Individual Details
Joseph Tyson
(16 Feb 1751 - 2 May 1829)
Events
| Birth | 16 Feb 1751 | ||||
| Event | Sep 1777 | Norriton township |  | ||
| Marriage | 30 Sep 1784 | Philadelphia - Barbara Wentz | |||
| Death | 2 May 1829 | Worcester twp., Montgomery Co., PA. |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Robinson ( - ) |
| Child | Cornelius Tyson (1778 - ) |
| Spouse | Barbara Wentz (1744 - 1825) |
| Father | Cornelius Sellen Tyson (1713 - 1776) |
| Mother | Barbara Pennypacker (1720 - 1792) |
| Sibling | Matthias Tyson (1739 - 1825) |
| Sibling | Mary Tyson (1740 - ) |
| Sibling | Squire Henry Tyson (1742 - 1817) |
| Sibling | John Tyson (1744 - ) |
| Sibling | William Tyson (1746 - ) |
Notes
Event
Records of eighteenth century farmers are scant, but we do know that several of our "State Hospital" farmers and their families served during the Revolutionary War with the Philadelphia County Militia, 6th Battalion, 5th Company, of Norriton Township. These patriots, serving under Capt. John Wentz, Lt. James Adams, and Ens. Thomas McKaig, were David Coulston, private 2nd class; Joseph Tyson, private 3rd class; Jacob Rhodes, private 4th class; Ezekiel Rhodes, Samuel Brown, and William Zimmerman (one of Dickinson's tenants), privates 5th class.When the British soldiers pillaged and burned their way through Norriton township in September 1777, they caused damage to some of the property in our area of concern. After the war, assessor Jacob Auld included the following names in his "Assessment of Damages done by the British, 1777-1778):
David Coulston, £5, 17s; Ezekiel Rhoads, £65, 15s; Joseph Tyson, £102, 4s.