1706, 1715, and 1717.
6. Jonathan,4 son of Jonathan Kniffen,3 owned a large tract of land between Regent Street or 'Sniffen's lane' as it was then called, and Purchase Avenue, or the road to Park's mill ; extending southward to the Boston Road. He lived on Regent Street, in a house which for- merly stood about opposite Mrs. A. Sherwood's barn. The melancholy incident related on page 252 has reference to his daughter Polly.
7. Samuel Kniffen,4 ' junior, of Phillips' manor,' in 1748 bought of Abraham Theall ninety and one half acres bounded northwest by West. chester old path, southwest by the White Plains Road, and east by Blind Brook. A part of this land - lying near the stone bridge - remained in the possession of the Sniffen family until within a few years. Sam- uel's wife was Rebecca.
8. John Kniffen,4 perhaps a brother of Samuel,3 married Hannah Sawyer. According to family tradition, he lived in a house south of the stone bridge, on land now belonging to the Presbyterian Church, and owned considerable land, extending back to Beaver Swamp. This was the farm above described as bought by Samuel in 1748. John had seven sons, John, Caleb, Isaac, Nathanael, Hachaliah, William, Elisha ; and three daughters : Nancy, married Rev. Henry Belding; Lavinia, Deborah.
9. Caleb Kniffen,4 brother of John 4 and perhaps of Samuel,4 lived in 1751 where his son Caleb lived in the early part of this century, on the old road from Port Chester to the Purchase, near Mr. Peyton's present residence.
V. 1. Thomas Kniffen,5 son of Thomas,4 was about fourteen years old at the outbreak of the Revolution. See an account of him, page 246. His sons Samuel and Jonathan Sniffin are now living in Rye.
2. Nehemiah,5 son of Thomas.4
3. Elisha Kniffen, son of John,4 born July 11, 1773, married Amy Seaman, born June 11, 1777. He removed from Rye to Saw l'it, now Port Chester; and died there March 6, 1851 ; his wife died December 19, 1858. They had two sons, Sylvanus S., and Seaman II., and three daughters, Nancy, Henrietta, Amy M.
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ยท 4. Caleb Kniffen," son of Caleb,4 lived in the old house near Mr. Pey- ton's, and died about 1828.
Other sons of .John 4 - John, Nathanael, and Hachaliah - were mar- ried, and had children, whose descendants are living in the town or in New York.
VI. 1. Seaman H. Sniffen,6 son of Elisha,5 born April 6, 1805, mar- ried Emeline Smith, who died in 1845. They had six sons, John, Charles, Sylvanus S. (my informant - died December, 1870), William C., Isaac, Mitchell M .; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Henrietta.
Benjamin Kniffen, perhaps the Benjamin mentioned in 1724, died about the close of the Revolution. His will, dated 1783, names his sons, Andrew, Roger, and Benjamin ; and his daughters, Gertrude Bull, Phobe Bull, Sarah Kniffen, Mary Wilson, Elizabeth Sherwood, and Jemima Merritt.
Andrew had three sons, Jeremiah, Roger, and Andrew; and two daughters, Eliza and Gertrude.
Benjamin had three sons, Benjamin, James, and Abraham. (Pro- bate Rec., Westchester Co.)
Roger Kniffen was living in 1783-1788 on 'Gratious ' Street.
' Widow Sniffen' had her children baptized, July 22, 1792 : Sarah, John, and Isaac, adults ; and William, Anna, Hachaliah, Deborah, Nathan, and Levina, young children.
LANCASTER. Walter Lancaster was from Fairfield, Conn., where he lived in 1654, when he is said to have had lands perhaps never occupied, but removed soon (Savage). He was a member of the settlement on Manussing Island in 1663, but in 1674 had sold his rights, which were acquired by Peter Disbrow and Joseph Purdy. Lancaster went to East Chester, where at last he became stationary. Ile was one of the freeholders of that town in 1682, and a contributor in 1685 to the main- tenance of a minister. John Lancaster, a pew-holder in the church there in 1696, may have been his son. (Bolton, Hist. of Westchester Co., vol. i. p. 122 seq.)
LANE. I. George Lane was here as early as 1666. He was consta- ble of Rye in 1671, and was frequently chosen as one of the 'layers- out' of the undivided lands. He became one of the patriarchs of the village, being alive in 1719. 'George Lane's old house-lot' was at the corner of the Purchase Road and the Boston Road, where Mr. William Smith lately lived. The house stood nearly opposite the point where Locust Avenue begins.
II. 1. ' George Lane, gentleman,' removed early to the 'White Plains.' He was living there in 1714, and in 1721 his house stood on the present corner of Broadway and North Street. His proprietary rights at Rye were eventually acquired by the Rev. James Wetmore. He was living in 1733.
