Captain Samuel Tyler Jr

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Captain Samuel Tyler Jr was born on 26 February 1694, in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Tyler, was 38 and his mother, Hannah, was 35. He married Mary Capron on 19 December 1717, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 17 May 1759, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 65, and was buried in Newell Burying Ground, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Captain Samuel Tyler Jr
1694–1759
Mary Capron
1696–1780
Marriage: 19 December 1717
Mary Tyler
1719–1724
Samuel Tyler
1720–1724
Lieutenant Moses Tyler Sr
1722–1804
Samuel Tyler
1724–1748
Benjamin Tyler
1726–1726
Mary Tyler
1727–1790
Nathan Tyler
1730–1790
Huldah Tyler
1733–1780
Elizabeth Tyler
1735–1765
Habijah Tyler
1735–1775
Ebenezer Tyler Sr
1740–1811

Sources (29)

  • Samuel Tyler, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Samuel Tiler, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Capt Samuel Tyler, "Find A Grave Index"

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1708

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Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Old French tieuleor, tiewelier, tuilier, Middle English tiler(e), tiʒeler ‘tiler’, for someone who made or laid tiles for floors or roofs. This name may have become confused with Tiller . Wat Tyler was a leader of the English Peasants' Revolt in 1381, although his name may not have been hereditary at the time.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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