The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-06
Queries and Answers.

VINO were the ancestors VI rItObcTl
Ter, the emigrant? What position did
thcy occupy in the old country Who
were his parents? Can you locate their
coat OF arms; give 1t, and tell why given
the family? What country did he come
from and where did he settle In Amer
lea, and with whom did he come over
with? know nothing of him, except
he was ancestor OF tho Tyler family Of
Virginia. Would like sketch as to ori-
gin Of family, and what position did ne
hold In the Colonies? ,lt5
What 6! tho ancestors Of Thomas
Lamar, cmiErant Of Where's, France?
What position did they occupy there?
Why was the coat Of arms given, when,
and BY whom? Can YOU locate their coat
OF arms? When and with whom did he
come to, Virginia and where settle. Can
you give origin OF family in France and
connect him with It? j. II. G. Il
Answering tho above questions at
length, would take moro space and time
than would here admit Of. We Will.
however, answer our. fair correspondent
briefly, as best we cain, and what we
fail to give we hope some OF our many
readers will supply
On August 49, 1909 quite a full sketch
Z Of the Tyler family was given In the
Times-D dispatch. together with the coat
of arms. The origin of the family and OF
Z the name is there given, and something
Of the emigr;unt, WHO is said to have
been Henry Tyler, OF shropshire, Eng
land" who settled at Williamsburg, Va.
1858 We have received since writing
the first article tho following record as
taken from Queen Anne's Parish records,
County of Queen Anne, Maryland:
+ Robert Tyler, the cmigrant, married
about 1904, Susanna Duvall, daughter of
Marien Duvall and his first wife, Mary
-. Their children We're:
/. Edward Tyler, son Of Robert Tsler
and Susanna, his wife, born February
Z, 1906.
2. Mary, born February /, 1897, married
John Baldwin january 70, INA.
8. Susanna, born July Il. 1900 married
John Lamar January q, LIZA.
H. Eliza beth. born September %, l7Ol.
married Samuel Pottinger July II, 17l7.
S. Priscilla, born Juno u, 1903
G. Robert. born August Q. 1904
I. Marrlen. born February 20, 1907
5. Jane. born May 20, 1909.
The record states that u ohm Lamar.
who married Susanna Tyler, 2lst Janu-
ary TIA, was son Of Thomas Lamar. Of
Where's, France, who emigrated to Vir-
ginia, and from there went to Maryland,
where he was naturalized 1863 and died
in Maryland, his Will being probated
May 20. 17l4 He was buried at or near
Fishing Place. In Calvert county. ON the
west side Of the Patuxent river, and
north side of Trent Creek. In 1885, That
part Of the county west of tho Patux-
emit Including Fishing Place. was thrown
into Prince George county. The records
prove that he had large landed inter-
csts acquired prior to 1856, III
From the above statement the Gues-
ton arises. did Robert Tyler emigrate to
Virginia previous to, or after Henry
Tyler? and whose son was he? So far,
we TAIL to solve this question.
AS to the Lamar family, there is much
on record. as they were prominent
French Huguenots. From records of the
family given by Mr. William Harmony
Lamar. Of Rockville, Md. (who married
his cousin, daughter of Judge Lucien
@. c. Lamar, whose life and photo Is
to be found In March Cosmopolitan of
l9OD. The Lamar coat of arms are .r,,rs>