Hon. Edward Tyng

Hon. Edward Tyng was (probably) the Edward baptized 30 December 1610 at Stanford Rivers, Essex, England, son of Edward. He died 27 December 1681 at Dunstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Biographical note

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tyng-16

Edward Tyng came with his brother from England to Boston about 1637 or '38. He married Mary Sears, whose family was earlier known as Sayre, in London, England, on 8 Jun 1639, so he either came back to England to marry or else he emigrated a year or two later than the date indicated..[1]

He resided in Boston Massachusetts where he pursued an active career, holding offices of Justice of the Peace and Judge in courts. He held courts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. He was Captain and Major General in the military.

About 1677 he moved to Dunstable now called Tyngsborough, a name given in honor of the family. Apparently he decided to retire there to pass his declining years with his son Jonathan.

He died 27 December 1681.

Family

Generation One

1. ___ Tyng. (Probably Edward & Mary Tyng of Stanford River, County Essex, England).

Known children of ___ Tyng include:

• i. Capt. William Tyng; b. circa 1605; m. Elizabeth Coytemore; 2nd wife; d. 18 Jan 1652/53 at Braintree, MA. He was Treasurer between 1640 and 1644 at Massachusetts.
• 2. ii. Edward Tyng, b. 1610 England; m. Mary Sears.

Generation Two

2. Edward Tyng (___1); b. 1610 at [Dunstable], England; m. Mary Sears, daughter of Francis Sears, circa 1636; d. 27 Dec 1681 at Dunstable, MA; d. 28 Dec 1681 at Dunstable, MA. He immigrated circa 1630 to America; 1st time. He immigrated in 1635 to New England; 2nd time. He immigrated on 3 Jul 1638 to Boston, MA; ship 'New Supply' alias 'Nicholas' chartered by his brother William. He was a hymn writer. He was a brewer. He was a member of His Majesty's Council. He and Mary Sears resided at Boston, MA. He was a judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was a constable in 1642. He was a member Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1642. He left a will on 25 Aug 1677; proved 19 Jan 1682.

Mary Sears was born at Dunstable, England. She was buried on 4 July 1685.

Known children of Edward Tyng and Mary Sears all b. at Boston, MA, were as follows:

• 3. i. Hannah Tyng, b. 7 Mar 1639/40; m. Capt. Habijah Savage; m. Gen. Daniel Gookin.
• ii. Mary Tyng; b. 17 Apr 1641; baptized 2 May 1641; m.
• Gov. Daniel Searle; d. 1724 at Barbadoes.
• iii. Col. Jonathan Tyng; b. 15 Dec 1642; baptized 18 Dec 1642; m. Sarah Usher, daughter of Hezekiah Usher and Frances; m. Sarah Gibbons, daughter of Williams Gibbons, 30 May 1706 at Boston, MA; m. Judith Rayner, daughter of Rev. John Rayner and Frances Clark, either 1722 or 1723; d. 19 Jan 1723/24 at Woburn, MA, at age 81.
• iv. Deliverance Tyng; b. 6 Jun 1645; baptized 13 Jul 1645.
• v. Rebecca Tyng; baptized 23 Mar 1646/47; d. 16 Jan 1649.
• 4. vi. Col. Edward Tyng, b. 26 Mar 1649; m. Elizabeth Clarke.
• vii. Rebecca Tyng; b. 13 Jul 1651; m. Gov. Joseph Dudley, son of Gov. Thomas Dudley and Katherine Deighton, 1669; m. Gov. Joseph Dudley, son of Gov. Thomas Dudley and Katherine Deighton, by 1670; d. 21 Sep 1722 at Roxbury, MA, at age 71.
• viii. William Tyng; b. 3 Mar 1653; probably d. young.
• ix. Eunice Tyng; b. 8 Mar 1655; m. Rev. Samuel Willard, son of Maj. Simon Willard, 1679; 2nd wife; d. 14 Jan 1720 at age 64. She and Rev. Samuel Willard had 14 children.
• x. Joseph Tyng; b. 12 Jul 1657; d. 30 Jul 1658 at age 1

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Tombstone:

• Here lyeth the body of
• Mr. Edward Tyng
• Esqir aged 71 yeares
• Died December
• 27 day 1681

biography

"I should not be doing justice to this town, and discharging my duty on this occasion in accordance with your best sentiments, did I fail to remind you of some, a few at least, of those men of mark whose names are intimately connected with your history. In all my recital of the important events in your earlier annals you must have noticed the prominence and importance attached to the name of Tyng . The founder of the family here was Hon. Edward Tyng , who died Dec. 28, 1681 , aged eighty-one years. Col. Tyng was born in Dunstable, England , in 1600 , settled in Boston as a merchant in 1639, was representative in 1661 and 1662, assistant from 1668 to 1681, and colonel of the Suffolk regiment. He left six children, two sons and four daughters. His sons were prominent in their day, and his daughters will be remembered as among the foremost women of their time; Hannah having married Rev. Thomas Weld, a leading clergyman of this town and of the colony; Eunice being the wife of President Willard, of Harvard College; and Rebecca having married Gov. Dudley .

"Col. Tyng had the strength, energy, and courage of a leading and successful colonist, had enterprise enough to leave the Old World for the opportunities of the New, sagacity enough to become a distinguished and prosperous merchant, and strength of character sufficient to found a family. He became possessed of lands in this town by early grants, and having acquired a fortune by commercial enterprise in his manhood, he had the wisdom to retire to the country, to enjoy there the evening of his day. He gave the name to a town in his own honor, and in that town his ashes repose.

"Hon. Jonathan Tyng , the son of Col. Edward Tyng , was born Dec. 15, 1642 , and died Jan. 19, 1724 , aged eighty-one. It is said of him, "He was one of the original proprietors of the town, and the earliest permanent settler, having remained here alone during Philip's War, when every other person had deserted the settlement, for fear of the Indians." He was a man of great energy and decision of character, and of probity and honor. He was one of the council of Sir Edward Andros, a royal commissioner under James Il , a representative of this town and one of its selectmen. It was he, to whom the garrisons of the town were intrusted during the Indian wars. Two of his sons, John and Eleazer , were graduates of Harvard College, and his daughter Mary followed the example of many of the attractive and accomplished young women of that day, and married the parish minister, Rev. Nathaniel Holden .
Col. Tyng married Sarah , daughter of Hezekiah Usher , who died in 1714 .

"Rev. Thomas Weld , the first minister of the town, died June 9, 1702 , aged fifty years. He was born in Roxbury , and was a grandson of Rev. Thomas Weld , the first minister of that town, who came from England in 1632 . Mr. Weld , the subject of this notice, graduated at Harvard in 1671, and studied divinity with Rev. Samuel Danforth , and settled in Dunstable in 1678 . He married for his first wife Elizabeth , daughter of Rev. John Wilson, of Medfield ; and for his second wife Hannah Savage, daughter of Hon. Edward Tyng . He was a man of great piety, and exerted an elevating influence on the community during his long ministry. He was a good representative of that class of men who in those days were educated at Harvard , stood by the church, and encouraged the schools, and who did so much to give New England that character of intelligence and integrity which she has not yet lost, and which has been carried by her sons into every corner of our land.

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