USA > New York > Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation, Volume II > Part 66
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114
857
NEW YORK.
ried (first) Ruth Pratt; (second) Hannah Watts. Child, Gideon.
(IV) Gideon, son of Wilterton Merrill, married Mary Bigelow. Son, Nathaniel.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Gideon Merrill, married Hannah Belden. Children: Nathan- iel, Hannah, Truman, Samuel, James, Allen, died young, Allen (2), Mary, Asher, Ebene- zer, Ethan, Perry, Charles, Dorothy, Candace, died young, Candace (2).
(VI) Allen, son of Nathaniel Merrill, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. Early in life he settled in Litchfield, New York. He mar- ried Tammy, daughter of Simeon Smith. Chil- dren : Maria, died aged nineteen; Amanda, married and left issue; Leonard Smith, mar- ried and left issue; Lyman B., died in Chau- tauqua county, New York; Alton; Minerva, married Dennis Dye; Smith, of whom further ; William B., married Calista Loomis; Caro- line, married Charles Sentill; Mason F., twice married; Elizabeth, married Mason Morey ; Wallace.
(VII) Smith, son of Allen Merrill, was born at Johnstown, Montgomery county, New York, October 16, 1810. He settled in York- shire, Cattaraugus county, 1835. He was a tailor and engaged in merchant tailoring in the village of Franklinville. In 1859 he re- moved to a farm in Farmersville, which he cultivated until 1881, also farming in Great Valley. He married, 1838, Melinda, daughter of John Howe, who settled in Yorkshire, in 1832. Children : I. Henry, born June 5, 1839, died July 10, 1902, buried at Little Val- ley, New York; married, February 12, 1866, Harriet F. Persons, born July 23, 1844, died August 10, 1895; children : Ernest Warren, Harriet Esther, Charles Persons, Mertie Me- linda. 2. John Burdett, born June 22, 1841 ; enlisted in Company D, Sixty-fourth Regi- ment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862. 3. Ernest W., born April 24, 1843; enlisted in Company B, Twenty-third Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, serving without in- jury until the close of the war ; returned home and was accidentally killed December 12, 1866. 4. Perry E., born June 30, 1845 ; mar- ried, January 9, 1878, Mercy I. Loomis ; chil- dren: Eugene L., Floyd S., Esther H., Shir- „ley. 5. Adelaide E., born June 14, 1847, died February 28, 1873. 6. Helen Loraine, born June 17, 1849; married (first) Hiram Steele, who died November 25, 1899; married (sec-
ond) Elvin E. Johnson. 7. William Wallace, born September 21, 1851; married, January 5, 1876, Julia E. Tarbell; children: Rena, Edna, Frances, Anna, Winfield. 8. Mary Emma, born September 2, 1856; married, 1887, Allan E. Hayes. 9. Theodore Grove, born June 16, 1858. 10. Frank Merton, of whom further.
(VIII) Frank Merton, youngest child of Smith Merrill, was born in Farmersville, Cat- taraugus county, New York, June 6, 1860. He was educated in the public school and Ten Broeck Academy. He began his business life in Freedom, New York, in association with his brother, conducting dental offices and a drug store. In 1889 he settled in Little Val- ley, taking a position as recording clerk in the office of the county clerk. He remained in this position one and one-half years, when he was appointed deputy county clerk, which office he now holds. He moved to Sandusky, New York, in 1880, where he has been town clerk for ten years. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the First Congre- gational church. He is a member of the Ma- sonic Order, belonging to Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He married (first) July 3, 1884, Martha Williams, born 1861, died April 30, 1899, daughter of Peter and Adelia (How- lett) Williams. Children: I. Marie E., born April 22, 1887 ; now a teacher in Olean, New York. 2. Emmons M., born March 20, 1892. 3. Bernard W., born January 19, 1899. He married (second) August 10, 1903, Minnie M. (Cobb) Wade.
