Category: Genealogy

The Tryon Family In America
by Wesley Tryon



ZACHARIAH TRYON 7.233a, son of Aaron Tryon 6.145i and Eliza (---) Tryon, was born in Ohio in 1847.

LUCY ANN TRYON 7.233b, daughter of Aaron Tryon 6.145i and Eliza (---) Tryon, was born in Indiana in 1849.

MARIAH TRYON 7.235a, daughter of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at White River, Ind., Sept. 3, 1836, and died about 1840, just 4 years old.

LYDIA JANE TRYON 7.235b, daughter of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Adams County, Ill., Apr. 10, 1838, and died about 1840, only 1 year old.

ANDREW JACKSON TRYON 7.235c, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Ill., May 23, 1841.

AYRUN TRYON 7.235d, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born in Iowa, Oct. 15, 1843,, and died about 1857, aged 14 years.

JOSEPH TRYON 7.235e, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Ill., Aug. 31, 1844. He married Mary Ferris, and died in 1903.

GEORGE TRYON 7.235f, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Ill., Jan. 19, 1848, and died in 1853, just 5 years old.

THOMAS FRANKLIN TRYON 7.235g, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Ill., Feb. 18, 1850, and died in 1855, just 5 years old.

MARY ANGELINA TRYON 7.235h, daughter of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Quincy, Ill., Aug. 11, 1852, and died in 1856, just 4 years old.

TRUMAN TRYON, JR. 7.235i, son of Truman Tryon 6.147a and Rebecca (Connely) Tryon, was born at Spanish Fork, Utah, May 2, 1853. He married Martha Jane Plumb, daughter of Marlin Plumb, Jr. and Elizabeth Cleopatra (Bellows) Plumb, at Salem, Utah, May 22, 1873. She was born at Payson, Utah, Oct. 14, 1856. He died at Thatcher, Graham County, Ariz., May 19, 1926, aged 75 years. She died at Safford, Graham County, Ariz., Nov. 16, 1946, aged 90 years. They had nine children:
Martha Marilla 8.373a,
Elizabeth Rebecca 8.373b,
James Truman 8.373c,
Arze 8.373d,
Perry 8.373e,
Merlin Plumb 8.373f,
Maud Matholda 8.373g,
Otto John 8.373h,
Robert John 8.373i.

WILLIAM TRYON 7.236a, son of William S. Tryon 6.155a and Sally (---) Tryon, was born at Deerfield, Mass., Feb. 18, 1800.

DENNIS TRYON 7.237a, son of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

LEVI TRYON 7.237b, son of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

EMILY TRYON 7.237c, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

SUSAN TRYON 7.237d, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

SALLY TRYON 7.237e, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

MARY MILLER TRYON 7.237f, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, was born in 1815. She married Levi Hamilton in 1835. He was born in 1812, and died in 1838. She died in 1903, aged 88 years. One daughter is recorded:
Levina Jane Hamilton 8.380a.

HANNAH TRYON 7.237g, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

WILLIAM R. TRYON 7.237h, son of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date. He married Esther Olivia Gregory, daughter of Zadoe Gregory and Marilla (Day) Gregory, no date. She was born in 1829. They had four children:
Howard 8.282a,
Osear 8.282b,
Grace 8.282e,
Harriett Jane "Jennie" 8.282d.

BETSY TRYON 7.237i, daughter of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

HORATIO TRYON 7.237j, son of Levi Spofford Tryon 6.155b and Lavinia (Hayden) Tryon, no date.

SPOFFORD L. TRYON 7.238a, son of Luther Tryon 6.155c and Naney Ann (Bradley) Tryon, was born in New York State in 1836. He married his second cousin, Lydia Roxanne Tryon 7.256f, nicknamed Tain, daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, no date. Two children reported:
Edward (adopted) 8.385a,
Anna (adopted) 8.385b.

LAURA TRYON 7.238b, daughter of Luther Tryon 6.155c and Nancy Ann (Bradley) Tryon, was born Apr. 27, 1813. She married David Webster Goodenough, Aug. 19, 1832. He was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., Feb. 8, 1808, and died May 30, 1850, in his 42nd year. She died Dec. 16, 1891, aged 78 years. They moved to Michigan in 1848, and one son is listed:
Daniel Webster Goodenough 8.386a.

