Photo of portrait welcome!
Photo of Wendell, MA Birth Records by Shirlee Eddy
Note from me: I have tried to post the images of his Bounty Land Warrant and the Warrant itself, here, but the images contain too much information, too large. For those who have a subscription on Ancestry.com, you can find the images in my family tree posted there.
Miss Ruth Potter, President of the Wisconsin State Genealogy Society prepared the following information, for Mrs. Angeline Haas Williams, granddaughter of Eleanor Tyrer:
"There was much migration from Wendell, as new, richer lands in the state of New York were being opened for settlement. James [L.] and LUTHER TYRER joined this migration and settled in Concord, Erie County, New York, while their brother, Asa Tyrer migrated to Broome County, New York…"
From: "History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie Co. NY," author Briggs, states:
"Many people were coming to Concord, N.Y. in 1810 when James and LUTHER TYRER of Wendell, Mass. arrived. Their brother Asa Tyrer, migrated to Brooms County, N.Y. and a few years later went up the first steamboat to ascend the Mississippi River, and pioneered again in Quincy, Ill and in the vicinity of Dodgeville, Wis."
From: genealogist Ruth Potter:
"James' and LUTHER's first land in Concord was in Township 7, Range 8, Lot 3 (near Marshfield)."
From: "History of the Town of Concord," page 278:
"Captain Samuel Briggs lived in Taunton, Mass., during the time of the Revolution. In his younger days he was captain of a whaling vessel that sailed from New Bedford, Mass… In after years he removed from Taunton to Franklin County, and bought a farm and mills on Miller River in the town of Orange. On a certain occasion, during a flood, he was attempting to save some logs, which were going over the dam, when he was struck by one of the logs and [was] knocked over the dam upon the rocks below and killed. Captain Tyrer, an early settler in this town who was at that time a young man and worked for Captain Briggs, ran down and picked him up and carried him to the house."
From page 697, same source, statement of David Wilber:
"It took us three days to move from Hamburg to Collins: we staid the first night at Jesse Putnam's who lived on part of the farm that Lewis Trevitt has so long since occupied. We came by the way of Woodward Hollow and the Genesee road. Besides my father's family there were in the company Mrs. Luke Crandall, Allan King and wife, Arnold King, John King, Henry Palmerton, Jahiel Albee and John Williams."
"When Mrs. Crandall started from Vermont, her father, in accordance with olden custom, presented her with a bottle of rum, directing her not to uncork it until they reached 'The Hill of Difficulty' referring to Pilgrim's Progress. At Woodward's Hollow they had to chain the sleds to trees to get down safely. At the foot of the ascent on the other side Mrs. Crandall said: 'Here is the Hill of Difficulty; let us drink,' and opened her bottle and presented it first to Mrs. Wilber. Anyone who has been up that hill will appreciate her remark".
"We staid the second night at James Tyrer's whose house or shanty stood on the Genesee road, on lot three, township seven, range eight, and was the first one we had seen since leaving Putnam's. The shanty was so small that the whole company could not sleep inside, so Jehiel Albee proposed that he and the other young men should sleep upstairs. Accordingly Jehiel Albee, John King, Arnold King, Henry Palmerton and John Williams slept on top of the shanty."
Page 746, from the statement of Isaac Woodward:
"I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in the woods, but I remember having seen James and LUTHER TYRER carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive, but I frequently heard them howl."
From: "History of Concord, NY:"
"Soon after the Tyrer brothers came to Erie County, the War of 1812 broke out. Many loyal citizens of Concord responded to the call for soldiers, including brothers James, Jr. and LUTHER TYRER."
From the statement of Benjamin Albee, 2nd, page 637, "History of Concord, NY:"
"Later when the services of the settlers were needed as soldiers, my father, brother Jehiel, Darius Crandall, James Tyrer, Henry Palmerton, Luke Crandall, Stephen Peters, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt, Phineas Orr, Elisha Cox and others, went out on the "lines" and I was about the only man (and I was only sixteen) left in our neighborhood to look after things."
From: "The History of Concord, NY:"
"James was a carpenter, and part of the service he rendered was in helping to build boats in Buffalo, New York. He became a sergeant and served in Capt. Frederick Richmond's company of Col. William Warren's regiment, New York militia. After the war, he continued to serve in the state militia, and became a captain. He was commonly known as Captain Tyrer."
