Genealogy:
Abner Tyler was born in Boxford, MA on February 15th, 1708 to Capt. John Tyler of Rowley Village, MA, and Annie Messenger of Boston. Abner is the great-grandson of Job Tyler, the first of the family to immigrate to the New World. It is said he was found by the settlers of Andover around 1640, as a "solitary squatter", possibly originating from Rhode Island. Throughout his life documentations show Job getting into loads of trouble. He made an accusation of witchcraft in 1659 against John Godfrey of Andover which was turned against him, and he stole hay from the Owannamang tribe, among other recorded controversies. Job died in 1700.
Moses, son of Job, was born in Roxbury or Andover in 1641 or 1642. He occupied the Tyler homestead in Rowley Village for pretty much all of his life. He was a prominent citizen of Boxford, repeatedly serving as selectman, surveyor, committeeman, constable, etc. He earned the title "quartermaster" for being in charge of keeping a supply of munitions for the town. He died in Andover in 1727.
John, son of Moses, was born in Rowley Village in 1669, and enlisted and served for five months in King William's War in 1688. He acquired his title as captain from spending twenty years as a Master Mariner on a merchant ship. He, like his father, served several positions in town politics, such as selectman. He lived at the Tyler homestead for his entire life, and had twelve children. He died in 1756.
Abner Tyler, born in Boxford, was the sixth born child of John, third eldest male. He married Hannah Stevens on February 1st, 1742, and in April of 1747 they moved with their two young children west to Brookfield. They were sold land grant No. 63 in 1746 from Daniel Barns. The house is shown to be located presently on the southern end of Smith Hanson Rd, land currently in possession of the Hanson Dairy Farm, with farmland also extending over Buck Hill and bordering Tucker Cross Rd. Abner and his wife had nine children altogether, the two eldest in Boxford and the rest in Brookfield:
Nathan, b. 1743, d. 1759 in Western (now Warren) of small pox on his way home from serving in the French and Indian War.
John, b. 1745.
Gideon, b. 1747, married Esther Hill of Brookfield (daughter of Peter Hill).
Hannah, b. 1749, married Thomas Tufts, moved to NY.
Molly, b. 1753, married Sam Hamilton of England.
Moses, b. 1756. Moses responded to the April 19th alarm and marched to Lexington.
Joshua, b. 1758. [See Joshua Tyler below]
Patty (Martha), b. 1761, married John Hubbard of Leicester.
Nabby (Abigail), b. 1763, m. Jesse Ayers, moved to Leverett, MA.
Abner was a farmer. He signed the petition to form the meeting house for the area that was to become North Brookfield. Records say he was paralyzed in 1762, but apparently remained active and worked for years afterward. He died during the War for Independence, on December 8th, 1777 aged 68.
Military Service:
The American Revolution
Abner Tyler was made 2nd Lieutenant under the Eleventh Company commanded by Captain Cyrus Rich of the Fourth Worcester Regiment of militia on May 31st, 1776, just over a month before the birth of the U.S.A.
According to Massachusetts records, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 9th, 1778. This is strange because the date they give is several months after his death. Maybe it was a typo, and the year should be 1777.
Abner Tyler was born in Boxford, MA on February 15th, 1708 to Capt. John Tyler of Rowley Village, MA, and Annie Messenger of Boston. Abner is the great-grandson of Job Tyler, the first of the family to immigrate to the New World. It is said he was found by the settlers of Andover around 1640, as a "solitary squatter", possibly originating from Rhode Island. Throughout his life documentations show Job getting into loads of trouble. He made an accusation of witchcraft in 1659 against John Godfrey of Andover which was turned against him, and he stole hay from the Owannamang tribe, among other recorded controversies. Job died in 1700.
Moses, son of Job, was born in Roxbury or Andover in 1641 or 1642. He occupied the Tyler homestead in Rowley Village for pretty much all of his life. He was a prominent citizen of Boxford, repeatedly serving as selectman, surveyor, committeeman, constable, etc. He earned the title "quartermaster" for being in charge of keeping a supply of munitions for the town. He died in Andover in 1727.