This name, sometimes spelled LANGS Luick and Link in Pennsylvania records, was borne by the emi- grant ancestor of Major Shepard Lang, of Niagara Falls. The usual spelling of the name, however, was Langs. Jacob Langs, born either in Holland or Germany, came to America about 1750, settling in the state of Pennsylvania, where in 1754 he was living near Sunbury. Later he removed to Lewis- burg in the same state, and in 1790 was liv- ing in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, where it is supposed he died. He served in the revolutionary war and rose to the rank of captain of Pennsylvania militia. He married, and had three sons, George, Jacob and William.
(II) Jacob (2), son of Captain Jacob (I) Langs, was born at Sunbury, Pennsylvania,
858
NEW YORK.
1759. He lived in Pennsylvania until 1810, when he removed with his family to Canada, at Langford, Brant county, Province of On- tario, where he purchased a farm which has ever since been in the family. He married, about 1790, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Fowler, who came to Pennsyl- vania from Westchester county, New York. Children, all born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania : Elizabeth, 1792; Catherine, 1794, died in Norfolk county, Ontario, 1860; Jacob, died in 1871, Norfolk county, Ontario; John, of further mention; George, died about 1838; Lavina, Martha, Sidna.
(III) John, son of Jacob (2) and Eliza- beth (Fowler) Langs, born in Northumber- land county, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1799, died at Langford, Ontario, March 30, 1855. He removed to Canada with his father in 1810, being then a lad of eleven years. He received such education as was possible under the conditions, and was his father's assistant on the farm until the death of the latter, when he succeeded him in the ownership of the es- tate. While working with his father they cleared the timber from two farms, one of one hundred and sixty-three acres, the other of one hundred and fifty. During this period they furnished most of the lumber used in the construction of the government road from Hamilton to London, Ontario. John Langs was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and a strong supporter of the cause of Prohibition. He married, at Langford, Ontario, in 1823, Sarah Westbrook, born February 7, 1800, at Brantford, Ontario, died April 5, 1880, at Langford. Children : John, died in infancy ; Martha, born July 23, 1825, died November 30, 1906, married, December 24, 1854. Martin Millard, of Simco, Ontario; Nelson, born February 19, 1827, died Febru- ary 15, 1900, married, April 4, 1854, Eliza Sand; Squire Emanuel, born November 19, 1828, married, November 30, 1852, Maria Leach; Elizabeth, born July 19, 1830, mar- ried, December 24, 1859, Randall Woods; William Wallace, born October 5, 1832, mar- ried, March 12, 1867, Emily Mckay, married (second) June 9, 1870, Helen Louise Allen, of Hazelmere, British Columbia; Major She- pard, of further mention ; Edwin Rutten, born September 2, 1836, died May 14, 1898, mar- ried, February 4, 1863, Annie Duncan; Cyn- thia Victoria, born February 17, 1840, mar- ried, December 26, 1867, Daniel Blaisdell;
George Alfred, born July 2, 1842, died Octo- ber 27, 1859; Lavina Catherine, born Febru- ary 17, 1845, married, September 8, 1859, William H. Mckay.
(IV) Major Shepard, son of John and Sarah (Westbrook) Langs, was born in Langford, Ontario, Canada, August 22, 1834. He attended the district school, afterward he finished his preparatory education in the grammar school at Brantford, Ontario. He began the study of medicine October 1, 1861, at the Toronto School of Medicine, and was graduated at the University of Toronto, June 8, 1864, with the degree of M. D. During the summers of 1863 and 1864 he took a course at the New York City Medical School, and having received the degree of M. D. the same year began practice at Lynden, Went- worth county, Ontario, where he remained for four years. On October 31, 1868, he set- tled at Suspension Bridge, Niagara county, New York, where he was in the active prac- tice of his profession for twenty-two years, retiring in 1890. During this entire period he was physician at Devereux College, and from 1868 to 1872 physician of Niagara Uni- versity. Dr. Langs was a well known, skill- ful physician, and commanded a large prac- tice. After his retirement in 1890 he re- moved to Redlands, California, where he en- gaged in orange culture until 1897, when he returned to his old home at Suspension Bridge. Here he has since lived a quiet, re- tired life. He has traveled extensively at home and abroad. He married, March I, 1866, at Niagara Falls, Helen Abigail Pierce, born there, daughter of George H. and Abi- gail (Roberts) Pierce. Child: John Pierce Langs, born April 23, 1882, educated at Red- lands, California; entered Columbia Univer- sity, was graduated, A. B., class of 1902. He was professor of music at the University of Colorado for one vear; master at Devereux College, 1903-4. He studied music with Pro- fessor Edward MacDowell in New York City during the years 1901-02-04-05. Later de- ciding on the profession of law, he entered the Buffalo Law School, where he was gra- duated in 1909 with the degree of LL.B., and is at present engaged in the practice of law at Niagara Falls.
