Ziba Tryon (abt. 1684 - 1753)

Born about 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband of Dorothy (Baldwin) Tryon — married 2 Sep 1708 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1753 at about age 69 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Zybah was born in about 1684. There is little constraining his year of birth. He is the son of William Tryon. He married Dorothy Baldwin, daughter of Samuel Baldwin of Guildford, September 1708 in Goshen.^[1] "He died in New Fairfield, Connecticut, before 1 Jan 1754 when James Tryon [his son] was appointed admlntstrator of his estate. He married at Wethersfield in September 1708, Dorothy Baldwin, born in Guilford, Connecticut, on 27 December 1683, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Baldwin) Baldwin of Guilford."

"On 11 July 1726, Ziba Tryon of Wethersfield conveyed three acres to Thomas Harris [son of Walter] in exchange for land in Middletown. Ziba was still "of Wethersfield," however, in January 1734/5, when he sold to Eliphalet Dickinson a two-acre parcel with a dwelling house. He probably moved soon afterward to New Fairfield. He bought the land of Nathan Hollister at New Fairfield on Jan. 27, 1738 ^[2]. The inventory of his estate in New Fairfield, dated 10 January 1754, included the usual household items, farming tools, a horse and cow, plus the "homested buildings and about 51 acres of land." ^[3]

His inventory was completed on 10 January 1754 in New Fairfield and recorded in Danbury.^[4]

Research Notes

In the TAG article "William of Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut" by Gale Ion Harris, Harris states "James (his son) was administrator of his father's estate at New Fairfield in 1754." Ziba's estate is itemized and executor named here [1].

There may be another child given the five year gap between Abigail and Daniel. One speculative one would be Benjamin Tryon (abt.1719-). The 1719 birth year is a total guess and we don't have a record of him until 1760 at the baptism of his 4th child.

Sources

1. ↑ Hibbard, A. G. (Augustine George) (1897) History of the town of Goshen, Connecticut : with genealogies and biographies based upon the records of Deacon Lewis Mills North: Genealogies of early Goshen families, Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn. p. 407 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ The Tryon Family in America, by Wes Tryon
3. ↑ William Tryon of Hartford and Wethersfield, Connecticut, Gale Ion Harris, The American Genealogist, Volume: 83 (2008-2009), p. 81-100.
4. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TNZD : 14 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 61-62, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 105-106.

• Tryon Research Secondary Sources Compendium [2]

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 24.

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 72