Captain Theophilus Lyon
1744 - 1824 (80 years)-
Name Theophilus Lyon Title Captain Birth 1 Apr 1744 Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Gender Male Military Service 1762, 1775-1778 Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA French and Indian War
American Revolution
Alarm of Lexington - 19 Apr 1775
Dorchester Camp 1775Death 19 Apr 1824 Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Notes - Served in the French and Indian War, 1762 in Capt Timothy Hamants
Company, aged 17 years.
Lyon, Theophilus, Stoughton.2d Lieutenant, Capt. Asahel Smith's
(Stoughton) co. of militia, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regt., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 9 days; also,
Lieutenant, Capt. William Bent's co.; return of [p.99] Gen. Heath's
regt., dated May 20, 1775; company stationed at Dorchester Camp; also,
Capt. Bent's co., Col. John Greaton's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1,
1775; engaged April 27, 1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, Capt.
Bent's co., 36th regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Oct. 5, 1775;
also, Captain, 9th co. (South co. of 1st Parish in Stoughton), Col.
Benjamin Gill's (3d Suffolk Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of
officers chosen in said regiment, dated Stoughton, March 22, 1776;
ordered in Council March 25, 1776, that said officers be commissioned;
reported commissioned March 23 [?], 1776; also, Captain, Col. Benjamin
Gill's regt.; service, 2 days; company marched from Stoughton to
Braintree March 22, 1776; also, Captain; pay roll of said Lyon's co.
made up for service from March 1, 1778, to April 9, 1778; company
marched to Castle Island under command of Lieut. Col. Samuel Peirce.
Theophilus was also Stoughton Town Clerk Pro Temp in Oct and Nov 1776.
Person ID I13182 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 29 Aug 2011
Father Elhanan Lyon, Jr., b. 7 Jun 1714, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 1751, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 37 years) Mother Hannah Tilden, b. 11 Jan 1715, Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 23 May 1778, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 63 years) Marriage 7 Dec 1734 Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Family ID F209 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anne Adams, b. 22 Aug 1745, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jan 1826, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) Marriage 23 Aug 1766 Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Children 1. Samuel Lyon, b. 16 Nov 1767, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 2. James Lyon, b. 7 Nov 1769, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 4 Mar 1770, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 0 years) 3. Anne Lyon, b. 26 Jun 1771, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 4. Lucretia Lyon, b. 28 Jul 1773, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA 5. Nancy Lyon, b. 1774, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 2 Oct 1813, Peeksville, Cortlandt, Westchester Co., New York, USA (Age 39 years) 6. Eunice Lyon, b. 26 Jul 1775, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA + 7. John Adams Lyon, b. 31 Jul 1777, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA d. Apr 1840, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 62 years) 8. Ruth Lyon, b. Abt 1781 d. 6 Oct 1811, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 30 years) Family ID F6794 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Served in the French and Indian War, 1762 in Capt Timothy Hamants
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