William Lyon

1748 - 1830  (82 years)

• Name	William Lyon  [1]
  Birth	23 Feb 1747/8	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1830	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Person ID	I14568	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Lyon, (i),   b. 10 Apr 1716, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 31 Jan 1767, New Haven, CT (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Maltby,   b. 4 Sep 1724, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT d. 16 Oct 1810, New Haven, CT (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1746	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F6299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lois Mansfield, <,   b. 18 Apr 1747, New Haven, CT d. 28 Aug 1821, New Haven, CT (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	13 Jan 1772	New Haven (First Congregational Society), New Haven, CT   [3]
  Children	1. William Lyon, <,   b. 12 Jul 1772, {New Haven, CT} d. 26 Oct 1841 (Age 69 years)   2. Sarah Lyon,   b. 21 Jul 1775, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. 10 Mar 1840 (Age 64 years)   3. Elizabeth Lyon, <,   b. 2 Jul 1777, {New Haven, CT} d. 26 Nov 1851 (Age 74 years)   4. Mary Lyon, <,   b. 7 Oct 1780, {New Haven, CT} d. 12 Sep 1817 (Age 36 years)   5. Sophia Brainard Lyon, <,   b. 17 Mar 1782, {New Haven, CT} d. 31 Jan 1866 (Age 83 years)   6. Emilia Lyon, <,   b. Abt 1787, {New Haven, CT} d. 4 Mar 1869 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F6298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I31275&tree=Schirado. From Jacobus’ Bulkeley Genealogy: William was Clerk of Benedict Arnold’s 2nd Co., Governor’s Foot Guard, which responded in 1775 to the Lexington Alarm. He early exhibited remarkable mental power, being well prepared for Yale College at nine years of age. He was the first cashier and head of the old New Haven Bank, incorporated in 1792. Devoting the last twenty or thirty years of his life to intensive reading, and possessing an extraordblary memory, he was considered one of the great antiquarians and thoroughly versed historians in the country.  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I31275&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I31267&tree=Schirado. Children of William and Lois (Mansfield) Lyon: i. William, b. 12 Jul 1772, d. 26 Oct 1841; ii. Sarah, m. 1st Eli Sherman, m. 2nd Samuel Andrew Low; iii. Elizabeth, b. 2 Jul 1777, d. 26 Nov 1851; iv. Mary, b. 7 Oct 1780, d. 12 Sep 1817; v. Sophia Brainard, b. 17 Mar 1782, d. 31 Jan 1866, m. 1 Jan 1818 Rev. James Harvey Linsley (d. 26 Dec 1843); and vi. Emilia, b. ca. 1787, d. 4 Mar 1869 æ. 82, m. Joseph Bennett who d. before her.