Person:William Tyler (27)

!BIOGRAPHY: All information from Cassedy genealogy: WILLIAM AUGUSTUS TYLER, son of Bille/Billy (1504) and Abigail (Maltbie) Tyler; b. N. Branford, New Haven Co., CT 9 Dec. 1779; bapt. by Dr. Samuel Seabury, 1st Bishop of United States; d. Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., NY 22 Feb. 1876 (old age) (Note-listing of stones in cemetery states d. 5 Feb.); bur. Baptist (Gorsline) Cemetery, Halfmoon, NY (impossible to read stone except name); Per letter from Doris Cassedy who refers to the Wm. A. Tyler Journal - “I think he must have had a general store in Troy so he sometimes accepted payment in butter, etc. for re-sale. The dates in the journal (1812, 1813) precede his land purchases in Halfmoon; Religion Episcopalian who served on the vestry He m. Troy, NY 19 Jan. 1806 MARY BASSETT KNOWLES (2004), daughter of Rev. Isaac (2003) and Deliverance ((Bassett Hall), widow of Elisha Hall) Knowles, b. Sandwich, MA 10 Mar. 1782; d. Halfmoon, NY 6 Mar. 1842; bur. Baptist (Gorsline) Cemetery, Halfmoon, NY Land Purchased -- 27 Nov. 1820 - he purchased from Townsend about 50 acres of land in Halfmoon at which time he was designated as Wm. A. Tyler of Troy. Then on 6 Nov. 1826 he purchased from Ten Broeck another 50 acres (the south half of Lot 6 of Red color on Van Schaich Patent map) and on 25 Dec. 1826 added from Noxon what appeared to be a 35 ft. strip adjoining it from the north half of Lot 6. All three of these purchases had a common boundary of Noxon On 14 May 1832 he purchased from John Bradshaw 55 acres bounded by Nicholas Emeighy and Wm. Gorsline. (The deed states “Where Tyler is now living”) On 13 Apr. 1835 he added a strip (about ½ acre) from Benj. Weight and wife for $16.25 at the east edge adjoining the Gorsline property. This is the “homestead” as it was known. It passed from him to his grandson, Thomas Spencer Cassedy (son of John and Mary Bassett (Tyler) Cassedy. Thomas lived there until they moved to Colorado. Then Thomas Spencer’s brother, William A. T., purchased the place and, after he died, it remained the property of his widow until her death. Prior to Wm. A. T.’s death, his youngest son, Henry Knowles (Harry) married Grace May Darrow and operated the farm. Harry died before his mother. The property was sold out of the family in 1934 On 2 Apr. 1852, John Cassedy and his family moved to “Mr. Tyler’s place”. Tyler’s wife had died in 1842 but there were 2 unmarried daughters, Harriet and Lydia, who continued to live there with their father. The wing on the northwest corner of the house was added for their use. Note - At the turn of the century, 1900, Mechanicsville was a thriving manufacturing center. When the mills left so did all the brickyards, railroad yards and supporting businesses. The community when William was living there was probably agricultural and mills. Note - Bill Cassedy (William Augustus Tyler Cassedy III) has a grandfather clock which originally was made by William Augustus Tyler. The clock was originally a mantle clock, which his son made into a grandfather clock by adding the case and top. It has wooden works.

1876 !DEATH: New York, Saratoga Co., Halfmoon - 22 Feb 1876

1. ↑ Branford Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
   3:297.

   TYLER, Will[ia]m Augustus, s. Bille & Abigail, b. Dec. 9, 1779