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John Tyler, the second son of William Tyler, married Han- nah Wade, the daughter of Samuel Wade. He inherited a large landed estate from his father, which I think was located in Alloways Creek township, not far from the village of Harmers- ville, being part of Annie Salters' allotment. John and his wife Hannah W. Tyler, had one son-Benjamin by name. The year he was born is uncertain, probably about the year 1720. Soon after he arrived of age, he sold his patrimonial estate at Alloways Creek, and purchased some 400 acres near the town of Greenwich, now Cumberland county, being part of the Gib- bon estate. In 1746 he married Naomi Dennis, the sister of Philip Dennis, of Bacon's Neck. They had four children-Eliz- abeth, born 28th of 2d month, 1748 ; Rachel, born in 1751; John in 1753; Letitia, 9th of 11th month, 1755. The last mentioned was young when her mother died. In 1759 Benjamin married his second wife, Mary Adams by name, and he had four chil- dren-Job, born in 1760 ; Lydia, in 1763 ; Hannah, in 1765, and Benjamin, 30th of 10th month, 1771. John Tyler, the son of Benjamin, married Abigail Lippincott. They had three chil- dren-Samnel, Benjamin and Naomi. His second wife was Nancy Hall, but she died in a short time afterwards leaving no
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issue. Benjamin's third wife was Hope Sharp, by whom he had one daughter-Hannah Y. Tyler. Elizabeth, the oldest daugh- ter of Benjamin Tyler, married John Dunham. They had two children-John and Elizabeth Dunham. The latter afterwards become the wife of Job Tyler, Jr. Letitia's first husband was Andrew Griscom. They had two children-Benjamin and An- drew Griscom. Her second husband was James English, and they had two children-Martha and Tyler English. Martha afterwards became the wife of Benjamin Harris. Rachel Tyler's husband was John Potts, Jr., of Bacon's Neck. They left chil- dren. Job Tyler, the oldest son of Benjamin Tyler by his last wife, married Rachel Sayre. Soon after they were married he sold his farm that was left to him by his father, and his first purchase in Salem county was the James Sterling farm in Man- nington, which property now belongs to John T. Bassett. Job Tyler did not own the property long before he sold it, and bought Lucas Gibbs' large farm in Quaker Neck. He was a man of considerable energy, and was considered one of the best farmers of his time in Salem county. His attention was turned to grazing and feeding cattle ; perhaps he has never been equalled in this section of the country in that particular. He raised the fattest, but not the largest, bullock that was ever exhibited in Philadelphia. Its neat weight was 2,165 lbs. The inhabitants of Salem county considered it a credit to the place, and the directors of Salem Bank honored him by using the impress of the Tyler ox on their one dollar notes for many years. Job and Rachel Tyler had four children-Benjamin, the oldest, mar- ried a young woman by the name of Burden, and had by her one son named James, who subsequently married a woman by the name of Penton, by whom he had two children, a son and daughter, named Rachel and James Tyler. The latter married one of the daughters of John H. Lambert, and Rachel is the wife of John Lambert, Jr. Job Tyler, Jr., married Elizabeth Dunham, she being his cousin. He inherited the homestead farm in Quaker Neck. A few years after the death of his father he sold it to Andrew Griscom and moved to Salem. He and his wife had no children. His wife died some length of time before him. At his death he willed the greater part of his estate, being principally in money, to his brother Benjamin's grandchildren, Rachel and James Tyler.
Mary, daughter of Job Tyler, Sr., married John Bacon, son Job Bacon, of Greenwich. She lived but a short time after her marriage. Richard Tyler, the youngest son of Job and Rachel Tyler, was one of the most promising young men, of his time,
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in the county. Remarkably pleasing in person and address, he attracted to himself many friends. He died unmarried about 1819, with that distressing disease, the bilious dysentery, which became an epidemic complaint in that year and the season following in this county, and many, particularly the young, fell victims to it.
