Ancestry of
Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Medad Lyman

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Anderson Cooper — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 222 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Lyman 
  • Mother:
  • Thankful Pomeroy   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Mar 1722/1723 
  • Birth Location:
  • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • BY 31 May 1776 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Bassett
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Jan 1750/1751 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Martha Lyman (Ahnentafel No:111 )

• Sources for Medad Lyman

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 25.
  • ² New Haven, CT: Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol. 5, p. 1119.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 54.

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