Nathaniel Tryon (abt. 1765 - abt. 1834)

Born about 1765 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wood) Tryon — married 10 Jul 1801 in First Congregational Church in Manchester, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Husband of Mary (Strickland) Tryon — married 26 Dec 1804 in First Church of Christ, Congregational, in Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 15 Dec 1834 at about age 69 in East Glastonbury, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Nathaniel is the son of Joseph Tryon and Abigail Benton, born about 1765 ^[1].

He married (1) Sarah Wood 10 Jul 1801 in the First Congregational Church in Manchester, Hartford Co., Connecticut.^[2]

He married (2) Mary Strickland 26 Dec 1804 in Glastonbury.^[3][4] This would have been very shortly after the death of his first wife, Sarah Wood, who may have died in childbirth or soon after.

He died at the age of 70^[5][6], giving a birth year of 1765. Nathaniel is buried in the Tom & John Hill Cemetery in Glastonbury. Nearby are his [second?] wife Mary, George Tryon [son?] and George's wife Mary E. Gay, and George and Mary's son Charles W. Tryon, who died at the age of 3.^[7] The year of death on his grave marker appears to be incorrect. Probate of his estate began before 29 Apr 1835 when a newspaper notice regarding probate was posted in the Hartford Courant ^[8]. George Tryon and Charles Gay administered Nathaniel's estate for probate and bond was posted 25 Mar 1835 ^[9]. Clearly the headstone inscription must be wrong, whether it is just the year or month is unknown, but surely he died between about 15 Dec 1834 and mid Apr 1835.

Research Notes

The argument that Nathaniel must be the son of the younger Joseph Tryon and wife Abigail Benton is clearly summarized, with references, in Lynn B. McManus, "New Research Regarding the Family of Joseph Tryon and Sarah Treat of Glastonbury, Connecticut," The Connecticut Nutmegger, December 2011.

NathanieL Tryon, d. 15 Dec. 1835, age 70; bur. at District 14 Cemetery at John Tom Hill in East Glastonbury, Conn.[53] He made a statement in Aug. 1832 on the Revolutionary War pension application of Josiah Brooks of Glastonbury that “I, Nathaniel Tryon aged sixty-eight years resideing in Glastenbury in the County of Hartford in the State of Connecticut do certify, that I well remember that Josiah Brooks of said town, county and state now and then resideing in the same did vollingteer and went to the (Northland?) three months for my father who was Drafted to go to Still Water in Col. Thaddeus Cook’s Rigment and went three months (takeing?) general Burgyne army: then one year in Col. Evans Rigment to west point and horse neck my Brother George Tryon went and I went to assist him on the rode, and I know this to be the same man Josiah Brooks of said Glastenbury.”[54] The application papers of Josiah Brooks also state that his 1777 service under Col. Thaddeus Cook was as a substitute for Joseph Tryon of Glastonbury.[55] Nathaniel’s father Joseph took the Oath of Allegiance at Eastbury in 1779.[56] Nathaniel owned land with his father[57] and was listed for the first time as head of household on the 1820 census[58] (after his father’s death). Nathaniel m. first sarah Wood of Bolton, Connecticut[59] and m. second Mary strickLand of Glastonbury.[60] Nathaniel was the father of seven children.[61]

Tryon Family in America states:

The Revolutionary War pension application of Josiah Brooks proves that Nathaniel was the son of Joseph and Sarah's son Joseph. Brooks states that he served as a substitute for Nath. Tryon's father Joseph Tryon, both of Glastonbury, from about August 1777 to late October 1777. In an affidavit dated 3 August 1832, Nathaniel Tryon "aged sixty eight years" [giving a birth year of about 1764] states: "I Nathanaiel Tryon aged sixty-eight years residing in glastenbury in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut do certify that I well remember that Josiah Brooks of said town county and state and now and then residing in the same did volingeer and went to the northand three months for my father who was draffed to go to Still Waters in Col Thaddeus Coats [or Cooks] Rigment and went three months takeing general burgyne army: then one year in Col Enos Rigment to west point and horse nek my brother George Tryon went and I went to assist him on the road, and I know this to be the same man Josiah Brooks of said glastenbury. [signed] Nathaniel Tryon."^[10]

As Joseph Tryon, husband of Sarah Treat, died in 1771, Nathaniel's and George's father must be the elder Joseph Tryon and Sarah Treat's son Joseph.

Sources

1. ↑ Lynn B. McManus, "New Research Regarding the Family of Joseph Tryon and Sarah Treat of Glastonbury, Connecticut," The Connecticut Nutmegger, December 2011
2. ↑ Connecticut Church Records. Index, South Glastonbury Congregational Church, 1836-1916, p. 90; from original Vol. 3, p. 194. Nathaniel and Sarah are listed as being "of Glastonbury" and "of E. Hartford," respectively.
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 037 Glastonbury, p. 280. Original Vol. 2, p. 280 (Ancestry.com)
4. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 038 Glastonbury, p. 219. Original record Vol. 4, page 64. (Ancestry.com)
5. ↑ Dewey, Louis Marinus (1906) "Inscriptions from Old Cemeteries in Connecticut," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011; Volume 060, page 141 (Ancestry.com); also Vol. 086, page 323.
6. ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934: FHL Film number 3215 (Ancestry.com)
7. ↑ Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934: Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 16, p. 210.
8. ↑ Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), 11 May 1835, Mon, Page 4 (newspapers.com)
9. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Hartford, Probate Packets, Treat, M-Tuller, J, 1641-1880 (Ancestry.com)
10. ↑ Josiah Brooks pension file, No. W20766, Microfilm Publication M804, Roll 353 scans available from https://www.fold3.com/image/13936845.

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBS-4VG?cc=1803955&wc=3L7N-3TL%3A1586987303%2C1586987322%2C1586987328 : 16 July 2015), Connecticut > Hartford > Wethersfield > image 32 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Note that the locations is indexed incorrectly. The census was clearly taken in Glastonbury. It can also be found in ancestry.com records with the correct location but his last name is Logan.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBW-Q3?cc=1803958&wc=35YC-T3L%3A1588470003%2C1588470002%2C1588470012 : 14 August 2015), Connecticut > Hartford > Glastonbury > image 9 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Connecticut Church Records. Index, South Glastonbury Congregational Church, 1836-1916, p. 90; from original Vol. 3, p. 194.

• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 064 Manchester, p. 97; original record Vol. 3, p. 194 (Ancestry.com)

• Nathaniel Tryon's Find A Grave Memorial 47855907

• See also Towne / Bowditch Family Genealogy