I do not find a citation that Captain James Tyrer ever applied for a pension; however, he did apply for bounty land, with the following BLW #747-40-50, and #17738-120-55. James served under Captain Richmond, and under Lt. Riley's companies in the NY militia, as a private and as a sergeant, per the book called Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Volume III: N-Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White, 1989.
History of Concord, NY, Page 180:
"Channing Trevitt put up the frame for a saw mill at Wheeler Hollow in 1813. He died that fall and the mill was not completed until a year or so after, by Capt. James Tyrer." [Wheeler Hollow was the first name for what is now Concord. James Tyrer continued to run this mill for many years]. "Amasa Loveridge was killed in the same manner [by saw logs rolling upon him], August 7, 1855, at Captain Tyrer's mill…"[page 236].
From the "History of Concord, NY," page 163:
"A distillery in the Town of North Collins was run by Townsend and Tyrer."
From the "History of Concord, NY," Page 163:
"James Tyrer took 60 acres of land Oct. 20, 1855.
From: "Albany, New York Evening Journal," an issue of January, 1864:
"The people of the state of New York, vs Hannah Tyrer, widow of James Tyrer, of the town of Concord of Erie County, NY; Ellen ____ of the town of ___ of Erie Co, NY; Washington Tyrer of the town of West Seneca, Erie Co, NY, James Tyrer, Hannah Ashman, and Johnson Tyrer of the town of Concord, Erie Co, NY, Morancy Parsell of the town of O---, Chatauqua Co, NY, Freeman Jameson and Reuben Jameson, of Richland, Jackson Co, IA; all of full age, and Joseph H. Jameson, a minor, aged 16 years, of ____, ___ county, NY, being the next of kin of James Tyrer, late of the town of Concord, in the county of Erie, deceased;
"Whereas Alonzo C. Ashman, executor ____ in the last will and testament of the said James Tyrer, deceased, has applied to the surrogate of the said county of Erie, for the proof of said will, which will ___- to real and personal estate; you are thereby ordered to appear before me, said surrogate, in his office in the city of Buffalo in said county on the 10th day of March, 1864, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to attend the probate of the said will. Given under the hand and the official seal of said surrogate, at his office in said county, this 15th day of January, 1864. Charles B. Guthrie, Clerk, Surrogate's Court."
After James first wife died, he remarried to Hannah Peacock on 21 Sept. 1862.
"Birth records of Wendell, Franklin Co, MA," LDS Microfilm #0453864:
[The original ledger of Vital Records of Wendell, MA is still kept at the tiny post office in tiny Wendell, as of the year, 2009.]
Pg. 34 starts with Mary Tyrah, dau. of James and Ruth Tyrer, followed by "James Tyrer, born Oct. ye 20th, 1784."
From: "An Account of Marriages consummated by Rev. Joel Foster," at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, in New Salem, MA, page 13:
"August 16, 1809
Marriage was solemnized between James Tyrer, [Jr] and Judith Ashley, both of New Salem. 1.25."
From: "Vital Records of New Salem, MA to the End of 1849," pg. 120:
"Tyren, James, and Judith Ashley, Aug. 16, 1809."
From: Pension application of his widow and 2nd wife, Hannah Nash Tyrer [also widow of soldier Silas Nash]:
On page 37 of this pension application,on Footnote.com, she gave her date of marriage to a James Tyrer, as Sept. 21, 1862, and his date of death as Jan. 8, 1864.
The following obituary is written about his son, James L. Tyrer, Jr, but it mentions James L. Tyrer, Sr's funeral services, and confirms his service in the War of 1812:
From: "Freeborn County Standard," Albert Lea, 9 March 1876, 2nd column:
"Obituary. It becomes our painful duty to announce to our readers, the death on Monday last, of James Tyrer of this town...Emulating the example of his grandfather and his father, who had been soldiers in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812, respectively...The services are to be conducted by the Rev. R.S. Gowdy, of Eldora, Iowa, formerly of Erie County, NY, and the lifelong friend of the deceased, and who officiated at the funeral of his father and other members of his father's family."
