Thomas
Taylor
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Gamaliel Taylor
and Abigail (Cable) Taylor
Brother of
Abigail Taylor, Lydia (Taylor) Gray, Gamaliel Taylor, Sarah (Taylor) Davis and Clapp Taylor
Husband of
Mary (Morehouse) Taylor
— married
20 Jul 1783 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Taylor, Gideon Morehouse Taylor, Ebenezer Taylor, Gamaliel Taylor and Mary (Taylor) Noyes
Died
at age 67
in Wolcott, Lamoille, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Sep 2017
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Biography
Thomas Taylor was born in Connecticut in 1758, the son of Gamaliel & Abigail (Cable) Taylor.
He married Mary Morehouse in Connecticut in 1783. They had several sons: Thomas (1787-1850), Gideon (1789 - ), and Gamaliel (1791-1792)
Thomas was one of two original Settlers of Wolcott, Vermont, arriving on snow shoes one day prior to Seth Hubbell, the only access to Wolcott being a path marked on trees from Hyde Park. He established the sawmill in Wolcott and later became Justice of the Peace for what was then Orleans County.
He is buried in the Taylor Cemetery , Wolcott, Vermont
Sources
- CT Town Birth Records
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74W-FGM : 11 February 2018), Thomas Taylor, 30 Sep 1758; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
- VT Vital Records
- Findagrave # 14563732
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~1.56%
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