Richard "Rock" Taylor

DNA: R-M269 Taylor Group R1b-009

Richard “Rock Richard” Taylor

• BIRTH 1619 England
• DEATH 1 Aug 1703 (aged 83–84) Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 46352079

His origins are not known.

Called "Rock Richard" Taylor because he built his house next to a rock, and to distinguish him from Richard "The Tailor" Taylor.

Gabriel Whelden of Yarmouth and Malden is the subject of an article in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 163, published October 2009. The marriage of his daughters Ruth and Mary to two different Richard Taylors is discussed in detail in Vol 165 of the Register (July 2011).

Children: Ruth Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Richard Taylor Jr, Mehitable Taylor Smith, Keziah Taylor Eldridge, Joseph Taylor, Hannah Taylor Jenkins, Elisha Taylor, and Mary Taylor.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46352079/richard-taylor

Spouse

Ruth Whelden Taylor 1626–1693

Children

Richard Taylor 1652–1732

Keziah Taylor Eldredge 1656–1734

Hannah Taylor Crocker 1658–1743

Elisha Taylor 1664–1741

Created by: Kevin Avery Added: 5 Jan 2010 Find A Grave Memorial 46352079 Source citation

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-1050

Richard "Rock" Taylor

Born about 1621 in England

Husband of Ruth (Whelden) Taylor — married about 27 Oct 1646 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Father of Ruth Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Richard Taylor, Mehitable (Taylor) Smith, Hannah (Taylor) Crocker, Keziah Taylor, Joshua Taylor, Hannah (Taylor) Jenkins, Elisha Taylor and Mary Taylor

Died 1 Aug 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 21 Aug 2019 | Created 12 Oct 2010

Richard Taylor migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

This profile has been updated based on new research findings as published in 2011.[1]

Biography

Richard Taylor was born in England about 1621 (based on his marriage date). There is no confirmed documentation of his parentage, nor that he was born 1615 in Pennington Castle, Cumberland, England.[2]

He settled in Yarmouth, MA by 1 Oct 1646-- first record of him there-- when the court recorded that Gabriel Whelden gave permission for his underage daughter Ruth to marry Richard.[3]

He died 1 August 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts[4]

One of the Two Richard Taylors of Yarmouth

Richard Taylor was called of "the Rock" to distinguish him from another Yarmouth man by the same name, who himself was called Richard Taylor, tailor.

A ship manifest from the "Truelove," which departed Gravesend, England, 10 June 1635, includes the name Richard Taylor.[5] However, it cannot be confirmed which Richard Taylor was on that ship, as there were several by that name who settled in colonial Massachusetts, including the Richard Taylors in Yarmouth.[6]

Richard "the Rock" Taylor established a farm that is currently called the Taylor-Bray Farm. The farm was on the line between the Indian lands of Hockanom and Nobscusset, the location of today's Yarmouth-Dennis town line.

Generations of Taylors continued to live in the farmhouse until Lucy Taylor sold the farm to George and Willie Bray in 1896. The property that Lucy sold for $400 included 50 acres of uplands and adjacent marshlands which were capable of producing six tons of a combination of salt and fresh hay a year. The deed described the property as being in that part of Yarmouth known as Hockanom. The rock is still there marked with a tablet, between Yarmouth and Dennis.[7] A side road marked Hockanom leads to it. A visitor there in 1930 found the second Taylor house was still standing and occupied. The original was of logs and was destroyed by fire before 1700. Tombstones of his children and descendants are still in the cemetery at Yarmouth (not Yarmouthport).

Which Ruth did he marry?

As published in the NEHGS Register in July 2011, "Tradition, as well as frequent derivative published research, has long held that [Richard Taylor,] tailor married Ruth Whelden, daughter of Gabriel, and the farmer of the Rock married Ruth (Burgess?)."

Ruth Burgess was the wife of Richard Taylor of Sudbury, and the mother of Richard Taylor who married Hannah Rice, a completely different family.[8]

The evidence indicates that the Ruth who married Richard Taylor "of the Rock" was daughter of Gabriel Whelden.

