Francis Tyssen Esq. (abt. 1653 - abt. 1710)

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Western) Tyssen — married 30 Dec 1686 in Shackelwell Chapel, Hackney, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about 1710 at about age 57 in Hackney, London, England [uncertain]

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Francis Tyssen was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

"Francis Tyssen (c.1625-99) came to England from Flushing in Holland in the 1640s and settled in London. He owned plantations in Antigua in the West Indies, from leasing which he accumulated sufficient capital to purchase the Shacklewell estate at Hackney in 1685. His son, Francis Tyssen (c.1653-1710), inherited the Bridge plantation in Antigua and expanded the Hackney estate, buying all three manors in Hackney parish in 1697-99. When he died in 1710, the Hackney property went to his eldest son, Francis Tyssen (1690-1717), who married the heiress of the neighbouring Beauvoir estate in 1712, while the Antiguan plantation went to a younger son, Samuel Tyssen (1698-1748). Dying at the age of 27, Francis (d. 1717) left a small young family consisting of a daughter, Mary (1715-77), who through her two marriages established the Benyon family at Englefield House (Berks), and a posthumous son, Francis John Tyssen (1717-81)." ^[1]

Children:

1. Dorothy Tyssen (b. 1681), baptised at Austin Friars, 16 May 1681; died young;
2. Ridley Tyssen (b. & d. 1687/8), baptised 5 February 1687/8; buried at Dutch church, Austin Friars, London, February 1687/8;
3. Martha Tyssen (c.1689-1714), baptised 19 February 1690/1; married William Cook of London, attorney, and had issue two children; buried 27 July 1714;
4. Francis Tyssen (1690-1717)
5. Dorothy Tyssen (b. & d. 1691), baptised 11 June 1691; died in infancy, December 1691;
6. Elizabeth Tyssen (b. & d. 1693); baptised 30 March 1693; buried at Dutch church, Austin Friars, London, April 1693;
7. John Tyssen (1695-1726), baptised 24 January 1694/5 at Austin Friars; inherited his father's property in the city of London; married, 1716, Hester (1700-23), daughter of Caesar Child of Woodbury Hall, Barking (Essex) and had issue one son and one daughter; bankrupted as a result of speculation in the South Sea Bubble, 17 June 1726; buried at Hackney, 9 December 1726; will proved 3 September 1730;
8. William Tyssen (1697-1720), baptised 26 May 1697 at Austin Friars; inherited his father's property in Hoxton, Shoreditch and Brick Lane (Middx); died unmarried and was buried at Hackney, 31 March 1720;
9. Samuel Tyssen (1698-1748/9), baptised at Hackney, 27 June 1698; inherited his father's property at Offord Darcy and Offord Cluny (Hunts), and the Bridge plantation in Antigua; married, 28 April 1730 in St Paul's Cathedral, London, Sarah (d. 1778), daughter of Solomon Hougham and widow of John Eden Littell (d. 1727/8) and had issue four sons and four daughters; buried at St John, Hackney, 4 January 1748/9; will proved 17 January 1748/9;
10. Mary Tyssen (1699-1742), baptised 15 December 1699; married 1st, Samuel Gotte (d. 1723/4), eldest son of Peter Gotte of Grays Inn, Godmersham (Kent) and Stanmer (Essex); and 2nd, Sir Roger Meredith MP (d. 1738) of Leeds (Kent), but had no issue; buried at Leeds (Kent), 26 April 1742;
11. Dorothy Tyssen (1701-49), baptised at Hackney, 20 October 1701; married, 1734, as his second wife, William Hugesson (1681-1753), eldest son of William Hugesson of Provenders (Kent), and had issue one son; buried at Lynsted (Kent), 3 June 1749.

Burial

Burial:

Date: 6 DEC 1710

Place: Hackney MDX

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: 11 AUG 1797

Place: Deputy Lt. County of MDX. Also Sheriff of HUN 1707

Residence

Residence:

Place: of Shackelwell, St John, Hackney MDX

Event

Event:

Type: Will or Admon

Date: 19 AUG 1710

Place: pr. 20 Dec 1710 by son Francis Tyssen

Event:

Type: Supplementary

Place: Exor to Will of father, Francis Tyssen

Event:

Type: Supplementary

Date: 1786

Event:

Type: Appointment (1)

Date: 1 FEB 1679/80

Place: Agent for County Albermarle, Carolina

Event:

Type: Appointment (2)

Place: Elder of Dutch Church

Sources

1. ↑ "LandedFamilies.Blogspot.com: (122) Tyssen-Amherst (later Cecil) of Didlington Hall and Foulden Hall, Barons Amherst of Hackney."

• British History Online: Hackney [1]

• (122) Tyssen-Amherst (later Cecil) of Didlington Hall and Foulden Hall, Barons Amherst of Hackney Landed families of Britain and Ireland