(The Pierce Line).
Helen Abigail (Pierce) Langs, wife of Major Shepard Langs, is a descendant of
859
NEW YORK.
Sergeant Thomas Pierce, who was born in England in 1608 and came to New England about 1633. The name Pierce was common in England at a very early age. The family bore arms "Three ravens rising." Crest : a dove with olive branch in bill. Motto: Divit et fecit (he said and he did). Sergeant Thomas was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Pierce of England. As no mention is made of Sergeant Thomas coming with his parents, it is surmised that he came shortly after them if not with them. He married shortly after his arrival and settled in Charlestown. He was styled Sergeant Thomas, and was ad- mitted to the Charlestown church February 21, 1634, at the same time as his father, show- ing that the family must have emigrated to- gether. Sergeant Thomas Pierce was among the original settlers of Woburn in 1643, and was taxed there in 1645; was selectman in 1660; and many times was on the committee for dividing the common lands there. He was also one of "the right proprietors" chosen March 28, 1667, and also of the general court committee appointed for the same purpose in 1668. He was a large land owner, as he sells Thomas Richardson forty acres formerly of John Cole, southeast of Mount Discovery ; also numerous real estate transactions in his name are found in the Middlesex county reg- isters in Cambridge. The inventory of his estate after his decease, November 6, 1683, amounted to £440, and was appraised by Mat- thew Johnson and James Convers. He was sergeant, 1669-82, and a member of Captain Thomas Prentice's troop, also under Lieu -* tenant Oakes in King Philip's war, 1675-76. He married, May 6, 1635, Elizabeth Cole, who died March 5, 1688, daughter of Rice and Arnold Cole. Children: Abigail, John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Joseph, Joseph, Stephen, Samuel, Samuel, William, James, Abigail, Benjamin.
The first ancestor of Mrs. Langs to settle in New York state was John Pierce, born May 31, 1773, and resided near Westminster until after his marriage. In 1801-02 he re- moved to Middletown, Connecticut, where he followed his trade of harness maker. In 1810 he located in Stockbridge, Massachu- setts, remaining until 1822, when he came to New York state, settling in Livingston county, at Livonia. In 1830 he settled in Wheatfield, Niagara county, New York, where he purchased a farm on which he re-
sided until his death. He married, in 1792, Abigail Stow, born May 8, 1775, died 1842. Children: 1. William W., born July 4, 1793, died at Alton, Illinois, May 27, 1825. 2. Mary A., born February 28, 1796; married Horace Morrill, of Lenox, Massachusetts. 3. Abigail E., born June 23, 1798, died unmarried. 4. John, born September 3, 1800, died in Mil- waukee, Wisconsin. 5. James G., born De- cember 3, 1802, died at Albany, New York. 6. Joseph W., born June 5, 1805, died about 1890, at Salt Lake City, Utah. 7. Eli S., born December 10, 1807, died in 1888, at Rochester, New York. 8. Hannah G., born May 8, 1810; married John Wilkins, of Clio, Michigan. 9. Charles T., born September 13, 1812, died in Toledo, Ohio. 10. George Hen- ry, of further mention. 11. Harriet, born April 27, 1818, died at Suspension Bridge, New York, February 17, 1878. 12. Francis, born August 25, 1820, died November 14, 1838.
