William Taylor, of Scituate

Family of John Taylor and Elizabeth:

William, of Arundel, Maine.

Children:

1. Lydia Taylor (20 Mar 1688/9-). married John Wright, son of Thomas Wright (-ca 1691) & Elizabeth (-aft 1693), in the Second Church of Scituate.52 Born in Oct 1688 in Scituate, MA
2. Elizabeth Taylor (5 Jul 1692-). Married Gilbert Brooks.
3. Mary Taylor (13 Jul 1696-) married Nathaniel Brooks (16158)

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William Taylor’s will is dated 17 March 1717/18 and proved on 20 March 1717/18 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Lydia, his three daughters, Lydia Wright, Elizabeth Brooks, and Mary Brooks, and his sons-in-law, Gilbert Brooks, and Nathaniel Brooks. His inventory was taken on 19 March 1717/18.[1]

Origins

From Descendants of Edward Small of New England:126

John Taylor had been in Plymouth Colony as early as 1635, probably in Scituate; in 1651, he was at “Damariscove.” When he was driven away from Damariscotta by the Indians, he fled to Massachusetts, where he died; his wife was Sarah. Isaac^2 Taylor, of of his sons, also had a wife Sarah; they lived for a short time in Boston before returning to Scituate. This Isaac appeared among the claimants, for a “tract on the west side of Damariscotta River, in the Sheepscot Township,” next north of Walter Phillips, “the late possession of John Taylor ... all which said John Taylor was possessed of upwards of forty years, and enjoyed the same peaceably till the first Indian war.” It is said that Isaac Taylor was the “only son of an original settler in these parts who returned to his father’s land;” his descendants were numerous in that region. ... Besides the daughter Sarah who was married to Thomas Gent, John Taylor had another dauaghter, wife of ___ Simmons; a third, wife of ___ Woodbridge; and a fourth, who “lived single till upwards of 90 years of age.”

John married Elizabeth.

Their children include:
Isaac Taylor (-ca 1720). Married Sarah.
John Taylor. Married Phebe Rockwood.
William Taylor. Married Lydia.
Elizabeth Taylor. Married Thomas Gent.

Sources

1. "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-FJM1?cc=2018320&w... : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 43 of 485; State Archives, Boston.
2. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr04/rr04_022.html#P11... Family of John Taylor (2512) & Elizabeth
3. https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_248.html#P11...
   1. For more information about the Taylor families of Damariscotta and Scituate, see Forrest Perreault’s research. His NH First Settlers database (2006 version) is at RootsWeb
   2. See also http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkersj/ThomasGe... at the Phipps Family Pages.