Alexander LYON & Olive VAN BURGER

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Alexander LYON
Olive VAN BURGER

NOTICE: a patrilineal descendant of our subject is participating in the LYON Y-DNA Surname Project. Anyone who suspects he descends from our subject on a direct male line can support that connection with a Y-DNA test. For a discussion of results and lineages, please see the Haplogroup R1b-DF5 "Middlesex" Group.

Husband: Alexander LYON
Birth: 21 Apr 1776, Sandgate, Bennington Co., VT
Death: 20 Feb 1851, Town of Hector, Tompkins [now Schuyler] Co., NY
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b-DF5
Religion: Baptist (Deacon)

The problem with a connecton to Thomas is that he was married to Huldah in Cranston, Providence Co., RI. So how did Alexander end up born in Vermont?
Father said to be: Thomas LYON
Mother said to be: Huldah BURLINGAME

Marriage:

Wife: Olive VAN BUREN / BURGAH / VANBURGAH / Olive Ann BURGER / Olive VAN BURGER
Birth: 8 Nov 1778, West Springfield, Hampden Co., MA
Death: 3 Sep 1852, Town of Hector, Tompkins Co., NY

Children — born in Chenango Co., NY:

— born in Norwich, Chenango Co., NY:
1. James LYON, b. 20 Nov 1796
2. Roxylana LYON, b. 7 Mar 1798; d. 19 Dec 1892, Fluvanna, NY; m. Walter SIMMONS (1792-1856)
3. Esick LYON, b. 13 Dec 1799; d. 24 Aug 1841, Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY; m. Maria DAVIS (1806-)

— born in Norwich or Oxford, Chenango Co., NY:
4. Alvah LYON, b. 1804; 1880, living in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH; m. Wealtha __?__
5. Martha LYON, b. 1806; d. bef. 1852; m. 28 Dec 1820, Simeon R. LEWIS (1801-1880)
6. John LYON, b. 1807; d. Licking Co., OH; m1. Ann Francis WESTCOTT (1812-1841); m2. Rebecca CHAPIN (1812-1889)
7. Benjamin LYON, b. 8 Mar 1808; d. Busti, Chautauqua Co., NY; m. Mary Ann MATHEWS

— born in Oxford, Chenango Co., NY:
8. Ozro LYON, b. 10 Apr 1810; d. 25 Sep 1891, Farmington, Warren Co., PA; m. 23 Nov 1830, Seneca Co., NY, Emeline WILLIAMS (1813-1879)
9. Francisco LYON, b. 1811; d. young
10. Sophia Ann LYON, b. 20 Jun 1814; d. 16 Jun 1893, Hector, Schuyler Co., NY; m. Amos WESTCOTT (1806-1888)
11. Alexander LYON, b. 1816
12. Charles J. LYON, b. 12 Feb 1819; d. 11 Feb 1895, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., NY; m. 11 Sep 1839, Hester Ann CHAPIN (1817-1897)
13. Alanson E. LYON, b. 26 May 1822; d. 18 Apr 1889, Jamestown Chautauqua Co., NY; m. Barbara Ann NORTON (1824-1904)

Grandchildren or Great-grandchildren — all born in NY:

. Esach LYON, b. 1840/1
. Alonzo LYON, b. 1842/3
. Adelia LYON, b. 1844/5

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Sources (n.b., in New York, "towns" were the equivalent of the "townships" found in other states; Schuyler Co. was formed in 1854 from Tompkins, Steuben, and Chemung Cos.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 12; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800 NY Chenango Co. Town of Norwich Roll 28 p. 784-785 Ln. 8 Alexander Lyon 20110-10100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1790-1800 = Esick (b. 1799)
= James (b. 1796)

1 male 16-25 1774-1784 = Alexander (b. 1776)

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = older brother? brother-in-law?

1 female 9 or under 1790-1800 = Roxylana (b. 1798)

1 female 16-25 1774-1784 = Olive (b. 1778)

3. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 11; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 NY Chenango Co. [Town of] Oxford Roll 26 p. 1025 Ln. 20 Alexander Lyon 42010-11011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

4 males 9 or under 1800-1810 = Ozro (b. 1810)
= Benjamin (b. 1808)
= John (b. 1807)
= Alvah (b. 1804)

2 males 10-15 1794-1800 = Esick (b. 1799)
= James (b. 1796)

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Alexander (b. 1776)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Martha (b. 1806)

1 female 10-15 1794-1800 = Roxylana (b. 1798)

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Olive (b. 1778)

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = mother? mother-in-law?

Listed one line above a Daniel LYON and nine lines below another Daniel LYON, who is four lines below Samuel LYON.

4. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 10; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 NY Chenango Co. [Town of] Oxford Roll M33_66 p. 246 Ln. 21 Alexander Lion 320310-10111-0-200

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Charles (b. 1819)
= Alexander (b. 1816)
= Francisco (b. 1811) or Ozro (b. 1810)

2 males 10-15 1804-1810 = Ozro (b. 1810)
= Benjamin (b. 1808)
= John (b. 1807)

3 males 19-25* 1794-1801 = Alvah (b. 1804)
= Esick (b. 1799)
= James? (b. 1796)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Alexander (b. 1776)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Sophia (b. 1814)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Roxylana (b. 1798) or Martha? (b. 1806)

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Olive (b. 1778)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = mother? mother-in-law?

2 persons engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25, which means any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. So, for an accurate representation of the household, the number in column three should be subtracted from the number in column four. If, after the subtraction, any individuals remain in column four, then they have to be age 19-25, thus creating a "new," more precise age class.

Son James is married and enumerated on his own; if not, son James is being mixed up with the one who married Asenath SMITH. The rest of the males don't exact fit correctly, but this could easily be enumerator error. Roxylana is apparently also married, which means we either have the wrong birthyear for Martha, or the enumerator erred, because Martha didn't marry until December of 1820. Or was the census that late?

5. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - p. - Ln. - - - -

These data indicate:

6. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - pp. - Ln. - - - - - -

These data indicate:

7. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #97 of 149): The Town of Hector, Tompkins Co., NY, Roll M432_606, p. 407A, 707/709, enumerated 11 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Alex^r Lyon 73 M Farmer 3000 Vt

Olive " 72 F Mass

Esach " 9 M NY

Alonzo " 7 M "

There is an Adelia LYON (æ 5, b. NY) listed in the next household.

8. Philip Craig LYON. The Lyon Family Homepage — Kansas, Pennsylvania, & New York (user pages online at the FamilyTreeMaker web site).

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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