Capt. William Tyng

Capt. William Tyng was (probably) the William baptized 16 January 1602/3 at Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, son of Edward; he died on 18 January 1653 at Braintree, Norfolk, MA.1,2,3. At his death he was the wealthiest man of his day.

His brother was Edward Tyng. "The name Dunstable derived from a town in England where both [Edward] Tyng and his wife were born. You may also see the rectangle of land referenced as 'The Ancient Town of Dunstable'." [SIC: probably not]

brief biography

From Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of ..., Volume 1 edited by Cuyler Reynolds

Captain William Tyng, a merchant of distinction in Boston, who came to America in the "Nicholas," chartered by himself at London. He arrived in Boston, July 3, 1638. He was representative, 1639, 44, and 1647; treasurer of the colony, 1640-44; captain of the militia company of Braintree, Massachusetts, where he removed in his latter days, and which he represented in the federal court, 1649-51. His widow (Jane, his third wife) survived him. [sic: died 1652]. His first wife was Ann Brown; his second, Elizabeth, daughter of Rowland Coytmore.

family

married

1. Ann Dersley (but Savage says Ann Brown), m Jun 1634 in England
2. Elizabeth Coytemore, daughter of Rowland Coytemore and Katharine Myles, m 1638 in England or Braintree
3. Jane, perhaps the widow of Richard Hunt, m 10 Jan 1649 in Boston. Died 3 Oct. 1652 according to Savage

William Tyng and Elizabeth Coytemore had 4 daughters

1. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Brattle;
2. Anna, wife of Rev. Thomas Shepard, Gent;
3. Bethia, wife of Richard Wharton, Esq; &
4. Mercy, wife of Samuel Bradstreet 4,2,3

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• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p3975.htm#...
  • 1. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
  • 2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 562.
  • 3.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 347.
  • 4. [S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 243

supporting data

From Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, - Vol. I-IV (4). Boston, 1860-1862. Volume 4: 358

WILLIAM, Boston, elder br. of Edward the first, a merch. of distinct. came prob. in the Nicholas, of 300 tons, charter. by hims. at London, arr. at Boston, 3 July 1638, as Josselyn, wh. was a passeng.---tells in his curious vol. of Voyages. He join. our ch. 3 Mar. foll. and was adm. freem. 10 days aft. was of ar. co. 1638, rep. 1639, 40, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, treasr. of the Col. 1640-4; capt. of the Braintree milit. comp. and in latter days liv. in that town, was its rep. 1649, 50, and 1; his w. Jane, being his third, wh. may have been wid. of the first Enoch Hunt, d. 3 Oct. 1652, and he d. 18 Jan. foll. leav. larger est. than any in the country of that day. It is by his descend. Rev. William Brattle, said, that " his first w. was Ann Brown, by wh. he had two ch. wh. d. bef. he m. our gr. mo. Eliz. d. of Rowland Coytemore, whose maiden name was Myles, and had a former h. named Gray, by wh. she had my aunts Nowell and Graves." By Eliz. he had Eliz. b. I doubt not in Eng. 6 Feb. 1638, bapt. here, 10 Mar. 1639; Ann, 6, bapt. 12 Jan. 1640; Bethia, 17, bapt. 23 May 1641; and Mercy, 13 Jan. bapt 5 Feb. 1643.

family notes

From http://capecodhistory.us/genealogy/Nauset/i4056.htm#i17114

Wives:

• Ann Dersley (but Savage says Ann Brown), m Jun 1634 in England.
• Ellizabeth Coytemore, m 1638 in England or Braintree
  • Her mother's 1st husband was Gray, at least 2 daughters, who m Nowell and Graves
• Jane Hunt, m 10 Jan 1649 in Boston (widow of Enoch Hunt)

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Member, Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company of Boston.

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• Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene, Volume 1 by Cuyler Reynolds Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911 - Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) - 1847 pages.  page 336
• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall page 183
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985 - Marriage records - 1009 pages page 763
• "Decease of the Fathers of New England" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1 page 286
• The American Genealogist 50:92 English Clues: Tyng, Coley, Cooley and Seabrook.
• old note: was born circa 1605 at England, perhaps of Wapping, alternately of Dunstable