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Moses Tryon II (1780 - 1831)

Moses Tryon II
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Died at age 51 in Cubamap
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Biography

Moses was born 8 Apr 1780 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the son of Moses Tryon and Mercy Turner [1]. His mother died a few weeks after his birth.

Moses was baptized together with siblings Betsey, George, James and William in Wetherfield on November 2, 1788, the same day their parents were admitted to full communion in the same church.[2]

A professional soldier, he is listed in 1812 as commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of the Connecticut Militia. Rank: Brigadier General.[3] In a history of the War of 1812 it says: "In addition to Governor Griswold's two independent companies, known as the Foot Guards, Connecticut’s militia force is composed four divisions as follows: the 1st Dvision (1st and 7th Brigades) commanded by Major General Solomon Cowles. Cowles’ 1st Brigade is composed of the 1st, 18th, 19th and 22nd Connecticut Infantry Regiments, along with the Connecticut 1st Cavalry Regiment under the command of Brigadier General Moses Tryon Jr."[4]

Moses Jr. was one of the founders of the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons, in a law passed by the Connecticut Legislature in May of 1816.[5]

Death: Matanzas, Cuba.[6][7]A note in the Hartford Times says "formerly of Hartford".

Sources

  1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74W-GZ9 : 7 January 2020), Moses Tryon, 1780.
  2. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 (Ancestry.com), Volume 126 Wethersfield, p. 225 [original record Vol 2 p. 126
  3. Green’s Connecticut Annual Register and United States Calendar: The Connecticut Register for the Year of our Lord 1812: Being the Thirty-sixth of the Independence of the United Statesp. 96. Published 1812 in New London, Connecticut
  4. Hannings, Bud (2012), The War of 1812: A complete chronology with biographies of 63 general officers, McFarland & Co., Jefferson, NC. p. 28
  5. Resolves and Private Laws of the State of Connecticut: From the year 1789 to the year 1836, Volume 1, published by the Authority of the General Assembly, Hartford, 1837, p. 320.
  6. Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934, Connecticut Newspaper Notices Vol 01, p. 378. Ancestry.com
  7. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930: reported 11 July 1831 in the American Mercury, call number 486547; the Hartford Times also 11 July 1831, call number 486551; the Christian Intelligencer of the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, reported 16 July 1831, call number 87722
  • Email correspondence with biographer of Capt. Moses Tryon. (Nov, 2015)




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