Genealogy of the Lyman Family in Great Britain & America: The Ancestors ...
By Lyman Coleman

I. Sir Robert Umfreville, knight, Lord of Tours and Vian in Normandy, commonly called "Robert with a beard," kinsman to William the Conqueror, with whom he came into England, and who in the 10th year of his reign gave him the forest of Riddesdale with all the castles, manors, lands and wood, pastures, waters and pools which were formerly possessed by Mildred the son of Akmau, lord of Riddesdale, and which came to the king upon his conquest of England, to hold the same by the service of defending that part of the country from thieves and wolves with the sword which king William had by his side when he entered Northumberland.
By that grant he had also authority for hearing, determining, and judging ail pleas of the crown as well as others happening within the precincts of Riddesdule by any proper officer for the time being according to the laws and cuitouii of the realms.

II. Gilbert de Umfreville who, in the time of Henry I, gave a rent-charge of twenty-two solidos per annum unto the monks of Tewksbury for the soul of his wife.

III. Sir Robert de Umfreville, knight, Lord Baron of Prudhoe, and Lord of Riddesdale, county Northumberland, living 3lst Henry I, 5th Stephen and let Henry II.

IV. Sir Odowell de Umfreville, knight, who on the collection of the scutage, 8th, and 18th Henry II, paid 40 solidos upon the assignment of the scutage on those who Bent not in their certificates of the fees they held of this Odowell, a monk of Tynemouth, grievously complained about that time for his exactions upon his neighbors to repair the root" of his castle Prudhoe, which he presumed to do because he was the chief person in that county and partly through the interest he liad at court by a great man having married his daughter. In the 20th Henry II, his castle of Harbotell was taken by the Scots, and his castle of Prudhoe besieged, but Robert de Stuteville, then sheriff of York, with the help of some northern barons timely relieved it.
In 23d Henry II, he was one of the witnesses to the king's arbitration between the king of Castile and Sancho, king of Navarre.

V. Robert de Umfreville, only son and heir, died in the lifetime of his father 29th Henry II.

VI. Sir Richard de Umfreville, knight, who in the 6th Richard I, gave £100 to the king for remitting that fiue which he had made with the bishop of Durham, when the county of Northumberland was on the bishop's hands and that he might enjoy the king's favor 'hough he did not go into Ireland in that expedition then made thither. In 7th Richard I, he stood indebted to Aaron, the Jew, in the sum of £23 6 8 for which his land in Turuay was engaged. In 5th John he had a grant of divers lands in Riddesdale. In the 14th John, the times being then turbulent, he delivered up his four sons in hostage with his castle of Prudhoe to secure his fidelity, so that in case he should thenceforth transgress, all to be forfeited, and his body to be disposed of as a traitor's, nevertheless so little did he regard this his great obligation, he joined the barons in arm, 17th John, for which his lands were seized and given to Hugh de Balliol; but soon after Henry III began to reign, and the times becoming more calm and quiet, he had restoration of his castle of Prudhoe notwithstanding the king had no confidence in him or regard. He, the king, discovered that ho forfeited his castle of Prudhoe, and thereupon, in the 6th of his reign directed his precept to the sheriff of Northumberland to impanel a jury of twelve knights of that county to view, and having done so to destroy whatever had beeu added thereto in point of fortification since the war. He held the baronetcy of Prudhoe of the king by his service of two knights' fees and a half, as all his ancestors had doue from the time of Heury I. Ob. 2d Ueury III.
He m. Matilda de Torrington,cou8in and co-heir to Mathew Lord, of Torrins»ton.