Samuel Tyler, the son of John Tyler, married Rachel Peck, by whom he had eight children-Abigail, Benjamin, Martha, Samuel, Clarissa, Nancy, Rachel and George. Abigail died unmarried. Benjamin, his son, embraced the Presbyterian faith. He studied for the ministry, and became a highly esteemed elergyman of that sect. His wife was Mary Seeley, the daughter of Richard Seeley. Benjamin died a compara- tively young man, leaving a widow and three children-Charles, Joseph and Benjamin, who are living. Martha Tyler, daughter of Samuel, married Oliver H. Williams. Samuel Tyler, Jr. married Elizabeth Burden. Rachel Tyler married Auley B. Wood. Clarissa and Nancy Tyler were twin children, both of them died unmarried. George Tyler, the youngest son of Samuel, married Emily Moore. But one of the eight children of Samuel survived him, and that was Samuel, who has been dead several years.
Bemjamin Tyler's, son of John Tyler, first wife was a Thompson. By her he had six children-Hannah Ann, John, Mary, Ebenezar, Lydia and Benjamin. His second wife was Hope Allen, but they had no issue. His third wife was Martha Owen, a widow, whose maiden name was Buzby, the daughter of Nathaniel Buzby, of Port Elizabeth. She survived Benja- min several years. Hannah Ann Tyler, daughter of Benjamin, married Josiah Harmer. Her second husband was Evi Smith. John Tyler married Beulah Griseom, daughter of Benjamin Griscom, of Salem. Mary Tyler married Charles Harmer. Her second husband was Andrew Thompson, of Mannington. Ebenezar Tyler married Sarah Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, Jr., of Alloways Creek. Lydia Tyler married Reuben Hilliard, of Mannington, son of Samuel Hilliard, of the same place. Benjamin Tyler, Jr. married Alice Woolman, of Piles- grove. Naomi Tyler, the daughter of John Tyler, married George Bacon, of Greenwich. Their children were Eliza, George, Richard, Francis and Mary Bacon.
William Tyler, Jr., the oldest son of William and Johanna Tyler, was born at Walton, in England, 5th of 7th month, 1680. At the death of his father he was about twenty-one years of age. It appears that his father had much confidence in him, as
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he directed in his will that he should have charge of the younger children, some of whom were not more than two or three years of age, and was left executor to his father's will. Among his papers that have been preserved by his descendants is a manu- script inventory of his father's goods, which is as follows: " An inventory of the goods and chattels of William Tyler, " deceased, as they were brought before us. Rudoe Morris, "Joseph Parson and John Parson, this 25th of 2d month, 1701, " being appraisers." The amount of the personal estate of Wil- liam Tyler amounted by the appraisement to £519, 9s, 2d, and was recorded the 20th of 6th month, 1701, in Salem, by Samuel Hedge, 3d, recorder. William Tyler, Jr., received as executor to his father's will, through Elias Osborne, of England, agent of his uncle, Thomas Parsons, of Philadelphia, a considerable amount of money from England. It appears from a letter dated 10th month, 1688, three years after William Tyler, Sr., emigrated to America, that Abraham Grundy was placed in charge of his estate which he had left in England, and his son William also kept up the correspondence after his father's death. A letter dated 5th of 10th month, 1702, he writes to the execu- tor of Abraham Grundy to pay him £20 sterling. I presume it was the balance of his father's estate in England. William Tyler, Jr., married Mary Abbott, sister of George Abbott, the emigrant, and by her had six children. Their oldest, William Tyler, 3d, was born 2d of 5th month, 1712; Edith, their daughter, born 24th of 11th month, 1714; Rebecca, born 29th of 3d month, 1716; Mary, born 16th of 1st month, 1718; James, born 30th of 12th month, 1720; and Samuel, born 26th of 10th month, 1723. The mother of these chil- dren