Separation of Church & State ~ Richard Lyman

I am the 10th great granddaughter of Richard & Sarah (nee Osborne) Lyman through my mother's maternal line. 

In 1631 the family set off for North America. They left behind the graves of 4 children taking their 5 surviving children with them. 

They were part of the Great Migration that saw Puritans leave England seeking religious freedoms.

"Richard Lyman and his wife, Sarah, both born in High Ongar, England, embarked from Bristol, England, and sailed westward across the Atlantic Ocean to Massachusetts with their four children aboard the Lion in August 1631. They settled in Charlestown, just outside of Boston. Pressing farther westward five years later, they joined Thomas Hooker and others leaving the Massachusetts Bay Colony for Connecticut. The travelers set out from Newtown, Massachusetts, (now Cambridge) in 1636, following old Indian trails through forests and swamps to Chicopee, Massachusetts, and southward along the Connecticut River to Hartford." 1

5 years after their arrival they set off to Connecticut joining the Reverend Thomas Hooker whose ideas included the separation of Church & State.

He believed in Freedom of Religion. His belief was that voting should not be connected to whether they were attached to a particular religion/church. 

In practicality these original beliefs & actions in Connecticut would form the basis for an elected government with constitutional rights. 

***If you want to read more about this check sources below***

My 10th great grandfather had a role in what the United States government and rights looks like today. 

Our government & rights in Canada is different than the United States, but we do have similarities. 

My 10th great grandparents & their children

Richard Lyman
BIRTH 30 OCT 1580 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH SEP 1640 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
and
Sarah Osborne
BIRTH 1584 • Halstead, Kent, England
DEATH 1642 • Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

They had 9 children, 5 of whom were alive to immigrate to the United States in 1631.

Their children:

Phyllis Lyman
BIRTH 11 SEP 1611 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 22 APR 1640 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Richard Lyman
BIRTH 1613 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 18 JUL 1613 • High Onger, Essex, England

William Lyman
BIRTH 1615 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH AUG 1615 • High Ongar, Epping Forest District, Essex, England

William Lyman
BIRTH ABT. SEP 1616 • High Onger, Essex, , England
DEATH ABT. NOV 1616 • High Onger, Essex, England

Richard Lyman (My 9th great grandfather)
BIRTH 24 FEB 1618 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 3 JUN 1662 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Sarah Lyman (who I wrote about before Witches, Witches, Everywhere)
BIRTH 8 FEB 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 31 AUG 1688 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Anne Lyman
BIRTH 12 APR 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, , England
DEATH 12 APR 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, England

John Lyman
BIRTH 16 SEP 1623 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 20 AUG 1690 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Lyman
BIRTH SEP 1629 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 20 AUG 1690 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

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Footnotes:
1  Barney, Susan R. The Lyman Family of Hartford 1636 - 1925, January 2002. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from
https://towncounty.com/images/sitepicts/Mshapiro/Susan%20%20R_%20Barney%20paper%20on%20the%20Lyman%20family.pdf


Photos:
Lyon, Original source not found. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from
https://willisweaver2.com/2016/07/27/immigrant-ship/#comments



Sources:

The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay 1630 - 1636. the Winthrop Society. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from 

https://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_freemen.php

The Lyman Family of Hartford 1636 - 1925, Susan R Barney. January 2002. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from

https://towncounty.com/images/sitepicts/Mshapiro/Susan%20%20R_%20Barney%20paper%20on%20the%20Lyman%20family.pdf

Reaching to Connecticut. 3f. Reaching to Connecticut. The New England Colonies. US History. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from 
https://www.ushistory.org/us/3f.asp

Rev Thomas Hooker, Find-A-Grave, Retrieved March 9th 2022 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/497/thomas-hooker

Richard Lyman, Find-A-Grave, originally source: sketch of Richard Lyman in "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1630-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson. Retrieved March 9th 2022 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24045590/richard-lyman

Thomas Hooker: Founder of Connecticut. ThoughtCo. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-hooker-4107866


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Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/

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