Henry LYON

1623 - 1703  (80 years)

• Name	Henry LYON  [1]
  	Henry Lyon, one of the Lyons of Glen Lyon in Perthshire, Scotland, came to the Colonies with his two brothers, Thomas and Richard Lyon, in 1648. these three Scotch soldiers in Cromwell's army were on guard before the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Jan. 31, 1648, and witnessed the execution of King Charles I. Immediately after the regicide, they fled to America. Henry Lyon went to Milford, Conn., where he is first on record, Feb. 24, 1649, when he was admitted to Milford Chuch. He married in 1652, Elizabeth, daughter of William Bateman, of Fairfield, Conn., and was granted a home lot there. May 28, 1654, he was dismissed from Fairfield to Milford Church. In 1666 he came to Newark, NJ as one of its founders, with the Milford Colonist. At Newark he was the first Treasurer and first Keeper of the Ordinary. In 1673-4 he removed to Elizabethtown, where he was a large land owner and a merchant of extensive interests. Nov. 5, 1675, he was a Member of the General Assembly. August 11, 1681 he was appointed Justice of the Peace, in the Colonial period equivalent to Judge of the Supreme Court. February 4, 1681, he was Judge of the Small auses; February 28, 1681, a Member of the Governor's Council; December, 1682, Commissioner; November 26, 1684, Representative in the Council of Governor, etc., etc. Among his lands was 100 acres of upland, since known as Lyons Farms. he married a second wife, marry (?), about 1689-90. Returned to Newark, 1696, and died there in 1703. [1]
  Birth	abt. 1623	Glen Lyon in Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1703	Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey   [1]
  Death	23 Mar 1707	Essex County, New Jersey   [2]
  Burial	Old Burying Ground, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey   [2]
  Person ID	I77218	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	? LYON
  Mother	? UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F31186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth BATEMAN
  Marriage	1652	Milford, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph LYON,   b. Abt 1658-1660, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. 1726, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F31185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S6996] Sidney Elizabeth Lyon of Jeffersonville, Ind., Lyon Memorial, Families of Connecticut and New Jersey Including records of the Descendants of the immigrants of Richard Lyon of Fairfield and Henry Lyon of Fairfield. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.