2. Samuel Lane,2 probably a younger son of George,1 first mentioned
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1695, was one of the townsmen in 1699, and for the long period of forty years - from 1697 to 1736 - was the town clerk of Rye. His house in 1728 stood on the site of Mr. Josiah Purdy's present residence, near the railroad station. He was a ' Proprietor' in 1732, undoubtedly ' by the right ' of his father. He died in 1736.
III. 1. Daniel Lane,8 of White Plains in 1714-1721, was probably a son of George.2
2. Jonathan Lane,3 of White Plains in 1729-1740, was probably an- other son of George.2
3. Samuel Lane 3 of Rye, son of Samuel,2 sold his father's house in Rye to Raphael Jacobs, from whom the Rev. James Wetmore bought it. Here Esther Wetmore, wife of Jesse Hunt, lived for many years.
4. Ilezekiah Lane, perhaps a son of George or Samuel, in 1726 bought land in Fauconier's Purchase (now a part of North Castle) from Richard Ogden.
IV. Samuel Lane,4 son of Samuel,3 ' called junior' in 1741, bought in that year the house formerly John Merritt's, junior, on Merritt's Point, with eleven and one half acres.
' Samuel Lane, age 22, tanner,' and ' Reuben Lane, age 16, labourer,' were among the men enlisted at Rye for the French and Indian War in 1758 and 1759. The former may have been a son of Samuel.4
LINCH. Gabriel Linch, mentioned 1688. In the following year the town granted hin ten acres of land above the marked trees, laid out ' by the lower falls of Blind brook,' north of the branch of the brook.
Jonathan Linch, called ' Captain,' was one of the petitioners in 1721 for a patent for the White Plains purchase. 'The heirs of Capt.' Linch are spoken of in 1740.
John Lynch had land in 1737 in White Plains.
Gabriel Lynch was one of the commissioners of highways for the town of Rye in 1765. A release of land at White Plains, to be an- nexed to the Presbyterian burying-ground, bears the signature of Ga- briel Lynch, as one having proprietor's rights in that purchase. (Bol- ton, Hist. of Westchester Co., vol. ii. p. 364.)
LOCKWOOD. 'Jonathan, son of Still John Lockwood, of Greenwich,' bought in 1744 the house and eight acres where Mr. E. Wetmore now lives ; but in 1751 he had removed to North Castle.
LOUNSBERY. Richard Lounsbery was an early settler, and one of the proprietors of Peningo Neck. Ile is mentioned in 1672. Ile sold his land and rights there in 1673-1682, but retained land on Budd's Neck, which by his will, January 2, 1690, he left to his wife Elizabeth and two eldest sons. Children : Thomas, Michael, John, Henry, and Mary.
Of Thomas, who had rights in the White Plains purchase from his father, we hear nothing more. Michael was 'of Stanford' in 1709. Mr. Huntington states that he there married Sarah Lockwood, and that
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the name is quite common in the upper part of that town. (Hist. of Stamford, p. 188.) John, 'son of Richard Lounsbery deceased,' ap- pears to have remained here. His name occurs frequently as witness from 1706 to 1723.
Isaac Lounsbery, son or grandson of Richard, was ' of Budd's neck ' in 1729, living apparently on the land which Richard had owned there. Some time previous to the year 1760 he conveyed his farm to Daniel Purdy. 'Lounsbery Farm' has retained its first possessor's name to the present day. It is now the property of James H. Parsons, Esq.
William Lounsbery, perhaps a son of Isaac, had land on the west side of the road on Budd's Neck, in 1760. He or a namesake was living in the same vicinity at the time of the Revolution.
LYON. The tradition in this family runs that Thomas Lyon and John Banks came together from Yorkshire, England, about the year 1640, to the spot where they settled on the east bank of Byram River, which they reached by boat from Stamford. Saving the date, which is many years too early, the legend may be correct. Thomas Lyon was a land- holder in Stamford in 1650 and 1652. (Hist. of Stamford, pp. 57, 60.) He is said to have been born December 1621. He married Abigail Children :
John, Joseph, Hannah,
Thomas, Deborah,
Rachel,
Samuel, Sarah,
The marriage of 'John Banks and Abigail Lyon' is on record at Stamford, as occurring April 3, 1672. I am led to think that this Abi- gail was the widow of Thomas Lyon above named. In 1719 John Banks3 and John Lyon 3 style themselves nephews of Samuel Lyon.2 (N. Y. Col. MSS., Ixi. 156.) This would imply that their fathers were brothers-in-law, or half-brothers ; the latter conjecture seems probable from the name, as Thomas had a wife but no daughter Abigail.
II. 1. John Lyon,2 son of Thomas,1 mentioned as brother of Joseph of Rye, was living in 1710 at Greenwich.
2. Thomas Lyon,2 son of Thomas,1 married Abigail Ogden. He lived in the homestead near Byram Bridge. Children :
Thomas, Jonathan, Mary,
Abigail, Jemima, Deborah,
Samuel, David. Gilbert.
