Roger Tyrrell

Roger Tyrrell
b. 1616 Stepheney, Middlesex, England
d. Feb 1682/83 Milford, CT

m. Abigail Ufford - before 1640
b. 1618 Suffolk, England
d. 1682 Milford, CT
Her Father: Thomas Ufford
Her Mother: Isabel Bryan

Father: Robert Terrill

Mother: Jane Baldwin

Children with Abigail Ufford
John Terrill	b. 1640	d. 27 Feb 1711/12	m. Aigail Ufford 2m. Sarah Wiley
Hannah Terrill	b. Aug 1645 Milford, CT	d. 11 Nov 1730 Woodbury, CT	1m. ??? Hudson 2m. John Skeels, Sr
Roger Terrill	b. 20 Jan 1648/49 Milford, CT	d. 17 Apr 1722 Woodbury, CT	m. Sarah Scott
Mary Terrill	b. 12 Feb 1652/53	d. WFT est. 1654-1747	m.
Thomas Terrill	b. 23 Oct 1656 Milford, CT	d. 1725 Elizabeth, NJ	m. Margaret Dayton
Eleazer Terrill	b. 4 Apr 1738 New Milford, CT	d. WFT est. 1768-1832	m. Henry Grilley
Abigail Terrill
Samuel Terrill
Joseph Terrill
Ephraim Terrill
Daniel Terrill

Roger Tyrrell arrived America (Boston) 14 Sept 1632 from Nanzy, Essex, England on the ship Lyon, an d landed at Watertown -- now Cambridge, Mass. and was married there. After tarring awhile in Boston and nearby Roxbury, Mass. moved to Conn. and founded the colony at Milford.

He was a man of importance in the church and in the colony. Is opn recrods that befroe he had joined the church, he ws sent by the heirds of an estate to defend their interests before the new \Haven court as "A man of nery fit parts for the work".

The Memorial Bridge over the Wapawaug River bears on the coping the names of the first settlers of the town, Roger Tyrrell and his wife Abigail being the number. Names spelled on it Terrill. [Broderbund WFT Vol., 10,Ed. 1, Tree #4088]

Baptism 14 Sep 1632

Sources:

World Family Tree, Vol. 10, #4088