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Benjamin Talbot, son of the first John, was married Nov. 11, 1734, by Rev. Richard Backhouse, to Elizabeth Ball, of Darby, and had children,-John, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and William. They removed about or before 1759 to the northwestern part of the county, and among their descendants may be named Caleb P. Tal- bot, father of D. Smith and C. Wesley Talbot, Esqs., of the Chester County bar.
TAYLOR, ROBERT, of Little Leigh, in the county of Chester, England, came to Pennsylvania, it is believed, in 1682, but his wife, Mary, and children did not arrive until the next year (see page 22). They settled in Springfield township, where Robert died in 1695. His widow, who was perhaps his second wife, and not the mother of all his children, married again in 1701, Joseph Selby. The chil- dren of Robert were Isaac, m. in 1689, to Sarah Broadwell ; Josiah; Mary, m. 1692, to Henry Lewis; Phebe, m. 1692, to Thomas Massey, and in 1710, to Bartholomew Coppock ; Thomas, Jonathan, Jacob, and Martha, m. to John Fineher.
Isaac resided in Springfield, where he died in 1716, leaving children,-Isaac, John, Joseph, Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Josiah. The youngest son, born 4, 17, 1708, married, 3, 14, 1730, Jane, daughter of Alexander and Mary Stewart, of Kennet, and settled in that township. His children were Abraham, John, Rebecca, Sarah, Mary, Caleb, Jehu, Israel, and Jane. Abraham, b. 11, 21, 1731, married Rebecea Way, who became a minister in the Society of Friends, and died 10, 14, 1816. Their children were Jacob, John, Benjamin, Ann, Joshua, and Joseph. John, b. 9, 10, 1762, died 12, 13, 1850, married Ann Bueher, of Lancaster County, by whom he had children,-John, Jo- seph, Joshua, Rebecca, Martin, Abraham, Ann, Sarah, and Fanny. The second son, b. Sept. 8, 1795, m. Oct. 15, 1818, Rebecca, daughter of Caleb and Mary (Bower-Ger- man Bauer) Way, born Oct. 13, 1799. They have re- sided in and near Kennet Square except during his term of sheriffalty, and have had the following children : A daughter, b. June 3, 1820, d. next day ; Alfred, b. May 10, 1821, d. Nov. 16, 1823; Mary, b. April 21, 1823, d. March 31, 1824; Bayard, b. Jan. 11, 1825, d. Dec. 19, 1878; John Howard, b. Dec. 20, 1826; William W., b.
Oct. 22, 1829, m. Ellen Hayes ; Anne, b. April 13, 1832, m. Charles Carey ; Emma, b. May 13, 1834, m. Charles Lamborn ; Joseph, b. June, 1838, died at the age of four weeks ; Charles Frederick, b. Feb. 6, 1840, killed at Get- tysburg, July 2, 1863. (See p. 137.)
Dr. Franklin Taylor, born 1, 22, 1818, is the son of Joshua, born 7, 4, 1771, and Ann (Buffington), and grand- son of Abraham and Rebecca, already mentioned.
Maris Taylor, of West Marlborough, b. 4, 27, 1779, was the son of George, the son of Joseph, b. 11, 11, 1694 (brother of Josiah, first mentioned), who married, 10, 29, 1722, Mary Maris.
BAYARD TAYLOR .- It can only be attempted in this sketch to give an outline of the life of this versatile and gifted man,-who was novelist, poet, orator, and traveler. His ancestry were of the best Saxon blood of Germany and England, and in the American lineage he was from Quaker stock. Born at Kennet Square, in this county, Jan. 11, 1825, his boyhood was passed in that vicinage. The house in which he was born and passed his infancy-a stone-and- mortar structure-was destroyed by fire in 1876. When he was abont three years old his father moved upon a farm about a mile from the "Square"; there he spent the opening years of his life.
After attending for some time the excellent academies at West Chester and Unionville, in the latter of which he was a pupil of Jonathan Gause, the bold youth, with a view of relieving his parents of his support and to furnish means to purchase books, resolved to learn the printer's trade. He accordingly entered the office of the Village Record, then edited by Henry S. Evans. As this is that portion of his life which was wholly spent in Chester County,-the latter half being mostly passed in foreign lands,-the events of his early manhood naturally possess an added interest.
