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Jacob Tayler

b. 27 Nov 1703 · Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts  |  d. 27 Dec 1776 · Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
27 Nov 1703 · Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
Death
27 Dec 1776 · Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts
Burial
· Hyannis, Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Mary Atwood (1711–1792) · m. 14 Jul 1729 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Jacob Taylor (18 Jan 1730–2 May 1788)
    m. Jemima Samson (2 Jun 1731–14 Mar 1783) · 5 Apr 1755 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Jemimah Taylor (1757–1823); Mary Taylor (1759–); Joanna Taylor (1761–1844); Jacob Taylor (1763–1783); Edward Taylor (1765–1798); Sarah Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Lucy Taylor (1772–1842)
  2. Sarah Tayler (10 Sep 1733–)
  3. Rebecca Tayler (6 Oct 1735–)
  4. Leavitt Tayler (14 Jul 1738–6 May 1776)
  5. Mary Taylor (17 Feb 1741–)
  6. Edward Taylor (20 Jun 1743–4 Jul 1749)
  7. Hannah Taylor (31 Jan 1745–11 Jun 1745)
  8. Hannah Taylor (18 Dec 1746–14 Jul 1747)
  9. Hannah Taylor (15 Jun 1748–22 Jun 1748)
  10. Lydia Taylor (15 Jul 1749–)
  11. Hannah Taylor (12 Feb 1753–)
    m. Edmund Sears (3 Jan 1744–16 Mar 1832) · 24 Jan 1771
    Children: Judah Sears (1773–1850)
  12. Priscilla Tayler (25 Jul 1754–)

Notes

!Marriage: Plymouth Vital Records, p.143. Repr.in Mayf.Des.14:73. (also cited in NGSQ 61:113 in MD 14:240, and 25:52). !Intention: Plymouth Vital Records, p.255. Repr.in Mayf.Des.18:120, between Jacob Tayler of Barnstable and mrs Mary Atwood of Plymouth June 30 1729. !Birth: Yarmouth Vital Records 1:28, reprinted in Mayf. Des. 11:111 (1909) Births of his children are all listed in the Plymouth Vital Records p.155, which is reprinted in the Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 14, p.240 (1912). A deed involving Jacob Taylor of Barnstable, mariner, Rouland (Roland) Taylor of Yarmouth, Husbandman, and Benjamin Taylor of Yarmouth, Husbandman. It was signed in Barnstable on 22 March 1750. The town record was lost after the fire at Barnstable in 1827. This deed was not re-recorded, but it was reprinted in the Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 18, page 23-28 (1916). The deed refers three times to "our farther Mr. Jacob Taylor Late of Yarmouth Deceased", giving us the identity of their father. There was an earlier deed dated 26 Jul 1743, also filed originally in Barnstable County Deeds, lost in fire, and reprinted in Mayf.Des.18:23. !Birth-Marriage-Death-Burial-Children: In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 74, pg. 178 (1986). He is buried in the Old Cemetery at South and Newton Streets in Hyannis. [Gravestone] Jacob and Mary (Atwood) Taylor lived in Plymouth mose of their lives, and the births of their children were recorded there. He was mentioned in his father's will, dated 28 July 1750 (Barnstable Probate 8:430). He was also mentioned in his brother Benjamin's will: "[a bequest] to my brother Jacob Taylor's heirs" (Barnstable Probate 17:241-3).