Person:Abraham Taylor (7)

Moved to Dunstable by 25 Oct 1718, at which time he is listed as one of the proprietors (along with one "John" Taylor -- his brother Jonathan?) of a farm that was divided by many families into plots. (History of the Town of Dunstable, p8.)

Was on the Dunstable tax list as late as 1744 (ibid, p 76).

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Stearns, Ezra S. (Ezra Scollay). Early generations of the founders of old Dunstable : thirty families. (Boston, Massachusetts: G.E. Littlefield, 1911)
   p. 74, 1911.

   "Abraham Taylor, son of Abraham and Mary (Whitaker) Taylor and grandson of William Taylor of Concord, was born in Concord, January 11, 1682-3. He married December 9, 1706, Sarah Pellet, born in Concord September 5, 1685, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Dane) Pellet. He lived in Concord until 1710, and there two sons were born. His wife, Sarah, died about the date of his removal to Dunstable. His second wife was Mary, but a record of the marriage is not found. He was a man of good character and a worthy citizen." (Four more children between 1716 and 1725 are listed here. No record of death is given.)

2. ↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
   25.

   Abraham of Abraham Taylor born 11 . 11 a. 82. [In 1682, the 11th month was January of what we would consider to be 1683, but was then part of 1682.]
   [duplicate, p. 83:] Abraham Taylor ye Son of Abraham Taylor & Mary his wife was Born January ye 11th 1682.03 [sic, clearly means 1682.83 making the dates agree.]