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 > > >