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He was one of the trustees of Union College from 1865 to 1885, receiving the degree of LL. D. from there in 1867 ; was president of the state judicial convention in Rochester, New York, in 1870, and served as president of the Mohawk National Bank at Schenec- tady for several years. In 1886 he presented the New York Historical Society with six vol- umes of the "State Trials of England," pub- lished in 1742, and of great value, being orig- inally the property of Sir William Johnson, Bart. He was the author of: "Potter's Dwar- ris," 1871 ; "Equity Jurisprudence," compiled and enlarged from the work of John Willard, 1875: "Potter on Corporations," 1879, and several pamphlets. His death occurred in Schenectady, New York, August 11, 1891. Mr. Potter married, in 1836, Antoinette, daughter of the Rev. Winslow Paige, D. D.
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The earliest Lyon emigrant of
LYON whom we have positive knowl-
edge was William Lyon, who came to Roxbury, Massachusetts, in 1635 on the ship, "Hopewell." He founded a numer- ous family, of whom a distinguished member was Nathaniel Lyon, a general in the Union army, killed at the battle of Balls Bluff. The next immigrants were two brothers. Peter and
George, of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1644 Richard Lyon was sent from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Sir Henry Mildmay as a tutor for his son William. He, however, soon returned to England. About 1648 there appeared in Fairfield county, Con- necticut, at about the same time, three settlers
bearing the name Lyon. One of these. Thomas, was the founder of the family herein recorded, whose principal seat in the early clays was Westchester county, New York.
(I) Thomas Lyon, "of Rye," was born in England about 1621, died at Byram Neck, Greenwich, Fairfield county, Connecticut, in 1690, and was buried in the old Lyon bury- ing ground at that place. It is supposed that hie first settled in Massachusetts and from there removed to the western part of Fair- field county, where about the same time Rich- ard and Henry appeared, presumably his brothers or cousins. In 1652 Thomas Lyon bought a house and lot in Stamford of Wil- liam Potter. In 1654 he purchased a house and lot in Fairfield. Between these dates his first wife Martha Johanna ( Winthrop) Lyon, died. In 1676, in company with John Banks, of "Fayrefield," he acquired title to a "Sar- taine parsell of land in Greenwich, lying by Byram River and by estimation three score ackers." In the records of Rye under date of March 5, 1676, is this entry: "The towne of Rye (New York) adopted the following : Thomas Lyon and Thomas Brown are ap- pointed to choose a house or place to be forti- fied for safety of the towne." Winthrop says that it is believed that it was this Thomas Lyon who served as a colonial soldier from Connecticut, although this supposition would make him either very young at time of serv- ice, or quite okl at the date of his first mar- riage. Ilis will was dated December 6, 1689, and probated at Fairfield. September 7, 1690. During the latter years of his life. although probably living in Greenwich at Byram Neck. Thomas Lyon was spoken of as "of Rye." this place being in New York just across Byram river, now called Port Chester. The name Lyon's Point, written also, Lion's Point, ap- plied to the point at the mouth of Byram river, was in common use as early as 1683. Thomas was a member of the Society of Friends and
suffered some persecution for his belief. He married (first ) Martha Johanna Winthrop, a granddaugliter of Governor John Winthrop, of Salem, Massachusetts, and daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Fones ) Winthrop. Her father was drowned in Boston harbor, July 2, 1630, the day after his arrival. His wife remained in England when her husband came to America, coming with her infant daughter in 1631. Martha was born in Groton Manor, England, May 9, 1630, died in Stamford, Con- necticut, about 1653. Thomas Lyon married ( second) about 1654. Mary, daughter of Si- mon Hoyt, of Stamford, Connecticut. Chil- dren by first marriage: I. - -- , died in infancy. 2. Mary (Marie), born August, 1649; married John Willson. Children by second marriage: 3. Abigail, married John Banks. 