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William Tyson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia County, PA, Colonial America
Death: January 28, 1810 (87)
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery, Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Matthias Theissen Tyson and Barbara Tyson
Husband of Alice Elise Godshalk Tyson
Father of Joseph Nash Tyson; Matthias Nash Tyson; Anna Nash Casselberry; Mary Nash Schumacher; Elizabeth Nash Tyson and 11 others
Brother of Cornelius Sellen Tyson; John Sellen Tyson; Margaret Sellon Pannebecker; Benjamin Sellen Tyson; Hester S. Hunsberger (Tyson) and 4 others

DAR: Ancestor #: A117797
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About William Tyson

A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA. DAR Ancestor # A117797


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SOURCE CITATION:
Title: Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication Information: July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996 Repository Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA

Ancestrial file submitted by E. Jay Nielson 862 Oakrigde Drive Farmington, UT 84025 --Source of information: Leonard K. Gottshalk gottshalk@compuserve.com>; Cornelius Tyson's Decendents 1652-1986, by: Genevieve A. Kerr-Tyson On page 15 , is the story of William NASH, father of Alice NASH, wife of William Sellers TYSON.

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Robert Tyson lived locally as well. He belonged to the Providence Quaker Meeting


William (Sellen) Tyson
Birth: 26 Mar 1723
Death: 28 Jan 1810
Burial: Lower Skippack Mennonite Cem., Montgomery County, PA 1

Father: Matthias Tyson b: 1682 in Krefeld, Germany
Mother: Barbara Sellen b: ABT 1700
wife 1 Alice (Godshalk) Nash b: 17 Mar 1723

Will Abstracts, Montgomery Co PA
William TYSON, Skippack
Will dtd 5/18/1805, probated 2/18/1810 book 3/180
To sons Matthias, Joseph, and daughter Ann, widow of Jacob Casselbury, dau Magdalene, deceased, wife of Richard Umstead; daughter Mary deceased wife of Jacob Shoemaker; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry Peters, daughter Barbara, deceased, wife of Abraham Huntsperger, sons William and Isaac, 1/11 part of estate each. Personal estate to be sold.
Execs: sons John and Isaac
Wit: Jacob Casselbury and Thomas Bean.

William Tyson was a Private, 8th Class, in Captain John Harple's Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia County Militia. Reference: Renns Archives, ixth Series, Vol I. Page 849* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 5 2022, 23:48:06 UTC

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William Tyson's Timeline

1722
March 26, 1722
Philadelphia County, PA, Colonial America
1745
February 17, 1745
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
February 17, 1745
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1748
December 4, 1748
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1752
April 7, 1752
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1753
1753
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1757
1757
Somerset, Someret, Pennsylvania, United States
1758
December 30, 1758
Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, PA, United States
1759
April 5, 1759
Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States