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- [S953] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, (Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);), accessed 25 Aug 2020), entry for Peter Lyon, person ID LCJ2-YHV. (Troværdighed: 3).
;Alternate: bride of Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Peter Lyon was born in Dorchester, Mass., baptized Sept. 6, 1663, and died July 7, 1733. He married first about 1686, Jane Vose, who was born July 13, 1665 (M), daughter of Thomas and Waitstill (Wyatt) Vose. He married second, July 12, 1722, Sarah Fawkes (B).
Peter was barely eight years old when his father was hauled before the church authorities to declare that for the future he would look more diligently after his sons, and it many fairly be inferred that he did not lead the strenuous life of his elder brothers. The character of Peter the elder indicates that the younger pursued his vocation attentively, yet he certainly had time allotted him to obtain an education above the ordinary for his day. His subsequent career shows, however, that his energetic, self-willed spirit was not broken by any paternal harshness; for he bore himself as the equal, at least, of any among whom his lot was cast. In 1676 he, with Israel, Ebenezer and Susanna, appeared before the church to be catechized, having as sponsors Henry Ledbetter, Thomas and George Lyon and Thomas Tolman. He was admitted to the Dorchester church 1689, and his wife Jane in 1690. He was made freeman 1690, and seems to have lived in Mattapan, between Dorchester and Milton, in the neighborhood of Brush Hill, and near Punkapoag. Peter and Jane styled themselves of Punkapoag in 1705; they dismissed to the Milton church in 1695, and in 1718 to Canton, where he had in 1698 bought 20 acres of land.
When Peter had reached manhood, he looked upon Jane, the daughter of Sergeant Thomas Vose, and saw that she was fair; and lucky youth that he was, he found favor in her sight. Not so, however, in the eyes of the sergeant. Thomas Vose was a man of influence and of means, and chose not that his daughter should wed with a man of Peter's disposition. ... The sergeant objected to Peter's public incident, since he was presented go before the congregation of the
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