Photo of Wendell, MA Birth Records by Shirlee Eddy
Note from me: I have tried to post the images of his Bounty Land Warrant and the Warrant itself, here, but the images contain too much information, too large. For those who have a subscription on Ancestry.com, you can find the images in my family tree posted there.
Miss Ruth Potter, President of the Wisconsin State Genealogy Society prepared the following information, for Mrs. Angeline Haas Williams, granddaughter of Eleanor Tyrer:
"There was much migration from Wendell, as new, richer lands in the state of New York were being opened for settlement. James [L.] and LUTHER TYRER joined this migration and settled in Concord, Erie County, New York, while their brother, Asa Tyrer migrated to Broome County, New York…"
From: "History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie Co. NY," author Briggs, states:
"Many people were coming to Concord, N.Y. in 1810 when James and LUTHER TYRER of Wendell, Mass. arrived. Their brother Asa Tyrer, migrated to Brooms County, N.Y. and a few years later went up the first steamboat to ascend the Mississippi River, and pioneered again in Quincy, Ill and in the vicinity of Dodgeville, Wis."
From: genealogist Ruth Potter:
"James' and LUTHER's first land in Concord was in Township 7, Range 8, Lot 3 (near Marshfield)."
From: "History of the Town of Concord," page 278:
"Captain Samuel Briggs lived in Taunton, Mass., during the time of the Revolution. In his younger days he was captain of a whaling vessel that sailed from New Bedford, Mass… In after years he removed from Taunton to Franklin County, and bought a farm and mills on Miller River in the town of Orange. On a certain occasion, during a flood, he was attempting to save some logs, which were going over the dam, when he was struck by one of the logs and [was] knocked over the dam upon the rocks below and killed. Captain Tyrer, an early settler in this town who was at that time a young man and worked for Captain Briggs, ran down and picked him up and carried him to the house."
From page 697, same source, statement of David Wilber:
"It took us three days to move from Hamburg to Collins: we staid the first night at Jesse Putnam's who lived on part of the farm that Lewis Trevitt has so long since occupied. We came by the way of Woodward Hollow and the Genesee road. Besides my father's family there were in the company Mrs. Luke Crandall, Allan King and wife, Arnold King, John King, Henry Palmerton, Jahiel Albee and John Williams."
"When Mrs. Crandall started from Vermont, her father, in accordance with olden custom, presented her with a bottle of rum, directing her not to uncork it until they reached 'The Hill of Difficulty' referring to Pilgrim's Progress. At Woodward's Hollow they had to chain the sleds to trees to get down safely. At the foot of the ascent on the other side Mrs. Crandall said: 'Here is the Hill of Difficulty; let us drink,' and opened her bottle and presented it first to Mrs. Wilber. Anyone who has been up that hill will appreciate her remark".
"We staid the second night at James Tyrer's whose house or shanty stood on the Genesee road, on lot three, township seven, range eight, and was the first one we had seen since leaving Putnam's. The shanty was so small that the whole company could not sleep inside, so Jehiel Albee proposed that he and the other young men should sleep upstairs. Accordingly Jehiel Albee, John King, Arnold King, Henry Palmerton and John Williams slept on top of the shanty."
Page 746, from the statement of Isaac Woodward:
"I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in the woods, but I remember having seen James and LUTHER TYRER carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive, but I frequently heard them howl."
From: "History of Concord, NY:"
"Soon after the Tyrer brothers came to Erie County, the War of 1812 broke out. Many loyal citizens of Concord responded to the call for soldiers, including brothers James, Jr. and LUTHER TYRER."
From the statement of Benjamin Albee, 2nd, page 637, "History of Concord, NY:"
"Later when the services of the settlers were needed as soldiers, my father, brother Jehiel, Darius Crandall, James Tyrer, Henry Palmerton, Luke Crandall, Stephen Peters, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt, Phineas Orr, Elisha Cox and others, went out on the "lines" and I was about the only man (and I was only sixteen) left in our neighborhood to look after things."
From: "The History of Concord, NY:"
"James was a carpenter, and part of the service he rendered was in helping to build boats in Buffalo, New York. He became a sergeant and served in Capt. Frederick Richmond's company of Col. William Warren's regiment, New York militia. After the war, he continued to serve in the state militia, and became a captain. He was commonly known as Captain Tyrer."