survived their father, and afterwards married Robert Townsend, of Cape May, in the year 1735. By this marriage she had one daughter, Rany Townsend, who subsequently mar- ried a man by the name of Stites. After the death of Robert Townsend, his widow returned and lived with her Tyler children. William Tyler, 2d, died in 1733, aged fifty-three years. A short time previous to his death he made his will, in which he bequeathed the plantation on which he lived to his son William, (it is owned at the present day by William Robertson and Thomas Vammeter,) for which William was to pay £50 to his daughter, Edith Thompson, the wife of Samuel Thompson, and the like sum to his daughter, Rebecca Tyler. The said sums to be paid by William in four years after the decease of his father. He left to his second son, James Tyler, a farm of 234 acres, which he bought of William Hall. Richard MePherson and
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Aaron Fogg are the present owners of the said property. He gave to his youngest son, Samuel Tyler, a tract of land com- monly called Smith Neck, containing 150 acres. He also willed to his two sons, William and Samuel Tyler, a tract of land lying between the first mentioned messuages and the said Smith Neck, containing 100 acres more or less. The said land formerly belonged to John Maddox Denn. He further be- queathed to his wife, Mary Tyler, and his daughters, Edith and Rebecca, all his personal estate, after his funeral expenses and just debts were paid, to be equally divided among them. He
also willed that his wife should have the privilege and use of one-half of his best mansion house to dwell in during her natu- ral life, and also to keep a horse and cow upon the first men- tioned messuage so long as she continued to dwell thereon. He nominated and appointed his wife, Mary Tyler, and his son, William Tyler, and his son-in-law, Samuel Thompson, executors of his last will and testament. The will was made 29th of 11th month, 1732. The inventory of his personal estate amounted to £271, 13s. The appraisers were Abel Nicholson and Thomas Taylor. William Tyler, 3d, married Elizabeth Thompson. She was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Thompson, and they lived where Allowaystown is now located. She was born 1st of 8th month, 1716. They had three daughters. The oldest, Sarah Tyler, married Samuel Stewart, the son of John and Mary Stewart, of Alloways Creek. Their children were Joseph, Mary, Mark and Ann. The last mentioned married William Griscom. Joseph Stewart married Rachel Bradway. Mark's wife was Elizabeth Denn, daughter of James Denn, and Mary died unmarried.
Rebecca Tyler, William's second daughter, married William Abbott, the son of Samuel Abbott, of Elsinborough. Their children were Josiah, Samuel and George. Mary Tyler, his youngest daughter, married Jacob Scoggins, whose children were Tyler, Jonas, Mary, Phebe, Rebecca and Elizabeth. I believe Tyler Scoggins died a young man and single. Rebecca lived to an old age and died unmarried. Mary married Joseph Piper and had three children. Elizabeth Scoggins' husband was James Dennis. Their children were Mary, Naomi, Jona- than and Rebecca. It is probable that Jacob Scoggins and his wife Mary bought the share of the homesterd farm of her two sisters, Sarah and Rebecca, that their father, William Tyler, inherited from his father. Sometime after the death of Jacob and Mary Scoggins, their children sold the farm to John Lind- sey, after having been in the Tyler family four generations.
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After the death of Lindsey the farm was divided between his two sons, John and Joseph. Thomas Jones, Sr., purchased Joseph Lindsey's farm, which was part of James Vanmeter's wife's share of her father's estate. John Lindsey, Jr.'s farm was sold some time after his death, and William Robertson was the purchaser, the father of the present William Robertson.
