Mary Tyler

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name
Mary Tyler
aka
[Mary Tylar, Mary Post, Mary Bridges]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of Job Tyler, who at about fifteen deposed with her parents against John Godfrey in 1659. In 1662 she married Richard Post of Woburn, probably killed by the Indians at Mendon on 14 July 1675, the first attack of King Philip's War in Massachusetts Bay. In 1677/8 she married John Bridges of Andover, and in 1692 she and her daughter Mary Post were accused of witchcraft.
born
date
c. 1644
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
note
"about 15 yeares old" in the deposition of 27 June 1659.
father
id
job-tyler-1619
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
mother
id
mary-tyler-fl1659
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
spouses
name
Richard Post
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
note
Of Woburn, born about 1627, a widower; killed by the Indians at Mendon on 14 July 1675 (Brigham; Drake's note to Hubbard).
married
date
18 Nov 1662
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
name
John Bridges
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
note
A widower of Andover, blacksmith, and constable there in 1678; son of Edmund Bridges, the immigrant.
married
date
1 Mar 1677/8
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]

Daughter of Job Tyler. At "about 15 yeares old" she deposed with her parents and her brother Moses against John Godfrey in 1659, that they had seen "a thing like a bird" come into their house with him at night (see Job Tyler).

On 18 Nov 1662 she married Richard Post of Woburn, born about 1627, whose first wife, Susanna Sutton, had probably died without children; their daughter Mary Post was born in 1664 (The Tyler Genealogy, 1:23-24). The Posts settled at Mendon with her father: on 1 Jan 1674 Richard Post was chosen the town's constable, with "Mathyas Puffer and Job Tiler, Survayors of hy ways" (Annals of Mendon, p. 57).

King Philip's War. On 14 July 1675, in the first attack of the war in Massachusetts Bay, Nipmuc men under Matoonas fell on the settlers of Mendon "as they were at their Labour in the Field, killing five or six of them" (Hubbard, 1:86). Richard Post was probably one of them, "killed in Mendon, Mass., July 14, 1675, by the Indians" (Brigham). Drake, editing Hubbard, remembered him: "we have the Name of only one of them, namely Richard Post. He lived on the Road from Mendon towards Sherburne, and a Portion of that Way, though long since discontinued, yet bears the Name of Post's Lane" (1:86, n. 141). Mendon was abandoned and burned that winter, and the Tylers scattered to Roxbury and Rowley Village.

On 1 Mar 1677/8 she married John Bridges of Andover, a widower and blacksmith, constable there in 1678. In 1692 she was accused of witchcraft, and her daughter, "Mary Post, of Rowley ... single woman," was indicted and tried at Salem in January 1692/3 (Brigham 1:24).

Open questions

  • A record of Richard Post's death at Mendon (Massachusetts Archives), and any probate of his estate (Suffolk or Middlesex).
  • Her death, and the outcome of the accusation against her in 1692.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Tyler
  3. aka: [Mary Tylar, Mary Post, Mary Bridges]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of Job Tyler, who at about fifteen deposed with her parents against John Godfrey in 1659.
  8. In 1662 she married Richard Post of Woburn, probably killed by the Indians at Mendon on 14 July
  9. 1675, the first attack of King Philip's War in Massachusetts Bay. In 1677/8 she married John
  10. Bridges of Andover, and in 1692 she and her daughter Mary Post were accused of witchcraft.
  11. born:
  12. date: c. 1644
  13. basis: documented
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  16. note: '"about 15 yeares old" in the deposition of 27 June 1659.'
  17. father:
  18. id: job-tyler-1619
  19. basis: compiled
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  22. mother:
  23. id: mary-tyler-fl1659
  24. basis: compiled
  25. confidence: probable
  26. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  27. spouses:
  28. - name: Richard Post
  29. basis: compiled
  30. confidence: probable
  31. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  32. note: Of Woburn, born about 1627, a widower; killed by the Indians at Mendon on 14 July 1675 (Brigham; Drake's note to Hubbard).
  33. married:
  34. date: 18 Nov 1662
  35. basis: compiled
  36. confidence: probable
  37. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  38. - name: John Bridges
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  42. note: A widower of Andover, blacksmith, and constable there in 1678; son of Edmund Bridges, the immigrant.
  43. married:
  44. date: 1 Mar 1677/8
  45. basis: compiled
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy]
  48. ---
  50. Daughter of Job Tyler. At "about 15 yeares old" she deposed with her parents and her brother Moses
  51. against John Godfrey in 1659, that they had seen "a thing like a bird" come into their house with
  52. him at night (see [Job Tyler](/people/job-tyler-1619/)).
  54. On 18 Nov 1662 she married Richard Post of Woburn, born about 1627, whose first wife, Susanna Sutton,
  55. had probably died without children; their daughter Mary Post was born in 1664
  56. ([*The Tyler Genealogy*](/files/sources/book-brigham-1912-tyler-genealogy/), 1:23-24). The Posts settled at
  57. Mendon with her father: on 1 Jan 1674 Richard Post was chosen the town's constable, with "Mathyas
  58. Puffer and Job Tiler, Survayors of hy ways"
  59. ([*Annals of Mendon*](/files/sources/book-metcalf-1880-annals-of-mendon/), p. 57).
  61. **King Philip's War.** On 14 July 1675, in the first attack of the war in Massachusetts Bay, Nipmuc
  62. men under Matoonas fell on the settlers of Mendon "as they were at their Labour in the Field, killing
  63. five or six of them" ([Hubbard](/files/sources/book-hubbard-1677-narrative/), 1:86). Richard Post was
  64. probably one of them, "killed in Mendon, Mass., July 14, 1675, by the Indians" (Brigham). Drake,
  65. editing Hubbard, remembered him: "we have the Name of only one of them, namely Richard Post. He lived
  66. on the Road from Mendon towards Sherburne, and a Portion of that Way, though long since discontinued,
  67. yet bears the Name of Post's Lane" (1:86, n. 141). Mendon was abandoned and burned that winter, and
  68. the Tylers scattered to Roxbury and Rowley Village.
  70. On 1 Mar 1677/8 she married John Bridges of Andover, a widower and blacksmith, constable there in
  71. 1678. In 1692 she was accused of witchcraft, and her daughter, "Mary Post, of Rowley ... single
  72. woman," was indicted and tried at Salem in January 1692/3 (Brigham 1:24).
  74. ## Open questions
  76. - A record of Richard Post's death at Mendon (Massachusetts Archives), and any probate of his estate
  77. (Suffolk or Middlesex).
  78. - Her death, and the outcome of the accusation against her in 1692.
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