Person:Edward Taylor (3)
Rev. Edward Taylor
b.1642 Sketchley, Leicestershire, England
d.29 Jun 1729 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1642
  1. Rev. Edward Taylor1642 - 1729
  2. James TaylorEst 1644 -
  3. Samuel TaylorEst 1646 -
  4. Alice TaylorEst 1648 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 5 Nov 1674
  1. Samuel Taylor1675 - 1709
  2. Elizabeth Taylor1676 - 1677
  3. James Taylor1678 - 1701
  4. Abigail Taylor1681 - 1682
  5. Bashua Taylor1683/84 - 1710
  6. Elizabeth Taylor1683/84 - 1685
  7. Mary Taylor1686 - 1687
  8. Hezekiah Taylor1687/88 - 1687/88
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Edward Taylor1642 - 1729
  • W.  Ruth WyllysEst 1665 - 1729/30
m. 2 Jun 1692
  1. Ruth Taylor1693 - 1725
  2. Naomi Taylor1695 -
  3. Ann Taylor1697 -
  4. Mehitabel Taylor1699 -
  5. Keziah Taylor1702 - 1727
  6. Eldad Taylor1708 - 1777
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Rev. Edward Taylor
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1642 Sketchley, Leicestershire, England
Emigration[2] 1668
Degree[2][3] 1671 Harvard College.
Marriage 5 Nov 1674 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Fitch
Ordination[2] 27 Aug 1679 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United StatesFirst minister of Westfield.
Marriage 2 Jun 1692 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Ruth Wyllys
Death[1][2] 29 Jun 1729 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[4] Old Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Reference Number? Q1293841?


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Edward Taylor (1642 – June 29, 1729) was a colonial American poet, pastor and physician of English origin. His work remained unpublished for some 200 years but since then has established him as one of the foremost writers of his time. His poetry has been characterized as "American Baroque" as well as Metaphysical.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edward Taylor, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:259.

    Edward Taylor, Westfield, b. 1642, at Sketchley Co. Leicester, near Hinckley, (not Sketelby, as Farmer prob. from some descend, had giv. and as reverent. repeat. in Geneal. Reg. II. 395) came 1668, arr. at Boston 5 July, and was gr. at H. C. 1671, and late in that yr. went by invit. to W. a new plana. m. 5 Sept. 1674, Eliz. d. of Rev. James Fitch of Norwich, had Samuel, b. 1675; Eliz. 1676, d. soon; James, 1678, Abigail, 1681, d. young; Bathsheba, 1683; Eliz. again, 1684, d. soon; Mary, 1686, d. young; and Hezekiah, 1687, d. young. His w. d. 1689, and he m. 2 June 1692, Ruth, d. of Hon. Samuel Wyllys, had Ruth, b. 1693; Naomi, 1695; Ann, 1696; Mehitable, 1699; Keziah, 1702; and Eldad, 1708. He had preach. some yrs. there bef. he was ord. 27 Aug. 1679, was freem. 1678, or 1680, for his name is in both lists, and d. 29 June 1729. His wid. d. Jan. foll. Bathshua or Bathsheba m. 18 Feb. 1702, John Pynchon; Ruth m. 1713, Rev. Benjamin Cotton; Naomi m. 1720. Rev. Ebenezer Devotion; Ann m. 1720, Rev. Benjamin Lord; Mehitable m. Rev. William Gager; and Keziah m. Rev. Isaac Stiles, and was mo. of Presdt. Stiles.

  3. ↑ Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005)
    Havard:696-706.
  4. ↑ Rev Edward Taylor, in Find A Grave.
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