Family:Thomas Taylor and Sarah Beverly (1)

The Taylors came to Halfmoon in 1800 not long after other Quaker settlers led by George Wilson.

Thomas Taylor was a native of Chester County, Pennsylvania, or at least resided in that section in his younger days. He was married to Sarah Bebberly, whose parents resided on the ground fought over by the British and American troops during the battle of the Brandywine, September 11, 1777. This young lady was then not quite sixteen years old, and was an eye-witness of the battle. She used to relate many stirring incidents of the fierce contest, and......stated that as she and others roamed over the battlefield they observed that the waters of the Brandywine were dyed red from the blood of men and horses killed along its banks. After their marriage, (Thomas and Sarah) moved, in 1800, to Halfmoon Valley, Centre Co., Penn, where they settled permanently and raised a numerous family.