Richard Lyman, Sr.

Born High Onger, Essec, England, baptism 30 Oct 1580 High Onger, Essex, England, son of Henry Robert Lyman and Phyllis Elizabeth Rande. Richard Lyman Sr., immigrated to the America's on the Ship Lyon along with wife Sarah Osborn and children, They had 9 born in England 2 died as babies, and only 5 left with them. They were Phillis, Richard, Sarah, John, and Robert and they immigrated in 1631 arrived Boston 2 Nov 1631, the trip was 10 weeks. They left Massachusetts with over 100 people headed for Connecticut, where they were the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Picture of a Tower of Names of the Founders, errected int he Old Cemetery. Richard Lyman's name is the 11th down from the top. Richard and Sarah's son John Lyman married Dorcas Plumb. Their daughter Mary Lyman married John Halls and their son Lyman Halls (1724-1790) was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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  Richard Lyman was born about 1580 at High Ongar, Essex, England. He died June 3, 1662, at Northampton, Massachusetts^[1] His parents were Richard Lyman and Sarah Osborne. He married Hepzibah Ford, who was the mother of his children. The family resided at Windsor, Connecticut before moving to Northampton.

  In 1631 he sailed from Bristol, England, in the ship "Lion," with his entire family, landing in Boston, November 4, of the same year. He settled first in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he became a Freeman, and in 1635 removed to Connecticut where he was one of the original proprietors of
  

  Hartford. His death occurred in 1640.

  Richard Lyman married in England, Sarah Osborne, daughter of Roger Osborne of Halstead, Kent County, England. Their children, born at High Ongar, were:
  

  William, buried at High Ongar, August 28, 1615;

  Phyllis, baptised September 12, 1611, married William Hills;

  Richard, baptised July 18, 1613, died young;

  William, baptised September 8, 1616, died young;

  Richard, baptised February 24, 1617, married Hepzibah Ford, of Windsor, Connecticut;

  Sarah, baptised February, 1620;

  Ann, baptised April 12, 1621; died young;

  John, baptised 1623,

  and Robert, baptised September, 1629, married Hepzibah Bascom, November 15, 1662.

  The family lived at Windsor, Connecticut, and before 1650 removed to Northampton, Massachusetts.

  30 OCT 1580 in High Ongar, Essex, England

  * Death: 22 APR 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, CT

  * Emigration: AUG 1631 on the ship 'Lyon' with Andrew Warner and Stephen Hart

  * Baptism: 30 OCT 1580 High Ongar, Essex, England

  Son of Henry Lyman, XXIVth generation from King Alfred; born High Ongar, County Essex, England in 1580; settled Charlestown, MA in 1631; went with Hooker's colony to Hartford, CT in 1636. Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Frank R. Holmes, 1923, pg. cliv.

  From 1640 map of Hartford, CT. Lot is located between Thomas Bull and John Arnold on south side of "road from George Steele's to the south meadow and Giles Smith to Wm. Gibbons". Also on the south side of Little River.

  From "Genealogical and Family History of the State of CT" ed. by Cutter, Clement, Hart, et al, p. 728, Vol. 3, 1911 . Gives lineage from Alfred the Great, King of England to Richard RIN 191 and daughter Phillis RIN 188. Born at High Ongar, Essex, England and baptized 30 Oct 1580. Sold his lands in Norton

  Mandeville in Ongar in 1629. Embarked Aug 1631 with wife and 5 children on ship "Lion". Landed at Boston and settled first in Charlestown. Admitted as freeman on 11 Jun 1635. In Oct 1635 became one of first settlers of Hartford, CT. Lost cattle on the way. One of the original proprietors of Hartford. Will

  dated 22 Apr 1640 and proved 27 Jan 1642 with that of his wife who died soon after he died in 1640. [Date of marriage assumed to be prior to date of second child's baptism Phillis RIN 188 on 12 Sep 611.]

  From "The Mary and John" by Maude Kuhns, p. 14. His dates of life given 1580-1641. Son Robert, born 1629, married Hepzibah Bascomb in 1662. From p. 26 Richard Lyman 1617-1662, son of Richard Lyman RIN 191 and Sarah Osborn, came with his parents on ship Lyon.

  From "History of the First Church of Hartford 1633-1883" by George Leon Walker, 1884, p. 420. On 1639 list of proprietors.

  From "The Collins-Cadwell Genealogy" by Margaret Loquist, 1983, p. 293.

  Married to Sarah RIN 192. Made journey to Hartford, CT in 1635.

