David Lyell

1671 - 1726  (54 years)

• Name	David Lyell
  Birth	22 Feb 1670/71	London, England   [1]
  Baptism	26 Feb 1670/71	Westminster, London, England   [1]
  	St Martin in the Fields
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1697	Westminster, London, England
  	St Martin's in the Fields
  Property	27 Apr 1697	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed by George Clark, executor of the estate of Dr Andrew Hamilton to David Lyell for 1/2 of 1/24 of share in East Jersey
  Arrival	Abt 1698	New York, New York, USA
  Departure	Abt 1698	London, England
  Occupation	28 Aug 1699	New York, New York, USA
  	Goldsmith. Date made a Freeman of New York
  Role	1701	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Occupation	6 Jun 1701	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 27 Oct 1705
  Property	1 Oct 1701	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Deed, David Lyell of New York City, goldsmith, and wife Katherine to John Ireland of Perth Amboy, yeoman, for 300 acres at Ararat, Middlesex County
  Property	1 Oct 1701	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed, John Ireland and wife Janet of Perth Amboy to David Lyell of New York City, goldsmith, for 250 acres at Taponeumus, Monmouth
  Legal	15 Apr 1702  [5]
  	One of the East Jersey Proprietors who signed the Surrender of Government of East and West Jersey to the Crown
  	Witnessed by Gilbert Falconer and Daniel Wild
  Property	19 Nov 1703	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Indian Deed, Hapehucquoza and Tolombon, Indian owners, to David Lyell of New York City, goldsmith, for a tract along the Province line from Senpinck to Augustine Gordon's, west of William Watson
  Burial	1726	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Topanemus
  Will	23 Jan 1725/26	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	'Being weak in body'. Executors: wife Catherin, children David, Fenwick and Catherin. Witnesses: Walter Wall, Robert Mitchell, John Smith
  Death	28 Jan 1725/26	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Probate	8 Nov 1726	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I45241	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	David Lyell
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary (Lyell)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Loraine,   b. 1676   d. 4 Nov 1756 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1694/95	Westminster, London, England
  	St. Martin in the Fields
  Children	1. David Lyell,   b. Abt 1697, London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Fenwick Lyell,   b. 1702  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Catherin Lyell,   b. 1708   d. 27 Jul 1775, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Lyell,   b. Abt 1710  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Lyell,   b. 1710   d. 21 Oct 1795, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Lyell,   b. Abt 1713  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Mary Lyell,   b. Abt 1715  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Thomas Lyell,   b. 5 Jul 1698, London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Feb 1670/71 - London, England Baptism - 26 Feb 1670/71 - Westminster, London, England Marriage - 18 Feb 1694/95 - Westminster, London, England Residence - St Martin's in the Fields - 1697 - Westminster, London, England Arrival - Abt 1698 - New York, New York, USA Departure - Abt 1698 - London, England Occupation - Goldsmith. Date made a Freeman of New York - 28 Aug 1699 - New York, New York, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 27 Oct 1705 - 6 Jun 1701 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, David Lyell of New York City, goldsmith, and wife Katherine to John Ireland of Perth Amboy, yeoman, for 300 acres at Ararat, Middlesex County - 1 Oct 1701 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, John Ireland and wife Janet of Perth Amboy to David Lyell of New York City, goldsmith, for 250 acres at Taponeumus, Monmouth - 1 Oct 1701 - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1726 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - 'Being weak in body'. Executors: wife Catherin, children David, Fenwick and Catherin. Witnesses: Walter Wall, Robert Mitchell, John Smith - 23 Jan 1725/26 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 28 Jan 1725/26 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - 8 Nov 1726 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3721] Church of England (Westminster, London, England), Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812, STM/PR/1/5. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, F(EJ): Folio 716-717 (SSTSE023). [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p2. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p148. [S3591] Whitehead, William A., Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, pp452-461. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p258.