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                   8th ggf of Gordon Fisher
"RICHARD [LYMAN], Roxbury 1631, b. at High Ongar, where he was bapt. 30
Oct. 1580, came with Eliot, in the Lion, bring. says the ch. rec.
"Phillis, bapt. 12 Sept. 1611. at High Ongar; Richard, bapt. 24 Feb.
1618; Sarah, bapt. 8 Feb. 1621; John, b. Sept. 1623; and ano. "kn. now to
be Robert, b. Sept. 1629"; and it goes on to tell how he went to Conn.
"when the gr. removal was made," and suffer. greatly in the loss of his
cattle; wasfreem. 11 June 1633, and among the orig. proprs. of Hartford,
where he d. 1640.  His will, of 22 Apr. in that yr. is the first in the
valu. work of Trumbull, Coll. Rec. I. 442, 3, foll. by the Inv.  His wid.
Sarah d, not long aft.All the ch. are nam. in the will, and Phillis is
call. w. of William Hills."
--- James Savage, *A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of
New England*, vol. 3, 1860-2, p (?; CD ROM)
"RICHARD LYMAN, b. and bapt. at Hign Ongar, Essex, Oct. 30, 1580; son of
Henry Lyman and his wife, Phillis --- thisHenry was buried at Navistoke,
in Essex, April 15, 1587.  Richard Lyman sold,in 1629, to John Gower,
two messuages, a garden, orchard, and divers lands arable, also a meadow
and pasture at Norton Mandeville, in the parish of Ongar.  His wife was
Sarah, dau. of Roger Osborne, of Halstead, Co, Kent; came with Elio in
the "Lion," 1631; settled at Roxbury; freeman, Mass., June 11, 1633; the
Church record at Roxbury tells how he went to Conn. "when the great
removal was made," and suffered gretly in the loss of his cattle.  He was
oneof the original proprietors of Hartford, and in 1639 his home-lot was
on thesouth side of the "road from George Steel's to the South Meadow."
He d. in 1641, will dated April 22, 1640; inv. Sept. 6, 1641, #83. 16 .2
[pounds]; the will mentions his wife, but she d. before Jan. 27, 1642-3.
---  Ch.:  i. Phillis, bapt. at High Ongar, Sept. 12, 1611; mentioned in
her father's will, as the wife of William Hills.  ii. Richard, bapt. at
High Ongar, Feb. 24, 1618; settled in Windsor; m. Hepzibah, dau. of
Thomas Ford; removed to Northampton in 1655; he d. June 3, 1662; his
widow m. John Marsh , of Northampton, who soon after removed to
Hartford.  iii. Sarah, bapt. Feb. 8, 1621; mentioned in her father's
will.  iv. John, b. Sept. 1623.  Savage says his wife Dorcas was adau.
of John Plum, of Wethersfield; m. Jan., 1655; removed soon after to
Northampton; d. there Aug. 20, 1690.  v. Robert, b. Sept. 1629, at High
Ongar;m. Nov. 5, 1662, Hepzibah, dau. of Thomas Bascom; settled in
Northampton, where he died."
--- Miss Mary K. Talcott, "The Original Settlers", in *The Memorial
History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884. ed. J. Hammond
Trumbull, vol. 1, 1886, p 250
"RICHARD [LYMAN]  Bapt. High Ongar, co. Essex, Eng.,24 Feb 1617. Came
with family on "Lion" 1631, Charlestown (Mass.) 1631, Roxbury, Hartford
1636.  d. Hartford Aug 1640.  Freeman.  *Genealogy of Lyman family* (for
death p 36) 1872; *Stevens-Miller*, v 1; tag 30:187 (anc), (caveat);
*Moore and allied families* 1938."
Meredith B Colket, *Founders of Early American Families*, Cleveland OH
1985, p 198
"Richard Lyman, immigrant ancestor, was descended from Alfred the Great,
king of England.  He was born at High Ongar, county Essex, England, and
in August, 1631, embarked with his wife and five children in the ship
"Lyon," sailing from Bristol, and landing at Boston.  He settled first in
Charlestown and with his wife united with the church of which Eliot was
pastor.  He was made freeman, June 11, 1635.  He was oneof the first
settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, and an original proprietor in 1636.
His will was dated April 22, 1640, and proved January 27, 1642, together
with that of his wife who died soon after he died, in 1640.  He married
Sarah, daughter of Roger Osborne, of Halstead, Kent, England.  Children:
William, buried at High Ongar, August 28, 1615; Phil