LYON, Thomas Sr.^[1]

1621 - 1690  (69 years)

• Name	LYON, Thomas
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1621	Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt 1646	Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [4]
  	At the time of his marriage to Martha Johanna Winthrop, Thomas Lyon was of Stamford, Colonial Connecticut.
  _UID	BAC02E4CE12C6C41904723A880FC9BB81F9E
  Death	8 Nov 1690	Rye, Westchester County, Colonial New York   [2, 3]
  Burial	Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut   [3]
  	Lyon Cemetery, Bryam Neck,
  Person ID	I41550	Garys-Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2009

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F17808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	WINTHROP, Martha Joanna,   b. 9 May 1630, England, British Isles, United Kingdom d. Abt 1654 (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1647  [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. LYON, Mary,   b. Bef 2 Sep 1649
  Family ID	F15195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family 2	HAIGHT, Mary,   b. 20 Sep 1635, Upway, Dorchestor, Dorchestershire, England d. 1692, Simsbury, Hartford County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1654	Fairfield, [CCT], Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut   [2, 3]
  Children	1. LYON, Abigail,   b. 1655, Fairfield, [CCT], Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. 1713 (Age 58 years)   2. LYON, John,   b. 1658, Fairfield, [CCT], Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. 1736, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 78 years)   3. LYON, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1660, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. Nov 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 53 years)   4. LYON, Sarah,   b. Abt 1663, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut   5. LYON, Deborah,   b. Abt 1666, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut   6. LYON, Thomas Jr.,   b. 1673, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. May 1739, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 66 years)   7. LYON, Samuel,   b. Abt 1675, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 38 years)   8. LYON, Joseph,   b. 1677, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut d. 21 Feb 1761, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Colonial Connecticut (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F15198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2024

  
  

• Notes

  When Thomas Lyon married Martha Johanna Winthrop he expected to get the right to manage the affairs of her demented step-father, Robert Feake. He was sorely disappointed when William Hallett supplanted him and in protest he wrote a remarkable letter to Martha's grandfather, Governor John Winthrop. He referred to "my father being distracted," (referring to his wife's step-father's mental illness), "my father Feake going away sodingly," (from sodden; expressionless, dull, or stupid), and boldly accused his mother-in-law of adultery: "she openly confesses that she is married to him (William Hallett) and is with child." It is certain that Elizabeth (Fones/Winthrop) Feake was pregnant at this time, for she gave birth, probably towards the end of 1648/49 to a child known thereafter as William Hallett, Jr. The name precludes any suggestion that the child had been conceived by her husband, Robert Feake as he was in London some time after 1647. Moreover, included in the Lyon corresondence cited above, there is a letter dated 12 Feb 1648/49 addressed to her cousin and erstwhile father-in-law, Governor John Winthrop, which is signed by Elizabeth as Elizabeth Hallett, and also letters from William Hallett to Governor Winthrop whom he calls kinsman, thereby making it abudantly clear that William Hallett and Elizabeth claimed to be husband and wife, though her then current and legal husband, Robert Feake, was still very much alive. SOUR: @S48@ PAGE: Vol I p 410

  
  

• Sources

  [S960] Imported GEDCOM file fr Ken Erd Mar 2006. [S575] FTM-CD LI - Feake pp 387-431. Vol I p 408 [S574] Ged Cal Owen 20/5/02 cited by Ken Erd. [S856] "UNDERHILL GENEALOGY, VOL. V,". Vol V, p53