4. John, died in Greenwich, 1736, deputy to the general court of Connecticut, 1725-30 ; married and had issue. 5. Thomas, of further mention. 6. Samuel, unmarried. 7. Joseph, born 1677, died February 21. 1761; married Saralı 8. Elizabeth, mar- ried John Marshall. 9. Deborah, married a Mr. Cone. 10. Sarah, married a Mr. Merritt.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) and Mary (Hoyt) Lyon, was born at Greenwich, Connecticut. in 1673. died 1739. He built the house near Byram bridge which is still stand- ing, having been occupied continuously until the present time by his descendants. He was a member of Colonel Robert Hunter's com- pany of Fusileers, mustered in New York and Westchester counties, February 24, 1711, for sixty-one days' service on the Canadian fron- tier. His will, dated April 2, 1739, was proved at Stamford, Connecticut, May 1, 1739. He married Abigail, daughter of John Ogden, of Stamford, Connecticut. John Ogden came to Stamford from Long Island in 1641. In 1642 he agreed with Governor Kieft to build a stone church for twenty-five hundred guild- ers. He returned to Hempstead in 1644 and was one of the patentees of that town. In 1651 he removed to Southampton, Long Island, where he was chosen assistant and named in the Royal Charter. Later he went to New Jersey with Governor Carteret and was representative from Elizabethtown in the first general assembly, 1680. He married Jane, daughter of Robert Bond. of South- ampton. Children of Thomas (2) and Abi- gail Lyon: I. Abigail, married (first) Wil- liam Anderson, (second) Jeremiah Anderson. 2. Thomas, married ( first) Phehe Vowles, (second) Martha Travis. 3. Samuel, married (second) Ilannah Miller. 4. Jonathan, of further mention. 5. Mary, married Israel Knapp. 6. David, married Martha Stedwell.
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7. Joseph, married ( first ) Mary Disbrow, (sec- ond ) Ann --. 8. Jemima, married Charles Theall, in 1760 was residing in Rye, New York. 9. Deborah, married Jonathan Hobby, of Greenwich. 10. Elizabeth, married John Fowler. of Westchester, New York. 11. Gil- bert, married Jane Kniffen.
(III) Jonathan, son of Thomas (2) and Abigail (Ogden) Lyon, was born at Green- wich, June 1, 1706, died at North Castle, New York. 1786. His will is on file and re- corded in the office of the court of appeals at Albany, New York, dated April 2, 1783, proved January 24. 1787. He bequeaths "to Elizabeth, my dearly beloved wife, one third of all my lands in North Castle during her natural life," also devises to sons and grand- sons, money and property including a "negro boy Abram" and a "negro man Isaac." He married Elizabeth, born April 5. 1709, daugh- ter of Samuel and Hannah Mead. Children: 1. Jonathan, born November 14, 1728, died in Bedford, New York, 1787; he owned a stone house in Bedford during the revolution- ary war and a farm outside the village; the first winter General Lafayette was in America he was stationed with his troops in West- chester county ; the paymaster had his head- quarters in the Lyon Stone House : after La- fayette and his troops went away, a company of British Light Horse from New York burned the house and all it contained, con- sidering Lyon an enemy to the King; he is described as having been distinguished for his luxuriant hair which he wore in a queue, so long that when sitting it could be tied in a knot underneath his chair ; he married Anna Miller. 2. Elizabeth, born June 28, 1730. 3. Elnathan, died at Clinton, Dutchess county, New York: he married (first) Susanna -, ( second) Mary Ann Bush. 4. Israel, of further mention. 5. Phebe, marriel a kins- man, Roger Lyon. 6. Captain David, died at North Castle, New York; he served in the revolution with the rank of captain in 1775 under Colonel Alexander McDougall, First Regiment, New York Troops ; he served later in the Second Westchester County Regiment, Colonel Thomas Thomas: married Freelove Forman. 7. Peter, died at No. 37 Pump street, New York City, July 4, 1824; he was a farmer and for many years justice of the peace in North Castle, New York, and it is said that Major Andre was brought before him after his capture. (Christian Advocate, July 18, 1895.) 8. Naomi Thatcher, born January 31, 1747 ; died before 1783.