Children

Of the children, the oldest was Ruth, a name which has persisted through generations. One son was Richard who was in the fight at Mount Hope. One son, Elisha was surveyor and fence viewer at Falmouth. A grandson, Shubel, was a lifetime deacon of the Yarmouth Church. [these all need citations]

Children:[9][10]

Elisha Taylor[11] Ruth Taylor Ruth Taylor Richard Taylor[11] Mehitable Taylor[11] Keziah Taylor[11] Hannah (Taylor) Jenkins[11] Legacy

Shortly after his wife's death in 1693, Richard wrote a will. He wrote a codicil in 1699, he died 1 October 1703, and the will was probated five days later.[12]

The will named sons Richard and Elisha; daughters Mehetabel, Keziah Eldredge; and grandson Samuel Eldredge. Daughter Hannah Jenkins (who had married a Quaker and moved to New Jersey) was to have twenty shillings, but “if she doth not come for it within two years,” it was to go to Mehetable and Keziah. Richard Taylor, Elisha Taylor, and son-in-law Samuel Eldredge were named executors. The codicil added specific bequests to grandchildren Jehosaphat, Mehitabel, and Keziah Eldredge, and Mehetabel Smith.[11]

Sources

↑ Jillaine S. Smith, "The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts," Register, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 165 (July & Oct 2011) ↑ This latter information was claimed, without source, in a duplicate merged into this profile. ↑ Shurtleff and Pulsifer, Records of New Plymouth, 2:110, 27 October 1646: “In the case betweene Gabriell Whelding and Richard Taylor, about his daughter Ruth, the said Gabriell prmiseth his free assent and consent to theire marriage.” ↑ Swift, History of Old Yarmouth, 2:207 [1703 and footnote]. “Mr. Richard Taylor died Aug. 1.” ↑ "Emigrants for St. Christophers, &c," in NEHGR, 14:354: ... James Tayler 28... Rich Tayler 16... Wm Tayler 17... Ann Taylor 24... ↑ This genealogy.com forum post from 2012 makes the case for the Richard Taylor of this ship ultimately settling in Virginia. I don't know how the author can be certain of that. ~~~~ ↑ This historical information is from a previous version of the Taylor-Bray Farm web site; the site has been redone, and no longer includes this information. (3 May 2016) ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 29 November 2018), Richard Taylor and Hannah Rice Ward, 17 Oct 1677; citing Marriage, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm . ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Warwick, R.I.: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1975), also online database at AmericanAncestors.org; 1:5 ↑ James W. Hawes, “Richard Taylor, Tailor, and Some of his Descendants,” in Leonard H. Smith, Jr., comp., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992), 1:757–93, contains a well-researched account of one of the families, with reference to the other at 758–60. Hawes’ account was originally published in 1914. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789.” Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)[2] subscription site ↑ Barnstable County Probate, 2:162–64. See also:

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, 12 vols. in 10 (Boston: William White, 1855–61). Charles F. Swift, History of Old Yarmouth: Comprising the Present Towns of Yarmouth and Dennis, (Yarmouthport, Mass.: the author, 1884). James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1860–62; repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965), 4:263. Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County (Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1860–1862; repr. Yarmouthport, Mass.: Parnassus Imprints, 1965), 2:207, footnote: “Mr Richard Taylor, called Farmer Rock.” Ebenezer Burgess, Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, Who Were Settled at Sandwich, in the Plymouth Colony in 1637 (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1865). Find a Grave profile for this Richard Taylor, aka, "Rock Richard Taylor"

Deceased.Emigration: 1635, London, England to Virginia via Bermuda on the ship Truelove

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Called "Rock Richard" Taylor because he built his house next to a rock, and to distinguish him from Richard "The Tailor" Taylor.

Married

1. Ruth Whelden Taylor (1626 - 1693). Her name is also seen as Ruth Burgess.  

 Children:

1. Keziah "Kezih" Taylor
2. Ruth Taylor 1650 - Before 1693
3. Richard Taylor 1652 - 1732
4. Mehitable Taylor 1654 - after 1693
5. Joshua Taylor 1659 - Bef 1693
6. Hannah Taylor 1661 -
7. Elisha Taylor 1663/64 - 1740/41
8. Mary Taylor 1667 -

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Richard_Taylor_%2873%29_
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Taylor_in_Yarmouth,_Barnstable,_Massac...

