The TAYLOR Families of Springfield, Hampden, MA and Suffield, Hartford, CT Send comments and corrections to anneb0704@yahoo.co.uk
JONATHAN TAYLOR (d. 1683) of Springfield and Suffield m. Mary Wright
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JAMES TAYLOR (abt 1640 - 1720) of Springfield and Suffield
MARY TAYLOR (1649 - 1700)
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MARY TAYLOR (b. 1671) m. John Petty

It is not know if Jonathan and James were related. There was also a Stephen Taylor in Suffield.

Generation 1

JONATHAN TAYLOR (d. 1683) of Springfield and Suffield

Parents: Unknown

Jonathan Taylor died on 12 Oct 1683 in Suffield. [Ref] He married Mary [Ref] Wright. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Stratton) Wright. [Ref] She died on 9 Sep 1683 [Ref 4;265] in Springfield. [Ref]

Jonathan was the constable of Springfield in 1668. [Ref]

Children of Jonathan Taylor and Mary Wright:

  1. Mary Taylor was born on 1 Aug 1649 in Springfield. She died on 18 Mar 1699/1700 in Springfield. She married James Taylor.
  2. Anna Taylor was bor on 6 Apr 1651 in Springfield. [Ref] She was buried on 20 Apr 1651 in Springfield. [Ref]
  3. Samuel Taylor was born on 8 Sep 1652 in Springfield. [Ref] He married Ruth Cogan on 24 Jun 1675 in Springfield. [Ref] Ruth was the daughter of Thomas and Joanna Cogan. [Ref] She was born about 1651 in Taunton. [Ref] She died on 3 Nov 1724 in Suffield. [Ref] She married second Thomas Copley on 25 May 1693 in Suffield. [Ref]
  4. Dea. Jonathan Taylor was born on 11 Mar 1655 in Springfield. [Ref] He married Sarah Brookes on 11 Jul 1678 in Springfield. [Ref] Sarah was the daughter of William Brooks [Ref 4;265] and Mary Burt. [Ref] She was born on 4 May 1658 in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 6 Jan 1732/3 in Suffield. [Ref] She married second John Hanchett on 27 May 1731. [Ref]
    Jonathan was a deacon at Suffield. [Ref 4;265]
  5. Rebecca Taylor was born on 4 Jul 1657 in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 19 Nov 1655 in Springfield. [Ref]
  6. Thomas Taylor was born on 9 Jun 1660 in Springfield. [Ref] He married Abigail Roe of Suffield on 12 Jun 1678 in Springfield. [Ref]
  7. A child was stillborn on 14 May 1665 in Springfield. [Ref]

Generation 2

JAMES TAYLOR (abt 1640 - 1720) of Springfield and Suffield

Parents: Unknown

James Taylor was born about 1640 and died on 27 Oct 1720 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref] married Mary Taylor on 17 Jan 1666 in Springfield. [Ref]

James was the Treasurer of Springfield in 1668. [Ref] He had been a servant of Col. John Pynchon. [Ref]

Children of James Taylor and Mary Taylor:

  1. Rebecca Taylor was born on 18 Nov 1668 in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 5 Feb 1668/9 in Springfield. [Ref]
  2. James Taylor was born on 26 Nov 1669 in Springfield. [Ref]
  3. Mary Taylor was born on 28 Dec 1671 in Springfield. She married John Petty.
  4. John Taylor was born on 14 Mar 1672/3 in Springfield. [Ref] He died on 19 Nov 1673 in Springfield. [Ref]
  5. Samuel Taylor was born on 26 Sep 1674 in Sprinfield. [Ref] He died young. [Ref 4;265]
  6. Elizabeth Taylor was born on 5 Jan 1677 in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 27 Nov 1710 in Springfield. [Ref]
  7. Jonathan Taylor was born on 20 Oct 1679. [Ref 4;265]
  8. Ebenezer Taylor was born on 26 Aug 1681. [Ref 4;265] He died on 27 Jun 1689 in Springfield. [Ref]
  9. Thomas Taylor was born on 16 Jan 1684 in Suffield. [Ref 4;265] He died at Suffield, age 19. [Ref 4;265]
  10. Samuel Taylor was born on 6 Apr 1686. [Ref 4;265]
  11. Rebecca Taylor was born on 12 Jul 1689. [Ref 4;265]

MARY TAYLOR (1649 - 1700)

Parents: Jonathan Taylor [Ref 4;265][Ref] and Mary Wright [Ref]

Mary Taylor was born on 1 Aug 1649 in Springfield. [Ref] She died on 18 Mar 1699/1700 in Springfield. [Ref] She married James Taylor on 17 Jan 1666 in Springfield. [Ref]

Generation 3

MARY TAYLOR (b. 1671)

Parents: James Taylor and Mary Taylor [Ref]

Mary Taylor was born on 28 Dec 1671 in Springfield. [Ref][Ref] She married John Petty on 13 Apr 1693 in Springfield. [Ref]

References

Curfman, Robert Joseph, The Petty-Pettis Genealogy: Descendants of John Petty of Springfield, Massachusetts, 1668, Kansas City, unknown, 1985.

No author, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.

Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, Vol. I-IV, Boston, 1860-1862.

Suffield Historical Society, "Family History of Jonathan Taylor," www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org.