Thomas Taylor Jr1
#2636, (26 November 1717 - )
| Relationship | 1st cousin 6 times removed of William David Lewis |
| Father* | Thomas Taylor2 (1680 - c 1717) | |
| Mother* | Thankful Hawks2 (1689/90 - ) |
Family 1 | Sarah Merriman | |
| Children | 1. | Thomas1 Taylor5 (1740 - ) |
| 2. | Thankful Taylor5 (1741 - ) |
Family 2 | Sarah Stebbins b. c 1727, d. 1809 | |
| Children | 1. | Elijah Taylor5 (1756 - ) |
| 2. | Hollis Taylor5 (1758 - ) | |
| 3. | Mindwell Taylor5 (1759 - ) | |
| 4. | Sarah Taylor5 (1761 - ) | |
| 5. | Thomas Taylor III5 (1764 - ) | |
| 6. | Calvin Taylor5 (1766 - ) | |
| 7. | Thankful Taylor5 (1768 - ) | |
| 8. | Eleazer Taylor5 (1772 - ) |
| Thomas, s. of Thomas (5), b. 1717; capt; kept tavern and made shoes in Nfd; sergt. in French war; while leading seventeen men fr. Nfd. to Fort Dummer, July 14, i748, was attacked by a large party of French and Indians; Sergt. Taylor and 10 men were taken captive, 2 were k. and 4 escaped; Taylor was redeemed and arrived home Sept. 27; in Nov., 1748, the Gen. Court voted him £50 "in consideration of his bravery" in that action; to commemorate this event his grandson, Lewis Taylor of Hinsdale, erected a marble monument near the place in 1874; he d. Mar. 25, 1778. The following is the epitaph on his gravestone in the Hooker burying yard at Hinsdale: what Christ and conscience taught as good with strictest caution he pursued: yet not on works, but Grace relied and with triumphant courage died.3 | ||
| Birth* | 26 November 1717 | He was born on 26 November 1717.1 |
| Marriage* | circa 1739 | He married Sarah Merriman, daughter of Theopolis Merriman, circa 1739 at MassachusettsG.4,5 |
| Marriage* | circa 1755 | He married Sarah Stebbins circa 1755.5 |
Citations
- [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Volume 2 (Deerfield: E.A. Hall and Co., 1896), p. 336.
- [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, Genealogies:336.
- [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 337.
- [S289] George Sheldon, History of Deerfield II, p. 337 "dau Theophilus Merriman."
- [S924] J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, For 150 Years (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1875), p. 555.