Young Bayard did not like his apprentice-work; his fingers wearied with the types, and he took to sketching, earicaturing himself and associates in horrid cartoons. His mind also sought relief in odd hours by reading, and in writing fugitive verses. Of this period in his life the Hon. Joseph J. Lewis says,-
" It was not long after he came to West Chester, the date I cannot fix, the late Judge Haines, himself a poet of no mean pretensions, called my attention to one of Bayard's pieces. I have no recollection now of its title or its subject, but it was written in flowing verse and showed a remarkable command of poetic language, and such admirable taste in the use of epithets and imagery in ove so young, that I con- fessed my surprise and pleasure in finding such excellent promise of a poet 'to the manner born.' What other of his fugitive pieces found their way into light, prior to May, 1843, I am not informed. But in Graham's Magazine of that month there appeared a poem entitled ' Modern Greece,' hy J. B. Taylor, which was the first of his contribu- tions to that periodical. Another, entitled 'The Nameless Bard,' by the same hand, followed in August of the same year; and a third, ' Life,' in the ensuing October number. He afterwards became a con- tributor to the Saturday Evening Post, and to some extent to the United States Gazette ; and he thus attracted the notice of Joseph R. Chandler, its accomplished editor, who was prompt to recognize the merits of his youthful correspondent and to encourage his literary efforts. He also wrote occasionally for the Village Record.
"In February, 1844, when he had just completed his nineteenth year, he sent to the press 'Ximena, and other Poems,' a little volume of less than one hundred pages. 'Ximena' is a story of the thirteenth . century, in verse; and its interest mainly centres on the incidents of
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the celebrated battle of the Sierra Morena, between the soldiers of the Crescent and the Cross. The battle scene is vividly described, and while there are passages that will not bear close criticism, there are others of much lyrical beauty.
" The little volume was printed by Herman Hooker, in Philadel- phia. Master Taylor was obliged to revise the proof-sheets ; and not being flush of funds, he performed his journeys for that purpose, to and from the city, a distance of twenty-four miles, on foot, making up for lost time in the office by working out of ordinary hours. The edition published was not large. The anticipations of the young au- thor were moderate, and they were more than equaled by the result. The book sold readily, especially among his neighbors in Chester County, and the profits were to him of some moment. The attention, however, which the book attracted to Bayard Taylor himself, and the interest which it excited in his success, was of more importance to him than the profits. He had now served out balf his apprentice- sbip, and had learned as much in the two years of his service as be could be taught in the whole four years of the term for which he was hound; and be very reasonably considered that if he could be liber- ated from his engagement with Mr. Evans he might be employed more profitably for himself than in setting type in the office of the Village Record. He therefore endeavored to procure a cancellation of his indentures. This he was enabled to accomplish about the be- ginning of the summer of 1844, and having made all the necessary arrangements, in July of that year, when still six months under twenty, he sailed for Europe."#
It is said that even before he entered the printing-office there fell into his hands a small book, "The Tourist in Europe," by Geo. P. Putnam, which "told the routes and described the wonders to be seen in a very fascinating way to one like Bayard, whose imagination was already ex- cited to the most enthusiastic pitch." He not only read it with avidity, but " made it a plan of reading, taking it by course," and borrowing other books relating to foreign travel. Young as he was he made up his mind to visit Europe, and " spoke of his trip to England and Germany with the confidence of one who has his ticket and letter of credit already in his pocket. Yet he was a penniless boy, who had scarcely seen a ship, and who knew but a few phrases outside of his native tongue. His friends laughed at him, laughed incredulously as he spoke of his projected trip.t After obtaining release from his apprenticeship he went to Philadelphia, and " walked confidently into the office of the Saturday Evening Post." Mr. Patterson, its editor, while having little faith in his success as a correspondent, gave
* From an address read before the Philosophical Society, Jan. 14, 1879. The same authority also gives us this incident of his school- boy days :
"On one occasion he, in company with several other boys, made a holiday excursion to the Brandywine battle-ground, and after a tramp of some twenty-odd miles, returned to Unionville. Most of the com- pany were footsore and weary almost to exhaustion. Bayard enjoyed the day's ramble more than some of his companions, and instead of deprecating the curiosity that had led him such a chase and groaning over bis fatigue, he wrote a sprightly account of the day's adventure, which was deemed worthy of publication, and appeared in one of the county newspapers. This is the first effort at narration of travel and description of natural scenery on his part that I know of, and is of no particular importance, except that it shows the bent of his mind at a very early age. This was in March, 1840, when he was just turned of fifteen. Prior to that date, but how long prior I am not informed, he began to write verses."
