Julia (Gardiner) Tyler (1820 - 1889)

Born 4 May 1820 in Gardiner's Island, New York

Ancestors

Wife of John Tyler — married 25 Jun 1844 in New York, New York

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1889 at age 69 in Richmond, Virginia

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.

Julia Gardiner (b. [04 May or 23 Jul] 1820 Gardiner’s Island, Long Island, NY - d. 1889 Richmond, Virginia),^[1][2] was the daughter of:

• Senator David Gardiner,^[1][3] (b. 1784 East Hampton, Long Island, NY)
• and Julianna,^[1][3] (b. 08 Feb 1799 NY, NY), dau. of Michael McLachlan. (b. Jamaica).

Origins

Julia is said to be a direct paternal descendant of Lion Gardiner (c. 1599 - 1683), an English immigrant who purchased Gardiner's Island, and became the first English settler of New York state.^[2] According to Besche (2017), Lion was an adventurer and a military engineer for the Connecticut Company.^[2]

Marriage

As the second wife of [Tyler-150|Pres. John Tyler]] (d. 1862), Julia was First Lady of the United States from 1844 to 1845.^[1]

Julia married John were secretly engaged and married while he was in office. The ceremony took place on 26 June 1844 in New York,^[1] at the Church of Ascension in New York City.^[4]

children

Julia and John had seven children. Five of them were born at their Sherwood Forest plantation in Virginia.^[1][5]

sons:

• David Gardiner Tyler^[6]
• John Alexander Tyler.^[6]
• Lachlan Tyler.^[6]
• Lyon Gardiner Tyler.^[6]
• Robert FitzWalter Tyler.^[6]

daughters:

• Julia Gardiner Tyler.^[6]
• Pearl Tyler.^[6]

Residence

Julia resided at Sherwood Forest until the Civil War,^[7] then moved back to New York where she worked as a volunteer for the Confederacy.^[1] Sometime after she moved to Richmond, Virginia where she lived out her last days.^[1]

Death

Julia died in Richmond, Virginia. She was buried there, next to her husband.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Julia Gardiner Tyler. whitehouse.gov. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Besch, E.W. (2017). U.S. Colored Troops Defeat Confederate Cavalry: Action at Wilson's Wharf, Virginia, 24 May 1864, p. 225. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. London: Burke's Peerage, 1981. Print.
4. ↑ http://www.nysoclib.org/collection/nyc-marriage-death-notices-1843-1856
5. ↑ Sherwood Forest: Home of President John Tyler. sherwoodforest.org. Web.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} "Genealogy of John Tyler and his Descendants." Sherwood Forest: Home of President John Tyler. sherwoodforest.org. Web.
7. ↑ Tyler, J.T. (1853). "Letter from Juliana Gardiner Tyler to the Duchess of Sutherland the Ladies of England, (1853, July 24 Sherwood Forest, Virginia)," in The Women of England Versus the Women of America. Google Books.

See Also...

• Boddie, J.B. (1954). Virginia Historical Genealogies. (1990 ed. Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, Baltimore, MD).