Benjamin Lyon [2536]

  Research Notes:

Norfolk County, MA Probate Index 1793-1900
Given Name: Benjamin Surname: Lyon Year: 1798 RESIDENCE: Canton Nature of the Document: Will Case Number: 12066 --- See Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1687-1745, pg 98, www.ancestry.com

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a shoemaker, cordwainer in Dorchester, Massachusetts. "He apprenticed with James Baker, a noted shoemaker of Dorchester. A cordwainer is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather .

• He served in the military private in Capt. Abraham Wheeler's Minute Men on 19 Apr 1775 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ¹ Lemuel Robinson's Alarm. Service of 12 days

• He served in the military in Capt. Stephen Penniman's Co., Col. Dike's Regiment between Dec 1776 and Feb 1777 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ¹ Enlisted 13 Dec 1776 to serve to 1 Mar 1777.

• He had a residence before 1797 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. ¹

• He was educated at Milton(?) Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. ¹ Milton Academy was not founded until 1798. It is more likely that the school would be Governor's Academy. Formerly, "Dumm'r Charity School" and then
Governor Dummer Academy. The school was established in 1763, and is located in Byfield, Massachusetts , 50 km north of Boston . Paul Revere created the first seal for the school; John Quincy Adams served as secretary to the Board of Trustees.

• He was buried at the North Cemetery in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ³ Vol.3, p. Serial: 11127

Benjamin married Thankful Humphrey [3924] [MRIN: 961], daughter of Jacob Humphrey [3936] and Thankful Capen [3937], on 17 Jan 1754 in Massachusetts.¹ (Thankful Humphrey [3924] was born on 11 Mar 1733/34 in Massachusetts and died on 2 May 1760 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.)

Benjamin next married Rachael Stetson [3927] [MRIN: 1468] on 17 Sep 1761 in Massachusetts. (Rachael Stetson [3927] died on 19 Dec 1784 in Milton, Massachusetts ⁴.)

Benjamin next married Ruth Wentworth [3938] [MRIN: 1471] on 17 Nov 1785 in Massachusetts.¹ (Ruth Wentworth [3938] was born in Stoughton.)