Samuel Tyler
Soldier in King Philip's War, impressed at Rowley in November 1675 and credited with pay in March 1675/6; his son Ebenezer later claimed his share of the Narragansett grant that became Amherst, New Hampshire. He died at Mendon in 1695, and his widow Hannah was granted administration. Probably a son of Job Tyler; father of Samuel Tyler (b. 1694/5), who married Mary Capron.
Life
- 1655Born24 May 1655
Baptized at Roxbury 4 June 1665 (Brigham). The "May 24, 1665" on Mollie Pfeiffer's chart is a typo.
compiledprobable - 1695Died17 Dec 1695, Mendon, Massachusettsdocumentedproven
Family
- Father
- Job Tylercompiledprobable
Sources
- Brigham, The Tyler Genealogy (1912), 2 vols.
- Reasoning:
research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
- Mother
- Mary Tylercompiledprobable
Sources
- Brigham, The Tyler Genealogy (1912), 2 vols.
- Reasoning:
research/low/Tyler_Ginn_Line_Research.md
- Spouse
Pedigree
Notes
King Philip’s War: “In the list of killed appear two Samuel Taylors. In the credits is found Samuel Tiler. In a list of men impressed at Rowley, Nov. 29,1675, I find Samuel Tiller” (Bodge, pp. 156-157). His impressment at Rowley and his pay credit of 24 Mar 1675/6 are documented. That the “Samuel Taylor of Rowley” listed among the slain was really Samuel Tiler, and so that he was at the Narragansett fight, is Brigham’s reading of Bodge. Since Samuel lived until 1695, that reading is probably the origin of the family story that he was “wounded and left for dead” (Mollie Pfeiffer); the wound itself is not recorded, and the story, with the claim that his life was shortened by it, is inference. His son Ebenezer claimed his share of the Narragansett grant (No. 3, Andover: Samuel Tyler, claimant “Ebenezer, son”; Bodge p. 422), the later Amherst, New Hampshire.
His widow Hannah was granted administration on 9 Apr 1696; inventory £243.10.
Children (Mendon VR p. 197): Ebenezer, Apr 28, 1685; Han[n]ah, Feb 12, 1687 (Brigham says 1692); Mary, Feb 21, 1688-9; Elizabeth, Mar 17, 1691; Samuel, Feb 26, 1694-5.
Mollie's typescript
The youngest child of Job and Mary Tyler, baptized in Eliot's church at Roxbury, he was impressed at Rowley in November 1675 for the Narragansett campaign of King Philip's War.
SAMUEL TYLER (3) the youngest child of Job and Mary, was baptized in Eliot's church in Roxbury ... "Samuel Tiler"s name is found in the list of those impressed at Rowley, Nov. 29 1675 at the age of 20.
p. 138 →Mollie believes he was badly wounded and left for dead in the fight (an inference from a list of the slain; no wound is recorded), and says he settled at Mendon, served as surveyor of highways and constable, and died young in 1695.
Also it is clear that Samuel Tyler was wounded in the flight so severely that he was left on the field for dead. ... Samuel was chosen surveyor of the highways and also constable.
p. 139 →
Checked against the records
- PossibleSamuel Tyler was wounded and left for dead in the Narragansett fight
Unproven. Bodge lists two Samuel Taylors among the killed, and Brigham took the Rowley one to be Samuel Tiler, which would put him at the fight. "Left for dead" and the idea that his wounds shortened his life are inference. He died at Mendon on 17 Dec 1695, aged 40.
Read it in the book, p. 139 → - ProvenSamuel got a Narragansett grant, claimed by his son Ebenezer
True. Bodge's list of Narragansett grantees has, under No. 3, "Samuel Tyler", claimant "Ebenezer, son"; the township became Amherst, New Hampshire. Bodge also has Samuel impressed at Rowley on 29 Nov 1675 and his pay credit of 24 Mar 1675/6.
Read it in the book, p. 139 →
Connections
- In his ancestry
- 3 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Samuel's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to him.
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