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Baron Ingelram De Lions - b. abt. 1020 Foret De Lyons, Normandy, France - d. aft 1066
In 1066, he is credited with accompanying William the Conqueror. In recognition of service, he was given lands in Perthshire (Glen Lyon).
"The name Lions," says the Duchess of Cleveland [the Battle Abbey Roll], is derived from the castle and forest of Lions in Normandy". Ingelram de Lions came in 1066, and held Corsham and Culington from the King. He had Ranulph, whose brother, William de Lions, had a grant -
The pedigee line of Jame Andrew Lyons of Bunker Hill community, Bluff City, Tennessee
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Roger De Leone - b. abt. 1040 France- d. unknown Glen Lyon, Perthshire, Scotland
It is now a generally accepted that the Lyon' of Scotland are descendents of the de Leons from Normandy in north France. Roger De Leon came to Scotland to help Edgar, son of Malcolm III, in his fight against his uncle, Donald Bane, who wanted to take the throne at the end of the 11th century. For De Leon's support, he received lands in Perthshire., Glen Lyon, Scotland -
“He [Paganus De Leonne] claimed lineage from the ancient kings of Leone as twenty-third in descent from King Ataulphus, the Visigoth successor of Alaric (who sacked Rome in 409). King Ataulphus married Placida, sister of Honorius, Emperor of the East, son of the great Theodosius.”
Lyon(s) Family Association of America (Ted and Elenor Lyons, 524 Mark Lane, Belton, MO 64012-1829-10).
He is said to have accompanied Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Anjou, on the First Crusade -
Hugo de Leonibus, son of Paganus de Leonne or Leonibus, born in 1120, was "seized" of lands in the County of Norfolk, England, in the time of Henry II, and was also defendant in a "plea of lands" in the time of Richard Coeur de Lion in 1149.
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John De Leonibus/Lyon is said to be the first recorded user of the LYON surname.
(7) Children (2):
Pagan - b. abt. 1200 Norfolk, England
Walter Leonibus - 1206- d. bef. 1266; married Alicia -
Wife Ivette De Ferrers - b. 1205 Cambridge, England - d. btwn. 1183 - 1206 Cambridge, England; Her father: William De Ferrers
(8) Sons (2):
John De Lyon - 1225-1316
Thomas - b. 1230 -
(11) Son:
Sir John Lyon - 1320 Norfolk, England-Nov. 4, 1382 -
(12) Son: Sir Henry Lyon - 1355 Norfolk, England
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(14) Sons (2): John Henry - b. 1418 Ryslippe, Middlesex, England
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(15) Children (4)
Henry b. 1440 Ryslippe, Middlesex, England
John - b. 1450
Thomas - 1455-1550
William - 1460 -
(16) Sons (2):
John - 1510-1592
William -
Wife: Emma Hedde (17) Children (4)
John - 1510 Seventh Lord of Glamis
Henry
Thomas
Richard -
Wife: Jean - 1514-April 15, 1535 Ryslippe, Middlesex, England
(18) Children (3):
William - 1540-1624
Thomas - d. Feb. 16, 1608; married Agnes Gray
Margaret - 1545 Glamis, Angushire, Scotland -1626;
married Gilbert Earl of Cassillis -
1st Wife: Isabelle Wightman - b. abt. 1559 Harrow-On-The Hill, Middlesex, England
2nd Wife: Audry Deering (19) Children (6):
John - b. 1568
William - b. 1580 Little Stanmore, Middlesex, England-
1 Sept. 1, 1624, Little Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Isabelle - b. 1582
Audrey - b. 1548
Thomas - b. 1585
Richard - b. 1590 -
Wife: Margaret – b. 1594 Heston, London, England married abt. 1621 Fairfield, CT (20) Children (3):
Thomas – b.1621 Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
Henry – b. 1625 Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland
Richard –b. 1649 Glen Lyon, Perth, Scotland -
See page 336-341 of “Connecting The Lines: Our Deeper Roots” by Sherry Winebarger-Reeter swreeer@gmail.com; Henry Lyon was the 20th descendents of the De Leonne/Lyon family in our European line beginning before 1020 in Foret de Lyons (NE of Rouyn), Normandy, France and he was our first Lyon in America
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which originally contained the remains of the first settlers of Newark and their descendants but in 1890 the remains were removed to Newark's Fairmount Cemetery and placed in a crypt now marked by a statue honoring the city's founders; Henry Lyon came to America via Essex or Middlesex, England; ca. 1667 of 1st Treasurer oCity of Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey Colony; had 8 children; picture of grave statue
