Brief Life History of Dorothy
When Dorothy Lyman was born on 8 June 1665, in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Lyman, was 41 and her mother, Dorcas Plumb, was 30. She married Jabez Brockett on 20 November 1691, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1665. She died on 1 May 1735, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 69.
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- Dorothy Lyman, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Dorithy Limon, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Dorothy Lyman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1667
Created the town on October 10, 1667.
1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
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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