John Tyler was born in Connecticut and served in the Revolutionary War there. Records show his residency at enlistment was Woodbury, Litchfield County. His birth place and parents are yet to be proven.
John's parents were named as Titus and Susannah Berry Tyler in Willard I. Tyler Brigham and Calvin Cedric Tyler, The Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of the Branford, Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler, Vol III (Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin Cedric Tyler, 1976) 246 - 247. That parental information is not documented, and appears to have been received from an unnamed Tyler family member. Further research needs to be done.
John and Waity were married 6 Oct 1789 at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by Congregational Church Minister, Samuel Munson, who kept no marriage records. John Remained in Lenox for the rest of his life, as shown in 1790 - 1840 census records, land, Lenox town records and Episcopal Church records.
John became a member of the Episcopal Church in Lenox by Oct 1790.
John bought 41 acres of land in 1795 and 1796 as described in the deed when Waity sold the land in 1841: two parcels of land, one piece lying partly in Lenox and partly in Stockbridge in [Berkshire] county, being the piece where my late husband resided containing sixteen acres more or less, bounded to the East by the highway leading to the Court house in Lenox, south and west by lands of Enos Smith & north by lands of Chester Tyler & John Cook. The other piece lies wholly in Stockbridge containing eighteen acres more or less.
There is excellent documentation of John Tyler's service in the Revolutionary War in his pension file #W.3890 and widow's file #9014. The complete file is on Fold3. Excerpts include:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire, 27 April 1818, Personally appears John Tyler aged fifty-three years, resident in the town of Lenox makes the following declaration ... That he enlisted in the town of Woodbury, Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Comstock of the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman on the 26th day of January 1780. That he continued in the service of the United States until some time in the year 1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York. During his time in the service he served part of the time in the company commanded by Captain Kimberly of the Regiment commanded by Col Swift and was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Timothy Tayler of Col Swift's Regt and in which Company he continued until he was discharged, that he was in the Battle at York town at the taking of Cornwallis and in sundry other smaller battles during the time of his services; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. -- [signed] John Tyler
"I Samuel Shepard of Lenox...age of 71 do testify and say that ... John Tyler and Waity his wife were living together in Lenox as husband and wife, and so continued to live together til the death of John Tyler on the 10th day of March in the year 1840, and that they raised a large family of children. John Tyler was a man of well informed mind, possessed a very tenacious memory, and was very communicative in speaking of the occurrences of the revolutionary war. I have often been particularly interested in hearing him describe the scenes of that war, and particularly in hearing him describe minutely the characteristics of several of the Officers of the Army."
John's death was recorded in the church death records "Mar 10 1840 John Tyler" (From "Lenox, Massachusetts Episcopalian Church Records 1771 - 1858", from R.C. Rockwell's Copy, compiled & indexed by Rollin Hillyer Cooke, p. 362.)
In addition to the nine children listed below, John and Waity had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1805, verified by the 1820 deposition made by John, stating their daughter, Eliza, age 15 was living at home. Eliza was also mentioned in both John's and Waity's wills as Eliza Johnson. She was left nothing in the wills. Nothing more has been found about Eliza.
For more information and complete source citations see Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, editor, NEHGS, 2012, p. 243.
John's parents were named as Titus and Susannah Berry Tyler in Willard I. Tyler Brigham and Calvin Cedric Tyler, The Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of the Branford, Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler, Vol III (Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin Cedric Tyler, 1976) 246 - 247. That parental information is not documented, and appears to have been received from an unnamed Tyler family member. Further research needs to be done.
John and Waity were married 6 Oct 1789 at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by Congregational Church Minister, Samuel Munson, who kept no marriage records. John Remained in Lenox for the rest of his life, as shown in 1790 - 1840 census records, land, Lenox town records and Episcopal Church records.
John became a member of the Episcopal Church in Lenox by Oct 1790.
John bought 41 acres of land in 1795 and 1796 as described in the deed when Waity sold the land in 1841: two parcels of land, one piece lying partly in Lenox and partly in Stockbridge in [Berkshire] county, being the piece where my late husband resided containing sixteen acres more or less, bounded to the East by the highway leading to the Court house in Lenox, south and west by lands of Enos Smith & north by lands of Chester Tyler & John Cook. The other piece lies wholly in Stockbridge containing eighteen acres more or less.
