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Thomas LYON of Rye
Martha Johanna WINTHROP
Mary HOYT
Notice:  A patrilineal descendant of our subject has been Y-DNA tested for the Lyon(s) DNA Surname Project.  Results indicate he is not closely related to Richard LYON of Fairfield or Henry LYON of Newark, long alleged to be his brothers.  Please see this page for results.
Husband:  Thomas LYON
Birth:  Dec 1621
Death:  8 Nov 1690, Byrum Neck, Fairfield Co., CT
Disposition:  buried Lyon Cemetery, Byrum Neck, Fairfield Co., CT
Y-DNA Haplogroup:  R-1b1b-2a1b (= R-P312)
Marriage-1:
Wife-1:  Martha Johanna WINTHROP
Birth:  9 May 1630, Groton Manor, co. Suffolk, England
Death:  ca. 1653, Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT
Uncle:  John WINTHROP (1606-1676), Governor of Connecticut
Father:  Henry WINTHROP (1608-1630), s/o John WINTHROP (1588-1649), Governor of Massachusetts
Stepfather:  Robert FEAKE, founded Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT, in 1640
Mother:  Elizabeth FONES, d/o Thomas FONES & Ann WINTHROP
Marriage-2:
Wife-2:  Mary HOYT
Birth:  1635, Charlestown, MA
Death:  Byrum Neck - Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT
Other Spouse:  m2. John WILSON
Father:  Simon HOYT, s/o John & Ruth HOYT
Mother:  Susanna SMITH
Children with Martha WINTHROP:
  1.  (Child) LYON, d. in infancy
  2.  Mary / Marie LYON, b. Aug 1649; d. bef. 1713; m. John WILLSON / WILSON
Children with Mary HOYT — born in Fairfield Co., CT: 
  3.  Abigail LYON, b. ca. 1654/5 
  4.  John LYON, b. 1655
  5.  Thomas LYON, b. 1673
  6.  Samuel LYON; d. ca. 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT; apparently unmarried
  7.  Joseph LYON, b. 1677; d. 21 Feb 1761, Fairfield Co., CT; m. Sarah __?__
  8.  Elizabeth LYON; d. bef. Nov 1713; m. John MARSHALL
  9.  Deborah LYON; m. Mr. CONE / COVE
10.  Sarah LYON; m. Mr. MERRITT
Keywords for search engines:  genealogy; USA, US, United States, Connecticut

Sources:

1.  Clarence Almon Torrey.  1997.  New England Marriages Prior to 1700.  Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD.  On p. 481:
LYON, Thomas & 1/wf Joanna WINTHROP (1630-); ca 1647, 1649?; Fairfield
LYON, Thomas & 2/wf Mary HOYT, m/2 John WILSON...; ca 1654; Stamford, CT
Dates are birthyears of earliest known child, as an indicator of approximate year of marriage.  Locations are known residences of the husband.

2.  Miller, Robert B. & Albert Brown Lyons, eds.  1907. Lyon Memorial III:  New York Families Descended from the Immigrant Thomas Lyon of Rye.  Self-published. [W. Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI.]  539 pp.  (facsimile reprint available from Higginson Books; online at Ancestry.com):
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3.  Sir John Bernard Burke.  1939.  Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry.  16th ed.  Burke's Peerage, London (reprinted 1996 as Burke's American Families with British Ancestry.  Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD).  On p. 2572 (boldface added):
CHARLES ANDERSON BOSTON, of New York City, b. 30 Aug. 1863; m. Ethel Gustava, dau. of Edward Lyon, of New York City, a descendant of Richard Lyon, of Perthshire, Member of Cromwell's Army, who emigrated to America in 1648, son of John Lyon, of Auldbar, and grandson of Sir Thomas Lyon, styled Master of Glamis (d. 1608) and his wife, Eupheme, dau. of the 7th Earl of Morton.  Sir Thomas Lyon was the son of John Lyon, 7th Lord Glamis (see BURKE'S Peerage, STRATHMORE, E.).
On the assumption that our subject is Richard's brother, then this is Thomas's ancestry, too; however, there is no proof of the connection, and most sources show no issue for Sir John LYON and Euphemia GLEDSTANES

4.  David Dobson.  1985.  Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825.  Vol. 5.  Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-354).  On p. 145:
Primary Individual: Lyon, Thomas; Place: America; Year: 1649.
Date of emigration and intended destination or place and date of first mention of residence in the New World.  A majority of the data is (sic) on those who settled in Canada.

5.  Donald A. Whyte.  1986.  A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 2.  Magna Carta Book Co., Baltimore, MD (Broderbund CD-354).  On p. 80:
Primary Individual: Lyon, Thomas; Place: Connecticut; Year: 1621-1648.

6.  "English & Welsh Emigrant Index." The English Genealogist 4(2): 368-372 (Broderbund CD-354).  On p. 370:
Primary Individual: Lyon, Thomas; Place: Connecticut.

7.  Meredith B. Colket, Jr.  1975.  Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657.  General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, Cleveland, OH (Broderbund CD-354).  On p. 185:
Primary Individual: Lyon, Thomas; Place: Connecticut; Year: 1647.

8.  Colonial America, 1607-1789 CT Census Index (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):
Lyon, Richard CT Fairfield Co. Fairfield 1671
Lyon, Thomas CT Fairfield Co. Fairfield 1671

9.  From the "Book Notices" of the July, 1909, issue of the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 63, p. 303, reviewing:  Robert B. Miller & A.B. Lyons, eds.  1907. New York Famililes descended from the immigrant Thomas Lyon of Rye, with introductory chapter by Dr. G.W.A. Lyon on the English Lyon families.  William Graham Printing Co., Detroit, MI.
This third volume of the Lyon Memorials deals with the descendants of Thomas, who settled in Fairfield County, Conn.  These descendants soon removed to New York.  One of the most praiseworthy features of the volume is the index of places which covers all three books of the series and will be very helpful in finding any particular ancestor.  Supplements to volume one, which treats of the families of William of Roxbury and of Peter and George of Dorchester, and to volume two, which deals with the descendants of two brothers who went to Fairfield, Conn., are also included in this book in addition to the records of more than thirteen hundred descendants in these New York families.

9.  Descendants of Simon Hoyt.

10.  Message Nos. 146, 148, 152 in the Lyon Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

11.  Chris Lester's  Lester Family Genealogy web site [link died], citing Lyon Memorial volume.

12.  Family TreeMaker.  World Family Trees.  Vol. 38, Pedigree No. 115.

13.  Encyclopedia Britannica CD 98.

14.  GEDCOM provided by descendant.

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