I do not find a citation that Captain James Tyrer ever applied for a pension; however, he did apply for bounty land, with the following BLW #747-40-50, and #17738-120-55. James served under Captain Richmond, and under Lt. Riley's companies in the NY militia, as a private and as a sergeant, per the book called Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Volume III: N-Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White, 1989.
History of Concord, NY, Page 180:
"Channing Trevitt put up the frame for a saw mill at Wheeler Hollow in 1813. He died that fall and the mill was not completed until a year or so after, by Capt. James Tyrer." [Wheeler Hollow was the first name for what is now Concord. James Tyrer continued to run this mill for many years]. "Amasa Loveridge was killed in the same manner [by saw logs rolling upon him], August 7, 1855, at Captain Tyrer's mill…"[page 236].
From the "History of Concord, NY," page 163:
"A distillery in the Town of North Collins was run by Townsend and Tyrer."
From the "History of Concord, NY," Page 163:
"James Tyrer took 60 acres of land Oct. 20, 1855.
From: "Albany, New York Evening Journal," an issue of January, 1864:
"The people of the state of New York, vs Hannah Tyrer, widow of James Tyrer, of the town of Concord of Erie County, NY; Ellen ____ of the town of ___ of Erie Co, NY; Washington Tyrer of the town of West Seneca, Erie Co, NY, James Tyrer, Hannah Ashman, and Johnson Tyrer of the town of Concord, Erie Co, NY, Morancy Parsell of the town of O---, Chatauqua Co, NY, Freeman Jameson and Reuben Jameson, of Richland, Jackson Co, IA; all of full age, and Joseph H. Jameson, a minor, aged 16 years, of ____, ___ county, NY, being the next of kin of James Tyrer, late of the town of Concord, in the county of Erie, deceased;
"Whereas Alonzo C. Ashman, executor ____ in the last will and testament of the said James Tyrer, deceased, has applied to the surrogate of the said county of Erie, for the proof of said will, which will ___- to real and personal estate; you are thereby ordered to appear before me, said surrogate, in his office in the city of Buffalo in said county on the 10th day of March, 1864, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to attend the probate of the said will. Given under the hand and the official seal of said surrogate, at his office in said county, this 15th day of January, 1864. Charles B. Guthrie, Clerk, Surrogate's Court."
After James first wife died, he remarried to Hannah Peacock on 21 Sept. 1862.
"Birth records of Wendell, Franklin Co, MA," LDS Microfilm #0453864:
[The original ledger of Vital Records of Wendell, MA is still kept at the tiny post office in tiny Wendell, as of the year, 2009.]
Pg. 34 starts with Mary Tyrah, dau. of James and Ruth Tyrer, followed by "James Tyrer, born Oct. ye 20th, 1784."
From: "An Account of Marriages consummated by Rev. Joel Foster," at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, in New Salem, MA, page 13:
"August 16, 1809
Marriage was solemnized between James Tyrer, [Jr] and Judith Ashley, both of New Salem. 1.25."
From: "Vital Records of New Salem, MA to the End of 1849," pg. 120:
"Tyren, James, and Judith Ashley, Aug. 16, 1809."
From: Pension application of his widow and 2nd wife, Hannah Nash Tyrer [also widow of soldier Silas Nash]:
On page 37 of this pension application,on Footnote.com, she gave her date of marriage to a James Tyrer, as Sept. 21, 1862, and his date of death as Jan. 8, 1864.
The following obituary is written about his son, James L. Tyrer, Jr, but it mentions James L. Tyrer, Sr's funeral services, and confirms his service in the War of 1812:
From: "Freeborn County Standard," Albert Lea, 9 March 1876, 2nd column:
"Obituary. It becomes our painful duty to announce to our readers, the death on Monday last, of James Tyrer of this town...Emulating the example of his grandfather and his father, who had been soldiers in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812, respectively...The services are to be conducted by the Rev. R.S. Gowdy, of Eldora, Iowa, formerly of Erie County, NY, and the lifelong friend of the deceased, and who officiated at the funeral of his father and other members of his father's family."
Photo of portrait welcome!
Photo of Wendell, MA Birth Records by Shirlee Eddy
Note from me: I have tried to post the images of his Bounty Land Warrant and the Warrant itself, here, but the images contain too much information, too large. For those who have a subscription on Ancestry.com, you can find the images in my family tree posted there.
