Benjamin Lyon and Mary "Molly" Lyon

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Husband Benjamin Lyon ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1752 - Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1826 - Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Lyon (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1780 5

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Wife Mary "Molly" Lyon ^{1 2 3 6 7}

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           Born: Apr 1748 - Ireland 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1811 - ? Tuscarora Valley, PA 8
         Buried:  - Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA

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         Father: John Lyon (      -1780) 1 3 7 9
         Mother: Margaret Armstrong (      -1792/1793) 7 9

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth "Betsy" Lyon ⁸

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           Born: 15 Dec 1780 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jan 1849 8
         Buried:  - Green Hill Presbyterian Church, Fulton Co, PA

         Spouse: James Lyon (1786-1872) 1 10
           Marr: 12 Apr 1808 11

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2 M John Lyon ^{8 12}

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           Born: 11 Aug 1782 - Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1868 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 13
         Buried:  - Allegheny Cemetery

         Spouse: Jean Maclay (1783-1809) 12 14 15
           Marr: 29 Apr 1808 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 16

         Spouse: Ann (Nancy) Patton (Abt 1791-1817) 16 17
           Marr: 7 Sep 1814 16

         Spouse: Margaret A. Stewart (1796-1835) 16
           Marr: 20 Jul 1820 16

         Spouse: Ann Parr Hubley (1788-1884) 18
           Marr: 1838 18

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3 M James Lyon ⁸

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           Born: 12 Apr 1787 - Northumberland, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Aug 1851 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ann Forman (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 25 Apr 1811 18

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4 F Margaret Lyon ⁸

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           Born: Abt 1793
     Christened: 
           Died: 1818 - Pennsylvania Furnace, Centre Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Bellefonte Cemetery, Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Lyon

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He was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, and emigrated with the family of his uncle, John Lyon, in 1763, finally settling in Milford township, Cumberland (later Juniata) County, where he was assessed as a single freeman in 1775. He enlisted in the Revolutionary cause and was in Captain Hendrick's company of riflemen from Cumberland County in the expedition against Quebec, commanded by General Arnold. It is an interesting fact that Benjamin Lyon's Bible was found one hundred years afterwards in the Du Plante family, in the parish of St. Franscois on the Chaudiere river, Canada, down which the expedition passed. (See Henry's Narrative, Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. XV.) Returning, he participated in the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776; was recommended by General Hand to General Washington for promotion, and appointed lieutenant, September 25, 1776. His regiment was engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, et alios. Promoted to first lieutenant, July 16, 1777, and to a captaincy, December 8, 1778.
The hardships of the service affected his health, and, as a consequence, his resignation ensued in May, 1779, when he returned to Milford township. (See Pennsylvania Archives, second series, "Pennsylvania in the Revolution.") He removed about four years after his marriage to Northumberland, Pennsylvania, and returned to Tuscarora valley about the year 1800, where he remained till his wife's death, in 1811, when he went to reside with his daughter, Elizabeth, in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, where he died. Advanced in years, he appeared as a man above medium height, rather full in the face, with florid complexion, blunt in manner, and plain in speech. By act of March 14, 1818, he received an annuity from the State on account of his Revolutionary services.

1 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 760.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 383.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 900.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 384.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 389.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 390.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 12.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 386.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 393.

12 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 823.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 394.

14 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 82.

15 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 148.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 395.

17 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 219.

18 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 396.