The Lum family originated in Sowerby, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, at a place known as "Lumb" meaning, in Yorkshire dialect of West Riding, a small wood or grove.  The name is variously spelled Lome, Lum, Lombe, Loom, etc.  The family we trace is identified in the 1536 Tithe Rental of Halifax Parish as "The Heirs of John Lome near Lighthaselle in Sowerby."  Lighthazles is in the south of Sowerby near Soyland. – The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v.120, p.142, July 1989

John Lombe of Sowerby (bur.12 Dec 1579) m.5 Aug 1543 Agnes Crabtree (bur.27 Mar 1564/5)  There was a contemporary John Lombe in Sowerby, confusing baptismal records of their children.  Three have been identified by will records.
. 1. John Lome (bap.23 Dec 1547-will 21 Jan 1607) married Margaret (d.1618) lived at  the White 
. . . Tavern, Sowerby.
. 2. Matthew Lome (c.1550-3 Nov 1631) m.6 Jul 1579 Grace Lange (bap.9 Jul 1548-25 Jun 1597)
. . . m.12 Nov 1597 Elizabeth Furth, lived at Hagandlee in Staningdeen, Soyland, Elande, Yorks.
. 3. William Lome (bap.18 Dec 1552-1592) m.7 Nov 1580 Agnes Bayrstow (bap.5 Feb 1557/8)
. . . lived in Lighthazles, Sowerby.

William Lome (bap.18 Dec 1552-1592) m.7 Nov 1580 Agnes Bairstow (bap.5 Feb 1557/8) daughter of Richard Bayrstow of Shibden.  William lived in Lighthazles, Sowerby, made his will 2 May 1591, and it was proved 16 Nov 1592.
. 1. Abraham Lum (bap.6 Aug 1581)
. 2. Matthew Lum (bap.22 Sep 1583)
. . . 21. John Lum (bap.15 Jun 1615-aft.1689) married a daughter of John Strickland
. 3. Grace Lum (bap.8 Aug 1585) died young
. 4. William Lum (c.1587-1615)
. 5. John Lum (c.1589)
. 6. Martha Lum (7 Jan 1580/1-bef.1635) m.21 May 1611 Edmund Wood (c1575-bef.7 Jul 1663)

Martha Lum (7 Jan 1580/bef.17 Aug 1635) m.21 May 1611 Edmund Wood (c1575-bef.7 Jul 1663)  Edmund was from Oram, Yorkshire, and he was married and his children baptized in Halifax, Yorkshire, where he was church warden 1604-5.  He sailed for America 23 May 1635 on the James, and arrived in Boston 17 Aug 1635, a widower with five children.  He was an original settler of Springfield, MA, in 1636, Wethersfield in 1637, Stamford in 1641, and was a proprietor of Hempstead, Long Island, in 1647.
. 1. Martha Wood (bapt.8 Apr 1612) m.1636/7 Thurston Raynor (1594-1667) Southampton, LI
. 2. Jonas "Oram" Wood (bapt.18 Sep 1614-12 Jun 1689) m.1636 Elizabeth Strickland
. 3. Susannah Wood (bapt.23 Mar 1616-c1687)
. 4. Jeremiah Wood (6 Jan 1619/20-24 Dec 1686) m. Elizabeth Gildersleeve, Hempstead, LI
. 5. Timothy Wood (14 Jul 1622 -1659) of Huntington, LI, married a daughter of John Strickland.

Jonas "Oram" Wood (1614-1689) m.1642 Elizabeth Strickland (1619-aft.1683)

Phebe Wood  (1649-1697) m.1667 Epenetus Platt  (1640-1693)

Margaret Platt (1728- 1791) m.1744 Isaac Smith (1722- 1795)

Margaret Smith (1763-1821) m.1780 Morgan Edwards (c.1750-1798)

Margaret Edwards (1789-1864) m.1821 Thomas Tate (1775-1838)

Thomas Edwards Tate (1821-1914) m.1845 Mary Vernon Cutrer (1825-1892)

Frances Mary Tate (1852-1881) m.1871 Walter Edwin Tynes (1848-1928)

Jeanne Marie Tynes (1878-1958) m.1913 Carson B Matthews (1874-1948)

Frances Mary Tate Matthews (1917) m.1949 Virgil Raymond Liptrap (1907-1977)

James Matthews Liptrap (1951)