f That a "prophet is not without honor save in his own country" is again illustrated in young Taylor's career. When he went to some of his old friends and neighbors for assistance to print his little volume of poems ("Ximena"), so little was their faith in the hoy they had known from birth that they told him they could not encourage him in a scheme so absurd and impracticable .- Conwell's Life of Bayard Taylor.
him some encouragement. Then, with lighter heart, he called on Joseph R. Chandler, editor of the United States Gazette, who showed such confidence in his final triumph as to give him fifty dollars, remarking that " if he sent any letters of sufficient interest they would be inserted in the Gazette." To this gift Mr. Patterson added fifty dollars, and George R. Graham paid him for some manuscript poems. " He now had $140 with which to begin his journey to the Old World. Proud day was it for him when he returned with the money to his home." He next pro- cured his passport, bade his farewells, and embarked on the " Oxford" upon his first European tour.
" What Mr. Taylor saw in Europe during his tour, which was mainly pedestrian, and what were his experiences during its course, are related in his 'Views Afoot, or Eu- rope seen with Knapsack and Staff,' published in 1846, on his return. Few boys, if any, have ever visited foreign countries to better purpose, and none have ever given so entertaining and graphic an account of their travels. There is an admirable freshness in his style, a vividness in his description of scenery, a certain felicity of expression, a kindly treatment of peculiarities of men and manners, and a pleasant vein of humor breaking out now and then in his narration, that makes this book attractive not merely to common readers, but to the intelligent and cultured. It is still, after a lapse of thirty-two years since it came from the press, a favorite with the public."
Mr. Taylor had now completed his twenty-first year, and having published his " Views Afoot," was in a condition for some new enterprise, which developed in the establish- ing of a weekly newspaper at Phoenixville, in connection with Frederick E. Foster. In 1847, Mr. Taylor withdrew from the enterprise, and soon after took an editorial posi- tion on the New York Tribune.
His subsequent career, devoted mainly to travel and to letters, and as the honored representative of his govern- ment as Secretary of Legation at St. Petersburg and Min- ister to Germany, is too well known, not only in Chester County, but throughout the land, to require any mention here. The grief at his death, the homage of the great men of the Old World, the letters from noted American literati, and the tributes from his neighbors at Kennet Square,-all attest his greatness, his successful life-work.
He died in Berlin, Prussia, on Dec. 19, 1878. His re- mains were brought to this country, and on March 15, 1879, consigned to their last resting-place in Longwood Cemetery, East Marlborough township.
At the age of twenty-five he married (Oct. 24, 1850) one to whom he had long been tenderly attached,-Miss Mary S. Agnew. She died of consumption on the 20th of December of the same year. In October, 1857, he mar- ried Marie Hansen, of Gotha, daughter of an eminent Ger- man astronomer. Upon his return home, soon after, he brought to Kennet Square his wife and young child, Lilian, who now survive him.
" Adjoining the farm of his father in Kennet was a tract of land which struck the fancy of Bayard while yet a boy as a fine situation for a gentleman's mansion, and having superior capabilities of improvement. He determined that if possible he would some day be the owner of it. It
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chanced that while in Europe, some few years prior to his marriage, he learned that the coveted tract was in the market. He immediately wrote home requesting that it should be purchased for him. This request was complied with. He called the place " Cedarcoft," and built upon it a commodious and handsome residence, and lavished on the grounds around large expense in their adornment."
