William Tyler (1665 - 1749)

Born 1665 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Lathrop) Tyler — married 3 Jun 1692 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Jul 1749 at about age 84 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

William Tyler was born abt 1665/7, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, he died 21 JUL 1749 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. He is the son of William Tyler, Sr. and Abigail Terrill.

On 3 June 1692, Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, William Tyler married Mary Lothrop, the daughter of John Lathrop and Ruth Royce.^[1]

Children

1. Ruth Tyler, born about 1693, died 18 January 1727^[2]
2. Mary Tyler, born 7 September 1695, died 11 August 1774^[3]
3. Sarah Tyler, born 25 November 1697, died 18 July 1716^[4]
4. Phebe Tyler, born 28 October 1700, died 19 February 1731^[5]
5. Samuel Tyler, born 11 August 1702^[6]
6. Martha Tyler, born 4 October 1706^[7]
7. Bethiah Tyler, born 10 November 1708^[8]
8. Ephrime Tyler, born 18 April 1713^[9]
9. Hepzibah Tyler (1715-1800)
10. Mehittable Tyler, born 17 November 1717^[10]

Information about William Tyler, and his wife Mary and children, is found in History of Wallingford (published in 1870, pages 923–924). William purchased "the mills at Yalesville," in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1703. His many children were born between 1695 and 1722. His wife Mary died in 1754. This source says that his daughter Mehitable Tyler married Stephen Merwin, but this is incorrect (a different Mehitable Tyler, born Mehitable Clark, was married first to a Joseph Tyler and then to Stephen Merwin).

Research Notes

The wife of Francois Guiteau (abt.1690-1760) is indicated to be this man's daughter Mary, born 1 Sept 1695. Smith-62120 14:01, 25 March 2022 (UTC). Source is: Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine, 1922-1932) Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932. Vol. 3, page 691 and Vol. 8, page 1922.

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Page 777 of 1022

   Tyler, William (-1693) & Abigail [Terrill] (1644-); b 1660; Milford, CT

   Tyler, William (1665-) & Mary Lothrop; 3 Jun 1692; Derby, CT

2. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol VIII, page 1922 (Tyler Family)
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-9QF : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Mary Tyler, 07 Sep 1695; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-S4G : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Sarah Tyler, 25 Nov 1697; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-783 : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Phebe Tyler, 28 Oct 1700; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-99H : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Samuell Tyler, 11 Aug 1702; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-94N : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Martha Tyler, 04 Oct 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-S49 : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Bethiah Tyler, 10 Nov 1708; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-SFN : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Ephrime Tyler, 18 Apr 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W9-78F : 11 February 2018), William Tyler in entry for Mehittable Tyler, 17 Nov 1717; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• Starr, Frank. Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford, Conn., 1915) Vol. 1, page 293
• Abbott, Susan Woodruff. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page 75
• Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Connecticut (Charles Henry Stanley Davis, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1870) Pages 923–924