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- Richard Lyman, was born in 1580 at High Ongar, England. He removed to America in August, 1631; landing at Boston 11th
November, 1631; became a settler in Charlestown, and with his wife, Sarah Osborne, joined the Church in what is now Roxbury on
15th October, 1635. Along with about 100 persons he became one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut, and one of the
original proprietors of the town. He died in August 1641. His name is inscribed on a stone column now standing in the rear of the
Center Church of Hartford, erected in memory of the first settlers of the city. He mararied Sarah Osborne, daughter of Roger Osborne
of Halstead, Kent, England.
Richard Lyman's Will
Dated April 22, 1640
Inventory Taken Sept. 6, 1641 by John Moodie, Andrew Bacon, John Barnard.
I give unto my wife all my houseing and Lands during her life, and 1/3 parte of my Lands to dispose of at her death amongst my Children as she pleaseth, and I give
her all my moveable goods, as Cattell and howsehold stuffe, and all other implements or moveables. And the other two prts of my land & Howse, I give to my Elder
sonne RICHARD, and to his heires forever; and if he dy wthout an heir, then I give yt to my sonne ROBERT, and to his heirs forever. To my dau. SARAH, besides
the Cattell I formerly have given her, my will is, that my wife shall pay her 20, two yeres after my death. To my sonne, John LYMAN, I give him 30, to be paid by
my wife att 22 years of age. To my sonne ROBERT. I give 24 at 22 years of age; and to my dau. FILLIS, the wife of William HILLS. I give tenne shillings; and I
make my wife sole Executrixe to this my last will.
Richard Lyman
Witness: Thomas Bull, John Moodie, Andrew Bacon.
Court Record, Page 81--27 January, 1642 (Particular Courte).
The Will and Invt. of Richard Lyman, Decd., is brought into Court. John Moody makes oath that yt is the Last Will of the said Rich., and the noate that was brought
in is the noate of the Widdow Lyman, Decd. The several prtyes prsent at the prsenting of the said Will agree that John Lyman, if he live, will be 22 yere ould in
Septe, 1645; Robert Lyman, 22 in Sept. 1651.
24 July.
The wydowe Lymans mynd is that her sonne Richard Lyman should prforme her husbands will, and that her son Robert should live wth him till he be 22 yeares of
age; and she gives Robert Lyman the third prrte of the howsen & grounds; & for the prformence of her husbands will she gives Richard all her moveable goods, both
wth out the howse and wth in, only her wearing Clothes and some of her lining She will dispose of. John Moodie. Andrew Bacon.
Richard came with Eliot on the Lion, was at Roxbury, MA, 1631. He went to Connecticut 'when the great removal was made,' and suffered greately in the loss
of his cattle. He was made freeman 11 Jun 1633, and was among the original proprietors of Hartford.3
In August, 1631, Richard embarked with his wife and five children in the ship Lion, William Pierce, master, for New England. They landed at Boston, and the
Lymans settled first at Charlestown. In Oct 1635 they joined a party of about a hundred people to Connecticut to become the first settlers at Hartford. His house
was on the south side of what is now Buckinham St., the fifth lot from Main St., west of the South Church and bounded apparently on Wadsworth St. either on
the east or west. His name is inscribed on a stone column in the rear of Centre Chruch of Hartford, erected in memory of the first settlers of the city. [2, 3, 4, 5]
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