Ancestry of
John Tyler

(1747–1813)

John Tyler

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Tyler Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Contesse   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1747 
  • Birth Location:
  • James City County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Jan 1813 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenway, Charles City Co., Virginia 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Greenway Plantation, Charles City Co., Virginia 
  • Notes: 

  • 15th Governor of Virginia

    Some sources state that John Tyler Sr. was born in Charles City County, but this would appear to be incorrect as John moved from James City to Charles City some time in 1775.

• Marriages for John Tyler

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Marot Armistead
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1777

• Sources for John Tyler

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, DAR Ancestor #A117673.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/16/2015).
  • ³ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 372, 375.
  • ⁴ Child, Christopher C., "Notes on Robin Williams's Ancestry", (accessed 03/21/2016).
  • ⁵ Hardy, Stella Pickett, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America: A History and Genealogy of Colonial Families Who Settled . . ., New York: Tobias A. Wright (1911), 26.
  • ⁶ Newman, Harry Wright, Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation: A Genealogical History of Mareen Duvall, Gent., of the Province of Maryland . . ., Washington: Published by the author (1952), 162.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 29, 471.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "John Tyler, Sr.", _Sr., (accessed 03/18/2010).