Joseph Taylor (abt. 1652 - 1727)

Born about 1652 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Husband of Experience (Williamson) Taylor — married 25 Apr 1684 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA

Descendants

Died 13 Sep 1727 at about age 75 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Children:

1. Richard (admitted to Marshfield church in 1697; not mentioned in father's 1727 will)
2. Joseph (ditto; not mentioned in father's 1727 will)
3. Marah/Mary (ditto; mentioned in father's 1727 will)
4. Ebenezer (ditto; mentioned in father's 1727 will))
5. Samuel, baptized Marshfield 12 Apr 1700 (mentioned in father's 1727 will)
6. Experience, baptized 28 Mar 1702 (not mentioned in father's 1727 will)
7. Timothy, baptized 3 Dec 1704 (mentioned in father's 1727 will)

Estate

Joseph Taylor of Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, yeoman, made 31 August 1727...^[1][2]

• [to] my beloved wife Experience Tailor... one third part of all my Real Estate while she remains my widow... my best bed and bedding...
• to my son Ebenezer Tailer... all my farmes whereon I dwell and all the meadow at Turkey Point which I bought of Col. Winslow, two thirds to be possessed immediately and the other third part after his mother's decease or second marriage; two oxen, two cows and a yearling and a calf
• to my son Samuel Tailer... all that land or farms whereon he now dwelleth and all that piece or parcel of meadow that I bought of Samuel Sprague, two thirds to be possessed immediately and the other third after his mother's decease or second marriage...
• to my son Timothy Tailer...all my two lots lying in Pembrook and... meadow I bought of John Kent
• to my daughter all my moveable estate left after her mother's decease or second marriage; I give her a room in my now dwelling house during the time she remain unmarried
• my flat? shall be divided equally among all my four children, namely, Ebenezer, Samuel, Timothy and Mary
• (more minor bequests to these children)
• appoints wife Experience and son Ebenezer co-executors, signed Joseph Tailor
• witnessed by Ben Solano, Sam Williamson, Arthur Howland
• proved 2 Oct 1727; administration 30 October 1727 Inventory taken on 20 October 1727.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Will of Joseph Taylor, Plymouth Colony Estate Files; available on familysearch.org, image 66-
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-FCZY : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 199 of 596; State Archives, Boston.

• Smith, Jillaine S., The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2011) Vol. 165, WN 659, Page 197.