Elizabeth-Jane (Morris) Taylor (1765 - 1802)

Born 3 Nov 1765 in Edgefield, South Carolina Colony

Ancestors

Died 25 Feb 1802 at age 36 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth-Jane Morris was the oldest child of William "Nimrod" Morris and his wife, Elizabeth "Ella" (Hazen) Morris. She was born in November 1765, not long after their marriage, in Edgefield, South Carolina Colony.

Called "Jane," she grew up in South Carolina; in 1687 she married Moses Ward Taylor b: 1762 in Camden, Kershaw Co., South Carolina. The couple lived in Edgefield, South Carolina, and had 9 children:^[1]

1. Mary Taylor b: 1788 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
2. Ward Taylor b: 1791 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
3. Elias Taylor b: 17 Mar 1791 in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA
4. Cassandra Taylor b: 1792 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
5. Ozias James Taylor b: 1794 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
6. Joseph M. Taylor b: 1796 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
7. Martha Taylor b: 1799 in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
8. Nancy M. Taylor b: 1800 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
9. Jacob Taylor b: 23 Feb 1802 in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

Alas, "Jane" (Morris) Taylor died on February 25, 1802, just after giving birth to her 9th and final child. Her husband survived her passing. He remarried on March 23, 1815 in Jones County, Georgia, to widow, Rachel (McGee) Bonner, b. 2 Oct. 1781; she died on October 21, 1821 of a fever. He caught it and died in Jones Co., Georgia, on November 6, 1821. ^[2][3]

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Sources

1. ↑ Betts-Clayton-Rankin-Taylor... on RootsWeb - Elizabeth Jane Morris
2. ↑ Betts-Clayton-Rankin-Taylor... on RootsWeb - Moses Ward Taylor
3. ↑ SCEDGEFI-L Archives Moses Ward Taylor Line