My Tyson Genealogy - Part 2

Much of the Tyson information that I have compiled is from the hard work of Jerry Barton Tyson, who supplied us for years with a quarterly report. Jerry died last year.

The Tyson family, as I know it, started out fairly small, but continues to mushroom:

Generation No. 2

2. MATHIAS3 TYSON (JOHN2, UNKNOWN1)2 was born 1660 in , Accomack Co, Va, and died Mar 1709/10 in , Bath (now Hyde), NC.

Notes for MATHIAS TYSON:
John and wife Susannika Tyson along with son Mathias Tyson purchased land in Accomack County Va. Mathias and Mary Tyson had John, Moses Cornelius, Edmund, Susanne, Thomas & Samuel...Thomas married Sabra Mason. . Matthias Tyson was living in Accomack Co on the Ghotes site.
In 1693 Mathias and his wife Mary bought 300 acres of land on Messange Creek in Accp,acl County in exchange for 7000 pounds of tobacco. In 1702, he sold this land for 4000 pounds of tobacco and, along with his mother and step-father, moved to North Carolina.
The oldest land grants for Wickham, in the Bath area of North Carolina (on the coast near Pamlico Sound) were issued in 1706 to several familes, including the Williams, Spiers, Moyes, and "Tisens".- Elesa Hembree
They made their home on Slade's Creek off the Pungo River (Hyde-Bath Co, NC). The old homestead was on the north side of Tysons Creek and Little Contentnea Creek, ten miles west of Greenville.
North Carolina contained a large Tuscarora Indian population and there were on-going conflicts between them and the settlers. In 1710, one of the sons of Mathias and Mary (probably Henry) was killed by the Indians. - Elesa Hembree
Mathias was killed in Tuscarora Indian War.

Cornelius, Edmond, Thomas, and John Hardee, husband of Susanna received large land grants in the area that was to become Pitt County, North Carolina.

Cornelius's sons Cornelius, Edmond, and Thomas Tyson and his son-in-law John Hardee, (Susannah's husband) received large land grants in the area which was later (1760) to become Pitt County. Here they prospered and multiplied so that by 1762, the date of the oldest Pitt County Tax List, 12 of the 492 households were headed by descendants of Mathias Tyson. Assuming an equal number of Tyson-born wives in other households, one can estimate that even then five per cent of the country residents were descendants of Mathias Tyson.
-Bruce C. Tyson, Jr. in HERITAGE OF PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.


Mathias TYSON/TICE was in the Colonial Militia of Virginia. Sources: "List of Colonial Soldiers of Virginia" by H.J. Eckonrode. The book shows he was listed in "Henings Statues at Large" - "Ty" Tyson.

More About MATHIAS TYSON:
Burial: Bath Co., Cem., Bath Co., NC
Moved: Abt. 1702, Hyde (Bath) Co., NC

Children of MATHIAS TYSON are:
3. i. THOMAS4 TYSON, b. Abt. 1698, , Accomack Co, Va; d. 1780, , Pitt Co, NC.
4. ii. MOSES TYSON, b. 1686, , , NC; d. Abt. 1710.
iii. HENRY TYSON, b. 1688, , , NC; d. Unknown.

Notes for HENRY TYSON:
Henry was probably killed by the Tuscarora Indians. - Elesa Hembree

iv. JOHN TYSON, b. 1690, , , NC; d. Abt. 1711, , , NC.

Notes for JOHN TYSON:
John had been among the petitioners who around 1708 sought to have courts established in Wickham Precinct, which later became Hyde County.
HERITAGE OF PITT COUNTY, NC, submitted by Bruce C. Tyson, Jr.
John was named in his father Mathias Tyson's will in 1710, & was to receive only "four shillings". This might seem to indicate he had been given property already? - Jerry Barton Tyson.

More About JOHN TYSON:
Moved: Family moved to Texas

5. v. EDWARD N. TYSON, b. 1692, , Accomack Co, Va; d. Unknown, , Hyde Co, NC.
6. vi. CORNELIUS TYSON, b. 1695, , Accomack, Va; d. 1745, , , NC.
7. vii. SAMUEL TYSON, b. 1696, , , NC; d. 1736, , Pitt, NC.
8. viii. EDMOND TYSON, b. 1697, , Accomack, Va; d. 23 May 1765, , Hyde, NC.
ix. JUDITH TYSON3, b. Abt. 1700; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE SUGG3; b. Abt. 1700; d. Unknown.
x. MATHIAS TYSON, JR., b. 1700, , , NC; d. Unknown.

Notes for MATHIAS TYSON, JR.:
Mathias, Jr., was named in his father's will in 1710 and was to receive "two cow yearlings with all their increase
Dec 5, 1737 - Mathias bought 70 acres in Hyde Co., at the mouth of Tysons Creek from Edward Tyson (his brother) of Hyde Co (#100).
Feb 6 1738 - Mahias sold the same 70 acres back to Edward.
Mar 13, 1745 -Mathias was granted 100 acres in Beaufort Co (#100).
1755 - Beaufort Co. Tax List Mathias was listed with one taxable and no male negro slaves.
Aug 31, 1756 - Mathias, planter of Beaufort Co., sold 100 acres on the east side of Matchepungo River at the head of Green Creek to Daniel Tyson.
Nov 26, 1763 - Mathias, planter of Hyde Co., sold 100 acres on the head of Tysons Creek.
-TYSON FAMILY HISTORY; DESCENDANTS OF JOHN & SUSANNIKA TYSON VOL I, edited by Jerry Barton Tyson.

9. xi. SUSANNAH TYSON, b. 16 Jul 1701, , Pitt, NC; d. 08 Aug 1785, Greenville, Pitt, NC.
xii. JONAS TYSON, b. 1703, , Pitt Co , NC; d. Unknown.

Notes for JONAS TYSON:
He is mentioned in Mathias Tyson's will in 1710 to receive "one two year old heffer and one yearling heffer with all her increase" - Nothing more is known about Jonas Tyson - Jerry Tyson Barton.