Rufus Taylor1

#2082, (3 April 1763 - 2 April 1834)
Relationship3rd great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Capt. Othniel Taylor1 (1719 - 1788)
Mother*Martha Arms1 (1728/29 - 1802)

Family 1

Abigail Colburn b. 1769, d. 1805
Children 1.Lydia Taylor8 (1789 - )
 2.Othniel Taylor8 (1790 - 1791)
 3.Rufus Taylor Jr.8 (1792 - )
 4.Abigail Taylor8 (1794 - )
 5.Charles Taylor8 (1797 - )
 6.Susanna Taylor8 (1799 - )
 7.Thomas Taylor8 (1801 - )
 8.Smith Coburn Taylor8 (1803 - 1804)

Family 2

Thankful Taylor b. 1763, d. 1834
Birth*3 April 1763He was born on 3 April 1763 at Charlemont, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.1,2 
Marriage*circa 1789He married Abigail Colburn, daughter of Ebenezer Colburn and Prudence Carter, circa 1789.3 
Probate1 April 1789He witnessed the probate of the estate of Capt. Othniel Taylor on 1 April 1789.4 
Marriage*11 February 1806He married Thankful Taylor on 11 February 1806 at Buckland, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MassachusettsG.5,6 
Death*2 April 1834He died on 2 April 1834 at Worthington, Hampshire Co., MassachusettsG, at age 70.7 

Citations

  1. [S267] Massachusetts Town Birth Records, 1620–1850, online Ancestry.com, Charlemont Births, pp 75- 76.
  2. [S1026] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records: Charlemont 1765–1899, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), compiler, Provo, UT and Oxford, MA, Town Records (script), p. 9, img. 8/285. Capt. Oth. Taylor was born April 27th 1717; Martha wife to Capt. Oth. Taylor was born Feb. 3 172_.
    Samuel, b. 22 Sep 1744; Mary, b. 23 Jun ____.
    Lem., b. 11 Feb 1749.
    Enos, b. 3 Feb 1751.
    Othniel, b. 10 Jan 1753.
    Tertius, b. 25 Jul 1754.
    Martha, b. 21 dec 1756.
    William, b. 27 Jan 1758.
    Lydia, b. 16 Mar 1760.
    Rufus, b. 3 Apr 1763.
    Lucinda, b. 26 Nov 176_.
    Tirzah, b. 2 jann 1769.
    Dolly, b. 7 dec 1779.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S1710] Othniel Taylor probate record, Box 77470, Probate Court (District of Bennington), State Archives, Montpelier, Vermont, Hampshire Co., 22 Apr 1789. Personally appeared Martha Taylor, Samuel Taylor, Mary Taylor, Lemuel Taylor, Othniel Taylor, Tertius Taylor, William Taylor, Rufus Taylor, Martha Johnson, Josiah Johnson, Lydia Taylor, Zeeb Taylor, Tirzah Holbrook, Dolly Hastings, Jonathan Hastings, and on the 23 Apr 1789, appeared Enos Taylor and Silas Holbrook, all subscribers to the foregoing covenant and agreement. Before me Eleazar Porter, Judge of Probate.
    Bennington Co., 24 May 1789. Personally appeared Lucinda Hawley and Joseph Holley and each of them acknowledged the foregoing covenant and agreement.
  5. [S1027] The Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Buckland Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1934), online AmericanAncestors.org, p. 115. Rufus Taylor of Charlemont and Rachel Fuller of Buckland, marr. 11 Feb 1806, citing First Congregational Church record. NEHGR has Mrs. Thankful Fuller rather than Rachel in marriage intentions, see citation.
  6. [S2516] Town Clerk of Buckland, "Marriage Intentions at Buckland, Mass., 1793-1820", New England Historical and Genealogical Register LXXV (1921): LXXV:305. Mr. Rufus Taylor of Charlemont and Mrs. Thankful Fuller of Buckland, intentions recorded 17 Jan 1806.
  7. [S2517] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Worthington Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 155. Rufus Taylor, d. 2 Apr 1834, age 31, ciitng Church of Christ record; husb. of Thankful, citing gravestone record, cemetery near Johnson place.
  8. [S1112] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, Vital Records of Charlemont Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).