John Tyler (1740 - 1807)

Born 29 Nov 1740 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Ruth (Herrick) Tyler — married 28 May 1765 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died Nov 1807 at about age 66 in Maine, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Helen Sellin [send private message]

Biography

John was born in 1740. He passed away in 1807. ^[1]

Research Notes

The following children are shown in an Ancestry family tree as the offspring of John Tyler (there shown as John Tyler III); all are shown born at New Gloucester, in what is today the state of Maine, prior to John's remove to Garland (northwest of Bangor)^[2]:

Mary Tyler (1766-1854), b. 22 Feb. 1766

Joseph Preston Tyler (1767-1847), b. 10 Nov. 1767

Sarah (Tyler) Blaisdell (1770-1811), b. 3 May 1770

[m. Walter Bla[i]sdell at New Gloucester, 20 Sept. 1802^[3]; d. 15 Apr. 1811 at Lewiston^[4]]

John Smith Tyler (1772-1862), b. 17 July 1772

Rebecca Tyler (1774-1862), b. 4 Feb. 1774

Isaac Tyler (1775- ? ), b. 8 Sept.1774

[d. aft. 1860; appears at Garland in 1860 census^[5]]

Ruth H. Tyler (1778-1857), b. 12 March 1778

Thomas Sargent Tyler (1780 - ? ), b. 9 Sept. 1780

[prob. d. after 1850; likely the Thomas S. Tyler at Bangor, 1850 census ("S." mistranscribed as "L")^[6]; m. Sally Fenson at New Gloucester, 26 Jan. 1805^[7]]

Simeon Tyler (1782-1782), b. 25 Apr. 1782, d. 10 May 1782

Sullivan Tyler (1783-1848), b. 15 May 1783

[d. 6 Jan. 1848^[8][9]]

Clarissa (Tyler) Whittum (1786-1862), b. 25 Jan. 1786

[d. 10 Mar. 1862^[10]]

Susanna Tyler (1790- ? ), b. 31 Jan. 1790

[prob. d. after 1850; age matches the Susan Tyler found living w. brother Isaac at Garland in 1850 census^[11]]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Helen Gill.
2. ↑ Tree of Tammy Jeannette Eggleston, detail for John Tyler III, b. 29 Nov. 1740 at Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay; d. Nov. 1807 in Maine, United States; https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116325283/person/392387475313/facts
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F485-3B3 : 14 January 2020), Sarah Tyler in entry for Walter R. Blasdell, 1802.
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-QD88 : 22 July 2021), Salley Blaisdell, 1811; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCH-3JG : 18 February 2021), Isaac Tyler in entry for John L Jackman, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VS-3VX : 22 December 2020), Thomas L Tyler in household of Purchase Miles, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F2-T4B : 14 January 2020), Thomas S. Tyler, 1805.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23387746/sullivan-tyler: accessed 18 February 2023), memorial page for Sullivan Tyler (1783–1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #23387746, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA; Maintained by gary tyler (contributor 47308159).
9. ↑ Maine, U.S., Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/255928:61899?tid=&pid=&queryId=4aae78502ca57da715118b8a603017bf&_phsrc=QPt1105&_phstart=successSource (by subscription). Free sharing link: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1902088?mark=ebfb6c498b783fc8686a06a2c65e615b0cd6565e7a2177a4dcad0144fd4362b9
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152622793/clarissa-whittum: accessed 18 February 2023), memorial page for Clarissa Tyler Whittum (25 Jan 1786–10 Mar 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #152622793, citing Herrick Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Steve (contributor 47394147).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-65XS-5NY?cc=1401638&wc=95RC-K6B%3A1031308201%2C1032345501%2C1032394001 : 9 April 2016), Maine > Penobscot > Garland > image 21 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Birth 29 Nov. 1740: "TYLER... John, s. John and Mary, Nov. 29, 1740." -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/aBirthsT.shtml

• Christening, Second Church, Gloucester, 21 December 1740: Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Tyler, Gloucester, Births, Marriages, Intentions and Deaths in the Town of Gloucester; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40400_274745-00167?pId=46516674 (by subscription). Ancestry free sharing link: https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/1895434?mark=1407a05f5d0891278e5551671f1b1052dc48249255b1dfeb8f9cceb3bf36c79b

• Marriage to Ruth Herrick at Gloucester, 28 May 1765: "TYLER... John, jr., and Ruth Herrick, May 28, 1765.*" -- Massachusetts Vital Records Project, John Slaughter, Owner/Administrator; https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/aMarriagesT.shtml

• Remove from New Gloucester to Garland ME, 1802: History of Garland, Maine, by Lyndon Oak (1816-1902), Dover, Me. : The Observer Publishing Co., 1912, p. 28; https://archive.org/details/historyofgarland00oakly/page/28/mode/2up