Royall Tyler (1757 - 1826)

Born 18 Jul 1757 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 16 Aug 1826 at age 69 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States

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Royall Tyler is Notable.

Major Royall Tyler served with Massachusetts Line during the American Revolution.

Royall Tyler is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A117710.

Royall Tyler is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 308603
Rank: Major

Royall Tyler was born at Boston, Massachusetts, 18 July 1757, the son of Royall Tyler and Mary Steele; ^[1] died at Brattleboro, Vermont, 16 August 1826, ^[1] and is buried there in the Prospect Hill Cemetery. ^[2]

"Royall Tyler (June 18, 1757 – August 26, 1826) was an American jurist and playwright. He was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard University in 1776, and then served in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. He was admitted to the bar in 1780, became a lawyer, and fathered eleven children. In 1801, he was appointed a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. He wrote a play, The Contrast, which was produced in 1787 in New York City, shortly after George Washington's inauguration. It is considered the first American comedy. Washington attended the production, which was well-received, and Tyler became a literary celebrity."^[3]

He married Mary Hunt Palmer. ^[1]

"He once courted Nabby Adams, daughter of President John Adams and Abigail Adams but she broke it off due to her parents and brother, John Quincy Adams, disapproval of the match. They liked Royall but they didn't think he would make a good husband for her."

Playwright. "He served as Vermont's Supreme Court Chief Justice from 1807 to 1813. In 1787 he published the play The Contrast, which was the second professional play to be produced by an American author. He would go on to write a number of plays and novels while pursuing his career as a jurist."

Children:

John Steele Tyler 1796–1876

Mary Tyler 1798-1874

Edward Royall Tyler 1800–1848

William Clark Tyler 1802–1882

Joseph Dennie Tyler 1804–1852

Amelia Tyler 1808-

George Palmer Tyler 1809–1896

Royall Tyler 1812–1896

Thomas Pickman Tyler 1815–1892

Abiel Winship Tyler 1818–1832

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Wikipedia contributors, "Royall Tyler," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royall_Tyler&oldid=1051373333 (accessed November 23, 2021).
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 November 2021), memorial page for Royall Tyler (18 Jul 1757–16 Aug 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #22658, citing Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royall_Tyler