Thomas Harris LYON & Mary KERR

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Thomas Harris LYON
Mary KERR

Husband: Thomas Harris LYON
Birth: 11 Apr 1779, Cumberland [now Juniata] Co., PA
Death: 10 Apr 1829, Butler Co., PA
Occupation: farmer
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b-CTS6889, "North Irish"
Father: John LYON
Mother: Mary HARRIS

Marriage: 16 Sep 1802, PA

Wife: Mary KERR
Birth: 1 Feb 1779
Death: ca. 27 Feb 1840
Occupation: homemaker

Children:

— born in PA:
1. John LYON, b. 1803; m1. Elizabeth HOWE; m2. Ruth WHITE
2. Sarah A. LYON; died in infancey
3. James Kerr LYON, b. ca. 1806; unmarried
4. Thomas Harris LYON, b. 1808; d. 6 Jan 1853; m Eleanor CAMPBELL

— born in Middlesex Twp., Butler Co., PA:
5. Mary Anne LYON, b. 1810-15; m. William REYNOLDS; no issue
6. Nancy McCully LYON, b. 1810-15; m. John C. MARSHALL
7. David Kerr LYON, b. 1815-20
8. Margaret Stewart LYON; d. age 4
9. Henry Baldwin LYON, b. 10 Jun 1819

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Sources (n.b., Cumberland Co. was formed in 1750 from Lancaster Co.; Mifflin Co. was formed in 1789 from Cumberland Co.; Juniata Co. was formed in 1831 from Mifflin Co.; Butler Co. was formed in 1800 from Allegheny Co.):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 3 — list was roughly alphabetized, indexed "G. Lyons"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1810 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll 46 p. 1051 Ln. 8 T Lyons 30010-00010-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 males 9 or under 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1808)
= James (b. ca. 1806)
= John (b. 1803)

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Thomas (b. 1779)

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Mary (b. 1779)

Listed two lines from Thomas's father, J. [John] LYON.

3. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 4; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1820 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll M33_98 p. 123 Ln. 19 Thomas Lyon 221110-20010-0-500

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = Henry (b. 1819)
= David

2 males 10-15 1804-1810 = Thomas (b. 1808)
= James (b. ca. 1806)

1 male 16-18 1801-1804 = John (b. 1803)

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = Thomas (b. 1779)

2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Nancy
= Mary Anne

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Mary (b. 1779)

5 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.

Listed next to Thomas's father, John LYON.

4. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #5 of 16; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

1830 PA Butler Co. Middlesex Twp. Roll M19-147 p. 23 Ln. 4 Mary Lyon 002 030 - 000 200 100

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 = Henry (b. 1819)
= David

3 males 20-29 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1808)
= James (b. ca. 1806)
= John (b. 1803)

2 females 15-19 1810-1815 = Nancy
= Mary Anne

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 = Mary (b. 1779)

. Robert Stewart. 1907. Colonel George Steuart and his wife Margaret Harris, their Ancestors and Descendants, with Appendices of Related Families: A Genealogical History. Self-published (online at GoogleBooks):

p. 438 APPENDIX No. XXIII
DESCENDANTS OF JOHN LYON² AND MARY HARRIS² ...
I.— THOMAS HARRIS LYON¹ ; b. Apr. 11, 1779 ; d. in Butler Co., Pa., in 1829 ; m. Sep, 1802, Mary Kerr of Butler Co. ; children:—
1. John Lyon⁵ ; m. first, Elizabeth Howe, dau. of Daniel Howe, a Maryland Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Allegheny Co., Pa. ; m. secondly, Ruth White, sister of Johnston White ; children...

p. 439 ...
2. Sarah A. Lyon¹ ; d. an infant.
3. James Kerr Lyon ; unmarried.
4. Thomas Harris Lyon² ; m. Eleanor Campbell...
5. Mary Anne Lyon¹, m. Wm. Reynolds, of N.Y. ; no issue.
6. Nancy McCully Lyon ; m. John C. Marshall.
7. David Kerr Lyon.
8. Margaret Stewart Lyon ; d. aged four years.
9. Henry Baldwin Lyon...

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

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