 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lyman akaberekerwa muDurham, Connecticut kuna Thomas Lyman. Paaiva paYale College, Lyman akagadzwa kuva kaputeni muContinental Army, achishanda muhondo dzeTiconderoga, Crown Point, uye St. Johns. Pashure pokupedza kudzidza muna 1776, akagadzwa kuva mukuru, akashanda muhondo yeWhite Plains, uye kubva muna 1778 kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo akanga ari mubatsiri weGeneral William Heath. Akaroora Mary Polly Wanton muna 1782 muNewport, Rhode Island, uye vakava nevana 13. Lyman akashanda senhengo yeHartford Convention muna 1814-15 Akazoita seongorori yechiteshi cheNewport. Akaitawo mutemo, uye akashanda seMutongi Mukuru weRhode Island Supreme Court kubva muna 1812 kusvika muna 1816. Akasiya basa kuchamhembe kweProvidence muna 1808, uye akava shamwari muLyman Cotton Manufacturing Company. Akanga ariwo nhengo yepakutanga yeSosaiti yeCincinnati. Lyman akasarudzwa kuva nhengo yeAmerican Antiquarian Society muna 1815. 