Miss Ruth Potter, President of the Wisconsin State Genealogy Society prepared the following information, for Mrs. Angeline Haas Williams, granddaughter of Eleanor Tyrer:
"There was much migration from Wendell, as new, richer lands in the state of New York were being opened for settlement. James [L.] and LUTHER TYRER joined this migration and settled in Concord, Erie County, New York, while their brother, Asa Tyrer migrated to Broome County, New York…"
From: "History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie Co. NY," author Briggs, states:
"Many people were coming to Concord, N.Y. in 1810 when James and LUTHER TYRER of Wendell, Mass. arrived. Their brother Asa Tyrer, migrated to Brooms County, N.Y. and a few years later went up the first steamboat to ascend the Mississippi River, and pioneered again in Quincy, Ill and in the vicinity of Dodgeville, Wis."
From: genealogist Ruth Potter:
"James' and LUTHER's first land in Concord was in Township 7, Range 8, Lot 3 (near Marshfield)."
From: "History of the Town of Concord," page 278:
"Captain Samuel Briggs lived in Taunton, Mass., during the time of the Revolution. In his younger days he was captain of a whaling vessel that sailed from New Bedford, Mass… In after years he removed from Taunton to Franklin County, and bought a farm and mills on Miller River in the town of Orange. On a certain occasion, during a flood, he was attempting to save some logs, which were going over the dam, when he was struck by one of the logs and [was] knocked over the dam upon the rocks below and killed. Captain Tyrer, an early settler in this town who was at that time a young man and worked for Captain Briggs, ran down and picked him up and carried him to the house."
From page 697, same source, statement of David Wilber:
"It took us three days to move from Hamburg to Collins: we staid the first night at Jesse Putnam's who lived on part of the farm that Lewis Trevitt has so long since occupied. We came by the way of Woodward Hollow and the Genesee road. Besides my father's family there were in the company Mrs. Luke Crandall, Allan King and wife, Arnold King, John King, Henry Palmerton, Jahiel Albee and John Williams."
"When Mrs. Crandall started from Vermont, her father, in accordance with olden custom, presented her with a bottle of rum, directing her not to uncork it until they reached 'The Hill of Difficulty' referring to Pilgrim's Progress. At Woodward's Hollow they had to chain the sleds to trees to get down safely. At the foot of the ascent on the other side Mrs. Crandall said: 'Here is the Hill of Difficulty; let us drink,' and opened her bottle and presented it first to Mrs. Wilber. Anyone who has been up that hill will appreciate her remark".
"We staid the second night at James Tyrer's whose house or shanty stood on the Genesee road, on lot three, township seven, range eight, and was the first one we had seen since leaving Putnam's. The shanty was so small that the whole company could not sleep inside, so Jehiel Albee proposed that he and the other young men should sleep upstairs. Accordingly Jehiel Albee, John King, Arnold King, Henry Palmerton and John Williams slept on top of the shanty."
Page 746, from the statement of Isaac Woodward:
"I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in the woods, but I remember having seen James and LUTHER TYRER carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive, but I frequently heard them howl."
From: "History of Concord, NY:"
"Soon after the Tyrer brothers came to Erie County, the War of 1812 broke out. Many loyal citizens of Concord responded to the call for soldiers, including brothers James, Jr. and LUTHER TYRER."
From the statement of Benjamin Albee, 2nd, page 637, "History of Concord, NY:"
"Later when the services of the settlers were needed as soldiers, my father, brother Jehiel, Darius Crandall, James Tyrer, Henry Palmerton, Luke Crandall, Stephen Peters, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt, Phineas Orr, Elisha Cox and others, went out on the "lines" and I was about the only man (and I was only sixteen) left in our neighborhood to look after things."
From: "The History of Concord, NY:"
"James was a carpenter, and part of the service he rendered was in helping to build boats in Buffalo, New York. He became a sergeant and served in Capt. Frederick Richmond's company of Col. William Warren's regiment, New York militia. After the war, he continued to serve in the state militia, and became a captain. He was commonly known as Captain Tyrer."