George Henry, tenth child of John and Abi- gail (Stow) Pierce, was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, January 24, 1815. He re- moved to Western New York, and was edu- cated in Rochester. In 1838 he settled in the town of Wheatfield, Niagara county, where he taught school and cultivated a small farm. He held some local offices in the town, where he remained until 1852, when he came to Niagara Falls, where he engaged in the lumber business until 1866. In that year he located at Suspension Bridge, where he en- gaged in the coal and lumber business until 1873, when he retired. He died July 17, 1880. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a Democrat in politics. He married, 1838, Abigail Sarah Roberts, born 1812, died at Suspension Bridge, New York, 1882.
WEBSTER This is a name of distinc- tion in Warsaw, Wyoming county, as that of its first settler, Elizer Webster. He came to the place, in fact, before even its survey had been made, in 1803. He built the first house there, and a rude one it was, a log cabin, with neither board nor nail in it. He lived in Warsaw thirty-four years. He kept the first tavern, built the first saw mill, dispensed justice, and was a foremost citizen.
Judge Webster, as he was known, was of New England lineage, born in Connecticut,
860
NEW YORK.
August 24, 1767. He went while a youth to Hampton, New York, and there grew to manhood. There also he married Elizabeth Warren, who was born May 15, 1774. It was in 1803, at the age of thirty-six, that he came to the site of Warsaw, prepared to set- tle down there. The place was then so primi- tive that, as has been said, the ground was yet unsurveyed. When he raised his cabin he had to go a long distance for help. He found it in the timber "choppers," who were laying out the "Old Buffalo road." When he had the shanty finished, he went back to Hamp- ton and brought his wife and five children to share with him the rough life of the pio- neer.
Prosperity attended him here and in course of time, though he never seemed in haste to be rich, he acquired considerable property. He rose to distinction also in the public affairs of the burg. In 1808, at the first town meeting, when town officers were elected, he was chosen supervisor and con- tinued in that position seven years. He held the office of justice of the peace for a long time by appointment, and in 1813 was made associate judge of the county court. In 1816 and 1817 he represented Genesee county, in the state assembly, and in 1821 he was a member of the state constitutional convention, which last-named service terminated his pub- lic career. But, although he held these vari- ous offices, he was singularly exempt from political aspiration. His educational advan- tages were limited, but he had great common sense and sound judgment. When acting as justice he paid little attention to the law books, in his decisions, he rather made reason and even-handed justice his guides, and his decisions we may say were seldom reversed.
Judge Webster was a man of great inde- pendence, a very excellent business man. He never speculated, but managed to accumulate, in various ways, a pretty fair fortune. He had a great fondness for gunning and hunt- ing, and in that sport he found his favorite recreation. In the year 1836, when he was sixty-nine years old, he sold out his lands, consisting of a square mile at Warsaw and other bodies elsewhere. and the following year went to live at Ripley, Chautauqua county, New York. Here he survived to the ripe old age of eighty-seven, dying in March, 1854.
Judge Webster was the father of twelve
children, eight sons and four daughters: 1. Arvin, born 1792, died in Illinois. 2. Warren, born in 1795, died in Gowanda, and is buried in Ripley. He was, for a time, like his father, a justice of the peace. 3. Chipman, born in 1797, settled in Illinois. 4. Lucinda, born 1800, married Elijah Norton, of Warsaw, and remained in that town. 5. Clorinda, born 1802, married Orson Hough. 6. Eliza, born 1804, married Andrew W. Young. 7. Lem- uel, born 1806, lived for a time in Gowanda, and other towns in New York, but at length moved to Wisconsin and there made his home. 8. Horace, born 1808, lived for a while in Pennsylvania, later in Kentucky. 9. Elizer (2), born 1809, lives in Ripley. 10. Gideon, born 1812, was long a merchant of Gowanda, and later a farmer of that vicinity. 11. Will- iam Henry Harrison, born 1813, was a mer- chant of Coldwater, Michigan, to which place he went in 1867. 12. Harriet, born 1815, married Jolin Smallwood, of Warsaw.
