John LYON & Mary COVERT

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John LYON
Mary COVERT

Husband: John LYON
Birth: 1 Jan 1745/6, German Valley [now Long Valley], Morris Co., NJ
Death: 2 Mar 1814, Hampshire Co., VA [now WV]

Secondary sources do not agree on the identity of our subject's parent. I have no idea which, if any, is correct.

Marriage:

Wife: Mary COVERT
Birth: 5 Jul 1747, NJ
Death apparently: 1810-20, Hampshire Co., VA [now WV]

Children — born in Morris Co., NJ:

Given Mary's age, there were probably earlier children, and Mary is just
young enough to be the mother of the young adults in the 1810 census,
so there were later children as well.

1. Elijah LYON, b. 8 Dec 1776
2. Elisha LYON, b. 8 Dec 1776

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Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2a. Hampshire County Tax Enumeration Lists, 1782 & 1784 (online at the Hardy County WVGenWeb site): no LYON(S), but not complete.

2b. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1786 Tax List Lyon, John NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

1787 Tax List Lyon, John NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

Lyon, Aaron NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

Lyon, Abe NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

1789 Tax List Lyon, John NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

Lyon, Aaron NJ Morris Co. Hanover Twp

These are all the LYON(S) records in Morris Co., NJ, on this CD, which is a mixture of tax lists, petitions, voter registrations lists, local censuses, etc.

3. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1790 censuses of both New Jersey and Virginia were lost.

4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1800 censuses of both New Jersey and Virginia were lost.

5. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #58 of 79; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 VA [now WV] Hampshire Co. Roll 69 p. 815 Ln. 9 John Lyons 10101-00301-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = grandson?

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = Son? Son-in-law?

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = John (b. 1745/6)

3 females 16-25 1784-1794 = Daughter? Daughter-in-law?
= Daughter?
= Daughter?

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Mary (b. 1747)

It's hard to know who is in the household at this point, but it does look like they had more children than just the two twin boys, Elijah and Elisha, who are listed next to them.

6. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found.

7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

8. WorldConnect / WorldTree (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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