Edith Tyler, daughter of William Tyler, 2d, married Samuel Thompson, who was born 6th of 9th month, 1707. He was the son of William Thompson and grandson of Andrew Thompson, who emigrated to this country in 1677, and purchased land of Richard Guy in Elsinboro, and settled thereon ; whilst his son William bought a large tract of land in Upper Monmouth, where Allowaystown is now located, and at that place he resided until his death. From them sprung numerous descendants. Samuel and his wife had five children. The oldest was Samuel Thompson, Jr. He was the grandfather of the late Joshua Thompson, who died recently in Salem at an advanced age. Aaron Thompson, their second son, married Hannalı Hancock, widow of William Hancock, of Elsinborough. Aaron and his wife left no children. Hannah's maiden name was Fogg, daughter of Charles Fogg. Their oldest daughter, I think, was Sarah, she married Josiah Kay. He lived in Glou- cester county, about three miles above Woodbury. They had one son, and a daughter-Rebecca Kay. She married Clement Hall, of Elsinboro, the eldest son of Clement and Margaret Hall, of the same township. They had seven children-Ann, Margaret, Prudence, Sarah, Morris, Deborah and Rebecca. Edith Thompson, daughter of Samuel, married Jedediah Allen, of Mannington. He was the oldest son of Jedediah Allen and grandson of Nathaniel Chambless, of Alloways Creek. Their eldest son, Samuel T. Allen, went to Philadelphia and became an eminent merchant and shipper, and accumulated a great fortune. One of his cousins paid him a visit on one occasion, and remarked to him whilst he was at his house upon the splen- dor in which he lived, Samuel replied, "It does not produce " happiness." Samuel married Maria Wilkins. They had four daughters, one of whom married, and she and her husband emi- grated to South America. Rebecca Thompson, the third daugh- ter of Samuel and Edith Thompson, married David Allen, the brother of Jedediah. From that union there were ten children -Hannah Allen, born 5th of 3d month, 1767, whose first hus- band was Aaron Fogg; second, David Bradway. Mary Allen, born 1768, married Joseph Bassett. Ann Allen, born 1770, married Joseph Brown. Rebecca and David Allen, twin chil-
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dren, born in 1772; Rebecca's first husband was Joshua Thompson ; second, Benjamin Griscom ; David Allen went to the West Indies and there died. Edith Allen, born in 1775, died I think unmarried. Beulah, born in 1779, died unmarried. Samuel, born in 1781, married a young woman of Gloucester county. Jedediah, born in 1784; his first wife was Sarah Austin, his second wife Hannah Abbott. Chambless Allen, born 1786; his wife was Sarah Nicholson, the daughter of William Nicholson, of Mannington. David Allen died when most of his children were minors. His widow, Rebecca Allen, by her great energy and perseverence made herself adequate to the great charge that was committed to her in raising such a large family of children. Rebecca Tyler, daughter of William Tyler, 2d, died a young woman, unmarried. Mary Tyler, daughter of the same parents, died young, before her father.
Johanna Tyler, daughter of William Tyler, was born at Wal- ton, England, in 1684 She married Jonathan Waddington, son of William Waddington. From this union sprung a line of descendants. Old receipts still exist for the payment of her paternal inheritance, which were given thirty years after tlie death of her father. "Be it known to all men of these presents " that we, Jonathan Waddington and Joan Waddington, his " wife, which is the daughter of William Tyler, deceased, do " acknowledge we have received of her brother William Tyler, " 2d, executor of the last will and testament of her father, Wil- " liam Tyler, aforesaid, deceased, the sum of one hundred and " twenty-nine pounds in full satisfaction of a legacy left said " Joan by said father, of which said one hundred and twenty- " nine pounds, by us received as aforesaid, we do acknowledge "ourselves fully satisfied and paid. Of every part and parcel " thereof we do clear, exonerate, and forever, by these presents, " from the beginning of the world unto this day, as witnesses "our hand and seal the 14th day of May, 1731. Signed, sealed " and delivered in the presence of
" JONATHAN WADDINGTON, Her " JOANNA WADDINGTON." Mark.
Philip Tyler, son of William Tyler, 1st, was born 1692, near Salem, New Jersey. His first wife was Elizabeth Denn, the daughter of John Maddox Denn, and by her he had two chil- dren-Enoch and Elizabeth Tyler. His second wife's name was Moore, and by that connection were two daughters, the elder was named Rachel, the younger one's name is unknown at
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the present time. Two of Philip's descendants were living in 1847. The description of their ancestor, as handed down to them, was that he had been in person a tall and spare man. He speculated in land largely, likewise in other business, was un- successful, and died poor, about the year 1777, nearly eighty years of age, and was buried in the ancient burial ground of Friends, on the north side of Monmouth river, near Hancock's Bridge. His son Enoch Tyler died a minor. His daughter Elizabeth Tyler married a man by the name of Watson; they had three sons-Thomas, John and Tyler Watson. Rachel Tyler, daughter of Philip by his last wife, died single ; her sister married Ephraim Sayre, and numerous descendants sprung from that union.
