Person:Edward Taylor (9)

!NOTE: Edward lived in Monmouth County, New Jersey !SOURCES: 1. Taylor-Snow Genealogy

          2. Bass 1935
          3. Historical & Genealogical Miscellany - John E. Stillwell M.D. Vol
             V 1932
          4. IGI New Jersey 1984 GS #N9470/n-0471
          5. Will of Edward Taylor probated 1734

WILL of EDWARD TAYLOR, of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co., "Yeoman, being fick & weak of Body."

         Dated Feb. 22, 1733-4. Proved by oath of Henry Leonard and John Nathn Hutchins, two of the
         wits., that at the same time the other wit. was present; before Lawrence Smyth, Surrogate, June 12,
         1734. 

         Gives: "unto my wel-beloved fon Edward Taylor my Silver cup, after his mothers deceafe to be . . . .
         Enjoyed "by him his heirs . . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved Sons Edward Taylor & John Taylor . . . . that
         Tract . . . . "of Land that lies in Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey and now belongs to me [(] which I formerly purchafed of
         John Okefon) the fame to be equally "divided in quantity and quality alike between them . . . . their
         heirs . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved fon "James Taylor all that Peice . . of Land belonging to me, which
         I purchafed of Samuel Leonard) called & known By the "name of the old place) whereon I formerly
         lived . . . . when he fhall be of the age of Twenty & One Years, by him "his heirs . . . . "; "unto my
         welbeloved Son Thomas Taylor, the one . . . . equal third part of all the "plantation whereon I now
         live (. . . . the whole fhall be Divided into three equal parts in quantity & quality alike) "the fame one
         third part to be . . . . enjoyed by him when he fhall be of the full age of Twenty & One Years by him
         "his heirs . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved fon Jofeph Taylor the one . . . . equal third part of the
         plantation "whereon I now live the fame to be . . . . enjoyed by him, when he fhall be of . . . . Twenty
         & One Years by "him his heirs . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved Son George Taylor the one . . . . equal
         third part of all that "plantation whereon I now live the fame to be . . . . enjoyed by him when he
         comes to . . . . Twenty & One "Years by him his heirs . . . ."; "to my fon John Taylor the Bay Mare
         he now rides to be . . . enjoyed by him "his heirs . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved Sons Edward Taylor,
         John Taylor, James Taylor Thomas Taylor Joseph "Taylor and George Taylor all my Right of
         propriety to unfurveyed Land, which I had of John Reid to be equally divided "between them and to
         be enjoyed in feveralty by them . . . . their heirs . . . ."; "if my Son James Taylor "fhould Die before he
         is Twenty & One Years of Age, That then what is herein by me to him Given shall be Divided
         "equally between my Sons Thomas, Joseph, & George, provided the said James have no ifsue Male
         of his body lawfully be"gotten) to be enjoyed by them their heirs . . . ."; "if it fhould happen that either
         of my fons Thomas Joseph or "George, fhould die before . . . . they fo dying fhould be of the Age of
         Twenty & One Years or have ifsue Male of "the[ir] . . . . Bodies of . . . . them fo dying lawfully
         begotten That what is herein to him or them fo Dying given fhall "be equally Divided between the
         Surviving Brethren of the three, or in cafe of the Death of any two of the three . . . . "Thomas Joseph
         or George then the furviving Brother to have . . . . their parts . . . . what is herein to them "given the
         fame to be received . . . . by . . . . them as the cafe shall happen by . . . . their heirs ". . . ."; "my
         Dearly beloved Wife Catherine Taylor shall have . . . . the ufe . . . . of my now Dwelling "houfe, and
         have her Maintenance out of the profits of the plantation I now live on During the term of her natural
         life if "fhe fo long remain my Widow (but no longer . . . .) . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved fons Edward
         Taylor & "John Taylor five ews & five lambs to be taken out of my stock . . . . enjoyed by and
         between them as they think "proper or can agree by them their heirs . . . . alfo the two fheep they
         have at Crofswicks . . . ."; "unto my "welbeloved fons James Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Joseph Taylor
         & George Taylor each of them One Good Riding Horfe & "Saddle to be raifed . . . . out of my Eftate
         & given to them . . . . by my Executors as they . . . . "fhall Arrive to . . . . Twenty & one years to be .
         . . . enjoyed by them . . . . their heirs . . . ."; "my Executors fhall out of my Eftate give . . . . to each of
         my Sons James, Thomas, Joseph & George One Cow to "be . . . . enjoyed by each of them their
         heirs . . . ."; "to my welbeloved fon John Taylor one Gun it being "at his election to take either the
         Gun that was my Fathers, or that which is called (now) his Gun the fame to be . . . . "enjoyed by him
         his heirs . . . ."; "unto my welbeloved Daughters Efther, Sufannah & Hannah each the fum of "Twenty
         Shillings to be paid to each of them by my Executors in convenient time after my deceafe . . . ."; "unto
         "my welbeloved Daughter Catherine Taylor her riding Saddle & one good riding horfe, alfo a good
         Feather Bed with Cur"tains & furniture Suitable thereunto at the Difcretion of my Executors Alfo two
         Cows either with Calf or Calves by their "fides together with five Ews and five lambs, and Six new
         Chairs, Three pounds worth of Pewter & one Cheft or Trunk, all "which to be delivered to her by my
         Executors at or upon the day of her Marriage . . . . to be . . . . Enjoyed "by her her heirs . . . ."; "unto
         my welbeloved Daughter Rebecca Taylor a fide faddle & One good Riding Horfe, alfo a "good
         Feather Bed with Curtains and furniture fuitable thereunto at the Difcretion of my Executors, Alfo
         Two Cows either "with calf or Calves by their fides together with five Ews & five lambs and fix new
         Chairs, Three pounds worth of Pewter "and one Cheft or Trunk All which to be delivered to her by
         my Executors at or upon her Marriage day the same to be ". . . . Enjoyed by her her heirs . . . ."; "my
         welbeloved Wife Catherine Taylor fhall have ufe & enjoy all ". . . . my Moveable Eftate after Debts
         & Legacys paid (except fuch things & Creatures as are already called or "reputed to be or belong to
         my fons Edward & John) . . . . during the term of her natural life if fhe fo long remains "my Widow,
         but no longer . . . . and after her deceafe or entering into Wedlock which . . . . fhall first "happen . . . .
         the fame be equally divided between my Daughters Efther Sufannah, Hannah, Catherine and
         "Rebecca fhare . . . . alike as near as may be And in Cafe of Death of any . . . . of my said
         Daughters, then "the fhare of fuch fo dying to be given . . . . among the Children of fuch fo dying . . . .
         what working "Creatures or Teams ufed on the plantation with Gears Ploughs and all fort of Utenfils
         for the ufe . . . . to the farm "fhall be left . . . . at the time of my wifes deceafe or entering into
         Wedlock and the Crops of Grain then gathered "& lying by with the Crops that fhall then be in the
         Ground fhall be equally divided between my Sons James, Thomas, "Joseph & George, or fuch of
         them as fhall then be living. . share alike as near as may be . . . ." 

