Isaac Tryon Sr. (1742 - 1823)

Born 23 Apr 1742 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Kimberly) Tryon — married 25 Dec 1771 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1823 at age 81 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Parents

In Tryon Family in America Isaac Tryon 5.9b He is listed as the son of Joseph Tryon and an unknown mother, and was born in Glastonbury.

However, his granddaughter, Maroa (Chapman) Tennant, wrote in his account book that her great grandmother (that is, Isaac's mother) was a Treat. This would be Sarah Treat, wife of Joseph Tryon.^[1] See Special Note below.

Quoting from Tryon Family in America:

"Rev. J. Herbert Brown's booklet says: He was a wealthy manufacturer in Glastonbury, Conn., and served through all the Revolutionary War. It is stated that he is the inventor of the first machine for making combs--before that time small hand-saws had been used in making the teeth of combs." He married Elizabeth Kimberly, daughter of John Kimberly and Mary (Hubbard) Kimberly, of Stamford, Conn., at Glastonbury, on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1771. She [Elizabeth] was born at Glastonbury, Oct. 9, 1747, and died at the same place May 17, 1838, aged 92 years. They were both recommended to church privileges by Rev. John Eels, and accepted Mar. 7, 1747. He enlisted in 1777 in Col. Baldwin's Corps of Artificers, and served at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and Valley Forge. Pension granted Aug. 23, 1790. Isaac received in 1820, a pension for two years actual service as a private in the Connecticut line during the American Revolution. He died at Glastonbury, Dec. 25, 1822, or Dec. 26, 1823, at the age of 82 years."

Whereas Isaac was not the inventor of the comb-making machine (Phineas Pratt of Connecticut was granted a patent for the comb-making machine on April 12, 1799), Isaac was granted a patent for an "improvement in the cutting and pointing of comb teeth" on 22 Feb 1798.^[2]

Evidence

He married Elizabeth Kimberly on Christmas Day, 1771 in Glastonbury.^[3] Both Isaac and Elizabeth were admitted to the church in Glastonbury on 7 March 1774, "recom. by Rev. John Eells."^[4]

According to his FindaGrave memorial, he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.

He enlisted on 17 March, 1777 in a troop of artificers, Col. Jonathan Baldwin's regiment, Capt. Clark's Company^[5] and in 1781 was annexed to a corps of artillery. In 1820 he received a pension for two years' actual service as private, Connecticut Line.^[6] His pension is confirmed by US Revolutionary War Pension Files.^[7]

Special Note

Scanned images of his accounts book are available online at University of Pennsylvania: Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts. Description: "Ledger of miscellaneous accounts of Isaac Tryon of Glastonbury, Conn., covering the years 1763-1805. Often includes the nature of a given debt, credit, or other transaction, as well as listing the name of the individual who holds the debt or credit. Some of the names that appear throughout the ledger are those of William Doomer; David Hubbard; Joseph, Abigail, and Mary Kimberly; Captain Joseph Ingham; and William Hale. Most of the transactions concern the sale or purchase of wood; wooden or leather goods; textile products and wool; or cattle and farm animals. Personal expenses for Isaac Tryon, including food, shoes, and books are also present. A small number of payments to various workers and farm laborers for occasional services are recorded throughout the ledger. Includes some biographical details, such as date of birth and death, of various members of the Chapman family (f.112r and 113v). Contains the genealogy of Isaac Tryon and his children, including their date of birth and weight at birth (f.122r). A recipe for gingerbread is also present (f.123v). Three later newspaper clippings are inserted in the manuscript. The first, from the Glastonbury Gazette, dated 13 Dec. 1895, contains the biography of one of the oldest residents of the district, Obed Chapman, likely a member of the aforementioned Chapman family (pinned on f.95v). The second and the third, from the Daily National Gazette, dated 29 Sept. 1871, are the obituary of Evelina Dunn (both are pasted on f.113r). Contains alphabetical index with some of the names of the individuals that appear in the ledger (f.1r-2r)."

Interestingly, Isaac records the following items regarding Joseph Tryon:

• Feby 17 1777 "Then recond with Joseph Tryon and Dew to him in ballance of our accompts £2:3:6"

• May 6 1778 "then recond with Joseph Tryon and Dew to him on Book Six pound Twelve shilling and six pence"

• work done for Joseph Tryon (May 1784?, year obscured by ink blot) "to there Days work Done" but unlike all the other entries he does not put a charge against it.

• May 23th 1785 "then ballanced all book accompts with Joseph Tryon and found dew to him Four pounds twelve shillings £4 | 12"

• May 12 1786 "then reckoned with Joseph Tryon and found dew to him £1 |16 | 2

• 1787 Joseph Tryon to one Stand Table for Mr. Hale £1 | 10; Cr for the Leaf of the Same 3 | 0; for the Lock and screws 2 | 0; for 100 pine boards 6 | 0; for one bushel and half of wheet 7 | 6 [Total] £2 | 14 | 8

There are further entries related to Joseph Tryon which are not transcribed here.

Joseph Tryon, Isaac's father, died in 1771. However, these entries could refer to Isaac's brother Joseph Tryon b 1738.

Isaac died at the age of 82.^[8][9] His headstone says he was Rev. Isaac Tryon.

His estate was probated by administration in 1823.^[10]

Elizabeth died in 1838 at the age of 92.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ University of Pennsylvania: Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts
2. ↑ Elliot, William (1828) A list of patents granted by the United States, for the encouragement of arts and sciences, alphabetically arranged, from 1790 to 1828 ... containing the names of patentee, their places of residence, and the dates of their patents, S. A. Elliot, Washington D.C., p. xxii, also p. 14.
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920; Volume 037 Glastonbury, page 296 original record Vol. 2 page 71 (Ancestry.com)
4. ↑ Op. cit, original record Vol. 2, page 33 (Ancestry.com)
5. ↑ Connecticut Adjutant General's Office, 1889, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War, page 293
6. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 038 (member 37095 Mrs. Julia Clarke Overcash) (Ancestry.com)
7. ↑ The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 2 (Ancestry.com)
8. ↑ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7XX-PN1), Isaac Tryon, 26 Dec 1823; Glastonbury, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,215.
9. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934; Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 16, page 134 (Ancestry.com)
10. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 for Isaac Tryon; Hartford; Probate Packets, Treat, M-Tuller, J, 1641-1880 (Ancestry.com)
11. ↑ Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7N5-1V8), Isaac Tryon in entry for Elizabeth Tryon, 17 May 1838; reference v16,p134; FHL microfilm 3,334

Other Sources

• U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995; living in 1772 in Glastonbury, died 1823, occupation cabinetmaker. (Ancestry.com)

• 1790 US Federal Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-V3D : accessed 22 April 2017), Isaac Tryon, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; p. 441, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141

• Tryon Family in America Isaac Tryon 5.9b

• Isaac Tryon's Memorial 135020195

Acknowledgements

• Isaac Tryon's profile was added by Kay Tryon.