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Capt Ebenezer Lyon

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Capt Ebenezer Lyon

Birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
31 Mar 1739 (aged 68–69)
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Ebenezer was the son of Henry Lyon and Elizabeth Bateman.
He was born in Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey.
He married Elizabeth Winans.
He was the Captain of the sloop, "Three Sisters"
He died in Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey and his will was probated on 17 March 1739.

Bio contributed by Diane Gravlee.
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Military:1698, soldier in the Albany Expedition
Will: 22 Jan 1738/39, Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ. It mentions wife
Elizabeth (bequest of £50, etc., etc.); children: Elizabeth, wife of
Ephraim Clark; Darkis, wife of Ebenezer Stebbens; Susanna, wife of David Morehouse; Ebenezer Lyon, and, wife of John Thompson; grand-children: Peter Lyon, Ebenezer Wade, Bethia
Winans, Samuel and David Man, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Darkis,
Henry, Riderous, Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark, Elizabeth and Hannah
Thompson, David and Joanna Morehouse and Cornelius, Abigail and
Jacob Stebbens. Executors; friends, David Ogden, Attorney-at-Law,
Thomas Longworth, Isaac Lyon, Benjamin Clark, and Joseph Lyon
(all of Newark) and Joseph Tuttle of Hanover, N. J. Witnesses: Ben-
jamin Meeker, Samuel Meeker and Thomas Jackman. Probated
March 17, 1738-9.

Contributed by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner (#47643884).
Ebenezer was the son of Henry Lyon and Elizabeth Bateman.
He was born in Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey.
He married Elizabeth Winans.
He was the Captain of the sloop, "Three Sisters"
He died in Elizabeth, Union Co., New Jersey and his will was probated on 17 March 1739.

Bio contributed by Diane Gravlee.
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Military:1698, soldier in the Albany Expedition
Will: 22 Jan 1738/39, Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ. It mentions wife
Elizabeth (bequest of £50, etc., etc.); children: Elizabeth, wife of
Ephraim Clark; Darkis, wife of Ebenezer Stebbens; Susanna, wife of David Morehouse; Ebenezer Lyon, and, wife of John Thompson; grand-children: Peter Lyon, Ebenezer Wade, Bethia
Winans, Samuel and David Man, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Hannah, Darkis,
Henry, Riderous, Nathaniel and Ichabod Clark, Elizabeth and Hannah
Thompson, David and Joanna Morehouse and Cornelius, Abigail and
Jacob Stebbens. Executors; friends, David Ogden, Attorney-at-Law,
Thomas Longworth, Isaac Lyon, Benjamin Clark, and Joseph Lyon
(all of Newark) and Joseph Tuttle of Hanover, N. J. Witnesses: Ben-
jamin Meeker, Samuel Meeker and Thomas Jackman. Probated
March 17, 1738-9.

Contributed by Deborah (Hoffman) Weiner (#47643884).

Inscription

Here lyeth y" Body Of cap' Ebenezer Lyon who departed this life march ye 31 Anno Domini 1739. and in ye 69th year of his Age [both on one adjoined stone.] Here lyeth y" Body Of Elizabeth Lyon Who departed this life July the 1st Anno Domini 1739 and in ye 71 Year of her Age.



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  • Created by: Rich H.
  • Added: Mar 25, 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7289358/ebenezer-lyon: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Ebenezer Lyon (1670–31 Mar 1739), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7289358, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Rich H. (contributor 46489213).