Roger Tyler, Sr.

Roger Tyler

BIRTH: 26 May 1615 Oxfordshire, England
DEATH: 27 January 1673 (aged 57) New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
BURIAL: Center Church on the Green Churchyard New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
MEMORIAL ID: 145363796

Biography

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From Clark Leonard:

The Tyler family originated in England or Scotland. One account says three Scottish brothers, Job or John, Roger, and William Tyler came to America with the Say Brook Colony, now Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Per Clark Leonard, the Branford line is likely descended from the Roger Tyler who emigrated to the British Colony of America in c1640. He settled at Branford in the Colony of New Haven, Connecticut. Branford had been purchased in December 1639 by the New Haven Colonists from Momanquin, Sachem of the local Indian tribe. In 1662 the various colonies banded together and obtained a charter from the King of England making them the Colony of Connecticut. On 20 Jan 1667 residents of Branford drew up a 'New Plantation and Church Covenant.' Some of the signers were: George Page, William Hoadlie, Peter and Frances Tyler.

~rootsweb

Roger Tyler married Ann Robert Eaton January 10, 1634, 1637, or 1644.?? depending on the online site visited. I haven't located an original source so far.

"Hammersmith through the Historical Texts
The blast furnace foreman, or founder, Roger Tyler, shouted orders to the furnace fillers Thomas Wiggins and Thomas Beale, who fed the charging hole at the top of the furnace stack... Beneath the charging bridge, Roger Tyler opened the sluice gate on the 16-foot water wheel that drove a shaft to power the giant bellows..." ~by Janet Regan and Curtis White, whose source is Lynn Iron Works Collection. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School, p. 34

"Court held at Ipswich, 27:7:1653.

The Iron Works at Hammersmith - That part of Lynn where the iron works were located - and Brantreye, belonging to Mr. John Becx and Company, Debtor: To the balance of accompt & deliverred ...to ye acco. of Roger Tiler by helpeing Francis Perry mackeinge and fitteinge ye furnace Beeme and placeinge it, beeinge fower weeks worke, 3li... to ye acco. of Roger Tiler 20 Weeckes diett, by John Toish endeinge ye 20th of September, 5 li...." ~Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County Massachusetts, Volume I, 1636-1656. Salem, Mass. Published by the Essex Institute 1911; pgs. 290-91

"Overall, the workers sent to Massachusetts in the 1640s had uneven careers in the region. Many families disappeared from the records when their indentures ended or after the ironworks went bankrupt in 1653. At least six families moved to New Haven to work in the iron manufactury there, including John Hardman, Richard Post, John Vinton, Ralph Russell, Roger Tyler, and Nicholas Pinion.... John Winthrop, Jr., specifically recruited the ironworks families that left Massachusetts for New Haven, and they continued to associate with one another." ~Social and Economic Networks in Early Massachusetts: Atlantic Connections by Marsha L. Hamilton; Penn State Press 2009

"Salem Court Records and Files. Court, 24: 4: 1656 Same v. Joseph James. [Writ: dated 3 (4) 1656; by the court, Jonath Negus. Bond (signed by I mark); surety: Roger Tyler. Served by Mathew Farington, constable of Lynn.--Files.] The defendant confessed judgment." "Maj Willm Hathorne and Amos Richardson, assignees of Mr. John Giffard v. Roger Tyler. Case, for not satisfying an execution against Joseph James, security. [Writ, dated 22: 4: 1657, served by Samuel Archard, marshall of Salem. attached corn.--Files.]" ~The Essex Antiquarian. A Quarterly Magazine devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts; Volume IX 1905; Sidney Perley, Editor; Salem, Mass. The Essex Antiquarian 1905 Note: John Giffard was "agent for ye undertakers of ye Iron Works" at Hammersmith

"1660. Jno Gardner of Salem was employed to run the bounds between Boston, Charlestown and Lynn. ...he the said John Gardner testifieth That the farme house which they call Roger Tylers is about One Hundred, or Sixscore Rods with in the sayd Lyne..." ~Essex Institute Historical Collections, Volume XIV; Salem: Printed for the Essex Institue 1878; pgs 168-9

"In Connecticut we find... (1) Roger Tyler (previously in Massachusetts), leaves an inventory of an estate in New Haven in 1673. It has been thought by some that he was the progenitor of the "Branford" Tylers, but proof is lacking. (2) In Branford, Conn., four brothers, George, Peter , Francis and Charles appear on the records about 1667... "In Essex County, Mass., we find the following... (5) Roger Tyler, of Lynn. The same man who is mentioned under "Connecticut" ~The Tyler Genealogy: The Descendants of Job Tyler, of Andover, Massachusetts, 1619-1700, Volume 1 by Willard Irving Tyler Brigham; C. B. Tyler, 1912

"An idea of the names of many of the citizens of Branford may be obtained from the following lists, which have been compiled from the town books, in the periods named, where they were registered as owners of ear marks for their cattle : 1770: Jared Barker, Roger Tyler, Samuel Ford, Josiah Harrison, Jonathan Tyler, Peter Tyler, Jason Rogers, Ephraim Beach, Jareb Palmer, Jabez Palmer, Rufus Palmer, Nicholas Palmer, William Goodrich, Bille Tyler, Samuel Byington, Elisha Barker, Reuben Page." ~History of New Haven County Connecticut, Volume II, by J L Rocky; New York: W W Preston & Co 1892

