John, Ezra Tryon, father of John Tryon of Wayne County, Ohio enlisted in the Revolutionary War at Rocky Hill, CT in March of 1777. War service records and town records indicate Ezra was a resident of Glastonbury, CT, just across the river from Rocky Hill. Ezra enlisted in Captain Buckley's Company of the 9th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel B. Webb. He was in the battle of Rhode Island, Battle of Springfield, NJ, Battle of Yorktown, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. On December 10, 1777, while crossing Long Island Sound, Ezra was taken prisoner by the British. He was retained until July 16, 1778, at which time he was exchanged. All indications are that Ezra was much more a 'commoner' than Governor Tryon. Ezra listed 'cooper' as his occupation on his Reveolutionary War pension papers. He served as a private throughout his 6 years in the war. Ezra, I would say is about a 5th generation descendant, give or take, from the original Tryon immigrant to Connecticut, William Tryon. It would be fun to know how the later generation English Tryons tie in with the early colonial American Tryons. Doug At 08:23 AM 12/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >There was a William Tryon who was a British Governor for NC, today you >can even visit the Tryon Palace in Raleigh. Right before the Revolution >he became the last British Governor of New York, fled to Canada during >the war. After the Revolution, Herkimer and Montgomery counties were >formed from settled land along the Mohawk from what was once called >Tryon County. > >John >>---------- >>From: Doug McGuire[SMTP:dmcguire@iquest.net] >>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 1997 7:24 PM >>To: Tryon, John >>Subject: Re: Fw: Ohio Tryons >> >>I'll mail her. The Governor part is highly doubtful but still nice to find >>a Tryon cousin. >> >>Doug >> >>At 05:02 PM 12/18/97 -0600, Vicki Titus wrote: >>>Was contacted by this person when she saw my Tryon census database on line. >>> I told her all about EZRA Tryon of Wayne Co. and his son John, or at least >>>what I know of them. >>> >>>I told her I would forward her letter to the group while she checks into >>>how to subscribe to the list. I know we had at least 1 desc of Ezra on the >>>list, so I thought he/she might want to drop her a line. >>> >>>Vicki >>> >>>---------- >>>| From: Michael & Christine <mlindner@netquest.com> >>>| To: Vicki Titus <vtitus@ipa.net> >>>| Subject: Ohio Tryons >>>| Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 1:03 PM >>>| >>>| I moved to Detroit from Ohio ten years ago, and all of my Tryon relatives >>>| are from Ohio, mainly Medina and Wayne Counties. I've been able to trace >>>| back to John Tryon (1794 -1872). I believe his father was a brother of >>>| William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina ~1777, so hopefully William's >>>| fame will make it a little easier to find information on my ancestors >>>| around that time. (But maybe not!) William was born in England, and I >>>| haven't started researching outside of the United States yet, so I have >>>| lots of new resources to study about finding ancestors in England. >>>| >>>| How do I subscribe to the Tryon mailing list? >>>| >>>| --C >>>| >>>| ---------- >>>| > From: Vicki Titus <vtitus@ipa.net> >>>| > To: mlindner@netquest.com >>>| > Subject: Re: Wow! >>>| > Date: Thursday, December 18, 1997 10:46 AM >>>| > >>>| > Thanks for the comment. I put things out there and it's nice to know >>>if >>>| > and when people are using it. >>>| > >>>| > You're in Detroit!!! Are you desc of a Michigan Tryon? That is one of >>>| my >>>| > two areas of expertise, the other being how many strange way's Tryon >>>can >>>| be >>>| > corrupted - Ryon, Fryon, Treon, etc. >>>| > >>>| > I am a desc of Adelia Tryon, who married Lyman Chaffee in Hillsdale Co. >>>| MI. >>>| > They resided in Hillsdale Co and St. Joseph Co. before finally >>>settling >>>| in >>>| > Allegan Co. MI. >>>| > >>>| > I have not been able to "prove" her parents. The only proven fact I >>>have >>>| > is that a Benjamin Tryon witnessed her wedding and that there were two >>>| > different Benjamin Tryons in MI in 1850, one in St. Joseph Co. and one >>>in >>>| > Allegan Co., both places where Lyman and Adelia lived. >>>| > >>>| > Have you subscribed to the Tryon mailing list? There are about 50 or >>>so >>>| > people, I believe. >>>| > >>>| > I also have a web page for Tryon family into. It includes links to the >>>| > Tryon Union Web page, which has a lot of data, including orphans. >>>| > >>>| > The address is: >>>| > http://www.ipa.net/~vtitus/tryon.html >>>| > >>>| > Looking forward to hearing from you soon. >>>| > >>>| > Vicki >>>| I mo >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >