Abel LYMAN ³⁴⁵

  General Notes:

He and his wife were members of the Congregational church. He held for some time important town offices, and also for a period represented his district in the state Legislature. ³⁴⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence, 1773, Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA. ³⁴⁷ In 1773 he went to Lebanon and bought land five miles south of where Dartmouth College now stands, and engaged in farming.

2. Military, 1775. ³⁴⁷ he was commissioned a first lieutenant, and in the winter of 1775-'76 commanded a company of militia raised in Grafton, and marched to Quebec, by way of Lake Chainlain, where he joined the army under Arnold, and was engaged in the unsuccessful attempt to capture the city. He was attacked with small pox just before the army commenced to retreat, but kept up, though suffering greatly from the disease, and, by way of Montreal, Lake Champlain and Onion river, arrived at Lebanon in May. In Sept., 1776, he again took command of his company, and in 1777 marched to Saratoga and assisted in the battle and capture of Burgoyue and the army that had driven them out of Canada. He then returned to N. H., and was engaged in guarding the frontiers against the Indians.

3. Land, Mar 1786. ³⁴⁷ He sold his farm and moved to Brookfield, Vt.

4. Land, After Mar 1786, Brookfield, Orange, Vermont, USA. ³⁴⁷

Abel married Hanna STORRS. (Hanna STORRS was born on 6 Apr 1754 ³⁴⁷ and died on 31 May 1831 ³⁴⁷.)