Mathias Tyson (1682 - 1766)

Born 31 Aug 1682 in Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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Died 8 Apr 1766 at age 83 in Perkiomen Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Mathias was born 31 AUG 1682 in Krefeld, Stadtkreis Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. ^[1]

Mathias Tyson was the son of Cornelius Thiessen. ^[2]

• The settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the beginning of German emigration to North America by Samuel W. Pennypacker (This does not have Matthias but the writer was descended from Barbara and Matthias through their daughter Margaret and if you read the preface connects their parents Cornelius Tyson and Hendrick Sellen in his own words. ^[3]

He arrived in Pennsylvania in 1703 (guess on date based on)^[4] and was naturalized in 1709 ^[5].

• On arrival in Pennsylvania, we know that Cornelius came over in 1703 from^[4] Mathias would have only been about 16 he would not have come over sooner without family and more likely that came with his Father which would make his arrival 1703 some charts have 1709 but that is when he was naturalized and not the same as arrival time many where here years before they were naturalized.

Matthias married Barbara Sellen, daughter of Hendrick Sellen. ^[5]

Matthias died in 1766 and is buried at Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. ^[1]

• Cornelious Tyson (this Mathias' father) was believed (but not proven) to be brother of Ryner Tyson who also has a son Mathias born about same time but married a Pots this information as well as letter mentioned in a letter^[6] that states that Ryner was a friend and Cornelious (Mathias' father) a mennonite, may be helpful to tell the two Mathias apart when researching.

Children

1. Cornelius
2. John
3. Henry
4. Margaret
5. William
6. Benjamin
7. Joseph

Research Notes

Many books on the Hunsberger genealogy, and hence most online family trees, list Esther Sellen Tyson Hunsberger as a daughter of Mathias and the aunt of Catherine Nash Tyson. However none of these books or pedigrees offer any sources. It appears that early on she was conflated with another wife or generation of Hunsberger, which added "Sellen" to her name and then attempted to fit her into the Sellen/Tyson/Hunsberger family. Also, she is not named in the Will of Mathias Tyson like his other children.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 31 August 2022), memorial page for Matthias Theissen Tyson (31 Aug 1682–8 Apr 1766), Find A Grave: Memorial #5362343, citing Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery, Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Scott Maxwell (contributor 43707576).
2. ↑ Name:Matthias Tyson Death Date: 1766 SAR Membership: 60952 Role: Ancestor Application Date: 8 Jan 1942 Father: Cornelius Tyson Mother: Margretta Tyson Spouse: Barbara Sellen
3. ↑ https://archive.org/details/settlementofgerm01penn
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000004680372;view=1up;seq=266 page 222 of William Penn and the Dutch Quaker migration to Pennsylvania , it is actually information on his father but clears up when they came to Pennsylvania Mathias came with his father , his father came in 1703
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} .pg 1021 of History of Montgomery County PA by by Bean, Theodore Weber, 1833-1891, [from old catalog] ed; Buck, William J. (William Joseph), 1825-1901 Published 1884 by Publisher Philadelphia, Everts & Peck found at internet archives https://www.archive.org/stream/historyofmontgom00bean#page/1020/mode/2up
6. ↑ A contribution to the history and genealogy of the Tyson and Fitzwater families by Tyson, Samuel Traquairon , Published in 1922 https://archive.org/details/contributiontohi00tyso * This is mostly about Ryner Tyson , But on page 6 letter by Joseph Tyson helps clear things up between Ryner and Cornelius, *donated by wiki tree member Doug Lockwood

• Jordan, John W. Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. I (The Lewis Publishing Co., New York, 1911) pp. 395-6.