Captain Theophilus Lyon

Male 1744 - 1824  (80 years)


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  • Name Theophilus Lyon 
    Title Captain 
    Birth 1 Apr 1744  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 1762, 1775-1778  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    French and Indian War
    American Revolution
    Alarm of Lexington - 19 Apr 1775
    Dorchester Camp 1775 
    Death 19 Apr 1824  Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1751, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Hannah Tilden,   b. 11 Jan 1715, Scituate, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1778, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1734  Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anne Adams,   b. 22 Aug 1745, Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1826, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 23 Aug 1766  Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Lyon,   b. 16 Nov 1767, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. James Lyon,   b. 7 Nov 1769, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1770, Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     3. Anne Lyon,   b. 26 Jun 1771, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Lucretia Lyon,   b. 28 Jul 1773, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Nancy Lyon,   b. 1774, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Oct 1813, Peeksville, Cortlandt, Westchester Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     6. Eunice Lyon,   b. 26 Jul 1775, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +7. John Adams Lyon,   b. 31 Jul 1777, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1840, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     8. Ruth Lyon,   b. Abt 1781   d. 6 Oct 1811, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years)
    Family ID F6794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Apr 1744 - Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Aug 1766 - Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - French and Indian War American Revolution Alarm of Lexington - 19 Apr 1775 Dorchester Camp 1775 - 1762, 1775-1778 - Stoughton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 19 Apr 1824 - Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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