This family history book traces the author’s paternal ancestral line from the sixteenth century to the year 2014. It includes a brief biography of the people who, in the paternal ancestral line listed below, are descendants of Richard Lyman who immigrated to America from England in 1631. There is also a brief discussion of the historical influences and contributions of these ancestors.
The intended audience for this book is the family of the author. However other descendants of Richard Lyman might be interested in the author’s take on the history surrounding the lives of the earlier generations, therefore the ”e- book” version has been released at no cost under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License. A limited number of hardback copies are also available for only the cost of printing and shipping.
By releasing this book, it is hoped that the stories of these peoples’ lives will live on. Comments, elucidations and other feedback is welcome. “The Ancestry of Karl Arthur Lyman, A Family History with Selected Historical References” is available on Google Books at this link:
https://books.google.com/books?id=8BKmBgAAQBAJ(Note that you can directly download the PDF without going through the purchase option. To do so, hover your cursor over "Buy E-Book" until the additional options appear, then right-click on PDF and choose to save the file)
The Paternal Lyman Ancestral line detailed in this book includes:
Henry Lyman (about 1552-1605)
Richard the Immigrant (1580-1641)
Lt. John Lyman (1623-1690)
John Lyman (1660-1740)
Lt. Gideon Lyman (1700-1775)
Gideon Lyman (1730-1762)
Gideon Lyman (1758-1824)
Gideon Lyman (1785-1841)
Landis Lyman (1814-1877)
Wilbur Fisk Lyman (1838-1914)
Frederick Lyman (1860-1926)
Addison Wilbur Lyman (1889-1971)
Karl Montgomery Lyman (1913-1941)
Karl Arthur Lyman (1932-2006)
There are also these additional chapters:
Before Richard Lyman
Families of Paul Gordon and Estella Crimmins
Ancestors of Phyllis May Beswick Lyman