Mary Marot Tyler

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162174800/mary-marot-tyler

Mary Armistead Tyler mother, a plantation heiress, suffered a stroke when John Tyler her son was seven years old and passed on. While his father, an American Revolution supporter. ∼
Daughter of Robert Booth and Anne (Shields) Armistead

Wife of Capt. John Tyler, III "Rev. War Sol. and Virginia Governor" ~ married 1776. son of John Tyler (II) and Anne (Contesse) Tyler.

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John Tyler married Mary Armistead (1761–1797) in 1777. They were the parents of 8 children:

• Anne Contesse Tyler (1778–1803)
• Elizabeth Armistead Tyler (1780–1824)
• Martha Jefferson Tyler (1782–1855)
• Maria Henry Tyler (1784–1843)
• Wat Henry Tyler (1788–1862)
• John Tyler (1790–1862); the 10th President of the United States
• William Tyler (1791–1856)
• Christiana Booth Tyler (1795–1842)

In 1808, her husband, John Tyler, was elected Governor of Virginia, serving in that office until 1811.

in 1841, her son, John Tyler, became the 10th President of the United States, upon the death of his running mate, William Henry Harrison. Harrison's death made her husband, John Tyler, the first Vice President to succeed to the presidency without being elected to the office. President Harrison served but 32 days in office prior to succumbing to complications from pneumonia.