VII. Gilbert de Umfreville. Lord Umfreville, of Prudhoe, doing his homage, and £1.00 for his relief, and livings of his lands 2d Henry III, and in 13th Henry III, he was one of the northern barons appointed by the king to be at Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, before mid-lent, thence toattend Alexander, king of Scotland, to York, where King Heury met him. In 17th Henry III, doing his homage, also had livery of the lands of his cousin, Matthew de Torrington, who died without issue. lu 24th Henry III, he gives a fine of 100 marks over and above his scutage to be freed from attending the king in Gascoigno. Died in Passion week. 29th Henry III, he gives a fee. He was called the famous baron, the flower aud keeper of the northern parts of England. Gilbert de Umfreville5, Earl of Angu3, Lord Umfreville, baron of Prudhoe, lord of Riddesdale, being an infant at the death of his father, 29th Henry HI, his wardship was committed to Simon de Montford, earl of Leicester, he paying 10,000 marks to the king for the same. In 43d Henry HI, being then of age, upon the collection of the scutage of Wales, he paid £11 12 0 for five knights' fees, and a half and a fourth and the twentieth part of the fees of Matthew de Torrington. He held the manor of Prudhoe, likewise Riddesdale by the royal power. In the 49th Henry III. being then in arms with the barons, for awhile he did no mischief, but in 3d Ed. I, Walter de Swethorpe came to the king and made a sad complaint against him, setting forth that after the end of the troubles, and peace being proclaimed and published by the king, Henry III, this Earl Gilbert did seize upon him and keep him in prison in the castle of Harbottel, until he had given him 100 marks. The king, therefore, directed his precept to two persons to hear aud determine this injury. He was onstituted governor of the castles of Dundee and Forfar, and of the whole territory of Angus, in Scotland. In 23d Ed. I, he was summoned to parliament as lord Umfreville, and 25th Ed. I, he was summoned as earl of Angus. Died 1st Ed. U, 1307.
The wife of this Gilbert* was Matilda, Countess of Angus, a lineal descendant from Malcolm III, king of Scotland, slain at Alnwick castle, co. Northumberland, A. D. 1093.
Three of his sons succeeded to the throne. I. Edward, d. 1097, s. p. (i. e., without issue). II. Alexander, d. 1124, s. p. III. David, d. 1153, m. Maud, dau. of the earl of Northumberland. His son Henry, m. Adama, dau. of William Earle, of Warren, d. 1152.
; Children:
1. William the Lion, king of Scotland, d. 1214. II. David, earl of Huntingdon. III. Ada m. Gilchrist, 3d earl of Angus, who performed rnauy glorious exploits in king William's wars: Issue: Duncan, 4th earl of Augus.
2. Issue: Malcolm, 5th earl of Angus, m Mary, dau. and heir of Sir Humphrey Berkeley, knight, living 1225.
3. Issue: Matilda, countess of Angus in her own right, who m. | Gilbert de Umfreville.

IX. Gilbert de Umfreville, died in the lifetime of his father, 31st Edward L
Robert, Lord Umfreville, 2d son of Gilbert, 2d earl of Angus, had livery of his lands. 1st Ed. II, in which year he was one of the king's lieutenants of Scotlaud, and one of the governors of Scotland, and of the Scottish marshes. He was summoned to parliament from the 2d year of Ed. II, until the 18th Ed. II, when he died.
Gilbert de Umfreville, son of Robert, 3d earl of Angus, lord de Umfreville, in 5th Ed. III, favoring the title of Edward Buliol to the crowu of Scotland, and having afterwards uccompanied him into Scotland, obtained a great victory over David de Brus, king of Scotland. In 9th Ed. Ill, he was again in the wars of Scotland. In the 19th Ed. III, he was in the French wars, and in 20th Ed. III. he was commander-in-chief of the English army at the battle of Durham. He was summoned to parliament, from the 6th Ed. III, to 4 Richard II, when he died, Jan. 7, 4th Richard.

X. Sir Thomas de Umfreville, son of Gilbert, heir to his brother Sir Robert, who d., s. p., tit the lifetime of. his father, had living of the castle of Harbottel. He m. Joan, dau. of Lord Rodam, county of Northumberland.