There is excellent documentation of John Tyler's service in the Revolutionary War in his pension file #W.3890 and widow's file #9014. The complete file is on Fold3. Excerpts include:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire, 27 April 1818, Personally appears John Tyler aged fifty-three years, resident in the town of Lenox makes the following declaration ... That he enlisted in the town of Woodbury, Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Comstock of the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman on the 26th day of January 1780. That he continued in the service of the United States until some time in the year 1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York. During his time in the service he served part of the time in the company commanded by Captain Kimberly of the Regiment commanded by Col Swift and was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Timothy Tayler of Col Swift's Regt and in which Company he continued until he was discharged, that he was in the Battle at York town at the taking of Cornwallis and in sundry other smaller battles during the time of his services; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. -- [signed] John Tyler
"I Samuel Shepard of Lenox...age of 71 do testify and say that ... John Tyler and Waity his wife were living together in Lenox as husband and wife, and so continued to live together til the death of John Tyler on the 10th day of March in the year 1840, and that they raised a large family of children. John Tyler was a man of well informed mind, possessed a very tenacious memory, and was very communicative in speaking of the occurrences of the revolutionary war. I have often been particularly interested in hearing him describe the scenes of that war, and particularly in hearing him describe minutely the characteristics of several of the Officers of the Army."
John's death was recorded in the church death records "Mar 10 1840 John Tyler" (From "Lenox, Massachusetts Episcopalian Church Records 1771 - 1858", from R.C. Rockwell's Copy, compiled & indexed by Rollin Hillyer Cooke, p. 362.)
In addition to the nine children listed below, John and Waity had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1805, verified by the 1820 deposition made by John, stating their daughter, Eliza, age 15 was living at home. Eliza was also mentioned in both John's and Waity's wills as Eliza Johnson. She was left nothing in the wills. Nothing more has been found about Eliza.
For more information and complete source citations see Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, editor, NEHGS, 2012, p. 243.
John Tyler was born in Connecticut and served in the Revolutionary War there. Records show his residency at enlistment was Woodbury, Litchfield County. His birth place and parents are yet to be proven.
John's parents were named as Titus and Susannah Berry Tyler in Willard I. Tyler Brigham and Calvin Cedric Tyler, The Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of the Branford, Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler, Vol III (Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin Cedric Tyler, 1976) 246 - 247. That parental information is not documented, and appears to have been received from an unnamed Tyler family member. Further research needs to be done.
John and Waity were married 6 Oct 1789 at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by Congregational Church Minister, Samuel Munson, who kept no marriage records. John Remained in Lenox for the rest of his life, as shown in 1790 - 1840 census records, land, Lenox town records and Episcopal Church records.
John became a member of the Episcopal Church in Lenox by Oct 1790.
John bought 41 acres of land in 1795 and 1796 as described in the deed when Waity sold the land in 1841: two parcels of land, one piece lying partly in Lenox and partly in Stockbridge in [Berkshire] county, being the piece where my late husband resided containing sixteen acres more or less, bounded to the East by the highway leading to the Court house in Lenox, south and west by lands of Enos Smith & north by lands of Chester Tyler & John Cook. The other piece lies wholly in Stockbridge containing eighteen acres more or less.
There is excellent documentation of John Tyler's service in the Revolutionary War in his pension file #W.3890 and widow's file #9014. The complete file is on Fold3. Excerpts include:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire, 27 April 1818, Personally appears John Tyler aged fifty-three years, resident in the town of Lenox makes the following declaration ... That he enlisted in the town of Woodbury, Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Comstock of the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman on the 26th day of January 1780. That he continued in the service of the United States until some time in the year 1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York. During his time in the service he served part of the time in the company commanded by Captain Kimberly of the Regiment commanded by Col Swift and was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Timothy Tayler of Col Swift's Regt and in which Company he continued until he was discharged, that he was in the Battle at York town at the taking of Cornwallis and in sundry other smaller battles during the time of his services; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. -- [signed] John Tyler
"I Samuel Shepard of Lenox...age of 71 do testify and say that ... John Tyler and Waity his wife were living together in Lenox as husband and wife, and so continued to live together til the death of John Tyler on the 10th day of March in the year 1840, and that they raised a large family of children. John Tyler was a man of well informed mind, possessed a very tenacious memory, and was very communicative in speaking of the occurrences of the revolutionary war. I have often been particularly interested in hearing him describe the scenes of that war, and particularly in hearing him describe minutely the characteristics of several of the Officers of the Army."
