Some accounts of
the ancestors, relatives and family of Henry B. Taylor with a
memoir written by himself.
The Taylor Branch
With a supplement written by Rev. B.S. Taylor Brought down
to Oct. 1892 self-published.
By a manifest of the ship "Truelove," which sailed from
London in 1635, it appears that among the passengers were Richard Taylor,
aged 16: James Taylor aged 28, William Taylor, aged 17, Ann Taylor aged
24. All had been certified by their parish clergyman to be of the true faith,
and not serving men. It is not certain that this Richard Taylor
is the one, who afterward settled in Yarmouth, but the fact is given
here to stimulate inquire on that point. It is known by tradition that
there were two men in the ship coming over from England named Richard Taylor,
both of whom settled in Yarmouth one a farmer and the other a tailor by
occupation. The first built his cabin by the side of a large rock, and is
known in history as Richard Rock Taylor; the other was called Richard Taylor
the tailor. The latter had no children, so all the Taylor's who trace their
ancestry to Yarmouth, soon after its settlement, reach......
I. Richard (Rock) Taylor
He married in 1646, Ruth Burgess, and died in 1703. She died June
9, 1963. Their children were:
I. GENERATION.
(1) Richard, Jr. b. June 9, 1652, d. 1732.
(2) Mehitabel, b. July 23, 1654, m. John Smith, Dec. 29, 1681.
(3) Keziah, b, Feb. 18, 1656, m. Samuel Eldridge, Feb. 6, 1680.
(4) Jasher, b. May 9, 1659
(5) Hannah, b. Sept. 17, 1661, m. Job Jenkins ( a Quaker), Aug.
26, 1682.
(6) Elisha, b. Feb. 10, 1664, m. Rebecca ?
(7) Mary, b. June 12, 1667.
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