This study of the Styer genealogy has turned up Revolutionary Patriots (in the form of families like the Spares, or as we are about to see, the Crossleys), Mennonite conscientious objectors (like the Styers), and even a rogue Hessian deserter-turned-Patriot (i.e. John Lutsey). In today’s post it will become clear that we have Tories in our ancestry as well- in the form of the Thomas family.
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Meet the Family: Episode 4- The Tyson Connection
Leonard Styer (1768-1843), son of Jacob and Christana (Spare) Steiger married a woman named Mary Tyson in the late 1700s. Before the Leonard and Mary (Tyson) Styer blog, I will give a brief introduction to the Tyson Family. Due to the Tyson connection, our branch of the Styer Family has roots that go back allContinue reading “Meet the Family: Episode 4- The Tyson Connection”
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