tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post6498487629166026275..comments2023-12-17T22:24:54.778-05:00Comments on taylorbakercousins: Three Generations of Taylors in the Revolutionary War: By Pat Kinsella HerdegPat Herdeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-54520062951815291112020-09-05T10:17:40.383-04:002020-09-05T10:17:40.383-04:00Russel,
Thank you for reaching out! Great to '...Russel,<br /><br />Thank you for reaching out! Great to 'meet' you.<br /><br />If you go to this blog story:<br /><br />http://taylorbakercousins.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-ghost-storythe-phantom-ship.html<br /><br />You will read about John on the Phantom Ship of New Haven, and also, at least one of the comments at the end is written by a Thomas descendant like you.Pat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-50352049006680776392020-09-04T23:07:42.418-04:002020-09-04T23:07:42.418-04:00Pat, Russ Taylor here, just stumbled on your blog....Pat, Russ Taylor here, just stumbled on your blog. <br />Long story short.<br /><br />The original John Taylor/puritan who came with the John Winthrop fleet to <br />Massachusetts bay colony had two sons before he was lost at sea on the phantom ship (fellowship) of new haven (longfellow)circa 1646/7. <br /><br />One was your John jr. and the other was Thomas who was an early settler of Danbury, Conn. <br />I'm descended from Thomas but, I have a copy of an early published genealogy of some of John Jr descendants who migrated to Ohio. <br /><br />Anyway, a lot of Thomas Taylors descendents migrated to New Milford, Litchfield County Conn. and were very much involved during the war of independence. <br /><br />My g--g? grandfather Abraham Taylor Married Mary Stone (Ithiel Stones daughter) and was a teamster with the New Milford Militia and he is buried in the old Stevensville Cemetery in Bradford County, Pa. (they migrated to Pa. after the war). <br />I have a copy of his pension application. <br /><br />Ok, so there is really no short story here. Later Abe's son Nathan rode his horse to illinois in 1838 and later some of his sons went to Calif (one was my ggrandfather)1847 & 1853 and two generations later I was born in Calif. 1942 and have a Ydna match to this clan and other developed records.<br /><br />I had a brick wall come down when one of us join researchers found an 1853 probate in Butte County, Calif. <br /><br />Sorry 4 the long comment but, it is what it is. <br />I hope I didn't mess something up. <br /><br />Russ Taylor <br /><br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345698327255067838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-13491551832863641902020-06-09T14:28:13.825-04:002020-06-09T14:28:13.825-04:00Margaret, so glad to hear from you!!
As you can t...Margaret, so glad to hear from you!!<br /><br />As you can tell from the comments, this has been a long story. When we first began with this story 11 years ago, we did not know about Paul and Eleazer. Now we do.<br /><br />In fact, my husband and I were plotting out our Nova Scotia trip for this summer, with Parrsboro to be a notable portion of it, when the Covid virus hit and thus, our trip is off until at least next year. We are excited to see Parrsboro and research that portion of our family.<br /><br />See the comment above yours and send to me at that email address. We can go back and forth with our genealogy information!<br /><br />Thank you, stay safe, and stay healthy.<br /><br />Pat Kinsella HerdegPat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-86663589598556605792020-06-09T14:12:25.659-04:002020-06-09T14:12:25.659-04:00This strand is extremely helpful!
Yet another Tay...This strand is extremely helpful! <br />Yet another Taylor descendant here, late to this conversation. I'm a descendant of Eleazar Taylor's (Nova Scotia) daughter, Esther, who married (2nd time after Bartlett Martin's death) George Lockhart. My ancestor is their child, Margery Lockhart, who was born in Parrsboro and came to New Brunswick as a girl with her widowed father and siblings. So Eleazar is my 5th great grandfather on my mother's mother's side. I would love to see your tree s since the many Eleazar Taylors are confusing!<br /><br />Margaret ThornhillLa Donna Mobilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00356603251502734761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-65230850151067793672020-01-26T10:13:54.457-05:002020-01-26T10:13:54.457-05:00Richard,
Email me at gpherdeg@gmail.com.
