Died age 84 years.
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 1649. These three Scotch soldiers in Cromwell's army were on guard before the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Jan. 31, 1649, 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 Church. 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, N. J., he kept a tavern, was the town treasurer, and was one of its founders, with the Milford Colonists. Henry Lyon was brother to Thomas (1622) and Richard (1624) Lyon. Ref History of Union Co, NJ. [Beryl Meehan (#48054380)]∼One of the Founders of Newark, New Jersey. Came to Newark in 1666 from Fairfield, Conn., as a PURITAN, first arriving in the New World about 1630, with about 1000 other Puritans to form THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. First Treasurer of the city of Newark, in 1667. Held many more posts. Also, Newark's first tavern keeper. See "Lion Memorial" for a very descriptive account of Henry Lion.
For more information, please see this additional memorial for Henry Lyon
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 1649. These three Scotch soldiers in Cromwell's army were on guard before the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Jan. 31, 1649, 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 Church. 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, N. J., he kept a tavern, was the town treasurer, and was one of its founders, with the Milford Colonists. Henry Lyon was brother to Thomas (1622) and Richard (1624) Lyon. Ref History of Union Co, NJ. [Beryl Meehan (#48054380)]∼One of the Founders of Newark, New Jersey. Came to Newark in 1666 from Fairfield, Conn., as a PURITAN, first arriving in the New World about 1630, with about 1000 other Puritans to form THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. First Treasurer of the city of Newark, in 1667. Held many more posts. Also, Newark's first tavern keeper. See "Lion Memorial" for a very descriptive account of Henry Lion.
For more information, please see this additional memorial for Henry Lyon
Died age 84 years.
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 1649. These three Scotch soldiers in Cromwell's army were on guard before the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Jan. 31, 1649, 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 Church. 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, N. J., he kept a tavern, was the town treasurer, and was one of its founders, with the Milford Colonists. Henry Lyon was brother to Thomas (1622) and Richard (1624) Lyon. Ref History of Union Co, NJ. [Beryl Meehan (#48054380)]∼One of the Founders of Newark, New Jersey. Came to Newark in 1666 from Fairfield, Conn., as a PURITAN, first arriving in the New World about 1630, with about 1000 other Puritans to form THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. First Treasurer of the city of Newark, in 1667. Held many more posts. Also, Newark's first tavern keeper. See "Lion Memorial" for a very descriptive account of Henry Lion.
For more information, please see this additional memorial for Henry Lyon
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 1649. These three Scotch soldiers in Cromwell's army were on guard before the Banqueting House at Whitehall, Jan. 31, 1649, 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 Church. 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, N. J., he kept a tavern, was the town treasurer, and was one of its founders, with the Milford Colonists. Henry Lyon was brother to Thomas (1622) and Richard (1624) Lyon. Ref History of Union Co, NJ. [Beryl Meehan (#48054380)]∼One of the Founders of Newark, New Jersey. Came to Newark in 1666 from Fairfield, Conn., as a PURITAN, first arriving in the New World about 1630, with about 1000 other Puritans to form THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. First Treasurer of the city of Newark, in 1667. Held many more posts. Also, Newark's first tavern keeper. See "Lion Memorial" for a very descriptive account of Henry Lion.
For more information, please see this additional memorial for Henry Lyon
Inscription
aged 84y
Gravesite Details
Reinterred at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark in a mass grave.
