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From: "Mike and Annette Poston" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Fw: PML Search Result matching Lyman
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:45:02 -0500


Dear WRG,

I received this note shortly after I wrote about Lyman as a given name.

It does not help as far as some of these individuals named Lyman, but it
explains why Lyman Beecher is named. I obviously was in error when I
claimed that Beecher had no familial connection to a Lyman. Beecher and I
even have a common ancestor, but I am not as familiar with his pedigree as I
should be. [Sigh.]

Mike Poston

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wild Bill" <>
To: "Mike and Annette Poston" <>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: PML Search Result matching Lyman


> Since I don't belong to your email list, I have to answer this direct.
The name
> is from the Lyman surname, it has been used as a given name to the
children of
> the Lyman ladies who married. Don't know if this is the famous Lyman
Beecher,
> but here is an example, it shows up quite often in my Lyman family.
>
>
> Descendants of David Beecher
>
>
> Generation No. 1
>
> 1. David2 Beecher (Nathaniel1) He married Esther Lyman March 3, 1775 in
New
> Haven, New Haven, CT, daughter of John Lyman and Hope Hawley. She was
born
> February 17, 1748/49 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, and died October 14,
1775 in
> New Haven, New Haven, CT.
>
> Child of David Beecher and Esther Lyman is:
> 2 i. Lyman3 Beecher, born September 2, 1775 in New Haven, New Haven, CT;
died
> January 10, 1863 in Brooklyn, NY.
>
> Notes for Lyman Beecher:
> The Rev. Lyman Beecher was a relative of the Lymans. Thomas K Beecher,
brother
> of Henry Ward Beecher, was a minister and pastor of our largest church in
> Elmira,NY in the 1800s

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