We would...Richard,<br /><br />Email me at gpherdeg@gmail.com.<br />We would love to see your family tree and see how much of the Taylor line we have in common!<br /><br />PatPat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-26440459501051082032020-01-25T16:54:30.065-05:002020-01-25T16:54:30.065-05:00Do any relatives have Facebook or emails I could g...Do any relatives have Facebook or emails I could get to send a family tree put together by my father, John TaylorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147202371241025359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-12351192977228037362020-01-25T16:34:44.830-05:002020-01-25T16:34:44.830-05:00Richard,
Always great to find another Taylor cous...Richard,<br /><br />Always great to find another Taylor cousin! Thanks for finding us.<br /><br />Pat Kinsella HerdegPat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-64827576037222330312020-01-25T15:27:15.861-05:002020-01-25T15:27:15.861-05:00Hi, I my name is Richard Taylor. I live just north...Hi, I my name is Richard Taylor. I live just north of Boston. I am a direct descendant of John Taylor who came from England and also his son who died in 1704 while chasing Indians at Easthampton, ma. :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12147202371241025359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-67132278719010091482018-02-14T15:41:47.719-05:002018-02-14T15:41:47.719-05:00Taylor,
We must be talking about two different El...Taylor,<br /><br />We must be talking about two different Eleazer's who lived in the same area at the same time. Perhaps they are cousins.<br /><br />Your, son of Matthew Taylor and Esther Waller, was born in 1755 and died in CT in 1836, right? I can find him on ancestry.com, and he WAS a Rev War American soldier, as you say.<br /><br />Our Eleazer is definitely the one we mention above who ended up in Nova Scotia after fighting for the British, as I could find court documents that named a nephew and sister of our family. So definitely our Eleazer.<br /><br />Good luck with your genealogical hunting. Always good to find a 'farflung' cousin, as I have no doubt you are!Pat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-23575464446558693172018-02-13T22:53:57.485-05:002018-02-13T22:53:57.485-05:00Are you speaking of Eleazer Cornish ( potentially ...Are you speaking of Eleazer Cornish ( potentially Carnish) Taylor? I am tracking my DAR lineage and am eligible due to the above. He served in the fifth regiment seventh company under col. Waterbury. Born roughly 1755 deceased March 1847 roughly. Married to Hannah Starr. Both in Fairfield County, Connecticut Taylor Ripplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-33575614906202813402018-01-01T12:51:49.393-05:002018-01-01T12:51:49.393-05:00Thanks, it only took a year and hundreds of hours ...Thanks, it only took a year and hundreds of hours of research. It is the most enjoyable hobby. Haha. Also I found this document from the American side.<br /><br />Connecticut archives 11232.pdf states:<br /><br />Confiscated estates. Nash, Zophar, Norwalk.<br />Selectmen’s certificate of persons whose estates have been confiscated Apr.1778-XXIX:244<br />Commissioner’s certificate of sale & receipt for deed to Jerusha Nash & Lemuel Brooks, 178 XXXIV: 278,282<br />County court return of estates leased & of personal & real estates confiscated XMXIV: 459bd,460a, 461a<br />Petition of son,Israel, by his guardian,with indorsement of friends & inventory, showing his father joined the enemy in 1776 when Israel was an infant. There yet remains a small part unsold,the dower right of his grandmother. He asks the right to that land. Gr. May 1788 XXXVI 324-326Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-35826993217559921422018-01-01T12:41:36.587-05:002018-01-01T12:41:36.587-05:00Thank you! I believe this does prove that Eleazer ...Thank you! I believe this does prove that Eleazer Taylor of NS IS brother to our Taylors. Great detective work! And, Happy New Year!Pat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-42775789068510499972018-01-01T11:37:10.524-05:002018-01-01T11:37:10.524-05:00Hi I found this entry in the book, American Migra...Hi I found this entry in the book, American Migrations, 1765-1799: The Lives, Times, and Families of Colonial Americans who Remained Loyal to the British Crown Before, During, and After the Revolutionary War, as Related in Their Own Words and Through Their Correspondence<br />Page 23<br />Nash, Zophor of Norwalk. Petition dated Cornwallis, NS. 1786, by Eleazar Taylor. bother-in- law and administrator to the claimant who died in debt to [his brother] Johnson Nash. The deceased joined the Army in October 1776 and was killed in battle leaving a son Israel Nash aged 11. Details of the circumstances can be provided by the petitioner's sister Susannah Taylor living at Parr's Town. NS. Claim for house built by the deceased‘s father Nathan Nash in 1763; 50 acres of land. (13/80/348-349).