RODOLPHUS TRYON 7.240a, first son of Zebina Tryon 6.155e and Emily (Hodge) Tryon, was born at Deerfield, Mass., Oet. 20, 1809. He married Lavina Derby, daughter of Oliver Cromwell Derby and Lavina (Stoekwell) Derby, in 1835. She was born at Ticonderoga, N.Y., in 1810. He started from Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., in September of 1836 with $12 in his pockets. He made his way to Lima, Mich., loeated, and walked baek home. The next Spring he returned with his wife and his brothers (names not mentioned). It is reported that this eouple had six children. We find a name for only one boy;
Rodolphus P. 8.387a.
Rodolphus 7.240a died in 1894, aged 85 years. She died in 1888, aged 78 years. Both buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Mason, Mich. The record states that two of the children were girls. One of them married Mr. Cooper, and the other married Mr. Harris. Nothing more has been learned of this family.

WILLIAM HENRY TRYON 7.240b, second son of Zebina Tryon 6.155e and Emily (Hodge) Tryon, was born Jan. 17, 1808. He married Sally Mariah Day, daughter of John Day and Sally Mariah (---) Day, Sept. 16, 1828. She was born Sept. 16, 1817, and died Sept. 16, 1910. He died Sept. --, 1851. Five children reported:
Peter 8.388a,
Margaret Ann 8.388b,
Sary Elizabeth 8.388c,
Gitte Mariah 8.388d,
Emma 8.388e.

EDWIN D. TRYON 7.240c, third son of Zebina Tryon 6.155e and Emily (Hodge) Tryon, no date.

EMOLINE A. TRYON 7.240d, first daughter of Zebina Tryon 6.155e and Emily (Hodge) Tryon, date missing. Emoline's parents must have died early in her life, as Lemuel Tryon 6.158b was her guardian, and she was raised in the home of Elizabeth (Tryon) Hodge 6.155f and her husband George Hodge, and they lived in Hadley, Mass.

SUSAN E. TRYON 7.240e, seeond daughter of Zebina Tryon 6.155e and Emily (Hodge) Tryon, no date.

ISAAC GATES 7.243a, son of Clarissa (Tryon) Gates 6.155h and Ebenezer Gates, was born at Litchfield, Conn., June 4, 1809.

RODOLPOHUS TRYON 7.244a, son of Lemuel Tryon 6.155i and --- (---) Tryon, was born at Deerfield, Mass., no date, and was baptized there on Aug. 6, 1820.

LAURA ANN TRYON 7.244b, first daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.155i and --- (---) Tryon, was born about 1835. She married Alonzo M. Williams, date not shown. They lived at Syracuse, Onondago County, N.Y., and she died May 18, 1854, at the age of 19 years and 2 months.

SAVILLA A. TRYON 7.244c, second daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.155i and --- (---) Tryon, was born about 1839, and died Nov. 14, 1844, at the age of 5 years and 2 months.

ETHETA M. TRYON 7.244d, daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.155i and Matilda (Sutherland) Tryon, was born in Onondago County, N. Y., date missing.

CHARLES HOPKINS TRYON 7.248a, first son of Bela Hopkins Tryon 6.155m and Harriet (Billings) Tryon, was born at South Deerfield, Franklin County, Mass., June 2, 1826. He moved to Illinois with his parents at the age of 10 years, and at the age of 21 he was a Justice of the Peace. He married first, Laura A. Hodge in 1848. Her birth date is lost, but she died June 5, 1876. In 1862, Charles raised a regiment, and was captain of the 95th Illinois Infantry. This couple had two children:
Jesse M. 8.397a,
Bela H. 8.397b.
Charles married second, Marion E. (Downs) Sherman, a widow, and a school teacher, on July 4, 1877. She was the daughter of Daniel Downs and Clarissa (Watson) Downs, and was a native of Oswego, N.Y. In 1882, Charles was elected as a Representative in the 33rd General Assembly. He died Apr. 13, 1916, aged 89 years. No record of any children to this union.

GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL TRYON 7.248b, second son of Bela Hopkins Tryon 6.155m and Harriet (Billings) Tryon, was born at Manilus, N.Y., in 1828. He was a farmer, and married first, Jane Amelia Downs, daughter of Daniel Downs and Clarissa (Watson) Downs, and evidently a sister of Marion E. (Downs) Sherman mentioned above, in 1852. She died 6 years later (1858). George and Jane were the parents of three children:
Harriet or Hattie Amelia 8.398a,
C. Fred 8.398b,
Ira Billings 8.398c.
George married second, Sarah Maria Rood, date not known. She was born in 1835, and died in 1918. He died Nov. 5, 1868, aged 40 years. They had two children:
Frank George 8.398d,
Luella May 8.398e.

