[197] 1880 census Beat 4, Lawrence Co., MS, page 282b
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_Charles E. DAVIS ___|
| (1834 - 1918) m 1872|
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|--Edward DAVIS
| (1874 - ....)
| _Isaac PURNELL ______+
| | (1812 - 1870) m 1835
|_Mahala C. PURNELL __|
(1845 - ....) m 1872|
|_Sarah CAMPBELL _____
(1814 - ....) m 1835
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_Sylvester KNIGHT ___|
| m 1808 |
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|--Horatio Gates KNIGHT
| (1817 - ....)
| _David LYMAN ________+
| | (1737 - 1822) m 1763
|_Rachel LYMAN _______|
(1776 - 1866) m 1808|
|_Sarah WRIGHT _______
(1739 - ....) m 1763
[2952]
Children
Alice Knight b: 20 AUG 1844
Horatio Williston Knight b: 8 AUG 1846
Lucy Knight b: 6 FEB 1848
Charles H Knight b: 22 NOV 1849
Russell Wright Knight b: 27 NOV 1851
Frederick Allen Knight b: 6 AUG 1854
Mary Knight b: 7 APR 1857
_Richard LYMAN ______+
| (1580 - 1640) m 1602
_John LYMAN _________|
| (1623 - 1690) m 1654|
| |_Sarah OSBORNE ______+
| (1581 - 1642) m 1602
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|--Benjamin LYMAN
| (1674 - 1723)
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|_Dorcas PLUMB _______|
(1635 - ....) m 1654|
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Lieut. Benjamin, 4th son of Ensign John, and grandson of Richard I. He was an esterprising, thriving man, and his estate free from debt was appraised at £1,147. At the time of his death he owned five hundred acres of land in Bedford tract near Granville. He also traded some, and his shop goods were appraised at £198. He was an extensive farmer and fatted cattle in the stall. He owned a negro slave named Nancy, who was appraised at £40. In the division of his estate, his sons Joseph and Caleb had the homestead. Joseph had the lot which had been in possession of his father and grandfather, and descended in his family to his widow Thankful, who m. 2d Ensign Nathaniel Lewis, of Farmington, Connecticut......4, 1726. She, however, returned to Northampton, in her old age, and died there.
Surname spelled as Limon in Vital Records of Northampton, Massachusetts which was a common spelling in those days
Other children
Eunice Lyman b: 17 MAY 1706 in Northampton, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
Hannah Lyman b: 14 JUL 1709 in Northampton Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
Caleb Lyman b: 8 AUG 1711 in Northampton Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
Susannah Lyman b: 18 JUL 1713 in Northampton Hampshire Co, Massachusetts
Elihu Lyman b: 10 JUL 1720 in Northampton, Massachusetts