         Constitutes "my Welbeloved Wife and my loving Brothers William Taylor & Joseph Taylor, &
         Thomas Morphet Executrix & Executors . . . ." 

         "Will contained in about one fheet and a half of paper Confifting of fifty & Nine lines . . . ." 

         Wits.:                                                                              EDWARD TAYL
             Henry Leonard 
             Thomas Leonard 
             John Nathn Hutchins 

         Oath of Executors, Katherine Taylor, William Taylor, Joseph Taylor and Thomas Morphet; before
         William Madock, Surrogate, Mon. Co., July 10, 1734. 

         "Recorded Liber B., book of Wills, Folio 554 . . . 

CODICIL to WILL of EDWARD TAYLOR, of Shrewsbury, Mon. Co. Dated Feb. 22, 1733-4.

         "Will .... bearing even date with thefe prefents." Proved by Henry Leonard and John Nathn Hutchens,
         the two subscribing Evidences; before Lawr: Smyth, Surr., June 12, 1734. 

         Directs: "what Goods .... and Creatures my Daughter Hannah has that I formerly lent to her and for
         which I have "a note from under her hand to return when I require 'em fhall be together with what I
         have ordered in my Will to be "given to her, fhall be to & for the only ufe of her & after her deceafe
         to her Children ...."; "that when Peter "Demun fhall have paid .... the Bonds I am with him in unto
         Thomas Holmes & Daniel Tilton of Middleton And "that which my fon Edward is bound with him in
         unto David Johnfton, my Executors fhall give him the Deed I had of "Elias Holman for the land he
         now lives on or a Deed from them to him for as good a Right as I have to the faid land ".... that when
         Mofes Crage fhall have paid .... the Bond I am bound with him in unto John Eaton, Esqr, and that
         "wherein I am Bound with John Williams on his Account to Benjamin Borden that then my Executors
         (he having alfo "cleared me of all troubles & charges) fhall deliver him up the Deed he gave me for his
         farm, but if it fhould happen that "they the fd Peter Demun & Mofes Crage or either of em fhould
         neglect to clear the fd Bonds & all other Charges fo that "my Executors .... fhould fell the lands then I
         order that what money fhall be over .... paying what I "am bound for and all charges that fhall arife
         fhall be paid to them the faid Peter or Mofes to which of them the land fo "fold would have belonged
         had they cleared the afd Bonds ...." 

         Wits.:                                                                              EDWARD TAYL
             Henry Leonard 
             Thomas Leonard 
             John Nathn Hutchins 

2 Edward Taylor, son of Edward Taylor, 1, was born Aug. 8, 1678, and died in 1733/4, as June 12 of that year, his will was proved. He dwelt at Colt’s Neck, in Shrewsbury township, but later moved to Freehold.

Among the items mentioned in his will is a silver cup, bequeathed to his son, Edward Taylor, 8, which was not unlikely brought from Old England, and which, by an unlucky thought, was melted down by the legatee’s wife into a more modern shape. As such, it is still in the family descending to the Edward Taylor’s in succession.

1733. He mortgaged his land to the Loan Commissioners, situated at Colt’s Neck, bounded by Pine Brook, John Throckmorton, Esq., and Major Leonard.

He married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Morford, of Middletown, who after his demise, married John Ashton, Esq., by license dated Aug. 19, 1742.

Issue

8 Edward Taylor 9 Joseph Taylor 10 George Taylor 11 Thomas Taylor; perhaps confused with an unrecorded son of John Taylor, 6, whose name should be Thomas. 12 James Taylor 13 Esther Taylor. Either she, or Esther Taylor, 38, daughter of William Taylor, 5, married David Clayton of Freehold. 14 Hannah Taylor. There was a Hannah Taylor, who had a marriage license, in Monmouth County, to Jacob Gibbons, May 4, 1737. 15 Catharine Taylor 16 Rebecca Taylor married Garret Morford, by license dated Jan. 3, 1742. 17 John Taylor 18 Susannah Taylor

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   will proved 6/12/1734
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