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Hopestill Tyler Jr. was born on October 26, 1685, in Andover, Massachusetts, to Hopestill Tyler Sr. and Mary Lovett Tyler. (His mother Mary and sisters had been accused of witchcraft and were imprisoned during the Salem witchcraft trials. Not long after that, his father moved the family to Preston, Connecticut.)
As Willard I. Tyler Brigham[1] has written about Hopestill Junior, "He lived in Preston, Connecticut, where his children were born and with his wife was buried there."
Hopestill came to his life well-endowed by his father, Hopestill Senior, who bequeated to him 'All my Land In the township of preston, with all my housing and shope tols'. Hopestill Jr. was a co-executor of his father's will.
Although Hopestill Jr. had the "tols" (tools) he did not seem to take to the 'smithing' trade of his father.
Hopestill Jr. was contented in working his farm in Preston, Connecticut, at least a portion of its surface being"sufficiently rocky and stony to need more than ordinary attention."
Hopestill Tyler Junior married Anna/Annah Gates (Tyler) on January 25, 1709/10.[2]
Hopestill and Anna had the following children[3]:
Hopestill Tyler Junior died on October 7, 1762, in Preston City, Connecticut, at the age of 76. He is buried in the Preston City Cemetery.[4]
His will is dated 26 February 1754 and proved on 4 January 1763 in Norwich. He mentions his wife Anne, sons, Joseph, and Caleb, his daughters, Elizabeth Tracy, Martha Downer, Abigial Dennison, and his grandsons, Asa Whitney, and Joshua Whitney, his granddaughter, Ruth Tracy, and his granddaughters Lydia and Lucy Whitney. His inventory was completed on 26 October 1762 in Preston.[5]
In 1764, the estate distribution was set out to the widow, Abigail Denison. the heirs of Elizabeth Tracy, decd, viz., Ruth Reynolds, Elizabeth Tracy, Desire Utley, Ziporah Tracy, Jonathan Tracy, and Lydia Tracy.[6]
By Willard Irving Tyler Brigham, pub Cornelius Tyler, Plainfield, NJ, 1912, pg 59. [1] and also online at Ancestry: [2]
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002: [4]. Also on The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011: [5]
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