DAVID S. TAYLOR .- William G. Taylor, son of Elisha Taylor, married Sarah Ann Stiteler, from which marriage were born five sons and three daughters. Of these chil- dren, David Stiteler Taylor was born Nov. 1, 1832, in Upper Uwchlan township, where his father and grandfather lived. Passed his days on the farm till he was fifteen years of age, and when about nineteen began clerking for Samuel Kreamer in a general store at Phoenixville. Here he con-
and a zealous contributor to its support. He belongs to Spring City Lodge, No. 553, A. Y. M. He was married Jan. 19, 1861, to Mary Ann, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Finkbiber, by whom he had the following chil- dren : Hannah, Margaret, Bertha Alice, Mary Laura, Jesse F. (deccased), Ada Grace, John Krause (deceased), and David Sechler (deceased). His wife died March 19, 1873, and he was the second time married, Feb. 22, 1877, to Re- becca B., daugliter of Michael and Rebecca Towers. Has been active in politics, and is a stanchi Republican. He was a director in the Springville Building and Loan Asso- ciation until its dissolution, and was two terms treasurer of the association in the war to clear the township from drafts. His mother was a daughter of David Stiteler, a well-known citizen of Upper Uwchlan, and of an old family.
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tinued three years, then went to Pottstown, where he remained nearly three years, clerking in a store for Olm- stead Wells. In 1857 he came to Springville (now Spring City), and kept store one year, where Shantz & Keeley's foundry now is, in partnership with his brother, under firm- name of S. & D. Taylor. He removed to his present place of business in 1858, under the firm-name of Wells & Taylor, and since then has been at the same place continuously, but under different firm-names, until 1864, and since that year by himself alone. About 1865 he was appointed post- master by President Lincoln's administration, and has ever since held that office, with the exception of a brief inter- regnum during President Johnson's time. He has served as school director. He is a member of the Baptist Church,
ABIAH TAYLOR, of Didcott, in Berkshire, England, had two sons, Abiah and Joseph, who came to Chester County. Abiah, Jr., was married, 2, 18, 1694, at Faring- don Mceting, to Deborah, daughter of John Gearing, of Stanford-in-the-Vale, in Berkshire. About the year 1702 they settled in East Bradford, where Abiah died about 1747. He built a house in 1724 (see p. 164), and a mill at an earlier date. His children were Ann, m. 10 (Dec.), 7, 1715, to Richard Barnard; Abiah, died unmarried; Alice, m. 11, 27, 1730, to Daniel Hoopes; Deborah, m. 2, 29, 1731, to Jonathan Parke ; Samuel, m. 11, 12, 1737, to Mary Smedley, daughter of Thomas and Sarah, of Wil- listown, who left one son, Abiah. Samuel married again, 10, 16, 1741, Deboralı, daughter of Abraham and Eliz-
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abeth Darlington, of Birmingham, by whom he had chil- dren,-Samuel, Deborah, Abraham, John, Isaac, Mary, Elizabeth, and Rachel.
Abiah Taylor, the eldest son, m. 5, 6, 1762, Ann Trim- ble, and in 1768 built a substantial stone house to the northeast of his father's, where were born the most of his children. These were Mary, Samuel, Sarah, Ann, Abiah, Deborah, George, and James. The father died at Lancas- ter, a member of Assembly, and was buried, 12, 5, 1801, at Bradford Meeting, being the first person buried there with a cover of strong plank placed over the coffin.
