On this date in our family history . . . the 11th day of October . . . in the year 1732 . . . Moses Tyler dies in Essex County, Massachusetts . . . and is laid to rest in the ancient cemetery in West Boxford . . . this Moses Tyler is an 8th great-grandpa to the Keeper of this family history blog . . .
The above image is from page 40 of Volume I of The Tyler Genealogy by Willard Irving Tyler Brigham . . . the text about Moses Tyler reads as follows . . .
Moses Tyler, born Rowley Village (now West Boxford), February 16, 1667; died October 11, 1732; married, January 3, 1694, Ruth Perley, of Ipswich; born 1676; died in Andover, May 10, 1738, but was buried with her husband in Rowley. It is stated in the History of Boxford that he moved just within the bounds of Andover about 1698, but in 1703 he is constable in Rowley. His name is on the 1711 Rowley tax list; in 1714 his "Province tax" was "£1.9.3"; he is on the preacher's rate of 1720; in 1722 his "Province tax" is "£0.18.8" and "Minister's rate, £0.15.7.", while in 1726, it is, respectively, "£3.8.11" and "£1.4.5." In 1728 he is selectman there. In 1723, with his brother Jacob, he deeds (recorded 1725, Salem, Bk. 45, p. 98), from "Andover," John Johnson, Jr., for £15, ¼ of a saw-mill, on a river, "alias brook, called Cachechorrick" — ¼ part of the iron-work — ¼ part wooden work — ¼ part utensils — ¼ part stream — ¼ part woodyard — ¼ part upper dam — ¼ part ditch from dam to mill for course of water. In 1736, upon the first incorporation of the second church in (West) Boxford, his widow and eldest daughter, Sarah (Porter) , were among the "admitted," having requested "dismission" from the First church.
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MOSES TYLER 1667-1732
&1694 RUTH PERLEY 1675-1738
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SARAH TYLER 1696-1767
&1716 BENJAMIN PORTER 1692-1778
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BENJAMIN PORTER ca 1721-1784
&1744 RUTH FOSTER 1722-1760
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LYDIA PORTER 1745-1816
&1768 DANIEL FARNUM 1741-1814
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MAHITABLE PORTER FARNUM 1785-1811
&ca 1805 JONATHAN BARKER 1785-1860
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TIMOTHY BARKER 1809-1870/
&1831 JERUSHA LAKIN HOBBS 1810-/1870
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JERUSHA MARILLA BARKER 1841-1899
&1857 ATWOOD FRANK SMITH 1837-1907
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THOMAS WARREN ALONZO SMITH 1866-1920
&1894 EVA MAY BRACKETT 1874-1936
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ELIZABETH MARILLA SMITH 1912-1932
&1929 ROBERT E HENRY 1905-1976
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Mom of Keeper
&1950 FORREST LEE POUNDERS 1927-1996
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Keeper of this site
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