 Abt 1761 - 1797 (~ 36 years)
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| Name |
ARMISTEAD Mary Marot [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1761 |
York County, VA  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
5 Apr 1797 |
Charles City County, VA [1] |
| Cause: Stroke |
| Notes |
- VOLUME I ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
by: LYON GARDINER TYLER
[Pages 35-36]
Tyler, John, son of John Tyler, marshal of the vice-admiralty court, and Anne Contesse, his wife, daughter of Dr. Lewis Contesse, a French Huguenot physician, was born in James City county, Virginia, February 28, 1747. He attended the Grammar school at William and Mary in 1754, and afterwards was a student in the college. In his nineteenth year he stood in the lobby of the house of burgesses and heard Patrick Henry's speech on the Stamp Act, which roused in him a great hostility to England. He studied law under the eminent lawyer, Robert Carter Nicholas, and removed to Charles City county in 1770. Here in 1774 he was a member of the county committee of safety, and in 1775, when he heard of Lord Dunmore's act of removing the powder from the government magazine in Williamsburg, he raised a company of troops in Charles City county and joined his forces with those of Patrick Henry, to demand restoration or compensation. In 1776 he was appointed a commissioner of admiralty for one year, and in 1778 was elected to the house of delegates. Here he was a warm supporter of the revolutionary war, and in 1781 supported the proposition to permit Congress to levy a five per cent. duty on urged the needs of education upon the legislature, and it was in response to his remonstrances that the legislature established the Literary Fund. His appointment as United States judge was strongly pressed by Mr. Jefferson on President Madison, as an exception to the rule he had made for himself "never to embarrass the President with my solicitations." In Jefferson's opinion, Judge Tyler had the firmness "to preserve his independence on the same bench with Marshall," and there was scarcely a person in the state "so solidly popular." He was an earnest advocate of the war of 1812, and decided the first prize case that came up for decision. His death occurred at his residence, "Greenway," in Charles City county, February 6, 1813, due to pleurisy contracted during inclement weather whole holding court in Norfolk. His wife, whom he married in 1776, was Mary Armistead, daughter of Robert Booth Armistead, of York county, by whom he had, with other children, a son of the same name who became President of the United States (1841-1845
- (Medical):When Tyler was just seven years old, his mother, Mary, died from a stroke. At the age of 12 he joined the College of William and Mary like his father before him, and later enrolled in the collegiate program of the college. He graduated in 1807 when he was 17 years old.
After that, Tyler studied law, first under the tutelage of his father, then under his cousin, and finally under Edmund Randolph, the first US Attorney General. Tyler was admitted into the Bar in 1809 and, in 1840, became the Vice President under William Henry Harrison. Harrison died after just a month in office which made John Tyler the president. [2]
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| Person ID |
I1855 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
| Family |
TYLER John, III, b. 28 Feb 1747, James City County, Virginia d. Abt 1813 (Age 65 years) |
| Marriage |
1776 |
York County, VA [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. President TYLER John, IV, b. 29 Mar 1790, Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia d. 17 Jan 1862, Charles City County, VA (Age 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F609 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
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| Sources |
- [S251] Gary Lewis Family Tree, Gary Lewis Family Tree.
- [S1228] Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts, Patricia Ann Budd-Elberts (Reliability: 3).
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