The descendants of Francis Lyford,
from Boston to California
These Lyford Family pages are courtesy of Lyford Hale. If you copy this material word for word, please cite
Lyford Hale as your source.
Lyford spent years tracking down as many original source documents as possible. He visited where the ancestors
lived, where they went to church, local hysterical societies, libraries, court houses, and every other repository
of state and local records he could find.
He notes that spurious information plagues the internet these days. Please take what you find on the web with
a grain of salt -- including here -- unless original source documents are cited (Court or church records, wills, etc.).
Wishing to present records that are as accurate as possible, Lyford has made every effort to present facts, not guesses
(Okay, a few guesses, but they are noted as such). And he does offer sources for much of what he posts. He acknowledges,
however, that no one is perfect, must less him, so asks that you contact him at lyfordhale at gwandrw dot com should you take
exception to something you find here.
Additionally, if anyone can show original source documents to take the Lyford
line back to England please contact Lyford. As far as we can tell, all the people on the web who link Francis to
earlier Lyfords are turning guesses into fact.
While you are invited ... encouraged even ... to submit material and comments, such remarks as "You're crazy" or "You are an idiot" probably won't be received in the constructive manner you obviously intended.
One final note: These are Lyford's working pages and thus include many notes originally intended only for himself.
You may, from time to time, find the exact same words on websites posted by other researchers. Rest assured
they originated with Lyford.
Click here to open up a detailed family file stored in PDF format:
Lyford Family - Outline Tree
Lyford Family - Detailed Report
Lyford Family - Descendant Chart
Pollard, Robinson & others - Outline Tree
Pollard, Robinson & others - Detailed Reports - Detailed Report
Pollard, Robinson & others - Descendant Chart
Otley Family Outline Tree
Otley Family Report
Find photos here:
Lyford Family And Related Lines - Photo Index (Under construction)
Contact: lyfordhale at gwandrw dot com