It seemed logical, since he was censused there in 1840. Here is all it says: Randolph Tryon from Erie County NY buying property on feb 21 1837 in Town 2 South of Range 3 East , 40 acres in Section 9 of Washtenaw. Vicki ---------- | From: Dennis J Brevik <dbrevik@ix.netcom.com> | To: Vicki Titus <vtitus@ipa.net> | Subject: Re: Randolph Tryon | Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 10:38 AM | | Vicki Titus wrote: | > | > I just got information that says Randolph Tryon was one of the early | > landowners in Washtenaw Co. MI (1837). Anybody heard of him before? Is | > this a corruption of Rudolphus, or another man? | > | > Vicki | | Never heard of him. I think you're right in speculating that it is a | corruption of Rudolphus (B 20 Oct 1810, brd. Mason, MI) whose name has | been corrupted in other ways before and after. | | There is also the (remote?) possibility that he could be Rudolphus (bap. | 6 Aug 1820 in Deerfield MA), son of Lemuel Tryon and Matilda Sutherland. | | No Randolph has ever appeared in the family (so far). | | Dan