Mary Lyman

1 December 1789–26 December 1875 (Age 86)
Brookfield, Orange, Republic of Vermont

The Life Summary of Mary

When Mary Lyman was born on 1 December 1789, in Brookfield, Orange, Republic of Vermont, her father, Elijah Lyman, was 25 and her mother, Mary Waterman, was 21. She married Maj. Dan Storrs in 1813, in Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 December 1875, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

Maj. Dan Storrs
1788–1863
Mary Lyman
1789–1875
Marriage: 1813
Lucinda Howe Storrs
1814–1895
Col Dan Storrs
1816–1896
Mary A. Storrs
1818–1882

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1813Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (5)

    World Events (8)

    1791
    Age 2
    Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
    1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
    Age 19
    In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 
    1812
    Age 23
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Lymon
    Layman
    Leiman

    Sources (9)

    • Mary Lyman in entry for Dan Storrs, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
    • Mary Stoors in household of Dan Stoors, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Mary Lyman, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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