I do not find a citation that Captain James Tyrer ever applied for a pension; however, he did apply for bounty land, with the following BLW #747-40-50, and #17738-120-55. James served under Captain Richmond, and under Lt. Riley's companies in the NY militia, as a private and as a sergeant, per the book called Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Volume III: N-Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White, 1989.
History of Concord, NY, Page 180:
"Channing Trevitt put up the frame for a saw mill at Wheeler Hollow in 1813. He died that fall and the mill was not completed until a year or so after, by Capt. James Tyrer." [Wheeler Hollow was the first name for what is now Concord. James Tyrer continued to run this mill for many years]. "Amasa Loveridge was killed in the same manner [by saw logs rolling upon him], August 7, 1855, at Captain Tyrer's mill…"[page 236].
From the "History of Concord, NY," page 163:
"A distillery in the Town of North Collins was run by Townsend and Tyrer."
From the "History of Concord, NY," Page 163:
"James Tyrer took 60 acres of land Oct. 20, 1855.
From: "Albany, New York Evening Journal," an issue of January, 1864:
"The people of the state of New York, vs Hannah Tyrer, widow of James Tyrer, of the town of Concord of Erie County, NY; Ellen ____ of the town of ___ of Erie Co, NY; Washington Tyrer of the town of West Seneca, Erie Co, NY, James Tyrer, Hannah Ashman, and Johnson Tyrer of the town of Concord, Erie Co, NY, Morancy Parsell of the town of O---, Chatauqua Co, NY, Freeman Jameson and Reuben Jameson, of Richland, Jackson Co, IA; all of full age, and Joseph H. Jameson, a minor, aged 16 years, of ____, ___ county, NY, being the next of kin of James Tyrer, late of the town of Concord, in the county of Erie, deceased;
"Whereas Alonzo C. Ashman, executor ____ in the last will and testament of the said James Tyrer, deceased, has applied to the surrogate of the said county of Erie, for the proof of said will, which will ___- to real and personal estate; you are thereby ordered to appear before me, said surrogate, in his office in the city of Buffalo in said county on the 10th day of March, 1864, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to attend the probate of the said will. Given under the hand and the official seal of said surrogate, at his office in said county, this 15th day of January, 1864. Charles B. Guthrie, Clerk, Surrogate's Court."
After James first wife died, he remarried to Hannah Peacock on 21 Sept. 1862.
"Birth records of Wendell, Franklin Co, MA," LDS Microfilm #0453864:
[The original ledger of Vital Records of Wendell, MA is still kept at the tiny post office in tiny Wendell, as of the year, 2009.]
Pg. 34 starts with Mary Tyrah, dau. of James and Ruth Tyrer, followed by "James Tyrer, born Oct. ye 20th, 1784."
From: "An Account of Marriages consummated by Rev. Joel Foster," at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, in New Salem, MA, page 13:
"August 16, 1809
Marriage was solemnized between James Tyrer, [Jr] and Judith Ashley, both of New Salem. 1.25."
From: "Vital Records of New Salem, MA to the End of 1849," pg. 120:
"Tyren, James, and Judith Ashley, Aug. 16, 1809."
From: Pension application of his widow and 2nd wife, Hannah Nash Tyrer [also widow of soldier Silas Nash]:
On page 37 of this pension application,on Footnote.com, she gave her date of marriage to a James Tyrer, as Sept. 21, 1862, and his date of death as Jan. 8, 1864.
The following obituary is written about his son, James L. Tyrer, Jr, but it mentions James L. Tyrer, Sr's funeral services, and confirms his service in the War of 1812:
From: "Freeborn County Standard," Albert Lea, 9 March 1876, 2nd column:
"Obituary. It becomes our painful duty to announce to our readers, the death on Monday last, of James Tyrer of this town...Emulating the example of his grandfather and his father, who had been soldiers in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812, respectively...The services are to be conducted by the Rev. R.S. Gowdy, of Eldora, Iowa, formerly of Erie County, NY, and the lifelong friend of the deceased, and who officiated at the funeral of his father and other members of his father's family."
Photo of Wendell, MA Birth Records by Shirlee Eddy
Note from me: I have tried to post the images of his Bounty Land Warrant and the Warrant itself, here, but the images contain too much information, too large. For those who have a subscription on Ancestry.com, you can find the images in my family tree posted there.