"It is interesting to note that the first wife of George F. Tryon 7.255c, Jane Amelia Downs, was a sister of Marion E. Downs, the second wife of Charles H. Tryon 7.248a, and their parents were Daniel and Clarissa (Watson) Downs, grandparents on the maternal side of Ira Billings Tryon 8.398c. His great grandfather was Major Watson, who, while a young man, was a prisoner for a time among the Indians, and was compelled to run the gauntlet. He was later adopted by an Indian chief, but was assisted by a fur trader to escape. He became a soldier in the War of the Revolution, serving under Washington and LaFayette, taking part in the Battle of Monmouth. He also served in the War of 1812, was an active participant in the battle of Sackett's Harbor, was captured by the British and placed on board a prison ship, from which he was finally released through the intervention of the President. He came to Wisconsin with his daughter, Mrs. Clarissa (Watson) Downs, dying there at the age of 100 years, 3 months, and 21 days, and was buried in the Linn Hebron Cemetery. He is the only Revolutionary soldier buried in McHenry County, Ill." This quotation was obtained by Mrs. Martha Barner 10.300a through personal correspondence with Mrs. Bonnie Doon Cairns 10.290c, of Woodstock, Ill. (now deceased). Mrs. Cairns was a direct descendant of Capt. William Tryon 5.86a and Hannah (Hopkins) Tryon.

WILI,IAM HOPKINS BILLINGS 7.251a, son of Amanda (Tryon) Billings 6.155p and Francis Billings, was born in 1829, and died Feb. 22, 1832, at the age of 3 years.

WILLIAM TRYON HUBBARD 7. 253a, son of William Tryon Hubbard 6.156b and --- (---) Hubbard, no date furnished. He was married and had one son:
G. J. Hubbard 8.400a.

ROXANNA WRIGHT BILLINGS 7.255a, first daughter of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born July 24, 1819. She married her cousin, Charles W. Billings, son of Timothy Billings and Amy (Dwella) Billings, Oct. 19, 1841. He was born Feb. 21, 1815, and became a pump maker. Roxanna died Mar. 4, 1885. They had two children:
Henry Wright Billings 8.401a,
John Milton Billings 8.401b.

ELIZA OPHELIA BILLINGS 7.255b, second daughter of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Feb. 28, 1821. She married William Taylor Clapp, of Conway, Mass., son of Levi Clapp and Sarah (Huntington) Clapp, May 19, 1846. She died at Pasadena, Calif., Aug. 19, 1898. Their three children were:
Frederick Arthur Clapp 8.402a,
Jennie Huntington Clapp 8.402b,
William Billings Clapp 8.402c.

GEORGE FREDERICK BILLINGS 7. 255c, first son of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Jan. 4, 1823. He became a carriage painter, and married Jane M. Wilson, of Francetown, N.H., on Nov. 24, 1853. They both died at Pasadena, Calif., dates not known. One daughter reported:
Elizabeth Fairbanks Billings 8.403a.

EDWIN TRYON BILLINGS 7.255d, second son of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Nov. 20, 1824. He became a portrait painter and landscape artist. He followed this work in the South before the outbreak of the Civil War, and in 1859 he came to Boston and opened a studio on Temple Place. He was rated as an artist of merit and had among his patrons the senior Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell T. Phillips. His painting of the interior of the old wheelwright shop received special mention at the centennial exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. At the age of 43 years, he married Frances E. Keller, of Boston, Mass., on Aug. 22, 1867. He died at Boston, Oct. 19, 1893, aged 69 years. They had two children:
Edwin Billings 8.404a,
Anna Keller Billings 8.404b.

IRA AUSTIN BILLINGS 7.255e, third son of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Oct. 29, 1826. He was a farmer, and married Harriette Dickinson, of Hadley, Mass., Jan. 15, 1856. She was born Sept. 15, 1826, and died Mar. 15, 1898. Ira died Apr. 28, 1904. Their four children were:
Edward Dickinson Billings 8.405a,
Alfred Luther Billings 8.405b,
Harry Morrow Billings 8.405c,
George Austin Billings 8.405d.

HARIET CORDELIA BILLINGS 7.255f, third daughter of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Aug. 1, 1828. On Nov. 29, 1859, she was married to Alfred G. Howe, of Marlboro, Mass. He was killed at the Battle of Bull Run. She died at Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 19, 1906, aged 78 years. One son is reported:
Alfred Lambert Howe 8.406a.

JESSE EDWARDS BILLINGS 7.255g, fourth son of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Jan. 9, 1831. He became a wheelwright, and married Lucy Chittenden, June 18, 1862. They both died at Greely, Colo., she on Oct. 21, 1871, at the age of 33 years, and he on Jan.. 25, 1893, aged 62 years. They had two children:
Alice Marion Billings 8.407a,
Fannie Eunice Billings 8.407b.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BILLINGS 7.255h, fifth son of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Feb. 10, 1834. He was a farmer, and never married. He died at Pasadena, Calif., Oct. 1, 1911.

