Sarah (Robinson) Tryon (1656 - 1711)

Born 1656 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Bezaleel Lattimer — married 18 Aug 1680 in Wetherfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Wife of William Tryon — married before 17 Jan 1689 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1711 at about age 55 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Saint was born in 1656, daughter of Thomas and Mary Robinson of Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut ^[1]. She married Bezaleel Lattimer in 1680 ^[2][3]. They had two documented children, Jonathan and Bathsheba, named in the administration of Bezaleel's estate. After Bezaleel's death she married a second time, to William Tryon, in 1688 (see Research Notes) ^[4] and they had one documented son, Abial Tryon, and a daughter Rachel Tryon. Saint died in 1711 in Wethersfield ^[5].

Research Notes

Records do not clearly indicate the maiden name of her mother and both Mary (Payne) Robinson and Mary (Wells) Robinson have been suggested.

Her first name is recorded as Saint in "Families of Early Guilford" which included Robinson family records but many women of that time were called Saint and Sarah interchangeably.

Probate of first husband's estate: Inventory on File. Invt. œ42-17-00. Taken 31 May, 1688, by Jno Wells, Jno Chester.

Legatees: Jona[than]: 6-3/4 years old, and Bethsheba 3 months old.

Court document re William Tryon and Saint Lattimer: Whereas Saint Tryon complains that her husband William Tryon hath fraudently conveyed away from her a Writing made between them before marriage, where by she is greatly injured and prays relief from this Court, she producing two Evidences that there was a writing made but not signed until after marriage, viz, the next morning, this Court do order that the sd. William Tryon shall have the Improvement of the Estate of Bezaleel Lattimore, Decd, provided he maintain the two Children of the sd. Lattimore; or only 1-3 part thereof (which is his wife's part of the sd. Estate), and the two children with their part of the Estate be put into their Guardians Hands, viz, Thomas Wickham and Ebenezer Deming; and that he shall have the Improvement of four acres of Land purchased by her [Saint] after the decease of her husband Lattimore, the right to remain in her to dispose at her death, the sd. Tryon consenting to the same.^[6]

Guardianship of Saint Lattimer's children: Upon the request of Saint Tryon, this Court appoint Cornet Thomas Wickham and Ebenezer Deming to be Guardians to Jonathan and Bathsheba Lattimore, Children of Bezaleel Lattimore, late of Wethersfield, Decd.^[7]

Probate of Saint Tryon: Whereas the Court of Probate did grant Adms. upon the Estate of Bezaleel Lattimore, late of Wethersfield, Decd, to Saint Lattimore, Widow of sd. Decd, and the sd. Saint Lattimore neglecting in her life time to finish her Adms., and she being now dead, this Court grant Adms. to Josiah Atwood, son-in-law to the sd. Decd, on the remaining unadministered Estate of sd. Bezaleel Lattimore, Decd.^[8]

This Court order the Dist. of a parcel of Land in Wethersfield granted by the Town, being the 110th Draught drawn by Saint Lattimore, late of Wethersfield, Decd, as followeth: To the heirs of Jonathan Lattimer, Decd, son of the aforesd. Bezaleel Lattimer, Decd, 2/3 part thereof. To Bathshua [Bathsheba] Atwood, wife of Josiah Atwood, of sd. Wethersfield, and daughter of the aforesd. Bezzaleel Lattimer, 1/3 part thereof. And whereas the sd. Saint Lattimer in the time of her Widowhood bought 4 acres of Land of Samuel Bowman of Wethersfield and died intestate, this Court order a Dist. of sd. 4 acres: To the Heirs of Jonathan Lattimer a double part, and to the other two children of the sd. Saint Lattimer, Decd, to Bathshua Atwood and Abial Tryon, to each a single share. And [this court] appoint David Goodrich, Nathaniel Burnham sen. & Joshua Robbins distributors.^[9]

Report of the Dist. by Nathaniel Burnham and Jonathan Burnham.^[10]

The "marriage record" often quoted for the marriage of Saint Lattimer and Willian Tryon give a date of 17 Jan 1788/9 which is actually the date of a court document regarding her complaint that William had "fraudently conveyed away" a prenuptial agreement. They were married prior to this date but after the probate records of her first husband's estate 7 Jun 1788.

Sources

1. ↑ Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Vol. II, pg. 990, Talcott
2. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700: Vol. 2, p. 294 (Americanancestors.org)
3. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 453 (Ancestry.com)
4. ↑ U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 for Saint Tryon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 17 Jan 1688
5. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), Vol. Weathersfield, p. 263. Original record: Vol 1, p. 8 (Ancestry.com)
6. ↑ Court Record, Vol VI, Page 66 dated 17 January, 1688/9:
7. ↑ Court Record, Vol VI, Page 67 dated17 January, 1688/9
8. ↑ Court Record, Vol. VIII, Page 46 dated 7 January, 1711-12
9. ↑ Court Record, Vol. IX, Page 69 dated 1st July, 1718
10. ↑ Court Record, Vol X, Page 23 dated 2 July, 1723

• Families of Ancient Wethersfield, Vol. 2, pg 478, by Henry Stiles, documenting Bezaleel Lattimer and family.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116664981/sarah-tryon: accessed 31 August 2022), memorial page for Sarah “Saint” Robinson Tryon (unknown–7 Dec 1711), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116664981, citing Wethersfield Village Cemetery, Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Don Blauvelt (contributor 46932939) .

Acknowledgments:

Thank you to Jon Myers for creating WikiTree profile Robinson-6925 through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013.

• Entered by Kay Tryon, Feb 15, 2012