Miss Ruth Potter, President of the Wisconsin State Genealogy Society prepared the following information, for Mrs. Angeline Haas Williams, granddaughter of Eleanor Tyrer:
"There was much migration from Wendell, as new, richer lands in the state of New York were being opened for settlement. James [L.] and LUTHER TYRER joined this migration and settled in Concord, Erie County, New York, while their brother, Asa Tyrer migrated to Broome County, New York…"
From: "History of the Original Town of Concord, Erie Co. NY," author Briggs, states:
"Many people were coming to Concord, N.Y. in 1810 when James and LUTHER TYRER of Wendell, Mass. arrived. Their brother Asa Tyrer, migrated to Brooms County, N.Y. and a few years later went up the first steamboat to ascend the Mississippi River, and pioneered again in Quincy, Ill and in the vicinity of Dodgeville, Wis."
From: genealogist Ruth Potter:
"James' and LUTHER's first land in Concord was in Township 7, Range 8, Lot 3 (near Marshfield)."
From: "History of the Town of Concord," page 278:
"Captain Samuel Briggs lived in Taunton, Mass., during the time of the Revolution. In his younger days he was captain of a whaling vessel that sailed from New Bedford, Mass… In after years he removed from Taunton to Franklin County, and bought a farm and mills on Miller River in the town of Orange. On a certain occasion, during a flood, he was attempting to save some logs, which were going over the dam, when he was struck by one of the logs and [was] knocked over the dam upon the rocks below and killed. Captain Tyrer, an early settler in this town who was at that time a young man and worked for Captain Briggs, ran down and picked him up and carried him to the house."
From page 697, same source, statement of David Wilber:
"It took us three days to move from Hamburg to Collins: we staid the first night at Jesse Putnam's who lived on part of the farm that Lewis Trevitt has so long since occupied. We came by the way of Woodward Hollow and the Genesee road. Besides my father's family there were in the company Mrs. Luke Crandall, Allan King and wife, Arnold King, John King, Henry Palmerton, Jahiel Albee and John Williams."
"When Mrs. Crandall started from Vermont, her father, in accordance with olden custom, presented her with a bottle of rum, directing her not to uncork it until they reached 'The Hill of Difficulty' referring to Pilgrim's Progress. At Woodward's Hollow they had to chain the sleds to trees to get down safely. At the foot of the ascent on the other side Mrs. Crandall said: 'Here is the Hill of Difficulty; let us drink,' and opened her bottle and presented it first to Mrs. Wilber. Anyone who has been up that hill will appreciate her remark".
"We staid the second night at James Tyrer's whose house or shanty stood on the Genesee road, on lot three, township seven, range eight, and was the first one we had seen since leaving Putnam's. The shanty was so small that the whole company could not sleep inside, so Jehiel Albee proposed that he and the other young men should sleep upstairs. Accordingly Jehiel Albee, John King, Arnold King, Henry Palmerton and John Williams slept on top of the shanty."
Page 746, from the statement of Isaac Woodward:
"I have heard my father speak of his frequent encounters with bears when he first settled there, but they were pretty well thinned out before my remembrance. I never saw a live bear in the woods, but I remember having seen James and LUTHER TYRER carry a bear they had just killed past my father's house. I do not know that I ever saw a wild wolf alive, but I frequently heard them howl."
From: "History of Concord, NY:"
"Soon after the Tyrer brothers came to Erie County, the War of 1812 broke out. Many loyal citizens of Concord responded to the call for soldiers, including brothers James, Jr. and LUTHER TYRER."
From the statement of Benjamin Albee, 2nd, page 637, "History of Concord, NY:"
"Later when the services of the settlers were needed as soldiers, my father, brother Jehiel, Darius Crandall, James Tyrer, Henry Palmerton, Luke Crandall, Stephen Peters, Jesse Frye, Simeon Watterman, Luther Pratt, Phineas Orr, Elisha Cox and others, went out on the "lines" and I was about the only man (and I was only sixteen) left in our neighborhood to look after things."
From: "The History of Concord, NY:"
"James was a carpenter, and part of the service he rendered was in helping to build boats in Buffalo, New York. He became a sergeant and served in Capt. Frederick Richmond's company of Col. William Warren's regiment, New York militia. After the war, he continued to serve in the state militia, and became a captain. He was commonly known as Captain Tyrer."
