Person:Thomas Taylor (1)

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Ensign Thomas Taylor
b.Est 1645
m. Bef 1640
  1. Capt. John TaylorEst 1640 - 1704
  2. Ensign Thomas TaylorEst 1645 - 1734/35
m. 14 Feb 1667/68
  1. Thomas Taylor1668 -
  2. Deborah Taylor1671 -
  3. John Taylor1673 - 1742
  4. Daniel Taylor1676 - 1770
  5. Rebecca Taylor1684 - 1783
Facts and Events
Name[1] Ensign Thomas Taylor
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4] Est 1645
Marriage 14 Feb 1667/68 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Rebecca Ketchum
Death[3] Jan 1734/35 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Richardson, Douglas. The English Ancestry of the Merwin and TInker Families of New England: Part II: John Tinker of Boston and Lancaster, Massachusetts and Windsor and New London, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Oct 1995)
    149:413.

    Thomas Taylor, b. say 1645 … Thomas was Deputy for Danbury in 1702, 1706, 1707, and Ensign of the Danbury Trainband in Oct. 1696.

  2.   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)
    4:264.

    "THOMAS, Norwalk 1666, m. 14 Feb. 1668, Rebecca, d. of Edward Ketchum, had Thomas, b. 26 Nov. 1668; Deborah, June 1671; and prob. others, for the name was long cont. in that town, where he was freem. 1670, but he rem. to Danbury, as one of the early sett."

  3. 3.0 3.1 Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes; and A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. (Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press, 1931-1943)
    2:787.

    'Thomas [son of John and Rhoda Taylor], b. about 1643; resided in Norwalk and Danbury, where he died in January, 1735. He is said to have married twice, one wife being Rebecca Ketcham [prob. dau. of Edward] ...'

  4. Birth year estimated based on the fact that his brother John was "aged 63" (probably meaning in his 63rd year) when he died May 13, 1704 (Dawes-Gates, 2:787), and the fact that his father wrote his will Nov 24 1645, in preparation for a voyage to England, from which he apparently did not return (Dawes-Gates, 2:785).