JOSEPH TAYLOR, son of Abiah, of Didcott, in Berk- shire, bound himself to a carpenter for seven years from the 1st of May, 1699, but was married March 16, 1700, to Elizabeth Haines, of Harwell, in the same county. They came to Pennsylvania in 1708, and in 1711 purchased 705 acres of land on the west side of Brandywine, at and below the Forks. In 1724 he bought 103 acres adjoining, on Pocopson Creek, where he built a mill, and there died, 3, 30, 1744. His wife, Elizabeth, died 6, 21, 1743. Their children were as follows: 1. Joseph, b. 10, 7, 1701 ; d. 6, 2, 1740 ; m. Catharine Baxter, a widow. He was a wheel- wright and blacksmith. 2. Richard, b. 11, 26, 1702; d. 9, 2, 1744 ; m. Eleanor - She married a second hus- band, Thomas Huston, and d. 3, 1, 1793. 3. Jeremiah, h. 8, 27, 1704; d. 1732 ; married Mary -, who after- wards married - Smart. 4. John, b. 12, 27, 1705, probably dicd young. 5. Hannah, b. 7, 7, 1708; m. Wil- liam Temple. 6. Benjamin, b. 1, 27, 1710 ; d. 7, 1, 1775; m. 5, 5, 1733, Sarah, daughter of William Nookes. She died 8, 20, 1789. Benjamin inherited the mill and home- stead. 7. Sarah, b. 12, 1, 1711 ; d. 1775 ; m. John Jones.
The children of Benjamin and Sarah Taylor were: 1. Isaac, b. 11, 10, 1734-5 ; d. 1, 16, 1813 ; m. 11, 13, 1755, to Hannah, daughter of Anthony Arnold, of East Brad- ford, and resided where his grandson, Samuel Taylor, now lives, in Pocopson township. He took an active part in public affairs at the time of the Revolution, and was after- wards known as Col. Isaac Taylor. 2. Benjamin, b. 4, 11, 1737 ; d. 10, 18, 1781 ; m. 11, 1, 1758, Rebecca, danghter of William and Elizabeth (Hoopes) Webb, of Kennet, b. 5, 25, 1741 ; d. 7, 22, 1775. He married again, 12, 3, 1777, Ann Parke, of East Caln, widow of Robert, and daughter of George and Ann Edge, b, 12, 26, 1748. Ben- jamin resided in Pennsbury until his second marriage, when he removed to Caln, and died there. His widow married a third husband, William Trimble. 3. Elizabeth, m. 1757, to Emmor Jefferis, of East Bradford. 4. Hannah, m. 5, 10, 1764, to Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Black- burn) Morton, of Londongrove. 5. Ann, b. 10, 17, 1749; d. 2, 26, 1803; m. Joseph Cope, of East Bradford.
Benjamin Taylor, Jr., had children by his first wife,- Joseph, Benjamin, William, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Benja- min (2) ; by his second wife,-Ann, Edge, and Sarah. Joseph, the eldest sop, born 12, 27, 1760, died 8, 16, 1826, married, 9, 27, 1787, Mary, widow of William Levis, and daughter of Benaniel and Alice Lownes, of Springfield. She was born 3, 25, 1761, and died 7, 19, 1846. Joseph Taylor removed from the old homestead on Pocopson Creek to West Goshen, about a mile north of West Chester,
where his grandson, Jesse J. Taylor, now resides. His children were,-1. Sarah, b. 9, 3, 1788, d. 1, 30, 1865, m. Israel Jackson ; 2. Lownes, b. 2, 17, 1791, d. 7, 28, 1833 ; 3. Joseph L., b. 3, 5, 1795, m. Phebe James, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth, of Westtown, b. 9, 27, 1795, d. 3, 31, 1864. Joseph is still living and makes his home with his children. 4. Rebecca, b. 10, 18, 1798, d. 9, 25, 1872, m. William Jackson, of Londongrove.
Lownes Taylor married, 9, 14, 1820, Rachel, daughter of Richard and Rebecca Baker, of (now) Pocopson, born 6, 26, 1799, and still living. Their children were Richard B., Rebecca W., Benjamin, Joseph G., Edward, and Bolton. Of these, Richard B., born 9, 19, 1821, resides at the home- stead of his parents, a view of which is given.
Jesse J. Taylor, son of Joseph, b. 7, 28, 1829, occupies the homestead of his father and grandfather, immediately west of Richard B. Taylor's, it being the house erected by John Hoopes about 1732.