Rebecca Tyler, daughter of William Tyler, 1st, was born near Salem in 1698, and married William Murdock. The Murdocks are said to have married into the Whital family near Woodbury, the Whitals being recorded in the Tyler's family Bible seems to corroborate it.
James Tyler, the son of William Tyler, 2d, and Mary his wife, was born 30th of 12th month, 1720, and resided all his life on the property on Alloways creek, that was left to him by his father. He built himself a brick house on the said property about the year 1745. His wife was Martha Simpson ; they had two children-James Tyler, Jr., and Ruth Tyler. He died at the age of eighty years, and was succeeded on the farm by his son James, who married a young woman by the name of Acton. Their children were Catherine, William, Samuel and John Tyler; the sons so far as known left no children. Catherine Tyler married William Walker, a man of peculiar character, who, after passing through a variety of changes here, emigrated about 1818 to Cincinnati, then to Indiana, where he lived until the war with Mexico. Being strongly allured by the military spirit with which he was surrounded, he applied to the Govern- ment for a Captain's commission. It was at first refused him on the plea that he was too old, but was subsequently granted, and he, when more than seventy years of age, marched at the head of his company into Mexico; was present at the battle of Buena Vista, where he fell in 1847. He had several. children, who are still living in the West; one a doctor, another son a lawyer. Ruth Tyler, daughter of James Tyler, Sr., married John Ware, the son of John and Elizabeth Ware, of Alloways Creek Neck. Ruth inherited one-third of her father's real estate. When they were first married they lived on the farm that was left him by his father, and subsequently he built on his
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wife's property, and resided there until his death. When her brother James' children offered for sale the property that they inherited from their parent, John Ware sold his farm in Allo- ways Creek to Mark Townsend, of Cape May, which enabled him to purchase the whole of the property that once belonged to his father-in-law, James Tyler. John and Ruth Ware had two children-Martha and Eleanor. Martha died a young woman whilst on a visit to her uncle David Ware, near Darby. Eleanor Ware married Jeremiah Tracy, who was many years younger than herself; there was no issue from this union. She, during their marriage, deeded all her real estate to her husband, and died a short time afterwards. This indenture conveyed the last of 700 acres on Alloways creek that was purchased by William Tyler, 1st, one hundred and seventy-five years ago.
Samuel Tyler, youngest child of William Tyler, 2d., and Mary his wife, was born 26th of 10th month, 1723. He was about ten years old at the death of his father. When he was nearly eighteen years of age he apprenticed himself to Benja- min Acton, of Salem, to learn the tanning business. An indenture found among his papers, dated 1741, signed Samuel Tyler, and witnessed by his mother, Mary Tyler, and George Trenchard, specified that he was to serve four years at the busi- ness. Soon after the expiration he sold his possesions on Alloways creek, that he inherited from his father, and bought of Rebecca Edgil, of Philadelphia, the property of the upper end of Salem, since known as Tyler street. In the deed for this purchase, dated 1746, the house is called "a new brick " house," making it at the present time more than one hundred and twenty years old. It is now owned by William Davidson. At this house he carried on the tanning business. In 1751 he married Ann Mason, the daughter of John Mason, Jr., and granddaughter of John Mason, the emigrant. Their children, five in number, were named William Tyler, born 3d of 11th month, 1752 ; John, born 7th of 9th month, 1755; Mary, born 11th of 8th month, 1756; Samuel, born in 7th month, 1758; and Rebceca, born in 6th month, 1764. Samuel lived to see most of his children grow up, and died 26th of 11th month, 1778, at the comparatively early age of fifty-five years. Ann Tyler, his wife, died 23d of 2d month, 1777, nearly a year before her husband. William Tyler, 4th, administered on the estate of his father. The property was appraised 5th of 1st month, 1779 ; Samuel Stewart and Samuel Thompson were the appraisers. The whole of his personal property amounted to about £1,500, a large sum for that period. William Tyler was
