Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Lyon and Margaret Armstrong




Husband John Lyon 1 2 3 4

           Born:  - ? Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1780 2 3
         Buried:  - Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA


         Father: William Lyon (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: 


       Marriage:  - Ireland



Wife Margaret Armstrong 2 3

            AKA: Mary Armstrong 4
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1792 or 1793 3 4
         Buried:  - Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA


         Father: [Father] Armstrong (      -      )
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William Lyon 1 3 4 5 6 7 8

           Born: 17 Mar 1729 - Ireland 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1809 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alice Armstrong (      -      ) 4 9 10
           Marr: 1756 9
         Spouse: Ann Fleming (      -      ) 8 9 11
           Marr: 1768 9


2 M James Lyon 3 4 6 12

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Mifflin Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Martin (      -      ) 13
           Marr: Ireland


3 M Col. Samuel Lyon 1 4 13 14 15 16

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eleanor Blaine (1750-1795) 1 4 15 17


4 M John Lyon 1 3 4 6

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1820 - Butler Co, PA 3 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Harris (      -      ) 1 4 6 18


5 F Mary "Molly" Lyon 1 3 4 6 13

           Born: Apr 1748 - Ireland 19
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Oct 1811 - ? Tuscarora Valley, PA 20
         Buried:  - Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA
         Spouse: Benjamin Lyon (1752-1826) 1 4 13
           Marr: 1780 19


6 F Frances "Fanny" Lyon 1 3 4 6 13

            AKA: Fanny Lyons 21
           Born: 1752 - Ireland 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1839 13 21
         Buried:  - Tuscarora Cemetery, Tuscarora, Juniata Co, PA 13
         Spouse: 'Squire William Graham (1753-1813) 4 13 21


7 F Margaret Alice Lyon 3 4 6 13

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas Anderson (      -      ) 4 13
           Marr: Ireland


8 F Agnes Lyon 3 4 6 13

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - John Lyon


He and his family emigrated from Enniskillen County, province of Ulster, Ireland, to the province of Pennsylvania in the year 1763, settling in Cumberland County, now Milford township, Juniata County, about two miles west of Mifflintown. The warrant for the land of two hundred and seventy-three acres which was granted, is dated September 18, 1766. The province granted, in 1773, John Lyon and others twenty acres of land for use of the Presbyterian church of Tuscarora, where the remains of Mr. Lyon were interred.
The will of John Lyon was dated December 3, 1779.

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Sources


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

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

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

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

5 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 922.

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

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 78.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 79.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 385.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 385, 583.

12 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 647, 760.

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

14 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 479.

15 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 145.

16 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 643.

17 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 387.

18 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 870.

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

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

21 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 963.


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