LAURA JANE BILLINGS 7.255i, fourth daughter of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born at South Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 6, 1836. When she was 44 years old, she married James Tuckerman, of Greely, Colo., Mar. 17, 1880. One son is found recorded:
Lewis Billings Tuckerman 8.409a.

EUNICE ANNE1TE BILLINGS 7.255j, fifth daughter of Eunice (Tryon) Billings 6.158a and Ira Billings, was born Aug. 10, 1838. She married William Newton Nimms or Nims, son of Albert H. Nimms and Nancy (Wells) Nimms, Feb. 8, 1876, when she was 38 years old. He was born Sept. 8, 1827. There is no mention of children. She died at Pasadena, Calif., but date is not shown.

EDWARD TRYON 7.256a, first son of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., in 1823. He married Sarah Bailey, date not known.. She was born in New York State, and died at Clinton, Mich. It is said that there were two sons and one daughter, but we found only one recorded:
Nettie A. 8.411a.

EUNICE TRYON 7.256b, first daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., Aug. 28, 1825. She married James Hendryx, in Livingston County, June 18, 1850, when she was 25 years old. He was born in Madison County, N.Y., Aug. 26, 1820. They both died at Cuba, N.Y., on the same day, Oct. 25, 1875, and were buried in Black Creek Cemetery. Eunice was his second wife. They had one son:
Coy Winthrop Hendryx 8.412a.

JULIE OR JULIA PHILENE TRYON 7.256c, second daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., in 1827. She moved to Clinton, Mich.

TIMOTHY TRYON 7.256d, second son of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., in 1829. He lived at Glenwood, Iowa, with his brother Jared, then went West to Nebraska or Dakota Territory, where he met and married a young woman who was teaching in an Indian school. Her name is not mentioned, but they had two children:
Edward 8.414a,
Ethel 8.414b.

JARED or JARD TRYON 7.256e, third son of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born at York, Livingston County, N.Y., Apr. 19, 1851. At the age of 30, he enlisted as a sergeant in Company H, Ninth New York Volunteer Cavalry on Oct. 29, 1861, and re-enlisted on Dec. 20, 1863. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on Feb. 9, 1864, and was wounded and taken a prisoner of war at Trevillian Station, Va., on June 11, 1864. His right leg was amputated, and he was later exchanged and discharged at Rochester, N.Y., Apr. 28, 1865, with total disability. On Mar. 14, 1867, he was elected Collector and Constable of York, N. Y., according to the Livingston Republican. He married Susan Mary Kellogg at Richford, Vt., on Dec. 19, 1869, by Rev. S. S. Garvin. They moved to Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, where he was a farmer and a real estate dealer, and was affectionately called "Captain." He served as County Recorder for 6 years. He died at Glenwood on July 24, 1891, aged 60 years, 3 months, and 4 days. His obituary, printed in the Mills County Tribune of July 30, 1891, says: "All loved and respected him for his spotless integrity, which never allowed him to do anything but that which was strictly honest and honorable, and his kindliness of character which drew all toward him irrespective of party or creed." Both were buried in Glenwood Cemetery.They had three children:
Ernest Leslie 8.415a,
Edward Kellogg 8.415b,
Emma Leora 8.415c.

LYDIA ROXANNA TRYON 7.256f, called "Tain", third daughter of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., in 1836. She married Spofford L. Tryon 7.238a, a second cousin. He was born in New York State in 1836, a son of Luther Tryon 6.155a and Nancy Ann (Bradley) Tryon. They lived at Dowagiac, Mich., and had one daughter, after they had adopted a boy. His name was
Edward 8.385a.
The daughter was
Anna 8.385b.

JOHN WESLEY TRYON 7.256g, fourth son of Lemuel Tryon 6.158b and Lydia (Forbes) Tryon, was born in Livingston County, N.Y., in 1839. The record shows that John, an orphan, read law with Spofford Tryon 7.238a, and lived with him and his wife Lydia Roxanna 7.256f, and died of tuberculosis. He never married.

PAMELIA TRYON 7.258a, daughter of Austin Tryon 6.158d and --- (---) Tryon, no date.

ANGELIE DUNHAM 7.261a, first daughter of Harvey Dunham 6.159e and Julia (Cornwell) Dunham, was born at Shuttle Meadow, ---, June 19, 1825. She married Henry R. W. Dickinson, Aug. 27, 1844.

ROBERT CORNWELL DUNHAM 7.261b, first son of Harvey Dunham 6.159e and Julia (Cornwell) Dunham, was born at Shuttle Meadow, ---, Oet. 4, 1827. He married Josephine M. Park, a daughter of Mrs. Lewis O. Shepherd, of Plantville, on Mar. 11, 1851. They lived at Southington, Conn.

