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Early History of the
Tryon Family.
(Reprinted from an ancient book.)
London :
THE MITRE PRESS.
Mitre Chambers, Mitre Street. E.G. 3.
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fort Wayne. IN 46801-2270
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 ;
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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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