His son Nicholas (2), born about 1650, married (1) Mary Edson and (2) a sister of James Keith, physician. Nicholas (2) had a son Ebenezer (3), born at Dedham, Mass., in 1692, who married, in 1714, Hannah Hayward.

Ebenezer Byram (3) served in King Philip's War, and on the 18th of June, 1744, led a colony from Massachusetts to New Jersey. The colony settled at Morristown, N. J., where Ebenezer established and was the leader of the first church. He was known as "Captain Ebenezer." He died August 9, 1753, and his wife January 11, 1761.

Their son, Ebenezer Byram (4), born in Massachusetts in 1716, died at Morristown in 1762. He married, in 1738, Abagail Alden, a great-grand-daughter of John Alden, of "Mayflower" fame. The descendants of Captain Ebenezer (3) and his son Ebenezer (4) spread over Morris and Sussex Counties. Two of them, John and Jeptha Byram, were among the first settlers of Sussex County. They organized the Township of Byram and gave it their family name, which it still retains. Jeptha was the first Collector of the township. Jeptha and John owned iron ore lands besides farm lands. Each had about 160 acres, which he tilled, making a specialty of melons. John's lands descended to his son Nicholas and Jeptha's to his son Jeptha. The latter had a daughter, Hannah, who married Asahel Lovell, whose family moved to and settled at Enfield, Tompkins County, N. Y., in 1806.

Thomas J. Byram, the subject of this sketch, is descended from one of these early Byrams. He is the son of Job J. Byram and Mary F. Lyon, and was born at Sparta, Sussex County, October 5, 1868. His parents were also natives of Sparta. He was educated in the Sparta public schools and subsequently learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since followed. He is now in business for himself, residing in Arlington.