(IV) Israel, son of Jonathan and Eliza- beth (Mead) Lyon, was born at Greenwich, Connecticut, December 20, 1734, died in Bed-
ford, New York, December 28, 1816, and is buried in Ilill cemetery, Bedford. He was a farmer, as were his ancestors. In 1779 his home was burned by the British under Tarle- ton. He was a devoted patriot, serving on the Westchester county committee of safety. He married Abigail Husted, born in Green- wich, June 1, 1734, died January 14, 1815, and is buried in Hill cemetery with her isband. Children, all born in Bedford, New York: 1. Israel (2), born February 12, 1755: married Hannah Merritt. 2. Moses, born 1758: mar- ried Diadamia Banks and settled at Bloom- field county, New Jersey. 3. Charity. born September 28, 1760; married Samuel Banks, of Bainbridge, New York. 4. Elizabeth, mar- ried Joseph Park. 5. Spardon, of further mention. 6. Ann, married (first ) Thomas Park, (second) Lot Searles. 7. Susanna, born 1768; married Enoch Raymond. 8. Abigail, born August 11, 1770: married Josiah Wool- sey. 9. Sarah, married Ellie Sealey. 10. Jerusha, born 1775, died April 27, 1863 : mar- ried William Woolsey. 11. Mary, married Daniel Varian.
(V) Spardon, son of Israel and Abigail (Husted) Lyon, was born in Bedford, New York, October 26, 1764, died there May 3, 1845, and is buried in the Presbyterian bury- ing ground. He was a farmer, and in 1822 connected with the Presbyterian church of Bedford ; previous generations seemingly hav- ing adhered to the Quaker faith of the founder, Thomas Lyon. He married, April 16, 1788. Phebe Scofield (Presbyterian rec- ords) born February 10, 1767, died February 27. 1848, buried in Bedford. Children : I. Seth, of further mention. 2. Alvah, born June 6, 1797, died September 11, 1878; mar- ried. February 27, 1824, Sarah Carpenter.
(VI) Seth, eldest son of Spardon and Phebe (Scofiekl) Lyon, was born in Bedford, New York, Angust 31, 1794, died January 31, 1878, and is buried in the Union cemetery at Bed- ford. Ile was an elder in the Presbyterian church in Bedford, ordained March 19, 1815. IIle married (first) Clarissa Rundle, born March 9. 1793, died in Bedford, August 14, 1836. Ile married (second) Mary Woolsey, born March, 1805. died April 1, 1894, daugh- ter of William and Jerusha (Lyon) Woolsey. Jerusha Lyon was a daughter of Israel, son of Jonathan, son of Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Lyon, the founder. Children by first wife : 1. Solomon R., of further mention. 2. Char- lotte Rundle, born February 19, 1814. died April 8. 1850: married Phineas Lounsberry, a merchant of New York City. 3. Mary E., born April 23, 1816, died March 28, 1837. 4. Clarissa, born May 10, 1820, died February
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28, 1837. 5. Seth Jay, born about 1822, died December 8, 1883 : married at Bedford, Octo- her 12, 1849, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and Emmeline (Smith) Clark.
(VII) Solomon Rundle, eldest son of Seth and Clarissa ( Rundle) Lyon, was born in Bedford, New York, January 31, 1812, died there March 19, 1868, and is buried in Union cemetery. He was a farmer, owning and oper- ating the farm owned by his father and grand- father and later by his son Phillip. In 1865 he was ordained an elder of the Bedford Presby- terian Church. He married, September 12, 1837. Hannah Rundle, born September 12, 1818, died April 18, 1883, buried in Union cemetery, daughter of Solomon and Hannah ( Phillips) Rundle. Children : 1. Phillips Run- dle, born July. 1838 ; married Susie -: in 1906 was living in Bedford, New York. 2. Irving Whitall, of further mention. 3. Anna, born August 10, 1842, died October 22, 1863. 4. DeWitt (I), born March 30, 1844, died August 27, 1844. 5. Mary E., born July 27, 1845, died August 28, 1867 ; married Stephen Terry. 6. Emma Constant, born April 15, 1847, died October 26, 1871 ; married, April, 1871, Henry D. Jennings. 7. Josephine C., born August 19, 1848; married Edward P. Holley, of Cos Cob, Connecticut. 8. Hannah Rundle, born June 8, 1850: married, Decem- ber 19. 1883, Edward A. Raymond, of Bed- ford, New York. 9. DeWitt (2), born April 15. 1853, died November 23, 1854. 10. Isabel G., born November 18, 1855, died September 4, 1866. II. Clarissa Rundle, born March 19, 1859 : married Clifford R. Weld, of Boston.
