TAYLOR Genealogy

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The TAYLOR branch of Lynn's family tree is one of the most extensive and well-researched genealogies that I have ever encountered. Her G-GF, Arthur Orison TAYLOR, was a life-member (and occasional officer) of the New England Historic Genealogical Society and had done an enormous amount of research himself. From his work (a recently discovered unpublished but well-referenced manuscript, written in 1923, that adds in the vicinity of 700 names to her tree) we have established Lynn's lineage back to Henry DUNSTER, first president of Harvard College (her 7G-GF), to Gov. Thomas DUDLEY, 2nd governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony after John Winthrop (her 8G-GF), to the Mayflower passenger and signer of the Mayflower Compact. Degory PRIEST (her 11G-GF), and to Ezekiel RICHARDSON, one of the 7 founders of Woburn MA in 1642 (her 10G-GF). It also lists (confirmed and signed by a member of the British College of Arms in 1937) that Lynn is descended from William the Conqueror (her 32G-GF). My daughters expect me to kiss their hands now that they are descended from royalty, but I know better! ;)

The ahnentafel for this impressive body of work can be found here. It consists of 418 of Lynn's direct ancestors spanning 46 generations. This work was done almost exclusively by Lynn's Great-Grandfather, but I have spent time cross-referencing and re-verifying some items, and it's all in order and impeccably documented. In fact, in 2020-2021 we edited the manuscript and published Arthur's book!

 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

A man honored his parents (coincidentally, both born with the same surname) by researching their ancestors… sometimes back nine or more generations… capturing 49 unique surnames… with certified heraldic evidence of descent from 13 Earls, 4 Counts, 2 Dukes, 1 Prince, 22 Kings, and 3 Emperors… and collected it all in a manuscript, finished in 1923. The manuscript was organized into surname chapters, each with descriptive narrative, descent charts, and reference/source notes… then the author died before he could publish it. The man's son retained the manuscript after his father's death, and eventually passed it on to his daughter, who eventually passed it on to her daughter and son-in-law, probably because this son-in-law was "…into genealogy." Ninety-eight years after completion and seventy-three years after the author's death, it's finally been published.

 

Arthur Orison TAYLOR was born 28 October 1858 in Ludlow, Windsor County, VT, and died 23 July 1948 in Belmont, Middlesex County, MA. He married Lucy Mitty HANNUM of Weston, Windsor County, VT on 3 October 1883 in East Bethel, Windsor County, VT. Arthur and Lucy had four children, all born in Somerville, Middlesex County, MA. Only two reached adulthood.

Arthur was the third of four offspring from the confluence of two TAYLOR lines; all except him died before age 25. His father was the Reverend Ora James TAYLOR from Ludlow, Windsor County, VT, and his mother was Abbey Patience TAYLOR from Plymouth, Windsor County, VT (no known relationship except by their marriage). Arthur was a son, a father, an author, a manufacturer, a philanthropist… and a genealogist. His manuscript documents the ancestors of Ora James and Abbey Patience.

Surnames included are: ADAMS, BARRETT, BARRON, BENT, BIGELOW, BREED, BURGE, CHAMPNEY, CHILD, DICKSON, DIGHTON, DUDLEY, DUNSTER, FARRAR, FARRINGTON, FARWELL, FOSDICK, GREEN, HARRINGTON, HARRIS, HILLS, HOBART or HUBBARD, HOLDEN, HOWE, LEARNED, MANSFIELD, MAVERICK, NEWHALL, PARK or PARKE or PARKS, POTTER, PRATT, PRESCOTT, PRIEST, RICHARDSON, ROSS, RUSSELL, SPRAGUE, STEARNS, STONE, SWAN, TAYLOR, THAYER, WADE, WALTON, WARREN, WHEELER, WHITTAKER, WINSHIP, and WOODS .

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter ™ says of A Taylor Double Ancestry : "… painstakingly edited through all the material, [they] checked as many sources as they could… All the book's content is of the author's 1923 work, none of the editors' own, except for the editing and footnoting. So the information reflects work done in 1923, and backwards from that date… The fruition of the Vogts' work honors the original author and contributes to an enduring Taylor legacy. " [https://tinyurl.com/e964k5bj]

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