Elizabeth, Joseph,
3. Samuel Lyon,2 son of Thomas,1 mentioned 1700 as living in Greenwich, and again 1707.
4. Joseph Lyon,2 son of Thomas,1 was of Rye in 1710, and had the mill on Blind Brook Creek in 1719.
III. 1. Thomas Lyon,3 ' of King street,' son of Thomas,2 married Phobe Vowles. He removed in 1750 to the farm which his father had bought of his brother Samuel, now owned by William Bush. He had a * son Andrew, and perhaps other children.
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2. Samuel Lyon, of Rye, son of Thomas,2 was born October 14, 1701. He married, December 23, 1735, Hannah -, born June 1, 1712. In 1750, Samuel Lyon, ' mariner,' bought land near Byram har- bor, on the neck called from him ' Lyon's point.' He died March 13, 1756, and was buried in the family grave-yard ' at old Byram.' Chil- dren :
Samuel,
Benjamin, Hannah,
William,
Abraham, Silvanus.
Nehemiah,
Monmouth,
Elizabeth, Abigail,
3. Jonathan Lyon,3 son of Thomas.2
4. David Lyon,3 son of Thomas.2
5. Joseph Lyon, of Greenwich, son of Thomas,2 married Mary, eldest daughter of Peter Disbrow. In 1735 he gave to John Boyd one half of Disbrow's property in Rye.
Nothing has been ascertained regarding the descendants of these four sons.
6. Gilbert Lyon,3 of Byram, youngest son of Thomas,2 born July 20, 1719, married Jane Kniffen. IIe lived in the homestead near Byram Bridge. Children :
Deborah, Andrew, Abigail,
Gilbert, Joshua, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Simeon, Abraham.
IV. 1. Andrew Lyon,4 son of Thomas 3 of King Street, born Octo- ber 1728 ; died August 22, 1809 ; married Sarah Budd. He lived on the farm now William Bush's. Children : Underhill, Tamar, Polly, Sarah.
2. Samuel Lyon,4 eldest son of Samuel,3 of Rye, was born October 11, 1725.
3. William,4 second son, born January 15, 1726.
4. Nehemiah,4 third son, born February 10, 1728, died December 9. 1758.
5. Elizabeth,4 daughter of Samuel Lyon,3 born June 30, 1732, mar- ried - Sherwood ; died January 22, 1786.
6. Benjamin,4 fourth son of Samuel Lyon,3 born March 7. 1733.
7. Abraham,4 fifth son, born August 9, 1736, died October 29. 1758.
8. Monmouth Lyon,4 sixth son of Samuel,3 born October 19, 1738. died December 7.1791.
9. Abigail,4 second daughter, born December 25. 1742.
10. Hannah,4 third daughter, born July 23. 1744, died April 18, 1795.
11. Silvanus Lyon,4 of White Plains, seventh son of Samuel,3 born January 7, 1746, married, October 6, 1790, Sarah, daughter of Isaac Purdy of White Plains, - born August 9, 1757, died December 25,
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1844. He died September 3, 1730. Children : Monmouth, Hannah, Sylvanus.
12. Deborah,4 daughter of Gilbert3 and Jane Lyon, born March 26, 1743, married Caleb Merritt.
13. Gilbert,4 son of Gilbert Lyon,3 born July 13, 1745, married Ruth Lyon. He lived where his grandson Elisha now lives. Gilbert had a son Thomas.
14. Sarah,4 daughter of Gilbert Lyon,3 born January 17, 1749, mar- ried Andrew Miller.
15. Andrew,4 son of Gilbert Lyon,3 born August 5, 1751, married Eunice Kniffen. He had a son Andrew.
16. Joshua,4 son of Gilbert Lyon,3 born February 5, 1754, married Elizabeth Purdy, and died October 2, 1841. Children : Samuel, Gil- bert, Joshua, John.
17. Simeon,4 son of Gilbert Lyon,3 born August 20, 1756, married Mary Mills. No children.
18. Abigail,4 daughter of Gilbert Lyon,3 born April 5, 1760, mar- ried January 3, 1780, Daniel Purdy, who was born January 15, 1759, and died April 17, 1817. She died July 3, 1841. Children : John Purdy, born March 25, 1781, married three times ; died April 21, 1866. Nehemiah Purdy, born January 28, 1783, married Amy M. Brown. Rebecca Purdy, born July 19, 1787, married Samuel Town- send ; died August 11, 1831. Hannah Purdy, born December 2, 1790, married William Matthews. Daniel Purdy, born September 13, 1799, married Rachel Brundage. William Purdy, born March 3, 1804, mar- ried Dorcas Park ; died December 17, 1859.
19. Elizabeth,4 daughter of Gilbert Lyon,3 born August 19, 1763, married Samuel Lyon. Mr. Thomas Lyon, now living on Ridge Street, is their son.
20. Abraham,4 son of Gilbert Lyon,3 married Hannah Mills. He lived in the old homestead near Byram Bridge, and had three sons : Fiteh, Seth, and Elias. Seth Lyon is the present occupant ; Fitch lives with him.
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