(VIII) Irving Whitall Lyon, M. D., son of Solomon R. and Hannah ( Rundle ) Lyon, was born in Bedford, Westchester county, New York. in 1840, died in Hartford, Connecticut, March 4, 1896. He received a good education and chose medicine as his profession. He entered the College of Physicians and Sur- geons. New York City, where he received his degree of M.D. He established in practice at Hartford. Connecticut, continuing until his death. Although a learned and skillful physic- ian he is perhaps better known and remem- bered as an authority on American antiques. His work on "Colonial Furniture," published in 1801, was the pioneer work of its kind, and although two decades have passed since it was published, it is an unquestioned authority, and subsequent writers have not changed a date nor controverted any statement of fact in the work. It is a classic and an infallible guide. Another work of Dr. Lyon's on which he was engaged at the time of his death was, "Colon- ial Architecture of America," being uncom- pleted : this was never published. Wherever
his name is known and spoken, he is referred to always as "the father of American an- tiques." He was president of the Hartford Medical Society, member of the State Medical Society, and a member of the Connecticut His- torical Society. He was a Christian without a creed and of so pure and blameless a life that death brought him no fear. He was just to all men, kind and unfailingly courteous, a man of the highest ideals, which he did not fail to attain in his daily life. As a physician he was beloved and trusted. Dr. Lyon mar- ried Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Darrow and Louise ( Jacobs) Tucker, of New York state. Children: 1. Mary Phillips, mar- ried Chester B. Albree, of Pittsburg, North Side, Pennsylvania. 2. Irving Phillips, a well- established, skillful physician of Buffalo, New York. 3. Charles W., of further mention.
(IX) Charles Woolsey, youngest son of Dr. Irving W. and Mary E. (Tucker) Lyon, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, December 10, 1862, at No. 27 Buckingham street. He was educated in the common schools of Hartford. then entered Hartford high school, where he prepared for college. He entered Sheffield Sci- entific School ( Yale University) in the second year, but before graduation received so flat- tering and tempting a business offer that he did not stay to finish the full course. He had inherited his father's love of the antique, and had sat under his teaching so effectively that although a young man he had an established reputation among collectors. His ability to distinguish the rare, beautiful and valuable at- tracted the attention of the famous collector of American antiques, Charles H. Taylor, of Boston, who engaged him to travel and buy for his private collection, one of the most valuable in the United States if not in the world. For four years he traveled for Mr. Taylor in New England and through the Hud- son-Mohawk valleys, finding the latter espe- cially rich in the rare and valuable of a long ago period. In 1903 he began collecting for the public and opened a store at No. 47 Wash- ington avenue, later removing to the corner of South Hawk street and Washington avenue, Albany, where his store has become the mecca of American collectors of the antique. He is a member of the Chi Phi ( Yale Chapter) and the University Club, of Albany.
Charles Woolsey Lyon married, August 6, 1808, Kathlyn Thatcher, daughter of San- ford Thatcher, of Cobleskill, New York, a de- scendant of four of the "Mayflower" pas- sengers (1620), and of a long line of New England ancestors. Children: 1. Irving Whit- all (2), born October 2, 1899. 2. Charles Woolsey (2), born October 2, 1905.
