James Tryon (1709 - abt. 1780)

Born 26 Jul 1709 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Wright) Tryon — married 17 Jun 1735 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 8 Nov 1780 at about age 71 in Sherman, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

James was the son of Ziba Tryon and Dorothy Baldwin, born in Wethersfield in July of 1709.^[1]

James Tryon was married to Jane Wright in Wethersfield on June 17, 1735 by the Rev. Lyman Backus.^[1]

Birth

13 JUL 1709 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

26 JUL 1708 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

26 JUL 1709 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA^[1]

Research Notes

James and Jane witnessed the marriage of his sister, Abigail, to John Ferris in a Quaker ceremony in New Milford in 1938. He was also the administrator of his father Ziba's estate in New Fairlield in 1754 ^[2].

His will is dated 7 Nov 1780 and he states he is weak and sickly. By the 13th he is dead and probate has begun with various people serving witness to the will and his state when when the will was signed. In his will he leaves the use of his estate and one third of his moveable estate to his wife, Jane. He gives 5 pounds each to his daughter-in-laws Abigail and Bethiah. "And all the rest and remainder of my estate I give and bequeath to my grandchildren to be divided equally between them, vis, Elijah and Elias, sons of Asahel my eldest son, deceased; and to James and Simeon, the sons of Simeon my youngest son, deceased; and to Anner daughter of said Asahel; to Jane the daughter of son Simeon." William G. Hubbell was the executor.

There is no record of a daughter Anne of Asahel.

Did James have a son named James. There are eight years between when Ziba was born in Wethersfield and Simeon was born in New Fairfield. In the church records of Sherman, CT, where we find all of the family after their move to New Fairfield ^[3] there is an entry "[Tyron ] Anna, d. James, bp. Oct. 19, 1758, v1 p5". This is very late for James and Jane to be having children (Jane would be 46). Also in this record we find "[Tyron] James, his orphan child Doritha, bp. Apr. 5, 1761, v1 p5". Did James have a son James who died about 1760? Did Asahel adopt Anne and that's why we see her in James's will?

"The Tryon Family in America" lists another son, Enos, born 22 Jan 1739. No evidence for Enos has been found.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Vol. Wethersfield, p. 262
2. ↑ "William Tryon of Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut" by Gale Ion Harris , The American Genealogist, v. 83, p. 81, 2008-2009
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 for James Tyron, Volume 104 Sherman

• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 for James Tryon, Fairfield, Probate Records, Vol 1-3, 1744-1782 (ancestry.com).