William Tryon (1787 - 1809)

Born 15 Apr 1787 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Aug 1809 at age 22 in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

William was the fifth child, fourth son, of Moses Tryon and the third child, third son of Eunice Treat, born April 15, 1787.^[1] He was baptized in Wethersfield on 2 Nov 1788 together with siblings Moses, George and James.^[2]

There are a number of men named William Tryon in Wethersfield at this period, but a young man of his exact age is mentioned in the Connecticut Church Records of Wethersfield as dying in Charleston, South Carolina on August 16, 1809. Tryon, William, d. Aug.16, 1809, age 23, at Charleston, S. C.'^[3]

Research Points

There are three relicts/widows of a William Tryon of Wethersfield mentioned in the Connecticut Church Records of Wethersfield, but all three are far too old to have been a wife of this William. There is also recorded the death of a slave woman, Lettuce, in 1797, but it is very unlikely that as a 10-year-old he would have owned a slave in his own name.

"DIED.—At Charleston, (S. C.) 16th of August last, Mr. William Tryon, a son of Capt. Moses Tryon, of Wethersfield, in the 23d year of his age.—He was a young man of benevolent disposition, industrious habits, and exemplary moral conduct. He had recently completed his education, and had just commenced business, but by the untimely stroke of death, is cut off from the fairest prospects of usefulness, severely lamented by a numerous circle of friends and relations. ^[4]

Sources

• Find-a-grave memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188128426/william-tryon

1. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: The Treat Family : A genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat : for fifteen generations, and four hundred and fifty years in England and America : containing more than fifteen hundred families in America : with illustrations, autographs, and a map of Somersetshire, p. 504 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 126 Wethersfield, p. 225. Original record Vol. 2 page 126 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920: Volume 126 Wethersfield, p. 226. Original record Vol. 2 page 322 (Ancestry.com)
4. ↑ The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut), Wednesday, September 13, 1809, p. 3, col. 2.