Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Jessamine Co.

LYNE FAMILY.  About the year 1650 Thomas Lyne, said to have been of Welsh
origin, the ancestor of the Lyne family now residents of Jessamine County,
Ky., with his brother, Henry, emigrated from Bristol, England, and settled
in Westmoreland County, Va.  He had a son, Thomas, who married a Mary
Edwards, of Virginia, and he also has a son named Thomas, who married a
Mary Sandford.  He had nine children, of whom one was a Thomas, and he
married Mary Pagit, of Virginia, who died in 1812 (his death occurring
about 1804).  He was a blacksmith by trade, and conducted his business in
connection with the hotel business on the Winchester and Alexandria (Va.)
road.  He had seven children: James, Robert, Thomas, Timothy, William,
Sandford and Naomi (Mrs. Reuben Settle).  Thomas Lyne, the fourth, was born
March 26, 1783, in Loudoun County, Va., subsequently settled in Woodford
County, Ky., and engaged in farming and the blacksmithing business.  He
married Mary Connelley, daughter of Sandford and Mary (Ramey) Connelley,
natives of Virginia.  He died in 1848, she in 1870.  They had eleven
children: Sandford, Nancy (Mrs. David Williams), Mary (Mrs. Elijah Neal),
William, Daniel, Matilda (Mrs. John S. Duncan), Thomas, Martha (Mrs.
Joseph A. Gaines), Elizabeth (Mrs. S. P. Hendricks), James and Fannie
(Mrs. George W. Goode).  William, the fourth child, was born March 7, 1813,
and married Margaret Jane Kay, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Kay, of
Fayette County, who died September 29, 1884, leaving six children: Mary
E. (Mrs. Dr. W. A. Smith), Nannie, William, Sandford, Mattie (Mrs. John D.
Wooley) and Jennie (Mrs. Lucian L. Smith of Texas). William Lyne was
reared and educated in the common schools, and at the age of twenty-three
engaged with his brother in the manufacture of hemp.  In 1851 he and his
brother purchased the homestead property in Woodford County, containing
360 acres.  The partnership remained unbroken for forty-five years and was
only terminated by the death of his brother, which occurred in 1883.
During the civil war Sandford was in the quartermaster's department of Gen.
Haws' division, and in 1866 he was elected county judge for Woodford, which
position he filled for four years.  Mr. Lynn is the owner of some 700 acres
of land, and makes his home in the summer with his daughter, Mrs. John
Wollery, and his son, Sandford, spending his winters with his daughter,
Mrs. L. L. Smith, of Texas.  He is a member of the Baptist Church. Sandford
C. Lyne, son of William and Margaret (Kay) Lyne, was born in Woodford
County, Ky., October 15, 1850; was reared on the homestead, and educated
in common schools.  In 1878 he purchased a farm containing 213 acres,
situated at Windom, Jessamine County, and is engaged in farming, and
raising thoroughbred horses for racing, and is also engaged at Windom, in
connection with his cousin, William Lyne, in the produce business.  He
married, in 1874, Miss Ida Farra, daughter of B. F. Farra, of Jessamine
County.  They have six children: Lillie F., Jennie Kay, Frank F., Ida W.,
Willie and Lucian L.  William D., the third child of William and Margaret
(Kay) Lyne, was born June 23, 1847, in Woodford County, married Miss Rena
Cleveland, daughter of George Cleveland, of Jessamine County, and has three
children: Irene, George and Clarence.

Lyne Edwards Sanford Pagit Settle Connelley Ramey Williams Neal
Duncan Gaines Hendricks Goode Kay Smith Wooley Farra Cleveland
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Woodford-KY Fayette-KY Westmoreland-VA Loudoun-VA TX England

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