In the third generation of this family, there are children of Arvin by his two marriages in Illinois ; child of Warren, namely Walter, who was in the leather business in Gowanda, and moved to Illinois in 1862; children of Chipman, who was married twice; and de- scendants of Lemuel, Elizer (2), Gideon, and William H. Harrison Webster. The children of Walter Webster, grandson of the Judge, are: 1. Mary L. 2. Walter. Lemuel had nine children; Horace had children by both wives ; Elizer had eleven children ; Gideon had . six, and William H. H. had four, truly a numerous and prolific stock.
This surname is a very an- BALLARD cient one in England, and it took root in America with the colonization of New England. Numeri- cally speaking, it has long been a prominent name in Worcestershire, and although the rec- ords state that the immigrant ancestor of those of its bearers about to be mentioned came from Wales, it is impossible to deter- mine whether or not he belonged to a family of Welsh origin.
(I) William Ballard, born in 1603, and said to have come from Wales, arrived from Eng- land in the "James," 1635. He was one of the earliest settlers in Andover, Massachu- setts, where he was admitted a freeman, May 2, 1638, and was a member of the quarterly court at Salem the same year. He died in
861
NEW YORK.
Andover, July 10, 1689. The christian name of his first wife, who was born in England, in 1609, and accompanied him to America, was Elizabeth, and that of his second wife was Grace. The latter died in Andover, April 27, 1694. He had sons Joseph, John and William; a daughter Sarah, who married, February 24, 1670, Henry Holt ; perhaps other children. (N. B. That part of Andover known as Ballardvale was named for this family.)
(II) Joseph, son of William Ballard, re- sided in Andover, and died there in 1721. On February 28, 1666, he married (first) Elizabeth Phillips, who died July 27, 1692, and November 15 of the same year he mar- ried (second) Mrs. Rebecca Horne. She died in 1740. The only one of his children mentioned in the record at hand is Joseph, but he doubtless had others.
(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Bal- lard, was born in Andover, in 1667, died there in 1732. In 1698 he married Rebecca John- son.
(IV) Josiah, son of Joseph (2) Ballard, was born in Andover, in 1702, died there in 1780. He married Mary Chandler, in 1721; they had William, Josiah and probably other children.
(V) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (1) Ballard, was born in Andover, in 1721. He married Sarah Carter, in 1744, and in 1746 he re- moved to Lancaster, Massachusetts. His death occurred about the year 1780. He was active in religious work, and a deacon.
· (VI) Captain William (2) Ballard, son of Josiah (2) Ballard, was born in Lancaster, March 23, 1764. He settled at Charlemont, Massachusetts, where he followed the occupa- tion of a builder, and he died in that town May 25, 1842. 'He was captain in the state militia. He married, March 9, 1787, Eliza- beth Whitney, born February 14, 1769, daugh- ter of Jonathan and Mary (Wyman) Whit- ney. She died December 7, 1857.
(VII) John, son of Captain William (2) Ballard, was born in Charlemont, October I, 1790. He seems to have been for a time in Vermont and New York states, later set- tling in Ohio, where he became a successful merchant and manufacturer. He married, in 1816, Pamelia, born April 15, 1793, died Oc- tober, 1858, daughter of Joseph Bennett.
(VIII) Nathaniel, son of John Ballard, was born in 1817, died 1895. He lived in the town
of Otto, New York, where he followed his trade of wagon maker in connection with farming. He was very progressive and led in town improvements. He was noted for his unusual growth of very curly hair, and fine appearance. He married Lucy Ann Paine, born 1815, died 1875. Children : Henry D., Charles E., Walter.