An inventory of the estate of Roger Tyler Senr., "late of N. haven," was taken on "ye 7th.12th.1673" [or 7 Mar 1673/4]. It totaled £204:11:05. Lawton states that from the inventory, "it appears that Roger Tyler was a farmer in comfortable circumstances with a fair sized family, as indicated by six beds and bedding, together was a number of bedsteads. His interests included 'a bible and other books'." ~rootsweb

"... we find Tyler records, not only at New Haven and its vicinity, but at Milford, Derby, Wallingford and Branford, lying, respectively, southwest, west, north and east of New Haven, each but a few miles distant from the center city which they encircle, wherein all their early probate records are to be found. "The earliest settlers of New Haven came mostly from London, England, about 1637; and were "men of wealth, education and influence"... It does not appear how early the Tyler name was introduced into the colony. Probably the first was "Roger Tyler, Senr.," who "dyed Janry 27th, 1673," according to the vital statistics of New Haven... Roger was probably a tradesman, hence not socially prominent... "The inventory of Roger Tyler's estate (most unfortunately he left no will) bears date, "Ye 7th., 12th., 1673," and is an interesting document. Among its items of furniture and linen are: 4 chairs, table, 2 "cubbards," spit & trammels of 120 lbs. weight, "payer of dogs," [fire dogs hold logs in fireplace], 2 "payer " pot-hooks, tongs and shovel, warming pan, frying pan, looking glass, 8 "cushens," 6 beds & bedding and 4 bedsteds; also 2 pair curtains, 7 table cloths, 9 pair sheets, 11 "pillowcoats" and 28 napkins. Surely this remarkable showing for the date (in the absence of any item of land ownership) may well raise a query, was he not an inn keeper.' The whole appraisement, "errors excepted," was £204:11:05; certainly a good estate, especially for one who, from present inference, died in the prime of life. He owned much live stock, to-wit: 7 cows, 2 3-yr. olds, 3 2yr. olds, 5 calves, 11 pigs and 13 sheep. Of grain he had garnered 21 bushels of wheat, 8 of summer wheat, 40 of peas, 4 of rye, 60 of "indyan" corn. Of provisions, 3 bbls. pork, "3 do. other meats." 10 lbs. butter. Of tableware and utensils, spoons, (1 forks, "several smaller things and pewter," steelyards, bell, 2 skellits, 2 pots, 1 ketle, brasse pan, morter, tubs & trays, chespresse, kneading trough, 2 pair cards, churne, 2 sives, payles & 3 wheels. Of implements and tools he had, sithes and tackling, 4 cart wheels, plows with their irons. 2 shovels, spade, 12 iron rings, cart-rope, 4 axes, chaynes, wedge, handbill, sledge, 5 pesehooks, mortising axe, and other carpenter's tools, payer traces and locke. Of miscellaneous articles of use and luxury, sadle and pilion, fan, 7 yards serge, 14 yds. cloth, wearing cloaths, hatt and hatt-case, 3 caps, boxes, chests, trunks, 6 bags, 20 lbs. "juit" (jute), 3 lbs. cotton wool, 16 lbs. yarne. Yes, and think of it, inventorying in an estate, "1 lb. old iron, fo(u)r butteus," and "90 foot of bord!" Lastly, we must not overlook the "bible" (though spelled with a small b), and "other books," showing him to have been not only a worthy Puritan, but a man of letters and education probably." ~Official Report of the Second American Tyler Family Reunion... August 25, 1897 by Willard I Tyler Brigham; Chicago Ill 1898; pgs 3-4

Roger Tyler is most likely buried in the New Haven Green. "The Green is a traditional town green (common) and was originally known as "the marketplace". It was completed in 1638. The Puritans were said to have designed the green large enough to hold the number of people who they believed would be spared in the Second Coming of Christ: 144,000.[5]

"... The upper Green also once held the First Methodist Church. The church was removed from the Green in 1848 with a new church built across Elm Street...

"The Green was used as the main burial grounds for the residents of New Haven during its first 150 years, but by 1821 the practice was abolished and many of the headstones were moved to the Grove Street Cemetery. However, the remains of the dead were not moved, and thus still remain below the soil of the Green. It is conservatively estimated that between 4,000 and 5,000[7] people remain buried there, including Benedict Arnold's first wife, members of President Rutherford B. Hayes' family, Reverend James Pierpont (founder of Yale University), and Theophilus Eaton, one of the founders of New Haven and the church and governor of the New Haven Colony for 19 years." ~wikipedia

