Jon- Thank you for your welcome comments. You have introduced some new material that may clear up a mystery or two. > > There were several William Tryons born in Connecticut in the mid 1700's that > Wesley Tryon confused in his "Tryon Family in America." Correct. However, you appear to be referring to Edition 1. Wes did publish an expanded version (Edition 2) which corrected some, but not all errors. Let me try to bring you up to date and then see where your new material fits in. > > I discovered the errors when trying to identify the parents of my 4th great > grandfather, William Tryon, the father of Anna Tryon, who died in 1821 in > Farmington, CT. Anything you can introduce on the Farmington branch is welcome, indeed. > > The first problem with the Tryon geneaolgy is that there in no information on > the descendants of Thomas, the fourth son of the first William Tryon and his > wife Mary Steele. Wes did correct that oversight in Ed 2 but still got it partially wrong, in that he apparently did not know of the second Thomas (his son) and assigned all of his children to the grandfather. > There is a manuscript in the library of the Connecticut > Historical Society that shows that Thomas had two sons, Thomas and William. Yes. I would have to search my records to find out what manuscript it is, but I ran into it as well. This was apparently unknown to Wes. > > Son Thomas m. Abigail and d. 1749. His children are Thomas b. Jan. 23, > 1727/8, Timothy b. Aug. 2, 1729, Abel b. Jan 19, 1734/5, and Eliud b. Jan 28, > 1740/41. Abel chose Lt. Josiah Robinson of Wethersfied as guardian in 1748. > Yes. Agreed on all points. > Son William m. Phbe and lived in Glastonbury. He was still alive in 1798. His > children are William, Jemina, Charles, Ezekiel, Michael, Thomas, Mary, and > Phebe. Phebe is Phebe BOW (Eastbury Church Records, p 67). He never appears beyond 1798. I agree with all the children you mention, except I never ran into son William. This is new and interesting information. What is the source? (As you indirectly point out, there are more Williams per square foot of Tryon landscape than any family has a right to have. Everytime I run into yet another William I groan.) > > William was b. abt 1752 and died at age 73 on August 31, 1825 in Glastonbury. > This William I have thought was the son of Benjamin (1715- )who had married Rebecca Hurlbut in 1738 (Barbour: Wethersfield 2:34a: "TRYON, William s. Benjamin & Rebecca, b. Sept. 3, 1752") > This is the William that Wesley Tryon confuses with my William. The > Glastonbury William did not marry Anna Hurlbut on May 9, 1784. According to a > Bidwell genealogy, he married Sarah Bidwell May 11, 1777. There children are > Sally b. abt 1780, Jesse, b. 1783, William, Jr. b. 1786, Prudence b. 1788 and > Isaac b. 1791. Some William married Anna Hurlbut on May 4, 1777 (Eastbury Church Records, p. 80). Wes assigns that William to Abiel, but this seems forced to me, since Glastonbury sons usually have Glastonbury fathers, etc. I have not run into the Bidwell Genealogy as yet and shall look it up. (Has anyone else on the list consulted the Bidwell Genealogy???) > My William is the son on Benjamin and Rebecca Hurlbut. He was born in > Wethersfied Sept. 3, 1752. He served throughout the Rev. War period before > finally getting married and settling in Farmington. His children are Sally b. > 1780, Anna b.1788, Prudence, and William. Rebecca Hurlbut, b. 26 Mar 1720 to William Hurlbut and and Susanna Brown (Stiles, Ancient Wethersfield, v. 2 p 446) Marriage in 1738 (Barbour: Wethersfield 2:34a; Stiles, Ancient Wethersfield v. 2 p. 446). Children: David, b. 21 Oct 1739 (Barbour: Wethersfield 2:34a); Jerusha, b. 6 Mar 1742 (Barbour: Wethersfield 2:31a literally says 1741/4); William, b. 3 Sept 1752 (Barbour: Wethersfield 2:86). Your information adds Sally, Anna and Prudence, which may well be. Any idea who they married, and what is the source? > > The genaelogy also says that Willam, the son of Abiel and Hannah Northway, b. > March 12, 1747/48 m. Sarah Bidwell. This must also be an error. > The date is certainly wrong, and the assignment of this William to Abiel may also be wrong. > This message is simply an attempt to correct possible errors in the record of > the Tryons. Any comments would be much appreciated. > It is getting late at night and I am getting all snarled up in the Williams and their alleged parents. Maybe you can make some sense of my comments and simplify things in a revised posting. > Now, I still don't know who the parents of Anna Hurlburt are. She