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Nickname: the Rock From the "History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts ..":

There were two Richard Taylors early in town, both of whom were enrolled among those able to bear arms in 1643, and both had wives named Ruth. To distinguish them, one was called Richard Taylor, tailor from his occupation, and the other Richard Rock, from the circumstance that his house was built beside a great rock. The first Richard, in the year 1646, had a difficulty with Gabriel Whelden, who objected to his marriage with Whelden's daughter Ruth, and the court took cognizance of the matter. This new style of courting succeeded and Whelden's consent was followed by the marriage. The Taylors of Chatham are descended from this Richard.

The Taylors of Yarmouth are from "Richard Rock", who married Ruth Burgess. He was constable in 1656 and 1668, surveyor of highway in 1657, excise officer in 1664 and on the grand jury in 1685.

Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3269383&...
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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-1050

Richard "Rock" Taylor

Born about 1621 in England

Husband of Ruth (Whelden) Taylor — married about 27 Oct 1646 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts

Father of Ruth Taylor, Ruth Taylor, Richard Taylor, Mehitable (Taylor) Smith, Hannah (Taylor) Crocker, Keziah Taylor, Joshua Taylor, Hannah (Taylor) Jenkins, Elisha Taylor and Mary Taylor

Died 1 Aug 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 21 Aug 2019 | Created 12 Oct 2010

Richard Taylor migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

This profile has been updated based on new research findings as published in 2011.[1]

Biography

Richard Taylor was born in England about 1621 (based on his marriage date). There is no confirmed documentation of his parentage, nor that he was born 1615 in Pennington Castle, Cumberland, England.[2]

He settled in Yarmouth, MA by 1 Oct 1646-- first record of him there-- when the court recorded that Gabriel Whelden gave permission for his underage daughter Ruth to marry Richard.[3]

He died 1 August 1703 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts[4]

One of the Two Richard Taylors of Yarmouth

Richard Taylor was called of "the Rock" to distinguish him from another Yarmouth man by the same name, who himself was called Richard Taylor, tailor.

A ship manifest from the "Truelove," which departed Gravesend, England, 10 June 1635, includes the name Richard Taylor.[5] However, it cannot be confirmed which Richard Taylor was on that ship, as there were several by that name who settled in colonial Massachusetts, including the Richard Taylors in Yarmouth.[6]

Richard "the Rock" Taylor established a farm that is currently called the Taylor-Bray Farm. The farm was on the line between the Indian lands of Hockanom and Nobscusset, the location of today's Yarmouth-Dennis town line.

Generations of Taylors continued to live in the farmhouse until Lucy Taylor sold the farm to George and Willie Bray in 1896. The property that Lucy sold for $400 included 50 acres of uplands and adjacent marshlands which were capable of producing six tons of a combination of salt and fresh hay a year. The deed described the property as being in that part of Yarmouth known as Hockanom. The rock is still there marked with a tablet, between Yarmouth and Dennis.[7] A side road marked Hockanom leads to it. A visitor there in 1930 found the second Taylor house was still standing and occupied. The original was of logs and was destroyed by fire before 1700. Tombstones of his children and descendants are still in the cemetery at Yarmouth (not Yarmouthport).

Which Ruth did he marry?

As published in the NEHGS Register in July 2011, "Tradition, as well as frequent derivative published research, has long held that [Richard Taylor,] tailor married Ruth Whelden, daughter of Gabriel, and the farmer of the Rock married Ruth (Burgess?)."

Ruth Burgess was the wife of Richard Taylor of Sudbury, and the mother of Richard Taylor who married Hannah Rice, a completely different family.[8]

The evidence indicates that the Ruth who married Richard Taylor "of the Rock" was daughter of Gabriel Whelden.

