Brief Life History 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 died on 26 December 1875, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Mary Stoors in household of Dan Stoors, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Lyman, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Mary Polly Lyman Storrs, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital
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
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.
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