Wife: Elizabeth Bateman - 1631 Toppesfield, Essex, England -1688 Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ -
Wife: Elizabeth Ward – Jan. 24, 1660 Branford, CT- her Will was probated March 31, 1729 Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ
(3) Children (6):
Annas – d. abt. 1759
Isaac - 1691 Newark, NJ-Feb. 3, 1764
Thomas II - 1692 Newark, NJ-Dec. 29, 1758 Newark, NJ
Newark, NJ-Nov. 18, 1746 Newark, NJ
Penelope – d. 1759
Mattaniah – b. 1694, male
Elizabeth – d. Feb. 15, 1732 Newark, Essex, NJ Elizabeth – d. Feb. 1 -
Wife: Hannah Baldwin – 1690 Newark, NJ -Nov. 18, 1746 Newark, NJ; daughter of Ebeneezer Baldwin - b. 1864
(4) Children (4):
Unknown female – married Samuel Bond
Thomas, I - b. abt. 1717 Newark, Essex, NJ-1785 married
Temperance Baldwin
David – b. abt. 1722 Newark, Essex, NJ
Daniel - 1730 Newark, NJ-1796 Springfield, NJ; 1st
Wife: Elizabeth Force; 2nd Wife: Eunice Stephens -
Wife: Rebecca Temperance Baldwin – 1722 Newark, Essex, NJ-1785 Newark, Essex, NJ; (Father: Ebenezer Baldwin, Milford, New Haven, CT of English descent); she married Thomas Lyon at age 13 (5) Children (8): Sarah Stephen - b: 1736; married 1757 Morristown, NJ Enos – 1748-Sept. 23, 1830 Benjamin – b. Feb. 23, 1749 or 1750 Newark, NJ John - b. March 23, 1760 Morris Co., NJ - d. unknown
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Wives:
Anguish - b. abt. 1736-1738 Newark, Essex, NJ-1792 Mercer Co., KY; 1st Wife of Stephen Lyon: married 1757 Morristown, Morris Co., NJ
Nancy Bedford - 2nd Wife of Stephen Lyon
(6) Children of Stephen & Anguish Lyon (6):
David - b. Aug. 19, 1759 Newark, Essex, NJ
Joseph - 1959-1829
Ezekiel - 1959-1839
John - b. March 23, 1760 Morris Co., NJ
Mary - b. 1762
Samuel -
(27) Children (5)
Matthew
James
David
John – Jan 12, 1777 Hampshire Co., WVA-Oct. 1875
Jonesborough, TN
Ezekiel – b. abt. 1785 Hampshire Co., WVA - d. in TN;
married Marguerite – d. 1850 -
Moved from Hancock Co., TN to Carter Co., TN by 1830
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1st Wife our ancestor: Mary “Polly” Smith - b. abt. 1820 Carter Co., TN-d. abt. 1860 Carter Co., TN; Division 1, Carter Co., TN Mortality Records list a Mary Lyons age 40 and married who died in Dec. 1860 of neuralgia (misdiagnosis since neuralgia isn’t fatal) after 18 days of illness; married in 1839
2nd Wife: Mary Ann Hays – 1822 Carter Co., TN - d. unknown; married by Justice of the Peace J. B. Emmert -
He had 10 children by his two wives
1st wife our ancestor: Minnie Louisa Glover – b. abt. 1836 Sullivan Co., TN– d. abt. 1871 believed buried in an unmarked grave at Webb Cemetery, on right past dead end of Worley Vance Rd.,Sullivan Co., TN; married before 1858
2nd Wife: Katherine Carr Children of Landon C. Lyon & Louisa Glover-Lyon:
Caroline
Louisa J.
William Henry “Bill”
Sallie Elizabeth “Bessie”
Hester -
Changed famly surname to LYONS
1st of 3 wives-our ancestor: Florence Woods - Dec. 1872 Sullivan Co., TN – April 1912 of consumption (tuberculosis) at age 40 in Carter Co., TN buried in unmarked grave in Webb Cemetery. Sullivan Co., TN
Children of Bill & Florence Woods-Lyons:
James Andrew Jim”
Nannie
Lillie Belle
Bettie Hester Ann
Ida
Landon
Burlen “Burley”
William Jennings Bryant “Bryant”
George C. "Georgie" -
Resided Bunker Hill community of Sullivan Co., TNMarried Mary Lydia Scalf - October 14, 1884 parent’s farm April 10,
1970 Jones Cemetery, Sullivan Co., TN
(32) Daughters (5):
Ruby Elizabeth - married Otis Carver
Anna B. - 1st Husband: Clarence Woodrow Sams; 2nd
Husband: Ira Malone
Burlen James (female)- named for her uncle & father; married
Earl Morrj
Susie - married Charles Conley Winebarger
Ella Mae - married William F. Stout
Mary Lee - married Jewel Buckles -
(10) Children (4):
Adam - b. 1285 Norfolk, England
Richard - b. 1287
John De Lyon - b. 1285 Scotland -
In 1294, John De Lyoun was summoned for service against the Scots when Edward I imprisoned King John Baliot.
Wife: Margery De Ackle - b. 1226 Northamptonshire, England; Her father: Simon De Ackle, Northamptonshire, England
(9) Sons (2):
John De Lyon - b. abt. 1250 Norfolk, England
Sir Adam - b. 1255