  From "The Pioneers of MA" by Charles H. Pope, 1981, p.296. Richard Lyman came to Roxbury (9) 1631 and brought children Phillis, Richard, Sarah and John. Removed to CT. Freeman 11 Jul 1633. Wife Sarah, daughter Phillis RIN 188 married William Hills. He died in 1640.

  From"The Colonial History of Hartford" by Wm. DeLoss Love, 1914. From p. 32, became settles of Hartford in 1636 soon after arrival from England. From p. 124 received 30 proportions of land from the division by a town meeting on 3 Jan 1639/40. From p. 156, an example of the average planter is the estate of Lyman when he died in 1641. He had suffered the loss of his cattle at the time of his removal to Hartford. In 1641 he had 4 cattle, 3 goats, 8 hogs and had planted that year 5 acres of Indian corn, 3 roods of peas and barley, an acre each of summer wheat, oats, and meslin (a mixture of wheat and rye). This shows the progress after 5 years of labor. From p. 322, early pioneer homes were log, about 20-30 feet long with a chimney at one end and a thatched roof. They were built to last until a frame building could be erected. Will of Lyman in 1641 suggests he lived in such a house as he names no rooms and he had on hand "squared tymber, planke, and board" necessary for a framed house.

  From "Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth" by N. Grier Parke, 1960, p. 148-9. Baptized at High Ongar, Essex, England on 30 Oct 1580. Died at Hartford, CT in 1640. Will dated 22 Apr 1640. Inventory dated 6 Sep 1641 valued over L83. Nine children listed with dates adn spouses.

  Married to Sarah ____ RIN 192, no date or place given. First child Phillis bapt. High Ongar in 1611. Family came to New England in Nov 1631 in the Lion with John Eliot and his party and settled in Roxbury, MA. Freeman of MA Bay on 11 Jun 1633. Eliot wrote that he was "an ancient christian but weake, yet after some time of tryal and quickening he joyned to the church". He removed to CT toward the winter and his cattle were lost in driving and some never found again. The winter caused a sickness and he died in 1640. In 1639, the Court Rolls of the manor of Pasfield Hall, High Ongar shows that Richard Lyman had surrendered the copyhold lands of the manor on 19 Sep 1631 just before he left

  for New England. He inherited these lands from his father Henry Lyman RIN 208.

  Documentation provided.

  Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 2

  ISSUE (b. AND BAP. AT HIGH ONGAR)

  RICHARD LYMAN was the son of Henry and Phillis (SCOTT) LYMAN of Saxon blood. He was b. in High Ongar, Essex Co., England, and bap. 30th Oct. 1580. In 1631, he sailed from Bristol, England, in the ship ?Lion,? with his entire family, landing in Boston, 4th Nov. of the same year. He settled first in Charlestown where he became a freeman, and 1635 removed to Connecticut where he became one of the original proptietors of Hartford. His death occurred in 1640. m. Sarah OSBORNE, dau. of Roger OSBORNE of Halstead, Kent Co., England.

  From Doneva Shepard's family at Ancestry .com World Tree; Updated: Feb 19, 2002

  Contact: Doneva Shepard :

  Richard Lyman emigrated from High Onger, Essex, England on the Lion and arrived in Roxbury, MA in November 1631. He immigrated with his wife and children: Phillis, Richard, Sarah, John (Sep 1623-), and Robert (Sep 1629-). Some years after arrival he joined the Roxbury church. He may have moved to Cambridge, since he was part of the 1635 settlement of Hartford, CT, which was founded by Cambridge residents. In 1639, he won court damages against an Indian who had burned Richard's hedge. Richard died in Hartford, probably died in May, June, or early July 1640: he wrote his final will 22 April 1640, and "wydowe Lymans" was noted by the witnesses on 24 July 1640. in 1635, w He was part of the group that settled the Connecticut River and appears in Hartford, CT records in 1640. He died in Hartford.

  Children: Phillis m. William Hill in Roxbury; Richard, ancestor Sarah, John (Sep 1623-); and Robert (Sep 1629-).

  GENEALOGY OF THE LYMAN FAMILY R 929.2 L978. "RICHARD LYMAN, the patriarch of all Lymans recorded in this volume and all of English descent in America, born in High Ongar, Essex co., England, about 25 miles east by south of London, was baptised October 30, 1580. The date of his birth is not given. He married, date unknown, Sarah Osborne, daughter of Roger Osborne, of Halstead in Kent. She went to America with her husband Richard and all their children, in 1631, and died in Hartford, Connecticut, about the year 1640, soon after the death of her husband.

  Sources

  • Coleman, Lyman, D.D.: Genealogy of the Lyman family in Great Britain & America, Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1872