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Early  History  of  the 
Tryon  Family. 

(Reprinted  from  an  ancient  book.) 


London  : 

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Mitre  Chambers,  Mitre  Street.  E.G.  3. 


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EARLY     HISTORY 

of  the 
TRYON    FAMILY 


EARLY  HISTORY  OF 
THE  TRYON  FAMILY. 

n^HE  first  of  this  Family  that  came  into 
•■"  England,  was  Peter  Tryon,  originally 
of  Flanders,  who  left  his  Country  on  the 
account  of  the  Troubles  rais'd  in  the  Low- 
Countries  by  the  bloody  Duke  of  Alva  :  His 
Family  had,  for  a  long  while,  flourish'd  in 
Wealth  and  Honoiu-  in  those  Parts  ;  and 
this  Gentleman  did  not  come  over  in  an 
indigent  Manner  to  seek  his  Fortune,  but 
brought  with  him  a  vast  Estate,  said  to  be 
above  60000  /.  SterUng ;  (a)  which  laid  the 
Foundation  of  the  future  Grandeur  of  his 
Posterity.  His  Wife's  Name  was  Mary,  who 
deceas'd  the  third  of  January  1618,  and  was 
interr'd,  by  her  Husband,  in  the  Church  of 
St.  Christophers,  near  the  Royal  Exchange, 
London,  (b)  Their  Issue  were  two  Sons, 
and  two  Daughters,  which  were  honourably 

(a)  Ex  Inform.   W.  Hottnan  de  Hoisted  in  Com.  Essex,     (fc) 
Stow's  Survey,  p.  359. 


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10  EARLY   HISTORY   OF 

dispos'd  in  Marriage  ;  for  Mary,  the  eldest, 
marry'd  Sir  Sebastian  Harvey,  Kt.  Lord 
Mayor  of  London,  1618,  (when  Sir  William 
Raleigh  was  beheaded)  Son  of  Sir  James 
Harvey,  Kt.  Lord  Mayor  of  London  ;  who 
had  by  her  an  only  Daughter  and  Heir,  of 
his  Lady's  Name,  Wife  to  Sir  Francis  Popham, 
Kt.  Hester,  the  youngest  Daughter  of  the 
said  Peter  Tryon,  was  espous'd  to  Sir  William 
Courteene  of  London,  Baronet.  Of  his  Sons, 
Moses  Tryon  of  London,  his  eldest  Son  and 

Heir,  left  only  a  Daughter,  marry'd  to 

Hticksley  of  Edmonton  in  Middlesex,  Esq;  so 
that  Samuel,  his  2d  Son,  succeeded  to  his 
Estate. 

Which  Samuel  Tryon,  born  in  England, 
was  knighted  by  King  James  the  1st,  at 
Newmarket,  the  25th  of  April  1615.  He  had 
to  Wife,  Elizabeth,  Daughter  of  John  Eldred, 
Citizen  of  London  ;  and  departing  this  Life 
the  8th  of  March  1626,  in  the  2d  Year  of  the 
Reign  of  King  Charles  the  1st,  was  bury'd 
in  the  Vault  belonging  to  the  Family,  in  the 
Chancel  of  Halsted  Church  in  the  Hundred 
of    Hinckford    and    County    of    Essex.     His 


THE   TRYON   FAMILY  11 

Lady  surviv'd  him,  and  erected  to  his  Memory 
a  fair  Monument  in  the  Chancel  aforesaid,  on 
which  is  the  following  Inscription  : 


MEMORIA  JUSTI  VIVIF  in  Mternum. 

Here  lyeth  the  Bodie  of  Sir  Samuell  Try  on, 
Knight  and  Barronet ;   of  his  Name,  the  first 
Owner  and  Lord  of  this  Town,  who,  while  he 
Lived,  was  a  Man  sound  in  Religion,  well 
Inclined  to  the  Poor,  not  injurious  to  any  ; 

For  his  Liber alitie,  Gentile  Life second 

To  few  of  his  Rank  for  Endowments  of  his 

Mind  : 
They  were  (to  those  that  knew  him  extraordinary) 
His  Death  gave  full  Testimony  to  the  World 
Of  the  Sincerity  of  his  Heart.     He  ended  his 

Life 
The  eighth  Day  of  March  1622.  Mtatis  fuce  46. 
Leaving    behind    him    Dame    EUzabeth    his 

Widdow, 
Who  erected  this  Monument,  by  whom  he  had 
One  Son,  Sir  Samuell  Tryon,  living,  and 
One  Daughter  deceas'd.     He  gave  this  Towne 


12  EARLY  HISTORY  OF 

A  faire  present  Guifte,  and  in  Case  of  Contin- 
gency, 
A  large  pious  Bequest  in  PERPETUITY. 

