Samuel Taylor1

#2081, (22 September 1744 - 5 September 1837)
Relationship3rd great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Capt. Othniel Taylor1 (1719 - 1788)
Mother*Martha Arms1 (1728/29 - 1802)

Family

Esther White b. 1750
Children 1.Polly Taylor4 (1770 - )
 2.David White Taylor4 (1771 - 1795)
 3.Nancy Taylor4 (1773 - )
 4.Samuel Taylor Jr.4 (1774 - )
 5.Esther Taylor4 (1776 - 1854)
 6.Gratia1 Taylor4 (1777 - 1777)
 7.Gratia Taylor4 (1778 - )
 8.Henry Taylor4 (1780 - )
 9.Consider1 Arms Taylor4 (1782 - 1786)
 10.Martha Arms Taylor4 (1784 - )
 11.Consider Arms Taylor4 (1786 - 1786)
 12.Harriet Taylor4 (1788 - )
He was first Town Clerk of Buckland and held the office for forty yeara.2 
Birth*22 September 1744He was born on 22 September 1744 at Charlemont, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG; 21 Sep in HoD v2.1,3 
Marriage*2 December 1769He married Esther White, daughter of Col. Jonathan White and Esther Wilder, on 2 December 1769 at Leominster, Worcester Co., MassachusettsG.4 
Probate1 April 1789He witnessed the probate of the estate of Capt. Othniel Taylor on 1 April 1789.5 
Death*5 September 1837He died on 5 September 1837 at Buckland, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, at age 92.2 

Citations

  1. [S267] Massachusetts Town Birth Records, 1620–1850, online Ancestry.com, Charlemont Births, pp 75- 76.
  2. [S1027] The Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Buckland Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1934), online AmericanAncestors.org, p. 152. "Revolutionary soldier" and "1st T[own] Clerl of Buckland and held the office for 40 yrs."
  3. [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.
  4. [S595] Fannie Smith Shaw Kendrick, Mary Lyon and Lucy Jane Cutler Kellogg, compilers, The History of Buckland 1779–1935 (Buckland, Mass.: The Tuttle Publishing Co., printer, 1937), pp. 642-643, entry for Samuel Taylor.
  5. [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.