TRUMAN DUNHAM 7.261e, seeond son of Harvey Dunham 6.159e and Julia (Cornwell) Dunham, was born at Shuttle Meadow, ---, June 30, 1831. He married Mary J Ufford, Jan. 1, 1857. He died Mar. 30, 1882.

SARAH E. DUNHAM 7.261d, seeond daughter of Harvey Dunham 6.159e and Julia (Cornwell) Dunham, was born at Shuttle Meadow, ---, Mar. 21, 1835. She married George Loomis, Jan. 13, 1864.

STEPHEN TRYON, JR. 7.265a, son of Stephen Tryon 6.165a and Abigail (Pierson) Tryon, was born in 1806, and died at Hartford, Conn., Apr. 4, 1866, of heart disease, aged 60 years.

TRUMAN TRYON 7.267a, son of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and --- (---) Tryon, no date. He married Laura Farewell, no date.

SPENCER WHITE TRYON 7.267b, son of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and --- (---) Tryon, was born at Rock Island, Ill., Nov. 25, 1841, and died at Los Angeles, Calif., in 1924. He married first, Cynthia Ann Anderson, at Salisbury, Ill., no date. She was born at Salilsbury, June 10, 1844. They had nine children:
James Warren 8.424a,
Anna Laura (Dolly) 8.424b,
Dona Luella 8.424c,
Lena Maude 8.424d,
Emma Agnes 8.424e,
Harry Sylvanus 8.424f,
Eldon Sebastian, twin 8.424g,
Earl Duncan, twin 8.424h,
Myrtle Adelaide 8.424i.
Spencer married second, Mary van Gingle, date not known, and they had three sons:
Arthur Edwin 8.424j,
Elmer Allen 8.424k,
Ralph 8.4241.

ADELAIDE CORNELIA TRYON 7.267c, first daughter of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Rock Island, Ill., Nov. 23, 1844. She married Cornelius Squires, at Grinnell, Iowa, Mar. 23, 1869.

EMA HERMIONE TRYON 7.267d, second daughter of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Rock Island, Ill., Oct. 9, 1846. She married Peter Akers Sinclair, at Peoria, Iowa, Apr. 16, 1868.

GROSVENOR ADAMS TRYON 7.267e, second son of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Walnut Grove, Scott County, Iowa, May 8, 1848, and died at Avoca, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1894. On Mar. 23, 1869, he married Rosan Adams at Grinnell, Iowa. She was born Sept. 29, 1848. They had three children:
Elizabeth Virginia 8.427a,
Stella May 8.427b,
Charles Cawley 8.427c.

MARTHA AGNES TRYON 7.267f, third daughter of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Sabula, Iowa, Apr. 1, 1851, and died on June 12, 1863, just 12 years old.

ELIHU TRYON 7.267g, twin son of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Savana, Ill., Oct. 2, 1854, and died at the same place, Oct. 18, 1854, just 16 days old.

ALICE TRYON 7.267h, twin daughter of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Savana, Ill., Oct. 2, 1854, and died there Oct. 11, 1854, just 9 days old.

ELIHU ALVORD TRYON 7.267i, fourth son of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Morrison, Ill., June 19, 1856, and died at Pasadena, Calif., Mar. 4, 1933. He was an editor, and on Dec. 29, 1881, married Sarah Elizabeth Auten at Kellogg, Iowa. She was born in Knox County, Ohio, Aug. 16, 1858. They had five children:
Frank Auten 8.431a,
Earl Alvord 8.431b,
Clyde Burdette 8.431c,
Lloyd Neil 8.431d,
Ralph Lyle 8.431e.

MINNIE ALICE TRYON 7.267j, fifth daughter of Andrew Sylvanus Tryon 6.168a and Alice Morley Townsend (Alvord) Tryon, was born at Arcadia, Ill., Nov. 16, 1859, and died at Herman, Minn., June 28, 1885, at the age of 26 years. She married Richard T. Ferguson, at Elk River, Minn., Nov. 16, 1880.

WILLIAM ROGERS 7.268a, son of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, no birth date. It is told that he went West to the gold rush of 1849, met and married an actress, and they had a son:
Charles Rogers 8.432a.
He and his wife brought his son to his mother's home. She is said to have been quite religious at this time and would not allow him or his wife or his son in her house. There seems to be no further record of either of them.

HARRIETT ROGERS 7.268b, daughter of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, no record.

JULIA ROGERS 7.268c, daughter of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, died young.