I do not find a citation that Captain James Tyrer ever applied for a pension; however, he did apply for bounty land, with the following BLW #747-40-50, and #17738-120-55. James served under Captain Richmond, and under Lt. Riley's companies in the NY militia, as a private and as a sergeant, per the book called Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, Volume III: N-Z, transcribed by Virgil D. White, 1989.
History of Concord, NY, Page 180:
"Channing Trevitt put up the frame for a saw mill at Wheeler Hollow in 1813. He died that fall and the mill was not completed until a year or so after, by Capt. James Tyrer." [Wheeler Hollow was the first name for what is now Concord. James Tyrer continued to run this mill for many years]. "Amasa Loveridge was killed in the same manner [by saw logs rolling upon him], August 7, 1855, at Captain Tyrer's mill…"[page 236].
From the "History of Concord, NY," page 163:
"A distillery in the Town of North Collins was run by Townsend and Tyrer."
From the "History of Concord, NY," Page 163:
"James Tyrer took 60 acres of land Oct. 20, 1855.
From: "Albany, New York Evening Journal," an issue of January, 1864:
"The people of the state of New York, vs Hannah Tyrer, widow of James Tyrer, of the town of Concord of Erie County, NY; Ellen ____ of the town of ___ of Erie Co, NY; Washington Tyrer of the town of West Seneca, Erie Co, NY, James Tyrer, Hannah Ashman, and Johnson Tyrer of the town of Concord, Erie Co, NY, Morancy Parsell of the town of O---, Chatauqua Co, NY, Freeman Jameson and Reuben Jameson, of Richland, Jackson Co, IA; all of full age, and Joseph H. Jameson, a minor, aged 16 years, of ____, ___ county, NY, being the next of kin of James Tyrer, late of the town of Concord, in the county of Erie, deceased;
"Whereas Alonzo C. Ashman, executor ____ in the last will and testament of the said James Tyrer, deceased, has applied to the surrogate of the said county of Erie, for the proof of said will, which will ___- to real and personal estate; you are thereby ordered to appear before me, said surrogate, in his office in the city of Buffalo in said county on the 10th day of March, 1864, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to attend the probate of the said will. Given under the hand and the official seal of said surrogate, at his office in said county, this 15th day of January, 1864. Charles B. Guthrie, Clerk, Surrogate's Court."
After James first wife died, he remarried to Hannah Peacock on 21 Sept. 1862.
"Birth records of Wendell, Franklin Co, MA," LDS Microfilm #0453864:
[The original ledger of Vital Records of Wendell, MA is still kept at the tiny post office in tiny Wendell, as of the year, 2009.]
Pg. 34 starts with Mary Tyrah, dau. of James and Ruth Tyrer, followed by "James Tyrer, born Oct. ye 20th, 1784."
From: "An Account of Marriages consummated by Rev. Joel Foster," at the Swift River Valley Historical Society, in New Salem, MA, page 13:
"August 16, 1809
Marriage was solemnized between James Tyrer, [Jr] and Judith Ashley, both of New Salem. 1.25."
From: "Vital Records of New Salem, MA to the End of 1849," pg. 120:
"Tyren, James, and Judith Ashley, Aug. 16, 1809."
From: Pension application of his widow and 2nd wife, Hannah Nash Tyrer [also widow of soldier Silas Nash]:
On page 37 of this pension application,on Footnote.com, she gave her date of marriage to a James Tyrer, as Sept. 21, 1862, and his date of death as Jan. 8, 1864.
The following obituary is written about his son, James L. Tyrer, Jr, but it mentions James L. Tyrer, Sr's funeral services, and confirms his service in the War of 1812:
From: "Freeborn County Standard," Albert Lea, 9 March 1876, 2nd column:
"Obituary. It becomes our painful duty to announce to our readers, the death on Monday last, of James Tyrer of this town...Emulating the example of his grandfather and his father, who had been soldiers in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812, respectively...The services are to be conducted by the Rev. R.S. Gowdy, of Eldora, Iowa, formerly of Erie County, NY, and the lifelong friend of the deceased, and who officiated at the funeral of his father and other members of his father's family."
Inscription
As best I can make out, the inscription reads:
"James Tyrer, b. Oct. 20, 1783, d. Jan. 8, 1864."
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