JOSIAH4 TAYLOR (JOHN3, JOHN2, JOHN1)1,2 was born October 17, 1701 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut3,4, and died February 11, 1781 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut4. He married THANKFUL FRENCH4 August 2, 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut5,6, daughter of SAMUEL FRENCH and ABIGAIL HUBBELL. She was baptized on January 23, 1707/08 in Stratford, Fairfiel County, Connecticut6, and died October 11, 1783 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Children of JOSIAH TAYLOR and THANKFUL FRENCH are:

i. JOSIAH5 TAYLOR, b. July 4, 1730, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut7; m. ABIGAIL RAYMOND.

ii. JONATHAN TAYLOR, b. December 7, 1731, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut7; m. LOIS COLEY, January 14, 1756, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; b. June 17, 1736.

iii. LEVI TAYLOR, b. December 17, 1733, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut8; d. 1799; m. MARTHA SEYMOUR, February 12, 1761, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

iv. GAMALIEL TAYLOR9,10,11, b. January 9, 1734/35, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut12,13; d. October 16, 1815, Fairfield (later part of Westport), Fairfield County, Connecticut13; m. ABIGAIL CABLE14,15,16, November 27, 1757, Fairfield (later part of Westport), Fairfield County, Connecticut17,18; b. May 19, 1737, Fairfield (later part of Westport), Fairfield County, Connecticut19,20,21; d. February 11, 1803, Fairfield (later part of Westport), Fairfield County, Connecticut22,23.

v. BARAK TAYLOR, b. November 26, 1737, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut24; d. Bef. February 17, 177725.

vi. ABIJAH TAYLOR, b. September 22, 1740, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut26; d. June 13, 1814; m. ISABELLA WILEY, December 17, 1768, New York; d. January 25, 1824, Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

vii. PAUL TAYLOR, b. March 12, 1741/42, Fairfield (later part of Westport), Fairfield County, Connecticut26.

viii. SARAH TAYLOR, b. July 16, 1744, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut27; m. HEZEKIAH WHITNEY; b. Abt. 1740, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; d. Aft. March 1792, Wolcott, Lamoille County, Vermont.

ix. THANKFUL TAYLOR, b. October 5, 1746, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut28.

x. ELEAZAR TAYLOR, b. March 2, 1748/49, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut28.

xi. DEBORAH TAYLOR, b. May 18, 1756, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut28; d. Bef. February 17, 177729; m. ZOPHER NASH.
　
　
Endnotes
1. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 210.
2. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
3. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 210.
4. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
5. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 210.
6. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
7. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 217.
8. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218.
9. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 220.
10. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218.
11. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
12. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218, Gamaliel, son of Josiah and Thankful Taylor, born Jan. 9, 1735.
13. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
14. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 220.
15. Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Fairfield 1639-1850, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998), 34.
16. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
17. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 220.
18. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
19. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 220.
20. Compiled by Nancy E. Schott, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 12 - Fairfield 1639-1850, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998), 34.
21. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
22. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 220.
23. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.
24. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218.
25. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946, will of father Josiah Taylor names heirs of son Barach.
26. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218.
27. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218, (listed birth year 1741-42 incorrect, 1744).
28. Edwin Hall, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut, (Norwalk: James Mallory & Co.; New York: Baker & Scribner, 1847), 218.
29. Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume II, (Fairfield, Connecticut: 1930), 946.