Notes
Ref#253:
Richard (1580-c Jun 1640). Richard Lyman emigrated from High Onger,
Essex, England on the Lion and arrived in Roxbury, MA in November 1631.
He immigrated with his wife and children: Phillis, Richard, Sarah, John
(Sep 1623-), and Robert (Sep 1629-). Some years after arrival he joined
the Roxbury church. He may have moved to Cambridge, since he was part of
the 1635 settlement of Hartford, CT, which was founded by Cambridge
residents. In 1639, he won court damages against an Indian who had
burned Richard's hedge. Richard died in Hartford, probably died in May,
June, or early July 1640: he wrote his final will 22 April 1640, and
"wydowe Lymans" was noted by the witnesses on 24 July 1640. in 1635, w
He was part of the group that settled the Connecticut River and appears
in Hartford, CT records in 1640. He died in Hartford. Children:
Phillis m. William Hill in Roxbury; Richard, ancestor Sarah, John (Sep
1623-); and Robert (Sep 1629-).
Sarah Lyman was born in High Onger and married c1655 Sgt. John Ward in
Branford, CT. Her sister, Phillis Lyman, married William Hills of
Hartford, CT. Their daughter, Sarah Hills (1633-91) married by 1651 John
Ward turner. She married second Stephen Davies in Newark
Unclear whether the Ward ancestor is Sgt. John Ward or John Ward turner,
the former married Richard Lyman's daughter and the latter married
Richard Lyman's granddaughter.
SOURCES: Francis S. Drake, Town of Roxbury (1878); Trumbull, I
Connecticut Records vol. I.
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