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FARRINGTON The Farringtons of Troy are of English ancestry and birth. The father of John Farrington, of Troy, was John Farring- ton, of Preston, England, a well-to-do mil- ler, owning and operating a prosperous busi- ness. He married Hamburg, born in Preston, England, who bore him nine children. all born in Preston, England: 1. Mary. 2. Jane. 3. Robert, was elected a member of the House of Commons. 4. Samuel. 5. Thomas, came to the United States: married, in Old Newburg, New York, Alvina Lane. 6. Wil- liam, came to the United States : married Jane Lane, of Pleasant Valley, New York. 7. Val- entine. 8. John, see forward. 9. Solomon.
( 11). John (2), son of John ( 1) Farring- ton, was born in Preston, England. June 7. 1827. died in Troy, New York, 1869. He mar- ried. in 1849, Ann Ferguson, born in Scot- land. Children : 1. Mary Jane, married Horatio Wilson, born in Kentucky, son of Horatio and Thuney Lair, and grandson of Horatio Wilson : Horatio Wilson (2) died at Lafayette. Illinois, in 1899, aged eighty years. He had children : Thomas, William, Everly, Elizabeth, Jane, John and Horatio (3). Ho- ratio and Mary Jane (Farrington) Wilson had children: Walter W., married Mand and has three children : Elizabeth, mar- ried Dr. Sabin. 2. John Roberts, died in Boughton, Illinois. 3. Elida A., died young. 4. Florence, married Philip Sanford Young. born December, 1842, at Sand Lake, New York, died 1905 in Troy, son of Philip Young, born in Germany, came to the United States, settled at Sand Lake, New York, where he was a farmer the remainder of his life; he married Mary Gearhart, born in Germany, died in Sand Lake : children : George P .. died at Sand Lake: Philip: Martin L., lived at Averill Park. Child of Philip and Flor- ence ( Farrington ) Young: Everett G., mar- ried Mattie Stanley, of Averill Park, and has a son, Everett Stanley Young.
HOUGHTON The branch of the Hough- ton family from which Judge Houghton is de- scended migrated from England in 1650 and settled at Lancaster, Massachusetts, then a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This colonial ancestor. John Houghton, and his de- scendants, Jonas, James, James, Jr., and Na- thaniel. all lived in that immediate locality. His grandfather. Tilley Houghton, settled in Corinth in 1800 and died there, leaving sev- eral children, among them Tilley, Jr., and Dr. Nathaniel. The Houghtons remained residents of that town until their deaths.
James Warren, son of Tilley, Jr., and Char- lotte (Dayton) Houghton, was born at Co- rinth, New York. September 1, 1856. Hle was graduated from Canandaigua Academy, 1876: studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Rochester, New York, in 1879. 1le began practice of the law at Saratoga Springs in 1880, was elected judge of Saratoga county. New York, in 1888, and re-elected success- ively until 1899. when he resigned, having been appointed to the supreme bench of the state of New York by Governor Roosevelt in December, 1899. In 1900 he was elected a justice of the supreme court of the state of New York for the fourth judicial district, for a full term of fourteen years. In September, 1903, he was designated to serve as associate justice, appellate division, third department, and relieved from this designation, October 28, 1905, and immediately designated associate justice, appellate division, first department. and on January 1, 1910, he was again desig- nated to serve as associate justice of the ap- pellate division, third department. Judge Houghton married. 1884. Elizabeth M. Smith, of Saratoga Springs, and has a son, James T., recently graduated from Harvard Medical College, and a daughter, Elizabeth.
The earliest Stroud record is STROUD of Jacob Stroud, of Amwell, New Jersey, 1735. He with three brothers entered the provincial army and were at the battles of Fort William Henry and Quebec, where Jacob Stroud, John Fish and Matthias Hutchinson, being the three sol- (liers nearest General Wolfe when he fell, car- ried him to a sheltered spot where he died. One of the Stroud brothers was killed on the "Plains of Abraham" during the battle. Ja- cob Stroud returned to New Jersey and later settled in Pennsylvania, where he founded the town of Stroudsburg. He afterward fought in the war of the revolution, became a colonel in rank, commanded at Fort Penn, and was a member of the constitutional convention that framed the first constitution of the state of Pennsylvania. He died 1806 and was then the owner of four thousand acres of land in and around Stroudsburg. Nothing definite seems to be known of the other two surviving broth- ers. They evidently settled in Massachusetts, as four of that name served in the revolution- ary war from that state. George. Prince, Wil- liam of Sherburne, and another William. The family in Ballston Spa, New York, descends from one of the two brothers before men- tioned.
