March 29th 1790 was the happiest day for John Tyler and Mary Marot Armistead as they welcomed there new child to there family John Tyler jr. They raised him beleving that the constitution of the United States should be stricly constructed. When he was seven his mom died of a stroke and at age twelve he went to the college of william and mary preparotory school,he then graduated from the college in 1807. Then he studied law and was admitted to the bar.Other than that no tmuch is know about his childhood.