Mathias Tyson (1660-1710)

7th Great Grandfather

Mathias Tyson the only son and eldest of three born to John and Susannika was born in Northampton County, Virginia, around 1660. He died in 1710 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He married Mary Frances Potts. She was born in 1661 in Montgomeryshire, Wales. She died on 07 Feb 1738 in Beaufort, North Carolina. Mathias was my 7th great grandfather.

Mathias’ occupation was that of a 'Cooper'. A Cooper is a person who makes or repairs wooden barrels or casks.

We know a great deal about Mathias including that in 1693 or 1694 he purchased approximately 300 acres of land on or near Messongo Creek in Accomack County, Virginia south of where he as born. Mathias purchased the land with 7,000 lbs. of tobacco. The land was purchased from Catherine Bowman, widow of Edmund Bowman.

The equivalent of Mathias' land purchase in 1690 would have been $419 U.S. dollars today. Mathias owned the Accomack County property for less than an decade, after which it was sold by Tully Robinson who Mathias had made power of attorney. Robinson sold the land to Robert Hamilton who was Mathias' stepfather in 1702/03. The purchase price was 4000 lbs. of tobacco (just over 1/2 of what the original purchase price was).

The drop in tobacco prices during the sale of the Mathias' Accomack County land coincides with the outbreak of Queen Anne's War (1702–1713), prices fell to one-quarter of a penny per pound. These factors, however, failed to convince planters to cut production, and in 1709 an all-time high of 29 million pounds of tobacco was produced. The plant continued to fetch a low price until the inspection act was passed in 1730. A year later the price of tobacco increased to twelve shillings and six pence per hundredweight, even though production rose to 34 million pounds.

Mathias may or may not have been in Virginia when his 300 acres was sold to his stepfather. We do know that North Carolina records show him in the Bath County area in the early 1700’s.

Mathias moved southernly once again around 1708. In that year a number of people living in Wickham, Bath County, North Carolina petitioned a court to be established in their vicinity. Among those petitioners were Mathias and his son John Tyson (1690). Mathias’ application for a land patent to the "Duke of Beaufort, Palatine" was not approved until 1713, three years after Mathias’ death 1710.

In Bath County, North Carolina, Mathias and his family made their home on Slade Creek off the Matchepungo (Pungo) River. Mathias's son Edward would remain in the area and leave descendants there.

Children of Mathias and Mary Frances Tyson

Jonas Tyson was born in 1683 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Moses Tyson was born in 1686 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died in 1692 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He married Mary Ann Sherrod. She was born in 1687 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina. She died in 1770 in Pitt, North Carolina.

Henry Tyson was born in 1688.

John Tyson was born in 1690 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died in 1711.

Edward N. Tyson was born in 1692 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died in 1751 in Hyde County, North Carolina. He married Ann Maynor. She was born in 1695 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina. She died on 08 Aug in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina.

Edmond Moses Tyson was born in 1694 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died on 23 May 1765 in Hyde, North Carolina. He married Mary Mills Tyson in 1725. She was born in 1692 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina. She died on 07 Feb 1738 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Cornelius Tyson was born in 1695 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died in 1745 in Moore, North Carolina. He married Susan Ann Syler-Mills Tyson, daughter of Thomas Mills and Elizabeth Sims-Bare Mills, in 1718. She was born in 1696 in Pitt County, North Carolina. She died on 22 Mar 1797 in Moore, North Carolina.

Samuel Tyson was born in 1696 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He died on 01 May 1736 in Pitt County, North Carolina. He married (1) Margaret Tyson. She was born in 1691 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina. She died in 1739. He married (2) Elizabeth May. She was born in 1710.

Thomas Tyson was born in 1698 in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA. He died in 1755 in Pitt, North Carolina, USA. He married SABRA WHITFIELD-MASON. She was born on 16 Jan 1700 in Bath, Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. She died in 1780 in Pitt County, North Carolina, USA.

Mathias Tyson was born in 1700. He died in 1763.

Judith Potts-Tyson was born in 1700 in Edgecombe, North Carolina. She died in 1759 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina. She married George Augustus Sugg in 1725 in Beaufort, North Carolina. He was born in 1704 in Norfolk, Virginia. He died on 29 Oct 1758 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

Susannah Potts-Tyson Hardee was born on 16 Jul 1701 in Pitt County, North Carolina. She died on 08 Aug 1785 in Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina. She married Col. John H. Hardee. He was born on 13 Apr 1707. He died on 12 Dec 1784.

Mary Potts-Tyson was born in 1702.

Isaac Tyson was born in 1705.

Reynier Tyson was born on 24 Aug 1711 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He died in 1750. He married Grace Fletcher Tyson on 29 Mar 1729 in Abington, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania. She was born in 1710 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. She died on 18 Sep 1764 in Abington, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania.

Sarah Potts-Tyson was born on 10 Dec 1714 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania.

Edmond Tyson

6th Great Grandfather

(1694-1765)

Shem's Line

Lucretia's Line

John Tyson

8th Great Grandfather

(1635-1683)

(1st Tyson born in the North American Colonies)

Thomas Tyson

6th Great Grandfather

(1698-1755)