JULIA S. ROGERS 7.268d, daughter of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, was born at Huntsburgh, Ohio, Jan. --, 1839. She married Enoch Brainard, June 30, 1854, and they had two children:
Ellen Brainard 8.435a,
George Brainard 8.435b.
Julia died Aug. 13, 1882.

CHARLES ROGERS 7.268e, son of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, no record.

MARIE ROGERS 7.268f, daughter of Harriett Maria (Tryon) Rogers 6.169a and Merritt Rogers, no birth date. She married Albert Withycombe, and they had one son and three daughters, but no further information available.

RHODA E. TRYON 7.270a, twin daughter of Jermiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Rhoda Blakeslee (Rogers) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Nov. 10, 1828, and died between 1891 and 1908. She married first, Richard G. K Stokes, son of Richard Stokes and Mary Ann (Kirtland) Stokes, at Westbrook, Conn., on Feb. 14, 1848. He was born in March of 1826, and died at Saybrook, Oct. 15, 1854, at the age of 28 years and 5 months. They had two sons:
Richard Stokes 8.438a,
Newton Stokes 8.438b.
Rhoda married second, Mr. Fisher, and later third, Mr. Stocker.

JEREMIAH JONES TRYON II 7.270b, twin son of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Rhoda Blakeslee (Rogers) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Nov. 10, 1828, and died July 29, 1902, at the age of 73 years, 8 months, and 19 days. He married Martha Amanda Young, daughter of Francis Young and Mary (Burdick) Young, in November of 1851. She was born at Ogden, N.Y., June 15, 1831, and died at Old Saybrook, Sept. 6, 1919, aged 88 years. Seven children reported:
Franklin H. 8.439a,
Martha 8.439b,
Esther 8.439c,
Prudence 8.439d,
Lillie 8.439e,
Estelle 8.439f,
Jeremiah Jones III 8.439g.

JOHN WESLEY TRYON 7.270c, first son of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Aug 3, 1834. He was a sea captain, and married Abbie Jane Brown, daughter of Lyman Brown and Elvira (Welch) Brown, at East Hampton, Conn., May 4, 1859, when she was 17. She was born Oct. 3, 1842, and died at Milford, Conn., at the home of her daughter Violet 8.440c, on June 21, 1921. She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery at East Hampton. He died Sunday, June 28, 1908, aged 74 years, at East Hampton, and was also buried in Lakeview Cemetery. He never did any work on land for pay, and at 17 years of age was made captain of the schooner Hannah E. Chave.

Later he was captain of the Hastings and of the Parthenia, first twin-screw steamer in Connecticut. The boiler of this ship exploded on Jan. 18, 1870, and injured Allen 7.270e, the captain's 18-year-old brother, who died from the injuries. Capt. John Wesley served two terms in the Connecticut Legislature in 1863 and in 1893. He lived at Saybook and Portland, Conn., and at Pawtucket, R.I. He and Abbie Jane had seven children:
Lyman Wesley 8.440a,
Minnie Harriett 8.440b,
Violet 8.440c,
John Addison 8.440d,
David Allen 8.440e,
Abbie Jane 8.440f,
William Augustus 8.440g.

AZUBAH M. TRYON 7.270d, first daughter of Jermiah Jones Tryon 6.169c, and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., in 1837. On Sept. 11, 1855, at the age of 18, she married Cyrus R. Clark, a 27-year-old bell maker, of Chatham. He was born in 1828. No record of children.

UNNAMED TRYON 7.270e, a still-born daughter born prematurely to Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born and died Mar. 15, 1840 (?).

SARAH BELINDA TRYON 7.270f, third daughter of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., July 16, 1840, and died Dec. 11, 1925, aged 85 years, at New Haven, Conn. She married Benjamin Cady Clark, at Saybrook on Apr. 7, 1860. He was born at Gloucester, R.I., Oct. 6, 1830, and died at Saybrook, Feb. 20, 1897.


JOSEPH TRYON 7.270g, second son of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., in 1845, and was drowned while fishing on May 10, 1860, at the age of 15 years

ADDISON E. TRYON 7.270h, third son of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., in 1847, and was mate on the ill-fated Minnehaha, which was lost at sea off the coast of New Jersey in the storm of Jan. 20-22, 1890. The captain of the ship was his nephew, John Addison Tryon 8.440d, son of Capt John Wesley Tryon 7.270c. Addison left a widow and seven children at New London, Conn., but we failed to learn their names.

LUCINDA TRYON 7.270i, fourth daughter of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Mar. 3, 1849, and probably died young.

JOSEPHINE TRYON 7.270j, fifth daughter of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., in 1850. She married Jeremiah B. Young, on Dec. 30, 1867. He was born in 1846. A son was lost at sea from the Minnehaha. We did not find his name, but see 7.270h.

