Enos Taylor1

#5453, (3 February 1751 - 25 March 1831)
Relationship3rd great-granduncle of William David Lewis
Father*Capt. Othniel Taylor2 (1719 - 1788)
Mother*Martha Arms3 (1728/29 - 1802)

Family

Eunice Longley b. 1753, d. 1840
Children 1.Joseph1 Taylor1 (1774 - 1777)
 2.Olive1 Taylor1 (1775 - 1777)
 3.Olive Taylor1 (1778 - )
 4.Joseph Taylor1 (1779 - )
 5.Eunice Taylor1 (1781 - )
 6.Asa Taylor1 (1782 - )
 7.Enos Taylor Jr1 (1784 - )
 8.Edmund1 Taylor1 (1786 - 1787)
 9.Edmund Taylor1 (1787 - )
 10.Consider Taylor1 (1790 - 1794)
 11.Josephus Taylor1 (1792 - 1823)
 12.Calvin Taylor1 (1794 - 1795)
"said to have been the first white child born in Charlemont."1 
Birth*3 February 1751He was born on 3 February 1751 at Charlemont, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG.4,5,6 
Baptism27 October 1751He was baptized on 27 October 1751 at Deerfield, Massachusetts.5 
Marriage*25 February 1774He married Eunice Longley, daughter of Edmund Longley, on 25 February 1774 at Buckland, Massachusetts.7 
Probate1 April 1789He witnessed the probate of the estate of Capt. Othniel Taylor on 1 April 1789.8 
Death*25 March 1831He died on 25 March 1831 at Buckland, Franklin Co., MassachusettsG, at age 80.9 

Citations

  1. [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), p. 644, entry for Enos Taylor.
  2. [S267] Massachusetts Town Birth Records, 1620–1850, online Ancestry.com, Charlemont Births, pp 75- 76.
  3. [S596] e-mail address, compiler, "Descendants of Othniel Taylor"; Othniel TAYLOR and Martha ARMS had the following children:

    +2 i. Samuel TAYLOR (born on September 22, 1744).
    3 ii. Mary Jane TAYLOR was born on June 23, 1746 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.12,13 She died on December 21, 1824. The History of Buckland 1779 - 1935 by Fannie Shaw Kendrick & Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Published by The Town of Buckland, Buckland, Mass. 1937. p. 642. Her intended husband was drowned and she died unmarried.
    +4 iii. Lemuel TAYLOR (born on February 11, 1748).
    +5 iv. Enos TAYLOR (born on February 3, 1751).
    6 v. Othniel TAYLOR was born on January 10, 1753 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts.14 The History of Buckland 1779 - 1935 by Fannie Shaw Kendrick & Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Published by The Town of Buckland, Buckland, Mass. 1937. p. 642. Removed to Canandaigua, N.Y.
    +7 vi. Lt. Tertius TAYLOR (born on July 25, 1754).
    +8 vii. Martha TAYLOR (born on December 21, 1756).
    +9 viii. William TAYLOR (born on January 27, 1758).
    +10 ix. Lydia TAYLOR (born on March 16, 1760).
    +11 x. Rufus TAYLOR (born on April 3, 1763).
    +12 xi. Lucinda TAYLOR (born on November 26, 1765).
    +13 xii. Tirzah TAYLOR (born on January 2, 1769).
    +14 xiii. Dorothy (Dolly) TAYLOR (born on December 7, 1772)., online Ancestry.com (27 Jul 2001).
  4. [S1027] The Essex Institute, compiler, Vital Records of Buckland Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1934), online AmericanAncestors.org, Buckland births, p. 46. Enos, son of Othniel, at Charlemont, 6 Feb 1820. Citing P.R. 39.
  5. [S762] Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Deerfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1920), 127, Enos, s. of Othniel and Martha, bp. Oct. 27, 1751. C.R.I.
  6. [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.
  7. [S1027] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Buckland, Buckland marriages, p. 112. Enos, of Buckland, son of Othniel, and Eunice Longley, of Hawley, dau. of Edmund [from P.R. 30], marr. 25 Feb 1774. Citing P.R. 39.
  8. [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.
  9. [S1027] The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Buckland, p. 151.