Edward and Nancy had three sons, William, Thomas and Elisha. I suspect the son William may have been William Robert Taylor but his lack of a son or grandson with the given name of Edward makes me think he was not. More dna testing is needed to prove or deny this idea. Edward and Mary reportedly had 10 kids; seven survived him. Although he lived most of his life in Union Twp, Fayette, Ohio he was probably staying with a daughter in Ross Co, OH when he died.
What we know of Edward is from various census and court records as well as a biography written about the time of his death.
Here is the bio from The Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Fayette Co, OH, 1872, page 14:
"Edward Taylor was born in Pennsylvania, February 3d 1772. His father, William Taylor, was a soldier in the Revolution. After the close of the war, he [William] emigrated to Kentucky, and then to the North-west in 1793. During the Indian war he served as a spy. He located in now Ross. Purchased a tract of land of Joseph Carr, of Kentucky. He was the father of ten children. Edward Taylor, the subject of this record, was his sixth son. Edward emigrated from Kentucky to Ross County in 1808, and to Fayette County, in 1815. His first wife was Nancy Roach, by whom he had three children; she died in Kentucky in 1807. He purchased 200 acres of Nathaniel Massie, on Main Paint and Taylor Run in 1815, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, by whom he had ten children: Rachel, Elizabeth, Edward, Nancy, Emily, Maggie and [George] Washington."
(Rachel Sinnet Taylor nee Taylor married Washington Taylor, possibly a cousin; Elizabeth m Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, Sr; Nancy m Adam Mallow; Emily Jane m Benjamin Franklin Jamison; Margaret dnm)
In addition to the seven named above I am aware of him having 2 additional kids with Mary: Andrew Jackson Taylor and Joseph Taylor. I do not know who the 10th child was.
Information on the kids is from his Fayette County will and the 1870s lawsuit over it.
The Pennsylvania birth state is consistent with his census. None say he was born in NJ.
Ray Vick - [email protected]
What we know of Edward is from various census and court records as well as a biography written about the time of his death.
Here is the bio from The Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Fayette Co, OH, 1872, page 14:
"Edward Taylor was born in Pennsylvania, February 3d 1772. His father, William Taylor, was a soldier in the Revolution. After the close of the war, he [William] emigrated to Kentucky, and then to the North-west in 1793. During the Indian war he served as a spy. He located in now Ross. Purchased a tract of land of Joseph Carr, of Kentucky. He was the father of ten children. Edward Taylor, the subject of this record, was his sixth son. Edward emigrated from Kentucky to Ross County in 1808, and to Fayette County, in 1815. His first wife was Nancy Roach, by whom he had three children; she died in Kentucky in 1807. He purchased 200 acres of Nathaniel Massie, on Main Paint and Taylor Run in 1815, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, by whom he had ten children: Rachel, Elizabeth, Edward, Nancy, Emily, Maggie and [George] Washington."
(Rachel Sinnet Taylor nee Taylor married Washington Taylor, possibly a cousin; Elizabeth m Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, Sr; Nancy m Adam Mallow; Emily Jane m Benjamin Franklin Jamison; Margaret dnm)
In addition to the seven named above I am aware of him having 2 additional kids with Mary: Andrew Jackson Taylor and Joseph Taylor. I do not know who the 10th child was.
Information on the kids is from his Fayette County will and the 1870s lawsuit over it.
The Pennsylvania birth state is consistent with his census. None say he was born in NJ.
Ray Vick - [email protected]
Edward and Nancy had three sons, William, Thomas and Elisha. I suspect the son William may have been William Robert Taylor but his lack of a son or grandson with the given name of Edward makes me think he was not. More dna testing is needed to prove or deny this idea. Edward and Mary reportedly had 10 kids; seven survived him. Although he lived most of his life in Union Twp, Fayette, Ohio he was probably staying with a daughter in Ross Co, OH when he died.
What we know of Edward is from various census and court records as well as a biography written about the time of his death.
Here is the bio from The Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Fayette Co, OH, 1872, page 14:
"Edward Taylor was born in Pennsylvania, February 3d 1772. His father, William Taylor, was a soldier in the Revolution. After the close of the war, he [William] emigrated to Kentucky, and then to the North-west in 1793. During the Indian war he served as a spy. He located in now Ross. Purchased a tract of land of Joseph Carr, of Kentucky. He was the father of ten children. Edward Taylor, the subject of this record, was his sixth son. Edward emigrated from Kentucky to Ross County in 1808, and to Fayette County, in 1815. His first wife was Nancy Roach, by whom he had three children; she died in Kentucky in 1807. He purchased 200 acres of Nathaniel Massie, on Main Paint and Taylor Run in 1815, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, by whom he had ten children: Rachel, Elizabeth, Edward, Nancy, Emily, Maggie and [George] Washington."
(Rachel Sinnet Taylor nee Taylor married Washington Taylor, possibly a cousin; Elizabeth m Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, Sr; Nancy m Adam Mallow; Emily Jane m Benjamin Franklin Jamison; Margaret dnm)
In addition to the seven named above I am aware of him having 2 additional kids with Mary: Andrew Jackson Taylor and Joseph Taylor. I do not know who the 10th child was.
Information on the kids is from his Fayette County will and the 1870s lawsuit over it.
The Pennsylvania birth state is consistent with his census. None say he was born in NJ.
Ray Vick - [email protected]
What we know of Edward is from various census and court records as well as a biography written about the time of his death.
Here is the bio from The Pioneer Record and Reminiscences of the Early Settlers and Settlement of Fayette Co, OH, 1872, page 14:
"Edward Taylor was born in Pennsylvania, February 3d 1772. His father, William Taylor, was a soldier in the Revolution. After the close of the war, he [William] emigrated to Kentucky, and then to the North-west in 1793. During the Indian war he served as a spy. He located in now Ross. Purchased a tract of land of Joseph Carr, of Kentucky. He was the father of ten children. Edward Taylor, the subject of this record, was his sixth son. Edward emigrated from Kentucky to Ross County in 1808, and to Fayette County, in 1815. His first wife was Nancy Roach, by whom he had three children; she died in Kentucky in 1807. He purchased 200 acres of Nathaniel Massie, on Main Paint and Taylor Run in 1815, and married Mary Smith, daughter of Edward Smith, by whom he had ten children: Rachel, Elizabeth, Edward, Nancy, Emily, Maggie and [George] Washington."
(Rachel Sinnet Taylor nee Taylor married Washington Taylor, possibly a cousin; Elizabeth m Benjamin Franklin DeWitt, Sr; Nancy m Adam Mallow; Emily Jane m Benjamin Franklin Jamison; Margaret dnm)
In addition to the seven named above I am aware of him having 2 additional kids with Mary: Andrew Jackson Taylor and Joseph Taylor. I do not know who the 10th child was.
Information on the kids is from his Fayette County will and the 1870s lawsuit over it.
The Pennsylvania birth state is consistent with his census. None say he was born in NJ.
Ray Vick - [email protected]
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