ALLEN BIRDSY TRYON 7.270k, fourth son of Jeremiah Jones Tryon 6.169c and Lucinda (Crittenden) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., July 20, 1851, and was killed by the explosion of a boiler on the ship Parthenia on Jan. 18, 1870, at the age of 18 years, 5 months, and 18 days. (See 7.270c).

CHARLES WILLIAMS TRYON 7.271a, first son of Jedediah Tryon 6.169d and Wealthy Ann (Williams) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Apr. 12, 1829, and died Dec. 11, 1871, aged 42 years. He married Grace Ann Hayden, date unknown. She was born in 1839, and died in 1872. They had one son:
Edward Eugene 8.449a.

HENRY K. TRYON 7.271b, second son of Jedediah Tryon 6.169d and Wealthy Ann Williams) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Nov. 19, 1831, and died Sept. 26, 1872, aged 41 years. He marred Anna Preston Sparks.

WEALTHY ANN TRYON 7.271c, first daughter of Jedediah Tryon 6.169d and Wealthy Ann (Williams) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Apr. 28, 1834, and died Sept. 21, 1902, aged 68 years. She married William S. Spencer, on Jan. 23, 1856.

EMILY E. TRYON 7.271d, second daughter of Jedediah Tryon 6.169d and Wealthy Ann (Williams) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn., Mar. 1, 1837, and died Apr. 22, 1883, aged 46 years. She maried Cyrus Brockway, of Chesterfield, Conn., on July 28, 1858.

SAMUEL G. TRYON 7.271e, third son of Jedediah Tryon 6.169d and Wealthy Ann (Williams) Tryon, was born at Saybrook, Conn, Aug. 10, 1849, and died at Saybrook, Aug. 17, 1874, just 25 years of age.

ADELINE DAVIES 7.278a, first daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

LORINDA DAVIES 7.278b, second daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

EDWARD DAVIES 7.278c, first son of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

AMELIA DAVIES 7.278d, third daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

BENJAMIN DAVIES 7.278e, second son of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

HENRIETTA DAVIES 7.278f, fourth daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

HARRIET DAVIES 7.278g, fifth daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

MARY DAVIES 7.278h, sixth daughter of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.
JOHN DAVIES 7.278i, third son of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

WILLIAM DAVIES 7.278j, fourth son of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date.

GEORGE W. DAVIES 7.278k, last child of Adeline (Tryon) Davies 6.170a and John Davies, no date. He married Martha ---, and they had one daughter:
Emma A. Davies 8.464a.

MARTHA S. PRIOR 7.288a, daughter of Daniel Harris Prior 6.190a and Chloe (Hubbard) Prior, was born in 1840. She married Charles Chapman Tryon 7.186a, son of Josiah Tryon 6.113g and Abigail (Prout) Tryon, at Middletown, Conn., Oct. 5, 1859, at Farms, by Rev. Cyrus Hyde Fay. Charles was born in 1847, but date of his death is not found. She died in 1926, aged 86 years. They had one daughter:
Jennie Louise 8.259a.

CLARENCE EDGAR TRYON 7.309a, first son of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, July 26, 1864, and died Mar. 10, 1921, aged 67 years.

FREDERICK TRYON 7.309b, second son of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.221l and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Nov. 13, 1855, and died July 14, 1927, aged 72 years.

ALICE MARIAH TRYON 7.309c, first daughter of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Aug. 6, 1857. She married Mr. Tuttle. No more information, except that they moved to Oregon.

LIZZIE TRYON 7.309d, second daughter of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Apr. 7, 1859. She married Mr. Knapp, and they moved to California.

LINCOLN TRYON 7.309e, third son of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, July 15, 1861, and died Aug. 29, 1944, aged 83 years.

MELLEN TRYON 7.309f, fourth son of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Feb. 2, 1867. He married first, Alice J. Goddard, date not given. There were no children to this union. Mellen married second, Lillian Eliza (Allen) Berry, a widow, date not known. She was born at Westbrook, July 13, 1868. They both died at Pownal, he on Oct. 4, 1941, aged 74 years, and she on Jan. 13, 1956, aged 85 years. They had three children:
Philip Reed 8.471a,
Alvin Lincoln 8.471b,
Faith Angelia 8.471c.

CORA FLORENCE TRYON 7. 309g, third daughter of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Oct. 22, 1868, and died June 18, 1944, aged 76 years.

AGNES CHRISTINE TRYON 7.309h, fourth daughter of Andrew Jackson Tryon 6.2211 and Lucinda Noyes (Corliss) Tryon, was born at Pownal, Maine, Dec. 25, 1876, and died May 25, 1943, aged 67 years.