is not in > the Hurlbut genaelogy. Can't help you there. ********************* Additionally, From the Hale Collection of Cemetery Records, and from personal observation, we have this grouping in the Still Hill Cemetery: TRYON, William died Aug 31, 1825, age 73. Father. TRYON, William, died Nov. 17, 1832, age 46 yrs. TRYON, Rowena, wife of William, died Aug. 6, 1865, age 77 yrs. TRYON, Margaret J., daughter of Oswell & Betsey Ann, died Sept. 27, 1851, age 9 yrs. TRYON, Jasper, son of Oswell & Betsey Ann., died June 5, 1833, age 10 mos. TRYON, Oswell, died July 29, 1850, age 41 yrs. TRYON, Betsey Ann, wife of Oswell, died Jan. 31, 1896, age 86 yrs. This is William (ca 1752-1825) and one of his sons, William (1786-1832). Oswell is son of the second Wm. There is no evidence of Anna (Hurlbut). This is the William we agree is son of Thomas. And this is the descendancy of Thomas, son7 of William of Wethersfield (from Bibury) Regard this as the most current and critique it to your heart's content. I do not include Abiel's descendency chart because very little of it concerns this discussion. (Notation is a modified Henry form I devised as more computer-friendly) Descendancy Chart of Thomas Tryon (THOM=WM7) Thomas1 TRYON (THOM=WM7), b. 1678 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Thomas2 TRYON (THOM1), b. circa 1700 +Abigail2 (--?--) (THOM1+1) Thomas3 TRYON (THOM11), b. 23 Jan 1727/28 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Timothy3 TRYON (THOM12), b. 02 Aug 1729 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Abell3 TRYON (THOM13), b. 19 Jan 1734/35 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Eliud3 TRYON (THOM14), b. 28 Jan 1740/41 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. Oct 1791 +Abigail3 (--?--) (THOM14+1), m. circa 1767 Abigail4 TRYON (THOM141), bap. 08 May 1768 Suffolk, NY Timothy4 TRYON (THOM142), bap. 06 May 1770 Suffolk, NY Elisha4 TRYON (THOM143), bap. 13 Sep 1772 Suffolk, NY Eliud4 TRYON (THOM144), b. circa 1776 +Bethia3 ALDRICH (THOM14+2), b. 16 May 1752, m. 02 Oct 1779 Goshen, Orange, NY Phanelia4 TRYON (THOM145), b. circa 1780 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Bethiah4 TRYON (THOM146), chr. 20 May 1781 Goshen, Orange, NY Bradock4 TRYON (THOM147), b. 22 Apr 1787 Goshen, Orange, NY Jacob Aldrich4 TRYON (THOM148), b. 03 Oct 1788 Goshen, Orange, NY William2 TRYON (THOM2), b. circa 1730 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. before 1810 +Phebe2 BOW (THOM2+1), m. 20 Nov 1765 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. before 1810 Phebe3 TRYON (THOM21), b. circa 1767 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT +Enos3 MORLEY (THOM21+1), m. 06 Oct 1805 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Mary3 TRYON (THOM22) Thomas3 TRYON (THOM23), b. circa 1763 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. 25 Mar 1849 Portland, Middlesex, CT +Eunice3 BIDWELL (THOM23+1), b. between 1759 and 1765, m. 15 Dec 1785 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT son-14 TRYON (THOM231), b. between 1789 and 1794 son-24 TRYON (THOM232), b. between 1789 and 1794 dau-14 TRYON (THOM233), b. between 1793 and 1800 dau-24 TRYON (THOM234), b. between 1799 and 1810 dau-34 TRYON (THOM235), b. between 1799 and 1810 Michael3 TRYON (THOM24), b. 1780, d. after 1850 +unk unknown3 (--?--) (THOM24+1), b. between 1769 and 1770, d. between 1840 and 1850 Abijah4 TRYON (THOM241), b. 1804 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. between 29 Jun 1857 and 11 May 1864, pro. 11 May 1864 Rocky Hill, Hartford, CT dau-24 TRYON (THOM242), b. between 1783 and 1790 dau-14 TRYON (THOM243), b. between 1789 and 1800 dau-54 TRYON (THOM244), b. between 1793 and 1800 dau-34 TRYON (THOM245), b. between 1799 and 1810 dau-44 TRYON (THOM246), b. between 1799 and 1810 infant4 TRYON (THOM247), b. circa 1808 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. 08 Feb 1808 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT Ezekiel3 TRYON (THOM25), b. 1777 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, d. 31 Jul 1856 Essex, Middlesex, CT, bur. Essex, Middlesex, CT +Betsey3 HARRIS (THOM25+1), b. 1773 Glastonbury, Hartford, CT, m. 11 Aug 1799 Rocky Hill, Hartford, CT, d. 07 Aug 1854 Essex, Middlesex, CT, bur. Essex, Middlesex, CT Charles3 TRYON (THOM26) Jemima3 TRYON (THOM27) +Luther3 PATTERSON (THOM27+1), m. 12 Jun 1794 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT Regards, and welcome to the maillist. Now try The Tryon Union on the web http://www.tryon-union.com/ Dan Brevik Marlboro, MA