Children ~

"The following Tylers are known to be brothers by a deed recorded at Branford: 7925 # Peter Tyler, in Branford by 1667 7926 # Francis Tyler, went to Branford in 1667 7927 # George Tyler, went to Branford in 1674. Another Tyler is probably a brother, undoubtedly a kinsman, as Peter and Francis were appointed quasi guardians for this one in 1698, who was then "distracted": 7928 # Charles Tyler, born in Branford by 1657 7929 # Elizabeth Tyler, a member of the Congregational Church in Branford during its first organization, 1644-1667; she died in 1678; married Ebenezer Frisbie 7930 # Jane Tyler, is probably the one prominent in the church of twenty-six members, 1687." ~Tyler Genealogy, The Descendants of The Branford, Connecticut Line of Roger Tyler by Willard I Tyler Brigham and Calvin Cedric Tyler, Volume III; Published by Calvin Cedric Tyler of Grand Rapids, Mich. MCMLXXVI (1976)

Roger Tyler, the son of Roger, was included in the original proprietors of Wallingford, Connecticut in 1674. "In 1701 the grand list of the town of Wallingford embraced the following persons and values of estates... Roger Tyler £33..." ~History of New Haven County, Connecticut, Volume 1, by John L Rockey; New Haven: W. W. Preston, 1892; pgs 342-45, 463

"Four male Tylers were at Branford quite early: Charles, Peter, Francis and George by name: all probably brothers, the last three are known to have been. Charles, born at Branford in 1657, youngest of the four, had but one son who had issue, Bezaleel, a unique name. which has done excellent service in tracing some of his descendants. As the son moved early to Sharon, Conn., it might be called the Sharon line. Although not numerous prior to 1750, we may expect startling discoveries later on; for one, Bezaleel, Jr., is credited with having 22 children. Peter was most conspicuous of the brothers, having been repeatedly sent as deputy to the General Assembly. He had five sons... George and descendants seem to have vied with Peter and his, both in numbers and pertinacity with which they have clung to Branford and neighboring places, such as Northferd, Guilford, New Haven and Tyler City... Francis had but one son, Nathaniel, who left descendants; and as he removed to Haddam..." ~Official Report of the First American Tyler Family Reunion held at North Andover, Mass. Wednesday, September 2, 1896 by Willard I Tyler Brigham; Chicago Ill 1892; pgs 13-14

Research wouldn't be complete without adding a second possibility as the original emigrant in our family line... "Nathaniel Tyler was at Lynn, Mass., about 1640; he made his will (1652) before starting out on a long sea voyage, wherein is mentioned a son in Shrewsbury, England. There is present doubt about his destination. Some opine that he returned to England, while others think that the Branford, Conn., branch of Tylers are sprung from him, and that the voyage he took was either to Long Island or Connecticut." ~Official Report of the First General American Tyler Family Gathering by Willard I Tyler Brigham, Esq; Chicaog, Ill., 1897

As the name Nathaniel appears again in the descendants, this may be a possibility requiring further research.

Spouse: Ann Eaton Tyler, 1615–1712

Children: Peter Tyler, 1645–1712 Francis Tyler, 1651–1712 Charles Tyler, 1657–1738

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145363796/roger-tyler
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Roger Tyler
Sex: M
Birth: 26 MAY 1615 in England
Death: 27 JAN 1673 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut

Note:

From the book of Tyler family History by Attorney Lyon L. Tyler Jr. :

The Tyler family originated in England or Scotland. One account says three Scottish brothers, Job or John, Roger and William Tyler came to America with the Say Brook Colony, now Old SayBrook, Middlessex County, Connecticut. The Branford line is likely descended from the Roger Tyler who emigrated to the British Colony of America in c1640.

He settled at Branford in the Colony of New Haven, Now in the New Haven County, Connnecticut just east of the city of New Haven. "Whether some of the early inhabitants of Branford came originally from Brentford, Middlesex, England or whether some of their friends or connections distinguished themselves on the side of the Parliament there in 1642 we have not the means within our reach to decide. However we are told that Branford received its name in 1644."

Branford had been purchased in December 1639 by the New Haven Colonists a few days after they had purchased New Haven. They had purchased the land from Momanquin, Sachem of the local Indian tribe. In 1662 the various colonies banded together and obtained a charter from the King of England making them the Colony of Connecticut.

On 20 Jan 1667 residents of Branford drew up a "New Plantation and Church Covenant. some of the signers were: George Page, William Hoadlie, Peter and Francis Tyler. Our Tyler family moved to Sharon in the Colony of Connecticut about 1730, now Litchfield County CT, right on the boarder of Duchess County, New York about 10 miles south of th Massachusetts line.

Did they ever live in Oblong in Duchess County,New York? They moved to Cochecton in c1760 and settled along both sides of the Delaware River. Cochecton, or Cushetunk as it was called then, was both Ulster county (now Sullivan County), New York and Wayne County, Pennsylvania and was named Damascus.

Father: Lawrence Tyler b: 1593 in Cranbrook, Kent, England
Mother: Dorothy b: 1595 in Cranbrook, Kent, England

Marriage 1 Ann Eaton b: ABT 1615 c: 14 SEP 1623 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England

Married: 10 JAN 1634 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut

Children

Has Children Peter Tyler b: 20 NOV 1645 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Has No Children Charles Tyler b: 1653 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Has No Children Francis Tyler b: 1651 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Has No Children George Tyler b: 1650 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Has No Children Roger Tyler b: ABT 1660 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hollye&id...