JAMES LIBBY TRYON 7.312a, first son of Joseph Tryon 6.221O and Ellen Bigelow (Cummings) Tryon, was born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 21, 1864. He was a publicist and an educator, and married Katherin Elizabeth Allen, daughter of Charles Addison Allen and Annie (Walker) Allen, Sept. 15, 1885. Annie Allen was a writer and lecturer. Katherine was born at Naples, Maine, Mar. 18, 1865. James Libby was a graduate of Harvard University, retired in 1930, and died at Medford, Mass., Dec. 22, 1952, aged 88 years. They had four children:
James Libby 8.474a,
Sylvia 8.474b,
Robert Jordan 8.474c,
Richard Wescott 8.474d.

WINTHROP PITT TRYON 7.312b, second son of Joseph Tryon 6.221o and Ellen Bigelow (Cummings) Tryon, was born at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, June 10, 1869. He became a music critic, and married Lillian Wainwright Hart, author, and daughter of Charles Edwin Hart and Jane (Wainwright) Hart, of New Britain, Conn., Oct. 30, 1909. She was born at New Britain, June 3, 1870. He was a graduate of Harvard University, and in 1968 was living in Brookline, Maine. One daughter is recorded:
Agatha 8.475a.

ELLEN ISOBEL TRYON 7.312c, first daughter of Joseph Tryon 6.221O and Ellen Bigelow (Cummings) Tryon, was born in 1871. She graduated from Radeliffe College, and died in 1945, aged 74 years.

GENEVA TRYON 7.312d, second daughter of Joseph Tryon 6.221O and Ellen Bigelow (Cummings) Tryon, was born at Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 4, 1872. She graduated from Tufts Medical School and also from Vassar College, becoming a physician-psychiatrist. She retired, and died at Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Maine, on Oct. 20, 1966, aged 94 years. Burial was at Portland. Much of the information in this work came from her research and files on the family, through her nephew, Richard Wescott 8.474d.

FANNY EMORET LOVELAND 7.318a, first daughter of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Amherst, Ohio, Dec. 13, 1838. She married Perringrene Sessions.

CHESTER CARLOS LOVELAND 7.318b, first son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Carthage, Ill., Apr. 23, 1842 He married Mary Ann Barnes.

AGNES MELISSA LOVELAND 7.318c, second daughter of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Warsaw, Ill., Jan. 30, 1844. She married Chester Rufus Call.

LEVI CYRIL LOVELAND 7.318d, second son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Pottawatomie, Ill., Oct. 19, 1846, and died July 7, 1850, aged 3-1/2 yrs.

HEBER CHAUNCEY LOVELAND 7.318e, third son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Pottawatomie, Ill, Dec. 19, 1848. He married Columbia Fillmore Call, daughter of Josiah Call and Henrietta Caroline (Williams) Call. He died Sept. 14, 1919, at Chesterfield, Idaho. They had five children:
Heber Carlos Loveland 8.482a,
Henrietta Columbia Loveland 8.482b,
Josiah Howe Loveland 8.482c,
Fanny Loveland 8.482d,
Alzina Loveland 8.482e

ANSON CASSIM LOVELAND 7.318f, fourth son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Bountiful, Utah, Mar. 11, 1853. He married Lydia Rosetta Call.

ORSON CLINTON LOVELAND 7.318g, fifth son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Bountiful, Utah, June 25, 1855. He married Mary Isabell Gardner.

JOSIAH CALL LOVELAND 7.318h, sixth son of Chester Loveland 6.232b and Fanny (Call) Loveland, was born at Call's Fort, Utah, Sept. 21, 1861, and died Mar. 18, 1862, aged just 6 months.

DOROTHY TRYON 7.328a, daughter of James Seymour Tryon 6.275a and Mary Vincent (Harrington) Tryon, no date.

HENRY HARRINGTON TRYON 7.328b, son of James Seymour Tryon 6.275a and Mary Vinent (Harrington) Tryon, was born at Rumford, R. I., June 7, 1888. He married Margaret Ramsey, Dec. 28, 1915. He died in 1960, aged 72 years. They had three children:
Ramsey Harrington 8.487a,
Katharine 8.487b,
James Seymour 8.487c.

JANET STONE 7.329a, first daughter of Mary K. (Tryon) Stone 6.275b and George F. Stone, no date.

RACHEL STONE 7.329b, second daughter of Mary K. (Tryon) Stone 6.275b and George F. Stone, no date.

MARY STONE 7.329c, third daughter of Mary K. (Tryon) Stone 6.275b and George F. Stone, no date.







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