John's death was recorded in the church death records "Mar 10 1840 John Tyler" (From "Lenox, Massachusetts Episcopalian Church Records 1771 - 1858", from R.C. Rockwell's Copy, compiled & indexed by Rollin Hillyer Cooke, p. 362.)
In addition to the nine children listed below, John and Waity had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1805, verified by the 1820 deposition made by John, stating their daughter, Eliza, age 15 was living at home. Eliza was also mentioned in both John's and Waity's wills as Eliza Johnson. She was left nothing in the wills. Nothing more has been found about Eliza.
For more information and complete source citations see Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, editor, NEHGS, 2012, p. 243.
John's parents were named as Titus and Susannah Berry Tyler in Willard I. Tyler Brigham and Calvin Cedric Tyler, The Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of the Branford, Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler, Vol III (Grand Rapids, MI, Calvin Cedric Tyler, 1976) 246 - 247. That parental information is not documented, and appears to have been received from an unnamed Tyler family member. Further research needs to be done.
John and Waity were married 6 Oct 1789 at Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts by Congregational Church Minister, Samuel Munson, who kept no marriage records. John Remained in Lenox for the rest of his life, as shown in 1790 - 1840 census records, land, Lenox town records and Episcopal Church records.
John became a member of the Episcopal Church in Lenox by Oct 1790.
John bought 41 acres of land in 1795 and 1796 as described in the deed when Waity sold the land in 1841: two parcels of land, one piece lying partly in Lenox and partly in Stockbridge in [Berkshire] county, being the piece where my late husband resided containing sixteen acres more or less, bounded to the East by the highway leading to the Court house in Lenox, south and west by lands of Enos Smith & north by lands of Chester Tyler & John Cook. The other piece lies wholly in Stockbridge containing eighteen acres more or less.
There is excellent documentation of John Tyler's service in the Revolutionary War in his pension file #W.3890 and widow's file #9014. The complete file is on Fold3. Excerpts include:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshire, 27 April 1818, Personally appears John Tyler aged fifty-three years, resident in the town of Lenox makes the following declaration ... That he enlisted in the town of Woodbury, Connecticut in the company commanded by Captain Comstock of the fifth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Isaac Sherman on the 26th day of January 1780. That he continued in the service of the United States until some time in the year 1783, when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York. During his time in the service he served part of the time in the company commanded by Captain Kimberly of the Regiment commanded by Col Swift and was transferred to the company commanded by Capt Timothy Tayler of Col Swift's Regt and in which Company he continued until he was discharged, that he was in the Battle at York town at the taking of Cornwallis and in sundry other smaller battles during the time of his services; and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support. -- [signed] John Tyler
"I Samuel Shepard of Lenox...age of 71 do testify and say that ... John Tyler and Waity his wife were living together in Lenox as husband and wife, and so continued to live together til the death of John Tyler on the 10th day of March in the year 1840, and that they raised a large family of children. John Tyler was a man of well informed mind, possessed a very tenacious memory, and was very communicative in speaking of the occurrences of the revolutionary war. I have often been particularly interested in hearing him describe the scenes of that war, and particularly in hearing him describe minutely the characteristics of several of the Officers of the Army."
John's death was recorded in the church death records "Mar 10 1840 John Tyler" (From "Lenox, Massachusetts Episcopalian Church Records 1771 - 1858", from R.C. Rockwell's Copy, compiled & indexed by Rollin Hillyer Cooke, p. 362.)
In addition to the nine children listed below, John and Waity had a daughter, Eliza, born in 1805, verified by the 1820 deposition made by John, stating their daughter, Eliza, age 15 was living at home. Eliza was also mentioned in both John's and Waity's wills as Eliza Johnson. She was left nothing in the wills. Nothing more has been found about Eliza.
For more information and complete source citations see Western Massachusetts Families in 1790, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, editor, NEHGS, 2012, p. 243.
Inscription
John Tyler
Died
March 10 1840
in his 75 year
A soldier of the Revolution
I am the resurrection and the
life. He that believeth in me
though he were dead yet shall he
live.
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