JOHN TAYLOR, who is supposed to have come from Wiltshire, was a resident on Tinicum Island in 1684, as a lessee under Christopher Taylor. The name of his wife was Hannah, and their children, Elizabeth, Isaac, and Jacob. He was deceased in 1688. His daughter Eliza- beth was married, 1, 1, 1686, to Hugh Durborow, who, with the rest of her family, removed to Thornbury. Jacob Taylor acquired a good education, and was engaged in teaching school in 1701, when, owing to the death of the surveyor-general, he was called to take charge of that office, and about 1706 was commissioned surveyor-general. He was succeeded by Benjamin Eastburn in 1733, and retired to live with his nephew, John Taylor, in Thornbury, where he died March 2, 1745-6. For several years he prepared the necessary calculations for an almanac, together with verses of his own composition and other matter, which were published by Isaiah Warner, William Bradford, and perhaps others.
ISAAC TAYLOR, the brother of Jacob, resided in Thorn- bury, and was deputy surveyor for Chester County from 1701 until his death in 1728. He married, in 1694, Martha, daughter of Philip Roman, and had children,- John, Jacob, Philip, Ann, and Mary. Ann married Samuel Savage, of Coventry, an ironmaster. Jacob mar- ried, 8, 13, 1728, Grace Worrilow, and had several chil- dren.
JOHN TAYLOR, son of Isaac, was a physician, as was his father, and also a surveyor, both under the latter and as his successor until 1740. After this he engaged in the iron manufacture, and erected Sarum Forge, at the present Glen Mills Station, on Chester Creek. He died in 1756, leaving children,-Martha, Isaac, John, Philip, Jacob, and Mary. His son John married Sarah, daughter of John Worrall, of Edgmont, and left three children,-Mary, m. to Persifor Frazer; Isaac, m. to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Townsend; and Sarah, m. to James Thompson. Martha Thompson, daughter of the last, married Isaac Huddleson, and was the mother of Dr. John T. Huddle- son, now residing near Glen Mills.
THOMAS TAYLOR, with his wife, Frances, resided in Worthenby, in Flintshire, and purchased land in Pennsyl- vania, but whether Thomas emigrated before his death,
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which happened in 1682, is not certain. At all events, early in 1684 his widow, Frances, was here, and became the wife of John Worrall. Thomas Taylor had two sons, -Thomas and Philip. Philip married Ann, the daughter of Thinmas and Mary Conway, in 1705, and settled in Thorn- bury. He died in 1732.
His children were John, d. 1764, m. 9, 27, 1729, Phebe, daughter of John Townsend, from Long Island ; Stephen, probably unmarried ; Philip, d. 1762, m. 8, 27, 1736, Mary Gilpin, of Birmingham ; Phebe, m. 9, 13, 1734, to Robert Mendenhall.
Philip (2) had ten children,-Philip, Stephen, Hannah, John, Ann, Phebe, Lydia, Mary, Ruth, and Rachel. Of these, John married Dinah Baily, and had fourteen children, whose descendants are numbered by thousands.
John and Phebe (Townsend) Taylor had one son, Thomas, born 5, 15, 1732, died 3, 24, 1782, buried in his own field in Westtown, where a family graveyard has been kept up. He married Martha Woodward, 4, 26, 1753, and left chil- dren,-Philip, Titus, Thomas, Caleb, Phebe, Mary, and John. Titus Taylor, b. 12, 14, 1757, was sheriff, 1807-10, and captain of a company of militia in the war of 1812-14. He married, April 10, 1779, Rebecca Hunt, of Westtown, and had children,-William, Anthony, Martha, Ann, Phebc, Rebecca, Thomas, Sarah, and Joseph H.
JOHN TAYLOR, of Willistown, said to have come from Ireland, by Elizabeth, his wife, had the following children : Mary, h. Sept. 15, 1768, d. March 10, 1814, m. William Siter ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 8, 1770, d. Dec. 10, 1853, m. Abraham King ; John, b. July 26, 1775, d. June 10, 1820; Ann, b. Sept. 14, 1777, d. Feb. 12, 1863, m. John Siter ; Jane, b. March 14, 1780, d. Sept. 26, 1873, m. Amos Worthington ; Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1783, d. Dec. 22, 1865, m. Edward Siter ; David, b. Sept. 12, 1784, d. Sept. 12, 1795.
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