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View Tree for Edward TylerEdward Tyler (b. August 09, 1719, d. May 29, 1802)

Edward Tyler (son of Edward Tyler and Elizabeth Duvall) was born August 09, 1719 in Anne Arundel, Md, and died May 29, 1802 in Jefferson, Ky. He married Nancy Anne Langley on Abt. 1750 in Upper Marlboro, Frederick, Va, daughter of James Langley.

 Includes NotesNotes for Edward Tyler:
The first claimant to the land (Black Acre) itself was Edward Tyler, Moses'
father, but
Edward never actually lived on the Blackacre portion of his 1,000
acre claim.

http://www.blackacrefoundation.org/district.html

Rural land has all but disappeared in Jefferson County and with it the ties to Kentucky's early settlement. This priceless heritage has been preserved at the Blackacre State Nature Preserve and the Blackacre Foundation lands. Blackacre's boundaries make up nearly half of the 600 acre Tyler Settlement, a rural historic district that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in May 1986. Remarkably, the pattern of fields, woods, and streams at Blackacre, remains much the same as it was 200 years ago.

In 1780 the Edward Tyler family came from the Virginia frontier to the wilderness that is now Jefferson County, Kentucky. Kentucky was still a wilderness from which these early settlers had to establish their homesteads. Edward Tyler, his wife Ann, and their children settled first in Louisville where he built a tavern and had warehouses. In 1783 Edward purchased 1,003 acres east of present Jeffersontown on Chenoweth Run for his sons and a nephew to farm.

This fertile land was suitable for numerous crops. Springs supplied pure water. Trees and rock outcroppings provided building material. William Tyler, probably the first of the sons to live on this land, established his farm south of present Taylorsville Road. His brother Moses and his cousin Robert came next in about 1785; and before 1790, Edward Sr. and Ann left Louisville with their youngest son, Edward Jr., to establish the fourth homestead nearby.

These farms soon became known as the Tyler Settlement and three of them survive today. Each has a stone, or stone and log, house and a springhouse constructed before 1800. Moses' farm, today’s Blackacre State Nature Preserve, also has a log barn from the same period. Moses' son, Presley, built Blackacre's brick farm house in 1844. The Tylers shared a cemetery, centrally located on the Settlement, and they also established a system of roads and lanes that connected their farms. Some segments of this historic road system can still be seen today, while others have become public roads.

Today, 600 of the Tylers’ original 1,003 acres have been designated the Tyler Settlement Rural Historic District. The district is located just east of the city of Jeffersontown and is loosely bounded by Taylorsville Road on the south, the NorfolkSouthern Railroad on the north, the Gene Snyder Freeway on the east, and the Jeffersontown city limits on the west. In addition to three original Tyler homesteads, the district includes about 17 early 20th-century houses and several recently subdivided developments. Because of the Blackacre Foundation, as well the efforts of many individuals, land in the historic district remains primarily rural.


Birth: 18 JAN 1719 in Anne Arundel Co, Md
Death: 20 MAY 1802 in Jefferson Co. Ky
Burial: Tyler Cemetery
Note:
1742 - Edward sold the slaves he had inherited from his father and grandfather and in 1744 he sold most of his land in Maryland.
Edward and Nancy married in Virginia. He lived near Sheperdstown in Berkely County, Virginia in 1756 and met Nancy.
1786 Colonial Census for Granville county, NC lists an Edward Tyler.
1788 - He moved to Jefferson County, Kentucky on Land Grants. The state of Virginia gave land grants in Kentucky to those who fought in the Revolutionary war or their heirs. In 1783, 500 acres in Jefferson Co., Kentucky was granted to Edward Tyler.
Then in 1785 Edward recieved a land grant of 503 acres in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Chenowith Run.
Three of Edwards sons fought in the Revoluntionary War: Edward Jr., Moses and William. There is a plaque in Louisville, Kentucky Public Library, because he and 12 other families founded the city of Louisville, Kentucky with George Rogers Clark. He is listed on the DAR Patriot Index.

Marriage 1 Nancy Ann LANGLEY b: 1732 in Maryland
Married: 1750 in Virginia
Children
Robert Langley TYLER b: 19 AUG 1751 in Cross Creek, Berkeley, VA
Moses TYLER b: 1 JAN 1753 in Berkeley Co, Ky
Elizabeth TYLER b: 1754
William "Walking Billy" TYLER b: 25 JUN 1755 in Fredrick County, VA
Delilah TYLER b: 10 FEB 1755 in Maryland
Ellen TYLER b: ABT. 1761 in Virginia
Nancy TYLER b: ABT. 1762
Mary TYLER b: ABT. 1765
Priscilla TYLER b: ABT. 1766 in Virginia
Edward TYLER , Jr b: 17 MAR 1767 in Virginia
this info. comes from
Rebecca Tyler Allen
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Compendium American Genealogy Vol.4 by Frederick A. Virkus
page 471
Edward Tyler(1719-1802) settled at Cross Creek,Virginia(now Williamsburg,W. Va.);de. Va. Conv.,1781;came to KY.,with George Rogers Clark, settled at Louisville,; moved to Jeffersontown,Jefferson co.,1783; m.1749-Nancy Langley(1732-1820)
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ID: I0003
Name: Robert Langley TYLER
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Aug 1751 in Cross Creek, Berkeley, VA
Death: 6 Apr 1815 in Tyler Station, Shelby, KY
Note: TYLER 300 Year Family History by J. S. & Ollie C. Tyler, Pgs 6, 7, 527, 529. Mareen Duvall of Middle Plantation by Harry Wright Newman, Pgs 190 & 191. DAR Lineage Book Vol. 112, Pg 109, TYLER Quarterly Jul 1948. The Patriarch Edward TYLER, 1719-1802 by Wm. J. TYLER Pgs 28 thru 40. McCLELLAN Family Group records 1625-1984 by Morine F. Larson, 1207 Hooten Court, Carmichael, CA 95608, GSL 1035705. Robert L. TYLER served as a PVT and frontiersman in VA and KY during the Rev. War. His fourth child, Nancy, was the great grandmother of the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.

Father: Edward TYLER , Jr. b: 18 Jan 1719 in Darnells Grove, Prince Georges, MD
Mother: Nancy Anne LANGLEY b: 1732 in Prince Georges County, VA
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More About Edward Tyler:
Burial: Tyler Cemetery, Taylorsville Rd.

More About Edward Tyler and Nancy Anne Langley:
Marriage: Abt. 1750, Upper Marlboro, Frederick, Va.

Children of Edward Tyler and Nancy Anne Langley are:
  1. +Moses Tyler Sr., b. January 01, 1753, Berkley Virginia, d. January 27, 1839, Edward Tyler, Graveyard On, Old Farm Near, Jeffersontown Ky.
  2. Robert Tyler, b. August 19, 1751.
  3. Edward Tyler Jr., b. March 25, 1767.
  4. Elizabeth Tyler, b. Abt. 1753.
  5. Nancy Tyler, b. Abt. 1757.
  6. Mary Tyler, b. Abt. 1761.
  7. Prisilla Tyler, b. Abt. 1765.
  8. Ellen Tyler, b. Abt. 1765.
  9. William Tyler, b. October 01, 1756, d. September 23, 1836.
  10. Delilah Tyler, b. February 10, 1755.
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