John Tryon (1756 - 1807)

Born 20 Feb 1756 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Lay) Tryon — married 18 Mar 1782 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1807 at age 51 in Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York, United States

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Biography

John was the son of John and Esther Tryon, born February 20, 1756 in Litchfield ^[1].

The 1790 Census lists him as heading a household of four males and one female, in Canaan, Columbia County, New York. The 1800 census shows an expanded household: 1 male 0 - 10 years, 1 male 11 - 16, 2 males 17 - 26, one male 45 and over; 2 females 0 - 10 years, 2 females 11 - 16, 2 females 17 - 26 and one female 45 & over. Some older males could be boarders/farm hands but we still seem to be missing a few children.

He is mentioned as already deceased in his father John's 1808 will dated January 29th, which states that he had already been given his portion. This implies that he had reached his majority, age 21, before dying.

A number of legal notices and announcements appeared in newspapers in Cazenovia and Canandiaquia, New York. The first, dated 10 May 1809 in Cazenovia was a legal notice of "an act to authorize the administratrix of John Tryon to sell real estate."^[2] Others were announcements of the sale of "properties of the late John Tryon Esq in Ontario and Genesee Counties". The properties described suggest that John Tryon had very extensive holdings: 125 acres of land in the town of Boyle, 70 acres of which were improved and included a large store and warehouse, a distillery, two barns, two dwelling houses; a farm a mile and a half away from that containing 105 acres with 50 acres improved, frame barn, log house, well and small orchard; an undivided half of 116.5 acres of land with a grist and saw mill, two dwelling houses, gardens; one 10-acre lot with 200[?] apple trees; two small lots adjoining the orchard; one farm in the town of Northampton, Genesee county, of 123 acres, 30 of which were under improvement and which were planted with 100 apple trees.^[3][4]

Research Notes

I was alerted to the existence of John Lay Tryon, his son, in Columbia County, New York by a number of legal notices appearing in local newspapers in 1819-1820 in regard to dower rights claimed by Eunice Tryon, but it is unknown whether these were in respect of the father, John Tryon, or the son John Lay Tryon (though the articles use the middle initial of L. in describing him) who, if he died intestate and unmarried, then his mother would be the surviving heir.^[5] As John died in 1807 but his son lived until 1818, it is most likely the son who is referred to in the legal notices.

This discovery led in turn to the three Tryon graves memorialized on Find a Grave that consist of John Tryon, Eunice Tryon, and John Lay Tryon.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Litchfield Vital Records 1719-1854: p. 245. Original record Litchfield Vol 1 p. 79. (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ The Pilot (Cazenovia, NY), May 10, 1809, Page 1, Image 1 https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
3. ↑ Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), October 24, 1809, Page 4, Image 4 https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
4. ↑ Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), August 29, 1809, Page 4, Image 4 https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org
5. ↑ Northern Whig. [Hudson, NY], May 04, 1819, Page 2; Northern Whig., February 22, 1820, Page 2; Northern Whig., February 29, 1820, Page 2; Northern Whig., March 28, 1820, Page 3; Northern Whig., April 18, 1820, Page 2; Northern Whig., May 02, 1820, Page 4; Northern Whig., May 30, 1820, Page 2; Northern Whig., May 30, 1820, Page 4; Northern Whig., September 26, 1820, Page 2. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org

• 1790 US Federal Census: Census Place Canaan, Columbia County, New York, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-DCX), John Tryon, 1790.

• 1800 US Federal Census: Census Place Canaan, Columbia County, New York, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-S26), John Tryon, 1800.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148088531/john-tryon : accessed 10 November 2021), memorial page for John Tryon Esq. (unknown–13 Sep 1807), Find A Grave: Memorial #148088531, citing Cypress Cemetery, Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Fred Saar (contributor 46511066).

• Van Alstyne, Lawrence. Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut (Pawling Chronicle, Sharon, Conn., 1897) Page 129