(1) The first of the family of whom we have direct record is John Stroud, a descend-
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ant of George Stroud, the revolutionary sol- dier. He lived in or near Sherburne, Massa- chusetts, where he married and reared a fam- ily. He had several daughters and sons. John, Dolman. Charles, Ira and Sylvanus.
(II) Ira, son of John Stroud, was for many years engaged in milling, farming and mer- chandising. His mills and store were located near North Adams, Massachusetts. He had previous to settling there resided in Stamford, Vermont. In 1866 he disposed of his North Adams properties and removed to the town of Cambridge, Washington county, New York, where he died. He married Dolly, daughter of Colonel William McElwain, of Massachu- setts. Children: I. Corridon, deceased. 2. Elizabeth, married A. J. Houghton, of Bos- ton, Massachusetts. 3. Harriet, married Ed- mund B. Penniman. 4. Charles, lawyer of Hoosick Falls, New York. 5. Sylvanus I., of further mention.
(III ) Sylvanus I., youngest son of Ira and Dolly (McElwain ) Stroud, was born in Stam- ford, Vermont, September 22, 1843. Later he removed with his parents to North Adams, Massachusetts, and he was educated in the public schools of these towns. He was en- gaged with his father in business for several years, but abandoned the farm to follow an- other line of activity. He first became pro- prietor of the Union House at Cambridge, New York, and in 1876 removed to St. Al- bans, Vermont, where he conducted the Amer- ican House, continuing a most successful busi- ness there until 1893, when he sold out and bought the Medberry House at Ballston Spa, New York. After several years spent there he purchased a farm on the outskirts of the village which he operated as a stock and breeding farm. specializing in high-grade horses. He served during the civil war, first with the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsular campaign, under General Hunt, be- ing in charge of an ambulance train. His second enlistment was in Company B, Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts, Volunteer Infantry (its third organization). He was mustered in July 16, 1864, enlisting for one hundred days. The regiment was organized at Reading, Mas- sachusetts, for one hundred days, July, 1864, and attached to the Third Brigade, Eighth Army Corps, Middle Department : mustered out November 10, 1864. Mr. Stroud was with his regiment during this entire period, rank- ing as sergeant ; was mustered out with the regiment at expiration of term of service. He enlisted from the town of Adams, Massachu- setts, at the age of twenty. Ile has had a busy, successful business career and now is happily situated to pass his declining years. He mar-
ried, January 24, 1872, Adeline C. Russell, born in Cambridge, New York, October 13, 1851. Child, Lamont Russell, born November 13. 1872; graduate of St. Albans, Vermont, high school, class of 1892; spent one year at Boston Polytechnic Institute, entered Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute, graduating as civil engineer ; he has followed his profession since graduation in different parts of the United States, now (1910) traveling in Europe.
Adeline C. ( Russell) Stroud is a grand- daughter of David Russell, born at Malone, New York, married and had Mortimer, Wil- liam, Alvin, John, Sydney, David, Eliza Ann and Emmeline. John Russell, son of David Russell, was born December 28, 1816, at He- bron, New York; was a farmer of the town of Hartford and Jackson, New York. Dur- ing the civil war he sold his farm and removed to Washington county, New York, where he was first a resident of Cambridge, later of Sa- lem, where he died and is buried. He mar- ried. March 5, 1839. Louise Ann Townsend, of Hartford, New York, born December 26, 1817, died December 15. 1891. Children : I. Ma- rion E., born March 28, 1840, died April 8, 1842. 2. Marvin, born January 18, 1842, died' July II, 1842. 3. Anna May, born July 16, 1857, died March 5. 1901, at Luxor, Egypt. where she is buried ; she was an accomplished linguist, an extensive traveler and a writer of high reputation. 4. Adeline C., married Syl- vanus I. Stroud.
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