(IX) Rev. Walter Ballard, son of Nathan- iel Ballard, was born in Otto, New York, July 19, 1845, died there, September 23, 1881. He was educated in the public schools of Otto and Springfield high school. He prepared for the ministry, was ordained and was settled over the Congregational Church at Pollard (two years), Black Creek (three years), Stick- ersville and Otto. He was a faithful minister of the gospel, leading many into the church by his preaching and example. His useful life was ended all too soon by the dread dis- ease, consumption. He married, August 29. 1872, Josephine Mabel, born May 28, 1858, daughter of Daniel J. Brown, born 1814, died 1882, married Fannie Buchanan, born 1822, died 1897. He was a minister of the Free- will Baptist Church, of unusual ability and power. Children of Rev. Walter Ballard : Mark P., died in infancy ; Lynn Walter.
(X) Lynn Walter, son of Rev. Walter Bal- lard, was born at Black Creek, Allegany county, New York, October 3, 1877. He was educated in the public school, Forestville Academy and Cattaraugus high school. He taught school for a few years, then was for five years clerk with the Cattaraugus Cutlery Company, of Little Valley, New York. In 1890 he entered the employ of the private banking house of Crissey & Crissey. In 1892 a charter was obtained for a state bank, which the Crissey brothers organized under the name of the Cattaraugus County Bank. Mr. Ballard was appointed the first cashier, Janu- uary, 1892, a position he won and has retained by efficient and faithful service. He is a Republican in politics and has served for years as treasurer of the school board and of the village of Little Valley. He is a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a member of the Masonic Order, belonging to lodge, chapter and commandery.
He married, January 29, 1904, Emily Black- man, born October 19, 1876, daughter of Rev. John H. Bates, born November 27, 1848, married, 1873, Caroline, born March 1, 1846, daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Winey)
862
NEW YORK.
Phillips. Children of Rev. John H. Bates; I. Samuel M., married Dorothy Moench. 2. Emily Blackman, married Lynn W. Ballard. 3. Madge, married Clinton T. Horton ; child, Roger, an attorney of Buffalo. 4. Charles E., married Mabel Rich; child, Philip. 5. John Henry, married Katherine Crawford. Child of Lynn W. and Emily B. Ballard: Roderick Blackman, born December 21, 1907.
LYMAN Lyman as a surname existed from the earliest use of sur- names in England, and is de- rived from an old Saxon person name, Leo- man. The name has been varied by different branches of the family, but Limas, Limon, Lemon, Leamond, Lehman, Leyman, Lyeman, Lamman, Leman, and de Leman have been used.
Possibly some branches of the family have taken the surname from the word lay- man, just as priest and pope, sexton and dea- con, have become surnames. Mann itself, used as a surname, may have the same origin as Le Man, the French style of spelling. The oldest coat-of-arms is now used by families · spelling the name Lyman, Leman, Leeman, Lemmon, distinguished by a ring within a triangle. The arms are quartered with the Lambert armorials. The family motto : Quod verum tutum. While the name Leman occurs in the Domesday Book, the authentic Eng- lish pedigree begins two centuries later, as given below.
(I) Thomas Lyman, alias Leman, held land in county Wilts during his father's lifetime, in the reign of Henry III. In 1275 he was fined for not attending a certain inquisition to which he had been summoned. He also held land of the Abbot of St. Edward. Ox- ford.
(II) Richard Leman held lands of the Knights Templar, county Bedford, in the time of Edward I.
(III) Alisalon Lyeman purchased lands at county Kent, in Beaksbourne, in the time of Edward I, and had them in 1327. He was living in the first year of the reign of Ed- ward III.
(IV) Epsilon Lyman, alias Lemman, suc- ceeded his father in the possession of the es- tate at Beaksbourne, county Kent, where he was taxed until 1349.
(V) Solomon Lyman was the eldest son and heir of Epsilon Lyman. He had sons:
William, who inherited the estate ; John ; Rob- ert, mentioned below ; Richard.
(VI) Robert Lyman, of Beaksbourne, was living in 1430.
(VII) Thomas Lyman, of Navistoke, county Essex, gentleman, succeeded his father in possession of the estate at Navistoke and Wethersfield. He married Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Henry Lambert.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.