His tombstone in Buxton Cemetery in Bedford, New York, indicates that he died on April 2, 1850, aged 88 years, 5 months, and 14 days (WCHS Book #2, p.87-88). LYON, Martha Martha Banks Lyon was the wife of interviewee James Lyon. She told John Macdonald that she was 88 years old at the time of her interview on November 4, 1848. Her tombstone in Buxton Cemetery in Bedford, New York, indicates that she died on July 21, 1849, aged 85 years and 18 days (WCHS Book #3A, p.215). LYON, Phoebe Phoebe Merritt Lyon was a sister of Loyalists Shubael Merritt and Thomas Merritt. She told John Macdonald that she was born on July 22, 1768. She is listed as an 82-year-old resident of the Town of Greenwich, Connecticut, in the 1850 United States Census.
Her tombstone in the Lyon-Rawson Cemetery in Greenwich indicates that she died on March 31, 1855 (WCHS Book #15, p.76). LYON, Samuel (of Chestnut Ridge) Samuel Lyon is occasionally referred to as Samuel Lyons. He was the son of Major Samuel Lyon of the Westchester County Militia. He is listed as a 62-year-old farmer in the Town of North Castle, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut, indicates that he died on July 26, 1860, aged 73 years, 3 months, and 15 days. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21273029/samuel-lyon_esq LYON, Samuel (of Rye) John Macdonald indicated that Samuel Lyon was "aged nearly 89" at the time of his interview on December 5, 1848. His tombstone in Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye, New York, indicates that he died on September 21, 1849, aged 89 years, 3 months, and 16 days (WCHS Book #33, p.113).
LYON, Samuel (of Weaver Street, Greenwich) Samuel Lyon told John Macdonald that he was "about 62 or 63 years old" at the time of his interview on December 1, 1849.