Ebenezer Tyler Sr

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Tyler Sr was born on 28 April 1685, in Mendon, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Tyler, was 29 and his mother, Hannah, was 26. He married Katherine Bragg about 1712, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1685. He died on 29 June 1736, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 51, and was buried in Old Kirk Yard, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Tyler Sr
1685–1736
Katherine Bragg
1689–1763
Marriage: about 1712
Ebenezer Tyler Jr.
1714–1763
Elizabeth Tyler
1715–1777
Phebe Tyler
1718–1807
Catherine Tyler
1721–1810
Hannah Tyler
1723–1723
John Tyler Sr
1724–1794
Job Tyler Sr
1727–1800
Hannah Tyler
1728–1775
William Tyler Sr
1732–1816

Sources (20)

  • Ebenezer Tyler, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Ebenezer Tyler, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (1)

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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