Nathaniel LYON & Hephzibah RUGG

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Nathaniel LYON
Hephzibah RUGG

Husband: Nathaniel LYON
Birth: 1770, MA
Death (æ 66): 5 May 1836, Saranac, Clinton Co., NY
Disposition: buried Independence Cemetery, Saranac, Clinton Co., NY
Father may be: Barzillai LYON
Mother may be: Mary DAVENPORT

Marriage: 7 Dec 1796, Royalton, Windsor Co., VT

Wife: Hephzibah / Hepsibeth "Hepsa" RUGG
Birth: 15 Jul 1778, Princeton, Worcester Co., MA
Death (æ 68): 9 Mar 1846
Disposition: buried Independence Cemetery, Saranac, Clinton Co., NY

Children:

— born in Royalton, Windsor Co., VT:
1. Martha LYON, b. 2 Sep 1798; d. Jun 1898

— born in Moretown, Chittenden [now Washington] Co., VT:
2. Nancy LYON, b. 27 Jun 1801; d. 31 Jul 1891

— born in Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., NY:
3. [Frances] "Fanny" LYON, b. 1 Oct 1804; d. 11 Mar 1900, West Chazy, Clinton Co., NY
4. Eli LYON, b. 19 Nov 1807
5. Lewis LYON, b. 18 Sep 1814
6. Susan LYON, b. 5 Dec 1817; d. 4 Mar 1892

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Sources (n.b., Washington Co., VT, was formed in 1810 from Addison, Orange, Caledonia, and Chittenden Cos.):

1. Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908: Marriages (online at Ancestry.com):

Name of Bride Mehinsabath Rugg

Name of Groom Nathaniel Lyon

Residence of Groom Royalton

Date of Marriage December 7th, 1796

Name Party Officiating Abel Stevens, Justice Peace

Town Royalton

Town Cerk Abel Stevens

2. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 2; official enumeration date 4 Aug 1800; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1800 VT Chittenden [now Washington] Co. Moretown Roll M32_51 p. 34A/340 Ln. 3 Nathan Lyon 00010-10100-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1755-1774 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

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

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

Indexed as being in "Duxbury," but an examination of the record shows him in Moretown.

3. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 8 — indexed "Nattie"; official enumeration date 6 Aug 1810; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 NY Clinton Co. Plattsburgh Roll 30 p. 34A/888 Ln. 5 Nath^l Lyon 10100-21010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Eli (b. 1807)

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

2 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Fanny (b. 1804)
= Nancy (b. 1801)

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

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

Nathaniel is tallied in the wrong age column, but surely this is our subject. He's the only LYON(S) in Plattsburgh; the only other LYON(S) in the county are four in Peru.

4. 1820 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 12; official enumeration date 7 Aug 1820; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NY Clinton Co. Plattsburgh Roll M33_66 p. 462 Ln. 15 Lyon Nathaniel 110001-11010-0-100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Lewis (b. 1814)

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = Eli (b. 1807)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Susan (b. 1817)

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 = Fanny (b. 1804)

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Hephzibah

1 person engaged in agriculture

He's the only LYON(S)/LION(S) in Plattsburgh. There are two LYONs households in Peru.

5. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 6; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NY Clinton Co. Saranac Roll M19_85 p. 285 Ln. 27 Nathaniel Lyon 000 110 010 - 001 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 15-19 1810-1815 = Lewis (b. 1814)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Eli (b. 1807)

1 male 50-59 1770-1780 = Nathaniel (b. 1770)

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Susan (b. 1817)

1 female 50-59 1770-1780 = Hephzibah (b. 1778)

Theirs is the only LYON(S)/LION(S) household in Saranac. There are four LYONs households in Peru.

6. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 20; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NY Clinton Co. Saranac Roll 276 p. 284 Ln. 21 Hepsa Lyon 000 001 - 000 000 001 0200000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Eli (b. 1807)

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = Hephzibah (b. 1778)

2 persons employed in agriculture

Listed next to married son, Lewis LYON. They are the only two LYON(S)/LION(S) households in Saranac. There are four LYONs households in Peru.

7. Independence Cemetery, Saranac, Clinton County, New York (online at the Northern New York Tombstone Transcription Project):

Nathaniel LYON, / Died / May 5^th, 1836. / Aged / 66 years.

Hepsibeth LYON, / Died / March 9, 1846 / Aged 68 years.

8. Lyon(s) Families Association of America: Database (on CD as of 22 Feb 2010; these are member submissions).

9. Genealogy shared by descendant (PDF 23 Dec 2014).

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