John, son of Moses, was born in Rowley Village in 1669, and enlisted and served for five months in King William's War in 1688. He acquired his title as captain from spending twenty years as a Master Mariner on a merchant ship. He, like his father, served several positions in town politics, such as selectman. He lived at the Tyler homestead for his entire life, and had twelve children. He died in 1756.
Abner Tyler, born in Boxford, was the sixth born child of John, third eldest male. He married Hannah Stevens on February 1st, 1742, and in April of 1747 they moved with their two young children west to Brookfield. They were sold land grant No. 63 in 1746 from Daniel Barns. The house is shown to be located presently on the southern end of Smith Hanson Rd, land currently in possession of the Hanson Dairy Farm, with farmland also extending over Buck Hill and bordering Tucker Cross Rd. Abner and his wife had nine children altogether, the two eldest in Boxford and the rest in Brookfield:
Nathan, b. 1743, d. 1759 in Western (now Warren) of small pox on his way home from serving in the French and Indian War.
John, b. 1745.
Gideon, b. 1747, married Esther Hill of Brookfield (daughter of Peter Hill).
Hannah, b. 1749, married Thomas Tufts, moved to NY.
Molly, b. 1753, married Sam Hamilton of England.
Moses, b. 1756. Moses responded to the April 19th alarm and marched to Lexington.
Joshua, b. 1758. [See Joshua Tyler below]
Patty (Martha), b. 1761, married John Hubbard of Leicester.
Nabby (Abigail), b. 1763, m. Jesse Ayers, moved to Leverett, MA.
Abner was a farmer. He signed the petition to form the meeting house for the area that was to become North Brookfield. Records say he was paralyzed in 1762, but apparently remained active and worked for years afterward. He died during the War for Independence, on December 8th, 1777 aged 68.
Military Service:
The American Revolution
Abner Tyler was made 2nd Lieutenant under the Eleventh Company commanded by Captain Cyrus Rich of the Fourth Worcester Regiment of militia on May 31st, 1776, just over a month before the birth of the U.S.A.
According to Massachusetts records, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 9th, 1778. This is strange because the date they give is several months after his death. Maybe it was a typo, and the year should be 1777.
Genealogy:
Abner Tyler was born in Boxford, MA on February 15th, 1708 to Capt. John Tyler of Rowley Village, MA, and Annie Messenger of Boston. Abner is the great-grandson of Job Tyler, the first of the family to immigrate to the New World. It is said he was found by the settlers of Andover around 1640, as a "solitary squatter", possibly originating from Rhode Island. Throughout his life documentations show Job getting into loads of trouble. He made an accusation of witchcraft in 1659 against John Godfrey of Andover which was turned against him, and he stole hay from the Owannamang tribe, among other recorded controversies. Job died in 1700.
Moses, son of Job, was born in Roxbury or Andover in 1641 or 1642. He occupied the Tyler homestead in Rowley Village for pretty much all of his life. He was a prominent citizen of Boxford, repeatedly serving as selectman, surveyor, committeeman, constable, etc. He earned the title "quartermaster" for being in charge of keeping a supply of munitions for the town. He died in Andover in 1727.
John, son of Moses, was born in Rowley Village in 1669, and enlisted and served for five months in King William's War in 1688. He acquired his title as captain from spending twenty years as a Master Mariner on a merchant ship. He, like his father, served several positions in town politics, such as selectman. He lived at the Tyler homestead for his entire life, and had twelve children. He died in 1756.
Abner Tyler, born in Boxford, was the sixth born child of John, third eldest male. He married Hannah Stevens on February 1st, 1742, and in April of 1747 they moved with their two young children west to Brookfield. They were sold land grant No. 63 in 1746 from Daniel Barns. The house is shown to be located presently on the southern end of Smith Hanson Rd, land currently in possession of the Hanson Dairy Farm, with farmland also extending over Buck Hill and bordering Tucker Cross Rd. Abner and his wife had nine children altogether, the two eldest in Boxford and the rest in Brookfield:
Nathan, b. 1743, d. 1759 in Western (now Warren) of small pox on his way home from serving in the French and Indian War.
John, b. 1745.
Gideon, b. 1747, married Esther Hill of Brookfield (daughter of Peter Hill).