Vixit  sua  Tempora  nosq;  Sequemur. 

The  first  Estate  that  this  Gentleman  had 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  was  the  Manour  of 
Lair  Marney,  which  he  purchas'd  of  Peter 
Tuke,  Esq;  he  afterwards  bought  the  Lordship 
of  Halsted,  of  Sir  Thomas  Gardener,  Kt.  and 
puU'd  down  the  old  Building,  and  erected 
that  neat  Structure  now  standing  (tho'  some- 
what decay'd)  at  the  upper  End  of  the  Town, 
commonly  call'd  Boys-Hall. 

He  liv'd  and  dy'd  in  Halsted,  leaving  Issue 
the  said  Sir  Samuel  Tyron,  Eart.  (c)  of  the 
Age  of  ten  Years  and  ten  Months,  whose 
Mother  afterwards  marry'd  Sir  (♦)  Edw. 
Wortley  in  Yorkshire,  Kt.  and  Bart.  He 
got  the  Wardship  of  this  Sir  Samuel  his  Son- 
ic) Esch.  3.  Car.  1.  (*)  Sir  Richard  Worsley  of  Worsley  in 
Yorkshire,  Kt.  had  Issue  Sir  Francis  Kt.  and  Bart,  and  Sir  Edward 
above-nam'd,  and  several  Daughters,  viz.  Eleanor,  mary'd  to  Sir 
Henry  Lee  of  Quarondon  in  Buckinghamshire ,  Bart,  by  whom  he 
had  Eleanor,  first  Wife  to  Sir  Samuel  Tyron,  Bart.  Her  Mother 
was  the  fourth  Wife  to  Edward,  Earl  of  Manchester. 


THE  TRYON   FAMILY  13 

in-Law,  and  made  Waste  of  the  Estate,  and 
then  marry'd  him  to  his  own  Neece,  when 
young,  whom  he  affected  not,  which  was  the 
unfortunate  Occasion  of  ruining  a  fine  Estate. 

This  Sir  Samuel  Tryon  had  two  Wives  ; 
his  first  Lady  was  Eleanor,  Daughter  of  Sir 
Henry  Lee  of  Quarondon  in  Buckinghamshire, 
Kt.  and  Bart,  by  whom  he  had  an  only  Son, 
of  his  own  Name,  Samuel  his  Successor,  and 
Alianora,  his  only  Daughter,  (who  upon  the 
Decease  of  her  Brother,  Sir  Samuel,  without 
Issue)  was  his  Heir,  marry'd  to  Sir  Richard 
Franklyn,  Baronet. 

His  second  Lady  was  Susan,  Daughter  of 
John  Harvey  of  Newton  in  Suffolk,  Gent. 
She  was  a  most  beautiful  Person,  and  sur- 
vi\'ing  her  Husband,  was  marry'd  again  to 
Timothy  Thornbury  of  London,  Gent,  and 
dy'd  in  the  Michaelmas  after  the  great  Frost, 
and  Ues  bury'd  in  Chrutched- Fryers.  Sir 
Samuel  was  Sheriff  of  Essex  in  the  Reign  of 
King  Charles  the  1st,  and  dy'd  about  the 
Year  1660,  and  had  Issue,  by  his  last  Lady, 

Samuel  John  Tryon,  who  dy'd  an  Infant ; 
Samuel  John    Tryon,   the  present  Baronet ; 


14  EARLY  HISTORY  OF 

John,  his  third  Son  ;  also  two  others,  named 
Moses,  and  a  Daughter  named  Anne,  who 
all  three  dy'd  very  young.  His  only  Son, 
by  his  1st  Wife,  succeeded  him  in  Title  and 
Estate. 

Which  Sir  Samuel  Tryon,  Bart,  surviv'd 
his  Father  but  a  short  Time,  and  dying 
unmarry'd,  the  Dignity  and  Estate  descended 
to  his  2d  Brother  by  the  2d  Venter,  viz. 

Sir  Samuel  John  Tryon,  the  4th  Baronet 
of  this  Family,  now  hving,  who  marry'd 
Mary,  Daughter  of  Robert  Bowndes  of  Chelms- 
ford in  Essex,  and  by  her  hath  Issue  two 
Daughters  Coheirs,  Mary  and  Susan  ;  whereof 
the  eldest  is  marry'd  to  Thomas  Davy  of 
Shipdam  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  Gent, 
whose  Ancestors  have  flourish'd,  for  several 
Ages,  in  Stanfield  and  Shipdam  in  the  County 
aforesaid. 


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