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twenty-six years old when his father died-his mother dying the year before. He and his brothers and sisters were thus deprived of both parents. They however, found a parent in their maternal aunt, Mary Mason, who went to live with them, and remained with some of the family until her death. Accord- ing to the law at that time, William Tyler, 4th, as the oldest son, was entitled to all the landed estate. He was not, however, unmindful of his brothers and sisters, but assigned them a share of their father's property. It appears the family all remained at their native home until William's marriage with Beulah Ridgway, in 1792. I think she was the daughter of Job Ridgway, of Mannington. The Tyler family then separated, and he continued at the paternal mansion. His wife lived but a short time after they were married, and died leaving no issue. In 1796 he married his second wife, Catherine Low, daughter of Hugh Low, of Philadelphia. She was born 5th of 2d month, 1765, and died in 1825. Hugh Low was the son of English parents, members of the Society of Friends, who came over to this country with their family when he was an infant and settled in Philadelphia. He was considered to be a man of good natural abilities and strict integrity, liberal in his feelings, and became a firm friend to the country of his adoption.
John Mason Tyler, son of William Tyler and Catharine Tyler, was born 28th of 5th month, 1797. Hannah Gillespey Tyler, was born 30th of 8th month, 1798. Hugh Low Tyler, was born 20th of 3d month, 1800. Mary Tyler, was born 21st of 11th month, 1801. Annie Tyler, was born 1st of 3d month, 1805. William Tyler, fifth son of William and Catharine Tyler, was born 16th of 9th month, 1806. William and Catha- rine Tyler, the parents of the above mentioned children, lived together more than twenty-seven years, it is said, with great conjugal felicity. He was a man of retiring disposition, of few words and was considered honest and impartial in his dealings with his fellow men. He died after an illness of about two weeks in 1823, in his seventy-second year. Catharine Tyler, his wife, survived him fifteen months. Her death took place 23d of 3d month, 1825, when she was about sixty-nine years of age. She was considered a discreet and sensible woman, with warm sensibilities and devoted piety, sprightly in character and was anxious that her children should be brought up aright, that they might become useful and worthy citizens. John Mason Tyler, the eldest son of William Tyler, in his youth left his parents' home and was adopted by his uncle, John Tyler, and
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went to live with him. At this home he continued, succeeded his uncle in business, and married Dorothea Graham Hoskins, of Radnor, Pennsylvania, in 1832. They had two children- Catharine Low Tyler, born in 1833, and William Graham Tyler. Joseph Hoskins, the father of Dorothea Tyler, was a native of New Jersey. He went to Delaware county, Pennsyl- vania, settled on a farm and married Mary Graham, a descend- ant of an old and respectable family at Chester. Hannah G. Tyler married Clement Smith, of Mannington, in 1818. He was the son of William Smith, and a lineal descendant of John Smith, of Smithfield. Clement and his wife Hannah Smith had one son-Clement William Smith. He was born 28th of 9thı month, 1819. Clement Smith, his father, died about the year 1820, leaving a young widow and an infant son. Hugh Low Tyler, second son of William Tyler, was born in 1800. In 1835 he married Mary Shiply Miller, daughter of George Miller and Mary Levis Miller, of Delaware county, Pennsylva- nia ; he was a large landholder in that county. Hugh and his wife had three children-William Levis Tyler, born in 1836 ; George M. Tyler, in 1838, and John Edgar Tyler, in 1842. His wife at the death of her father becoming possessed of a valuable farm in that county, he left the farm at Salem and he and his family moved to Delaware county and subsequently sold the Tyler farm which had been in the family for more than one hundred years. Mary Tyler, the second daughter of Wil-
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