XI. Sir Thomas de Urnfreville, knight, Lord de Riddesdale and Lord Kyme, 2d son and heir to his brother Sir Robert, living, time King Henry IV. Children:
1. Gilbert de Uuifreville, Earl of Kynie, a famous soldier in the French wars, in the time of Henry IV, and V, slain with Thomas Duke of Clarence and others. 1421, H. p.
2. Johanna, sister and co heir of Gilbert', earl of Kymc. She m. Sir William Lambert, knight of Owlton, 9tli Henry A"— XII in the pedigree of Elizabeth Lambert, wife of Thomas Lyman.
Thus the ancient and honorable lines of Lambert and Urnfreville unite in the marriage of Sir William Lambert and Johanna de Umfreville, and they become the ancestors of the Lyman family, by the marriage of their great-grand-daughter with Thomas Lyman, Esq., of Navistoke, county of Essex in England, in the time of Henry VII, who died A. D. 1509. .
This Thomas Lyman becomes the great-grandfather of Richard, the original immigrant to America, the succession being Thomas, Henry, John, Henry, Richard.
Henry, son of John of High Ongar, m. Elizabeth, name and date unknown, buried April 15, 1587, at Navistoke, leaving
Children:
1. Judith, bapt. at High Ougar, Nov. 2; buried Nov. 24, 1578.
2. Jane, bapt. at H. 0., Oct. 20, 1579; buried the 21st.
3. Richard, bapt. at H. 0., Oct. 30. 1580.
4. Henry, bapt. at H. 0 , Nov. 19.1581; buried at Navistoke, March 13, 1589.
5. Agnes, bapt. at H. 0 , Nov. 28. 1585.
6. Sarah, bapt. at H. O., Jan. 13. 1587.
Henry m.. 2d wife, Phillis, dau. of Richard Stane of H.O. , who, after the death of Henry, May 4, 1605, in. April, 1608, William Green of Luton.
Cliildren of Henry and Phillis:
7. Henry, bupt at H. 0., June 0, 1591.
8. William, bapt. at Navistokc, March 2, 1594.
9. Phillis, bapt. at N., May 12, 1597.
According to another record the second wife of Henry was Phillis Scott, who had issue as follows:
Childrm of Henry and Phillis Scott:
1. Richard, bapt. 1580. paid taxes 1610, 1627, 1629. In this year he sold all his laud and in 1631, sailed for America.





Henry, m. Elizabeth, went to America, and d. there childless.
3. Simon, m. Kenbruga.
Children of Simon and Kenbruga:
1 Richard, bapt. April 22, 1616.
2 Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 14, 1620.
4. Jndith, 1573; 5. Ruth, 1579; 6. Dionisia, 1585; 7. Mary,
1586, or'87.
Both records agree in the essential facts relating to Richard our ancestor, and the reader is left to his own conclusions.
Richard Lyman, the patriarch of all the Lymans recorded in this volume, and all of English descent in America, born in High Ongar, Essex Co., in England, about 25 miles east by south from London, was baptized, Oct. 30, 15S0. The date of his birth is not given. He married, date unknown, Sarah Osborne, danghter 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, Conn., about the year 1640,soon after the death of her husband. ,
Children, Second Generation: y
2 i William, buried at High Ongar, Aug. 23, 1615. .-.-.
3 2 Phillis, bapt Sept. 12, 1611 ; came to N. E., with his father; m. Win. Hills, of Hartford, became deaf. *
4 3 Richard, bapt. July 18, 1613, died young.
5 4 William, bapt. Sept. 8. and died in Nov., 1616.
6 5 Richard, bapt Feb. 24, 1617. *
7 6 Sarah. bapt. Feb. 8, 1620.*
8 7 Anne, bapi. April 12, 1621, died young.
9 8 John, bapt. 1623. according to his fathers will. *
10 9 Robert, b. Sept., 1629. as appears from bis father's will; m.in Northampton, 15 Nov., 1662. Hepzibah Bascom.*
Five of the children denoted by an asterisk*, came to New England with their parents, and all born and bapt. at High Ongar.