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Jacob Taylor , Capt.

b. 18 Jan 1730 · Plymouth, Massachusetts  |  d. 2 May 1788 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Parents

Events

Birth
18 Jan 1730 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death
2 May 1788 · Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial
· Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Family

Spouse: Jemima Samson (1731–1783) · m. 5 Apr 1755 · Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children:

  1. Jemimah Taylor (11 Apr 1757–18 Feb 1823)
    m. Eleazer Morton (ABOUT 1752–3 Jun 1823) · 11 Mar 1776 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Morton (1793–1806)
  2. Mary Taylor (19 May 1759–)
    m. James C. Bartlett (7 Aug 1760–) · 8 Apr 1783 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Mary Taylor Bartlett (1784–); James Bartlett; Sylvanus Bartlett; Mercy B. Bartlett; Rebecca A. Bartlett (1798–); Jane Bartlett (1800–); Susan Bartlett
  3. Joanna Taylor (11 Aug 1761–4 Oct 1844)
    m. Samuel Bartlett (24 Jul 1757–24 Mar 1836) · 10 Nov 1783 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Joanna Bartlett (1786–1812); Samuel Bartlett (1788–1870); Amasa Bartlett (1790–1874); Judah Bartlett (1792–1838); Elizabeth Taylor "Betsy" Bartlett (1794–1874); Nathaniel Bartlett (1797–1830)
  4. Jacob Taylor (15 May 1763–26 Nov 1783)
  5. Edward Taylor (5 Sep 1765–24 Nov 1798)
    m. Mary Sylvester · 8 Nov 1789 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Children: Jane Sampson Taylor (1790–); Jacob Taylor (1792–); Taylor (–1798); Abner Sylvester Taylor (1795–); Edward Taylor (1797–); Mary Edward Taylor (1798–)
  6. Sarah Taylor
    m. Amasa Bartlett (23 Jun 1763–3 Mar 1835) · 3 Apr 1788 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  7. Elizabeth Taylor
  8. Lucy Taylor (ABOUT 1772–Oct 1842)
    m. Joseph Cooper (ABOUT 1768–26 Nov 1851) · 29 Jul 1791 · First Church, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Notes

The names and birth records for his children, and the first name of his wife, is given in the Plymouth Vital Records on Pg. 6, reprinted in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 18, Pg. 213. !Birth: Plymouth Vital Records p.155, or Mayf.Des.14:240 (1912). !Death: Plymouth Church Records, Vol. 1, pg.416. (Says "Capt. Jacob Taylor") !Death-Burial: Tombstone reads: "To the Memory of Capt Jacob Taylor who died May 2, 1788, age 59 years. Through life he braved her foe if great or small and marched out formuft at his Country's call." Viewed by Lonnie Chrisman on Aug 8, 1993. There was a S.A.R. star on the grave indicating that he was a revolutionary war veteran. I am not sure which Revolutionary War service records refer to him. I suspect he may have been the one on the Brig Washington, who was captured. Records include: 16 Nov 1775: "paid Jacob Taylor his bill... 2.10." "Payroll for Briggna Washington, certified & supplied by William Watson & Ephraim Spooner". [Maritime Documents of the Revolutionary War, Vol. 2, pg. 1370] 16 Sept 1776: In the Connecticut Courant, Monday, Sept. 16, 1776: "Hartford, September 16. The following persons are still confined in one room at Halifax, among felons, thieves, robbers, negroes, soldiers, & co., which we here publish for the satisfaction of their anxious friends." ... "Consider Howland, master, and Jacob Taylor, mate of the Privateer Brig Washington". [ibid, Vol. 6, pg. 857].