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-54736569993474862662017-03-25T10:18:48.628-04:002017-03-25T10:18:48.628-04:00No problem. I have quite a bit of my family tree s...No problem. I have quite a bit of my family tree started at https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php?fid=427445 if you are interested. It is a work in progress. It's interesting that Eleazers son William named 2 of his children Israel (the first died young) and another son Gaius named his son Gaius Nash Taylor. There is a lot of circumstantial evidence to tie him to this family. I am interested in the trip your Deborahs son took to Nova Scotia. I wish as you do that I had something definitive. Still researching though. Something may come up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-66029089752754018642017-03-20T19:48:54.482-04:002017-03-20T19:48:54.482-04:00Thank you so much for this!! Very interesting, as ...Thank you so much for this!! Very interesting, as Paul's sister, Deborah, also married into the Nash family, and at one point, her son Israel is in Nova Scotia with Eleazer Taylor, who as a Tory fought for British and moved and stayed in Nova Scotia. Will have to do more work on the Nash family in Norwalk!<br /><br />So, brother against brother in this Taylor family.Pat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-61457611531446692412017-03-17T17:00:06.438-04:002017-03-17T17:00:06.438-04:00American Ancestry: Volume 11
January 1, 1898
P...American Ancestry: Volume 11<br /> <br />January 1, 1898 <br /><br />Paul Taylor of Norwalk CT M. to Sarah Nash at the outset of the rev. war was a determined tory, but later took up arms in behalf of the colony.<br /><br />https://books.google.com/books?id=Mik9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=tory+paul+taylor+of+connecticut&source=bl&ots=i0wVv1QCDL&sig=GS5RIVF551KhbgUzRV3us6Gmvhc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF4dmNrt7SAhVorVQKHZiCDTsQ6AEIQjAH#v=onepage&q=tory%20paul%20taylor%20of%20connecticut&f=false<br /><br />The Colonial and Revolutionary Homes of Wilton, Norwalk, Westport, Darien page 56 & 57 lists him as well.<br />https://books.google.com/books?id=pnBIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=tory+paul+taylor+of+connecticut&source=bl&ots=iVAfcPGVhU&sig=Njky8geh6ADoVLZtU7-A2l8fReI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF4dmNrt7SAhVorVQKHZiCDTsQ6AEIPzAG#v=onepage&q=tory%20paul%20taylor%20of%20connecticut&f=false<br /><br />This is the only info I have seen about him so far.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-43106735079729298102017-02-17T23:11:31.686-05:002017-02-17T23:11:31.686-05:00Susan,
I have emailed you at a two year old email...Susan,<br /><br />I have emailed you at a two year old email address. If you did not get it,please email me at Herdeg5@comcast.net.<br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br />Cousin PatPat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-9952320422749246022017-02-17T07:48:02.212-05:002017-02-17T07:48:02.212-05:00hi Pat - just discovered this most impressive blog...hi Pat - just discovered this most impressive blog! You and I are 2nd cousins, or perhaps first cousins once removed? CB and my father (Thomas Taylor Doran - son of Florence Cordelia Taylor Doran) are first cousins. I've just started pawing away at the treasure trove, so yet to discover all that's here (looks marvelous so far), but fwiw I found these tonight:<br />https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=162557021<br />https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55568335<br />https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55336310<br /><br />Apologies if this is old hat. I've done a bunch of genealogical research myself, tho' very little on the Taylors (more my mother's side--Tiffany, Carter, Shepard, Brewster), so thank you for this! It really is fine work. <br /><br />We clearly have tons of Colonial roots, and I'm wondering whether one or more of these Taylor forebears eventually wend their way to the Mayflower. Wouldn't be surprised, since so relatively few people were around in those days. My mother's side has a bunch of Mayflower "lines." One of the cool things about establishing Mayflower lines is the Mayflower Society has such a richness of well-documented histories, and makes sure that gets added to and preserved in perpetuity. Anyway, I was thinking tonight seeing some of the names that it also wouldn't be surprising if my parents ended up with a shared ancestor 300+ years ago, in the 17th C :)<br /><br />So funny to think we've been kicking around this place for close to 400 years, isn't it! Especially when we have their stories and learn little things about them, and can piece them together with other known history.