Children

Of the children, the oldest was Ruth, a name which has persisted through generations. One son was Richard who was in the fight at Mount Hope. One son, Elisha was surveyor and fence viewer at Falmouth. A grandson, Shubel, was a lifetime deacon of the Yarmouth Church. [these all need citations]

Children:[9][10]

Elisha Taylor[11] Ruth Taylor Ruth Taylor Richard Taylor[11] Mehitable Taylor[11] Keziah Taylor[11] Hannah (Taylor) Jenkins[11] Legacy

Shortly after his wife's death in 1693, Richard wrote a will. He wrote a codicil in 1699, he died 1 October 1703, and the will was probated five days later.[12]

The will named sons Richard and Elisha; daughters Mehetabel, Keziah Eldredge; and grandson Samuel Eldredge. Daughter Hannah Jenkins (who had married a Quaker and moved to New Jersey) was to have twenty shillings, but “if she doth not come for it within two years,” it was to go to Mehetable and Keziah. Richard Taylor, Elisha Taylor, and son-in-law Samuel Eldredge were named executors. The codicil added specific bequests to grandchildren Jehosaphat, Mehitabel, and Keziah Eldredge, and Mehetabel Smith.[11]

Sources

↑ Jillaine S. Smith, "The Two Richard Taylor Families of Early Yarmouth, Massachusetts," Register, New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Volume 165 (July & Oct 2011) ↑ This latter information was claimed, without source, in a duplicate merged into this profile. ↑ Shurtleff and Pulsifer, Records of New Plymouth, 2:110, 27 October 1646: “In the case betweene Gabriell Whelding and Richard Taylor, about his daughter Ruth, the said Gabriell prmiseth his free assent and consent to theire marriage.” ↑ Swift, History of Old Yarmouth, 2:207 [1703 and footnote]. “Mr. Richard Taylor died Aug. 1.” ↑ "Emigrants for St. Christophers, &c," in NEHGR, 14:354: ... James Tayler 28... Rich Tayler 16... Wm Tayler 17... Ann Taylor 24... ↑ This genealogy.com forum post from 2012 makes the case for the Richard Taylor of this ship ultimately settling in Virginia. I don't know how the author can be certain of that. ~~~~ ↑ This historical information is from a previous version of the Taylor-Bray Farm web site; the site has been redone, and no longer includes this information. (3 May 2016) ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch [1] : 29 November 2018), Richard Taylor and Hannah Rice Ward, 17 Oct 1677; citing Marriage, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm . ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Vital Records of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Warwick, R.I.: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1975), also online database at AmericanAncestors.org; 1:5 ↑ James W. Hawes, “Richard Taylor, Tailor, and Some of his Descendants,” in Leonard H. Smith, Jr., comp., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, 2 vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992), 1:757–93, contains a well-researched account of one of the families, with reference to the other at 758–60. Hawes’ account was originally published in 1914. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789.” Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)[2] subscription site ↑ Barnstable County Probate, 2:162–64. See also:

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff and David Pulsifer, ed., Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, 12 vols. in 10 (Boston: William White, 1855–61). Charles F. Swift, History of Old Yarmouth: Comprising the Present Towns of Yarmouth and Dennis, (Yarmouthport, Mass.: the author, 1884). James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1860–62; repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965), 4:263. Frederick Freeman, The History of Cape Cod: The Annals of Barnstable County (Boston: Geo. C. Rand & Avery, 1860–1862; repr. Yarmouthport, Mass.: Parnassus Imprints, 1965), 2:207, footnote: “Mr Richard Taylor, called Farmer Rock.” Ebenezer Burgess, Burgess Genealogy: Memorial of the Family of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, Who Were Settled at Sandwich, in the Plymouth Colony in 1637 (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, 1865). Find a Grave profile for this Richard Taylor, aka, "Rock Richard Taylor"

Jasper Taylor was born 21 Oct 1641, St. Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England. His parents were Richard TAYLOR (1610 – ) and [__?__].

He is sometimes called Jospeh Taylor.  He married Hannah FITZ RANDOLPH 6 Nov 1668 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass. Jasper died 1719 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Mass.

• http://minerdescent.com/2013/01/14/jasper-taylor/
  • Little is known about Jasper Taylor’s origins. Many genealogies say he was born in 1643 in Barnstaple, Barnstable, Mass and his parents were Stephen Taylor and Sarah Hosford. Other genealogies say his parents were Richard Taylor and Ruth Wheldon. I don’t think either of these two theories are supported, so I’m going with the ideas Jasper was born in England. I found this reference  showing a possible baptism