Hannah, b. 1749, married Thomas Tufts, moved to NY.
Molly, b. 1753, married Sam Hamilton of England.
Moses, b. 1756. Moses responded to the April 19th alarm and marched to Lexington.
Joshua, b. 1758. [See Joshua Tyler below]
Patty (Martha), b. 1761, married John Hubbard of Leicester.
Nabby (Abigail), b. 1763, m. Jesse Ayers, moved to Leverett, MA.
Abner was a farmer. He signed the petition to form the meeting house for the area that was to become North Brookfield. Records say he was paralyzed in 1762, but apparently remained active and worked for years afterward. He died during the War for Independence, on December 8th, 1777 aged 68.
Military Service:
The American Revolution
Abner Tyler was made 2nd Lieutenant under the Eleventh Company commanded by Captain Cyrus Rich of the Fourth Worcester Regiment of militia on May 31st, 1776, just over a month before the birth of the U.S.A.
According to Massachusetts records, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 9th, 1778. This is strange because the date they give is several months after his death. Maybe it was a typo, and the year should be 1777.
Abner Tyler was born in Boxford, MA on February 15th, 1708 to Capt. John Tyler of Rowley Village, MA, and Annie Messenger of Boston. Abner is the great-grandson of Job Tyler, the first of the family to immigrate to the New World. It is said he was found by the settlers of Andover around 1640, as a "solitary squatter", possibly originating from Rhode Island. Throughout his life documentations show Job getting into loads of trouble. He made an accusation of witchcraft in 1659 against John Godfrey of Andover which was turned against him, and he stole hay from the Owannamang tribe, among other recorded controversies. Job died in 1700.
Moses, son of Job, was born in Roxbury or Andover in 1641 or 1642. He occupied the Tyler homestead in Rowley Village for pretty much all of his life. He was a prominent citizen of Boxford, repeatedly serving as selectman, surveyor, committeeman, constable, etc. He earned the title "quartermaster" for being in charge of keeping a supply of munitions for the town. He died in Andover in 1727.
John, son of Moses, was born in Rowley Village in 1669, and enlisted and served for five months in King William's War in 1688. He acquired his title as captain from spending twenty years as a Master Mariner on a merchant ship. He, like his father, served several positions in town politics, such as selectman. He lived at the Tyler homestead for his entire life, and had twelve children. He died in 1756.
Abner Tyler, born in Boxford, was the sixth born child of John, third eldest male. He married Hannah Stevens on February 1st, 1742, and in April of 1747 they moved with their two young children west to Brookfield. They were sold land grant No. 63 in 1746 from Daniel Barns. The house is shown to be located presently on the southern end of Smith Hanson Rd, land currently in possession of the Hanson Dairy Farm, with farmland also extending over Buck Hill and bordering Tucker Cross Rd. Abner and his wife had nine children altogether, the two eldest in Boxford and the rest in Brookfield:
Nathan, b. 1743, d. 1759 in Western (now Warren) of small pox on his way home from serving in the French and Indian War.
John, b. 1745.
Gideon, b. 1747, married Esther Hill of Brookfield (daughter of Peter Hill).
Hannah, b. 1749, married Thomas Tufts, moved to NY.
Molly, b. 1753, married Sam Hamilton of England.
Moses, b. 1756. Moses responded to the April 19th alarm and marched to Lexington.
Joshua, b. 1758. [See Joshua Tyler below]
Patty (Martha), b. 1761, married John Hubbard of Leicester.
Nabby (Abigail), b. 1763, m. Jesse Ayers, moved to Leverett, MA.
Abner was a farmer. He signed the petition to form the meeting house for the area that was to become North Brookfield. Records say he was paralyzed in 1762, but apparently remained active and worked for years afterward. He died during the War for Independence, on December 8th, 1777 aged 68.
Military Service:
The American Revolution
Abner Tyler was made 2nd Lieutenant under the Eleventh Company commanded by Captain Cyrus Rich of the Fourth Worcester Regiment of militia on May 31st, 1776, just over a month before the birth of the U.S.A.
According to Massachusetts records, he was also commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on April 9th, 1778. This is strange because the date they give is several months after his death. Maybe it was a typo, and the year should be 1777.
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