Edward Tyng (abt. 1600 - abt. 1681)

Born about 1600 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England

Husband of Mary (Sears) Tyng — married 8 Jun 1639 in London, England

Descendants

Died about 27 Dec 1681 at about age 81 in Tyngsborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Edward Tyng migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 344) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Edward Tyng came with his brother from England to Boston about 1637 or '38. He married Mary Sears, whose family was earlier known as Sayre, in London, England, on 8 Jun 1639, so he either came back to England to marry or else he emigrated a year or two later than the date indicated..^[1]

He resided in Boston Massachusetts where he pursued an active career, holding offices of Justice of the Peace and Judge in courts. He held courts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. He was Captain and Major General in the military.

About 1677 he moved to Dunstable now called Tyngsborough, a name given in honor of the family. Apparently he decided to retire there to pass his declining years with his son Jonathan.

He died 27 December 1681.

Children

1. Hannah TING
2. Mary TING
3. Jonathan TING
4. Deliverance TING
5. Eunice TING

Quoted from * Atkins, Francis Higginson. "Joseph Atkins: The Story of a Family". Las Vegas, Nev: D. Atkins, Printer, 1891. Print. ^[2]

"THE TYNGS.* 17th and 18th Centuries. The family bearing this name has to the descendants of Joseph Atkins an unusual interest for several reasons. That worthy's American mother-in-law was born a Tyng (Rebecca) and his only American born son married a lady of Tyng descent, Sarah Kent, grand-daughter of Hannah, Rebecca's sister. I think this latter fact of a second Tyng strain in the children of Dudley Atkins (1st) has been little, if at all, known in the family, all supposing the Tyng blood derived from Rebecca Dudley alone.

Hannah Tyng, (2) Edward's eldest child, married first Habijah Savage. Of him I have learned nothing, except that Nehemiah Cleveland refers to him as of "a family of military distinction." They were married May 8, 1661, by Gov. John Endicott. Among their children one interests us, as through her we catch again the Tyng strain. (See chart.) Their daughter Hannah (3) married the Rev. Nathaniel Gookin, son of Daniel, and her daughter Hannah (1) marrying, first, Vincent Carter, a merchant of Charlestown, married, second, Col. Richard Kent, of Kent's Island near Newburyport, and became the mother of our Sarah Kent- the "good grandmother"-who married the first Dudley Atkins. Hannah Tyng (2) married for her second husband Major General Daniel Gookin, who names her kindly in his will and does not forget her children by H. Savage.

Research Notes

Re his birthplace - Dunstable, Bedfordshire, parish register is extant for the period of Edward's likely birth, but there are no Tyngs or variants in Dunstable. I therefore question this birthplace. Is his place of residence in Massachusetts, Dunstable, somehow being turned into his birthplace?

Sources

1. ↑ Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850 Boyd's 1st miscellaneous marriage index, 1415-1808 at https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS/M/710588439/2&fulfillmentTypeKey=1118
2. ↑ Entered by Mary Atkins, Friday, March 11, 2016.

• Atkins, Francis Higginson. "Joseph Atkins: The Story of a Family". Las Vegas, Nev: D. Atkins, Printer, 1891. Print. (Entered by Mary Atkins, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.)

• Carrol, Robert E. Carroll~Rogers~Cushing~Stiles~Traudt Families. (Rootsweb.) "Edward Ting/Mary Sears." (Accessed 5 August 2015. Carroll does not cite sources.)

• Manchester Historic Association Collections (J. B. Clarke Co., Manchester, N.H., 1901) Vol. 2, Page 87