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Henry Tyson was born 5 October 1742, at Philadelphia, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Tyson married Sarah Walton (1743 – 1821) before 1764. They were the parents of Hannah, Jehu, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Henry, Rachel, Rebecca, and Susanna.
Tyson moved to York County before 1769. He was elected as an assessor for Windsor Township from 1769-1772. Tyson had a long line in public service, having served in the following positions:
• 1769-1772 – Assessor for Windsor Township
• 1772-1773 – Assessor for York County
• 1773-1776 – County Commission for York County (elected 20 October 1773)
• 1779-1780 – Assistant Assessor for Windsor Township
• 1784-1785 – Member of the Ninth General Assembly of Pennsylvania
• 1785-1786 – Member of the Tenth General Assembly of Pennsylvania
• 1786-1787 – Member of the Eleventh General Assembly of Pennsylvania
• 1788-1789 – Member of the Thirteenth General Assembly of Pennsylvania
• 1790-1791 – Member of the First House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
• 1791-1792 – Member of the Second House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
• 1793 – Commissioned Justice of the Peace for the Twelfth District of York County
According to the diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer, a fellow Representative in the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, Tyson had dinner with President George Washington and his wife Martha at Philadelphia, which at that time was in the nation’s Capital. Jacob Hiltzheimer wrote: “This afternoon went to the President’s house on Market Street and there dined with him and his lady, four members of his family, besides the following members of the House ….” Among those members, he listed Tyson as well as several other Representatives from York County.
Tyson served in the Revolutionary War as a private, in the Fifth Company of Captain Andrew Liggett, of the Third Battalion of York County in 1778.
Tyson died 24 March 1817 at Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Freysville Cemetery at Windsor Township, York County. Sarah, his wife, was also buried at Freysville Cemetery.
Service Source: Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. 2, Pg. 492.
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