Gaius Taylor (1770 - 1834)

Born 9 Jul 1770 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Flavia (Root) Taylor — married 12 Jul 1804 in Granby, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Lucia F (Marsh) Root — married Nov 1830 in Montague, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1834 at age 64 in South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

Birth

Gaius Taylor was born on the 9th of July 1770^[1] in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Marriage

On the 12th of July 1804 he married Flavia (Root) Taylor (1780-1840) in Granby, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3] They raised seven children.

1. Rueben Taylor (1805-1875)^[1]
2. Elizabeth Taylor (1807-1813)^[1] Died young.
3. Lucy Taylor (1810-1811)^[1] Died young.
4. Clarissa (Taylor) Rider (1812-)^[1]
5. William Lyman Taylor (1815-1847)^[1]
6. Sarah Sophronia (Taylor) Barnes (1818-1891)^[4][1]
7. Martin Simons Taylor (1823-1894).^[1]

He married a second time in November of 1830 to nineteen year old Lucia F (Marsh) Root (1811-) in Montague, Massachusetts.^[5][6] He would have been sixty years old and had at least three children still at home.

Death

Gaius passed away on 29th of September 1834 at sixty-four in South Hadley, Massachusetts and buried in Evergreen Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Root, James Pierce, Root genealogical records. 1600-1870. Comprising the general history of the Root and Roots families in America. New York: RC Anthony and Company. 1870. Root Family Records page 416.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 9 February 2018), Gaius Taylor and Flavia Root, 12 Jul 1804; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 760,645.
3. ↑ Noon, Alfred, The history of Ludlow, Massachusetts, with biographical sketches of leading citizens, reminiscences, genealogies, farm histories, and an account of the centennial celebration, June 17, 1874 Springfield, MA: 1912. History of Ludlow Page 457.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 10 March 2018), Gauis Taylor in entry for Sarah S. Taylor Barnes, 05 Nov 1891; citing Southampton, Massachusetts, v 419 p 53, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,504.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 9 February 2018), Lyma Marsh and Gaius Taylor, Nov 1830; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 873,740.
6. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS link
7. ↑ Vital Records Of South Hadley, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts Town Records 1731-1843. Cemetery Transcriptions 1728-1944 database, dunhamwilcox, The New England Historic and Genealogical Society in the Corbin Collection, South Hadley VitalRecords link citing: 1274 - Gaius, h. Flavia, Sept. 29, 1834, Æ 43, Evergreen Cemetery. [GR]

• United States Census, 1810, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: accessed 17 March 2018), Gaius Taylor, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 55, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 205,627.
• United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch link: 19 August 2017), Gaius Taylor, South Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing 493, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 64; FHL microfilm 337,922.
• United States 1830 Census. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (Original index: United States Census, 1830. FamilySearch, 2015.) NEHGS link