Edward Tyng

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Edward Tyng was a colonial-era figure in Massachusetts, likely a prominent landowner or local leader, for whom the town of Tyngsborough was named.

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Edward Tyng canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
town ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
ethnicGroup English colonists in New England ⓘ
familyName Tyng ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasRelative Anna Tyng ⓘ
Edward Tyng (son), colonial naval commander ⓘ
William Tyng ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
militaryBranch Massachusetts colonial militia ⓘ
namedAfter Tyng family of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Tyng family
notableEvent associated with early English settlement in what is now Maine ⓘ
captured by French forces during King William's War ⓘ
defense of Fort Loyal at Falmouth ⓘ
died in captivity in France ⓘ
his family name later used for the naming of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts ⓘ
interactions with French and Wabanaki forces on the New England frontier ⓘ
involved in defense of northern frontier settlements of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
served under the government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
taken prisoner to France ⓘ
notableFamily Tyng family of colonial Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Tyng family
notableWork defense of Falmouth (Casco Bay) during King Philip's War ⓘ
service in King Philip's War ⓘ
service in King William's War ⓘ
occupation colonial official ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
participantIn King Philip's War ⓘ
King William's War ⓘ
positionHeld commander of Fort Loyal ⓘ
commander of the fort at Falmouth in Casco Bay ⓘ
member of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Casco Bay region ⓘ
Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) ⓘ
linked to: Falmouth, Maine

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