<br /><br />best wishes form your geeky librarian cousin,<br />SusanSusan Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16225095877994456621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-17403183357863787722017-02-03T13:02:51.152-05:002017-02-03T13:02:51.152-05:00Thank you for this information on Eleazer. I just ...Thank you for this information on Eleazer. I just wish we had a death certificate which listed his parents, so then we could be sure. With a last name like 'Taylor', it is difficult to be certain. Why wouldn't his brother Paul--who also supposedly turned 'traitor' fight also the Roger's Rangers along side his brother?Pat Herdeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17049766276043715800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-47608959446978641422017-02-02T13:53:24.174-05:002017-02-02T13:53:24.174-05:00Eleazer fought for the King's American Rangers... Eleazer fought for the King's American Rangers under Roger's Rangers. He went from ensign of the New Hampshire Volunteers and ended up Lieutenant in Roger's Rangers. Eleazer settled in Parrsboro Nova Scotia at the end of the war in 1783. There is a record of him staying in a derelict property in New York before returning home. It lists him with,under women and children -3, and states that he is from Connecticut.He ended up having 9 children in total. There is a monument dedicated to him at Diligent River in Nova Scotia. http://ns1763.ca/cumberco/diligentriv.html<br />This is his family http://www.hayward-logan.com/Robinson/taylor.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-49185480735035646682009-10-12T10:41:16.891-04:002009-10-12T10:41:16.891-04:00I too am boggled by son, father, and grandfather f...I too am boggled by son, father, and grandfather fighting. We think we live in scarey times now!Tom K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-24537710885980777442009-10-10T15:15:40.093-04:002009-10-10T15:15:40.093-04:00Thanks, everyone!
I really enjoyed researching th...Thanks, everyone!<br /><br />I really enjoyed researching this story, and yes, MANY thanks go to Evelyn Taylor for her DAR records on our three Taylor soldiers--thoroughly documented--great work on her part!!<br /><br />I have been searching for Paul and Eleazer to see if they did 'turn traitor' and can't easily discover that--some people feel that these two may have ended up in Nova Scotia, which would fit if they stayed on the British side.<br /><br />But, we do have to keep in mind that it must have been difficult to choose back then from the individual's point of view--you wanted to be on the winning side and for so long, the British looked to be it!<br /><br />Even on the Baker side, we hear that the land of Vermont was desired by Massachusetts, New York and New Hampshire, and our New York friends were so unscrupulous in their legal attacks that the British approached Ethan Allen and Remember Baker and told them that if Vermont would stay true to the British, THEY would take better care of them. Canada's map could look quite different today if our Vermonters had taken up the British on that offer!Patnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-34897216996733475342009-10-10T12:50:48.109-04:002009-10-10T12:50:48.109-04:00Wonderful - thanks for taking the time to post thi...Wonderful - thanks for taking the time to post this. I am always facinated by learning of times when clearly easier decisions could have been made that would not put one in harms way. Clearly there were more self-serving options in the Revolutionary War - and yet they took the 'right' path.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044743598134994700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-32967283377846446442009-10-09T22:05:33.974-04:002009-10-09T22:05:33.974-04:00It must be remembered that past coastal New Englan...It must be remembered that past coastal New England was New York state that was not yet very "statish!" The area where young Tom was was still considered the frontier! Even when Gideon came to Oakfield in 1820 or thereabouts it was the end of known territory for many. Hard to consider! Thanks to Bryant Taylor's wife, Evie, she convinced him to apply for Sons of Revolutionary war, SAR instead of DAR and thus we know of this!!!CB [Mom]noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2412556112231214747.post-3779445450209062912009-10-08T18:02:41.055-04:002009-10-08T18:02:41.055-04:00Pat, great historical account!! Who can deny that ...Pat, great historical account!! Who can deny that history is interesting.<br />Dad (Jack Kinsella)Jack Kinsellanoreply@blogger.com