Thomas LYON & Eunice CRANDALL & Eunice BENNETT & Mercy BROWN

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Thomas LYON
Eunice CRANDALL
Eunice BENNETT
Mercy BROWN

WARNING: The only sources I can find, so far, are secondary, and the scenario they tout simply does not make sense, at least not before his marriage to Mercy BROWN. He clearly had a wife and most of his children well before his alleged marriage to Eunice CRANDALL.

Husband: Thomas LYON
Birth said to be: 1762, Susquehanna, Susquehanna Co., PA
Death: 27 Apr 1813, York, York Co. [now Toronto], ON
Disposition: buried Ft. Tompkins, Sackets Harbor, Jefferson Co., NY
Military Service: War of 1812: killed in the Battle of York
Father said to be: Thomas LYON
Mother said to be: Huldah BURLINGAME

Marriage-2: 1798

Wife-2: Eunice CRANDALL

Marriage-3: 1801, Chenango Co., NY

Wife-3: Eunice BENNETT
Birth: 21 Jan 1751, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., CT

Marriage-4: 4 Apr 1802, Norwich, Chenango Co., NY

Wife-4: Mercy BROWN
Birth: 1773/4, RI
Death: 31 Oct 1862, Guilford, Chenango Co., NY
Occupation: homemaker

WARNING: Secondary sources show the Mercy BROWN who married our subject as having had this prior spouse:
Other Spouse: m1. 2 Oct 1797, John SAWYER, b. 30 Apr 1771
Other Child: Joanna Brown SAWYER, b. 5 Mar 1815; d. 24 Mar 1848

However, that Mercy BROWN was born

Children with Wife-1:

1. Thomas LYON III
2. Rose Linda LYON, b. 1784

Children with Eunice BENNETT:

. (Daughter) LYON, b. 1794-1800

Children with Mercy BROWN — born in Chenango Co., NY:

. [Elizabeth] Betsy LYON, b. 10 Feb 1803, Oxford
. (Daughter) LYON, b. 1804-10; d. bef. 1830

. Morgan LYON, b. 16 Oct 1810, Norwich; d. 1 Apr 1893, Vergennes, Kent Co., MI
. William Brown LYON, b. 5 Jun 1812

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; Canada, Ontario; USA, US, United States, Connecticut, Michigan, New York

Sources (n.b., Chenango Co. was formed in 1798 from Herkimer and Tioga Cos.; in 1954, York Co. became part of the municipality of Toronto):

1. Marriage Record:

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

1800 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - p. - Ln. - - - -

These data indicate:

. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 9; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 NY Chenango Co. Norwich Roll 26 p. 228 Ln. 16 Thomas Lyon 02301-33010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 10-15 1794-1800 =

3 males 16-25 1784-1794 =

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Thomas (b. 1762)

3 females 9 or under 1800-1810 = Betsy (b. 1803)

3 females 10-15 1794-1800 =

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Mercy (b. 1773/4)

. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 14; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 NY Chenango Co. Norwich Roll M33_66 p. 392 Ln. 2 Mercy Lyon 110000-01101-0-000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = William (b. 1812)

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

1 female 10-15 1804-1810 =

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Betsy (b. 1803)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mercy (b. 1773/4)

. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21 of 44; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 NY Chenango Co. Norwich Roll M19-86 p. 166 Ln. 14 Mercy Lyon 000 200 - 000 000 010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 15-19 1810-1815 = William (b. 1812)
= Morgan (b. 1810)

1 female 50-59 1770-1780 = Mercy (b. 1773/4)

. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #21-22 of 32; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 NY Chenango Co. Guilford Roll 273 pp. 184A-184B Ln. 1 George Knapp Jnr 120 011 - 111 001 001 100 0/11/00000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = David (b. 1836)

2 males 5-9 1830-1835 = Charles (b. 1834)
= George (b. 1833)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = brother? brother-in-law?

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = George (b. 1802)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Sarah (b. 1837/8)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Jane (b. 1831)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Mary (b. 1826)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Betsy (b. 1803)

1 female 60-69 1770-1780 = Mercy LYON (b. 1773/4)

1 female 70-79 1760-1770 = George's mother?

1 person employed in agriculture

Mercy appears to be living with her married daughter, Betsey (LYON) KNAPP.

. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #52-53 of 62): Town of Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, Roll M432_488, pp. 307B-308A, 2562/2582, enumerated 2 Oct 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Knap 47 M Farmer 2500 RI

Betsy   " 47 F NY

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Jane Knap 19 F NY

George " 17 M Farmer "

Chas    " 16 M " "

David   " 14 M "

Sarah   " 12 F "

Frances " 9 F "

Henry   " 6 M "

Joseph " 3 M "

Mercy Lyon 76 F RI

Where's Mary Elizabeth? Mercy (BROWN) LYON is Betsy's mother.

. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #15 of 69): Guilford, Chenango Co., NY, Roll M653_734, p. 320B, PN 98, 777/100, enumerated 7 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Knapp 58 M 7350 2000 Rhode Island

Betsey    " 57 F New York

Mary E    " 31 F Teacher "

Sarah H   " 21 F Teacher "

Frances L " 19 F Teacher "

Henry M   " 17 M Student "

Joseph S " 13 M "

Mercy Lyon 85 F Rhode Island

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

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