Thomas/2 Taylor

M, #856, (9 August 1660 - April 1691)
Thomas/2 Taylor|b. 9 Aug 1660\nd. Apr 1691|p86.htm#i856|Jonathan/1? Taylor|b. say 1625\nd. 12 Oct 1683|p140.htm#i1397|Mary/2 Wright|b. say 1628\nd. 9 Sep 1683|p3996.htm#i39956|||||||Dea. Samuel/1 Wright|b. 29 Jun 1606\nd. 17 Oct 1665|p2973.htm#i29729|Margaret Stratton|b. say 1608\nd. 24 Jul 1681||
Father*Jonathan/1? Taylor1 b. s 1625, d. 12 Oct 1683
Mother*Mary/2 Wright1 b. s 1628, d. 9 Sep 1683
Appears on charts:Descendants of Henry/1 Burt
Descendants of William/1s Brooks
Last Edited27 Jun 2008
       Thomas/2 Taylor was born 9 Aug 1660 at Springfield, MA.2,1 He is presumed to have married (1), after 8 Aug 1680 at Deerfield, Patience/2s Brooks of Springfield, daughter of William/1s Brooks and Mary/2 Burt.3,4 He did marry (2), 29 Dec 1687 at Springfield, Mary/2 Petty of S., daughter of John/1? Petty and Anna (–?–).5,6 He died in Apr 1691 at age 30. His widow married Thomas Rich of Brookfield.7
     8 Aug 1680, "…William Brooke of Springfield was bound by [magistrate John] Pynchon in the sum of twenty pounds that his daughter Patience, being with child out of wedlock, appear at the September 1680 County Court and answer 'to her Crime and guilt of that vile sin of fornication.' The court, being 'desirous to shew their detestation of such forbidden and dangerous carnal Lusts and if possible to prevent such like God provoking wayes,' adjudged the offender to be whipped with fifteen lashes or else to pay a fine of four pounds to the county treasurer. Thomas Taylor, with two sureties, also gave bond to Pynchon in the sum of twenty pounds to appear at the same court and answer what Patience Brooke had to lay to his charge, as well as for his good behavior in the meantime."8 The child was stillborn the same day.9

Family 1

Patience/2s Brooks b. 5 Jun 1661, d. b 29 Dec 1687
Child

Family 2

Mary/2 Petty b. 27 Mar 1670
Child
  • Hannah/3 Taylor10,11 b. 18 Aug 1690

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 73, Thomas Taylor b.
  2. [S106] NEHGR, "Records of Springfield, Mass.", 18:145 (Apr 1864): Thomas Taylor b.
  3. [S403] Eno, "William Brooks of Springfield", page unrecorded.
  4. [S639] Henry M. Burt, Springfield, 2:536: "m. Thomas Taylor."
  5. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 73, Thomas Taylor/Mary Petty m.
  6. [S930] Pynchon Manuscript Records, 3, Tho Taylor/Mary Petty m.
  7. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 73, Thomas Taylor d.
  8. [S31] The Pynchon Court Record, 105.
  9. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 42, stillborn dau. of Patience Brooks.
  10. [S929] Pynchon BMD Record Index, 72, Hannah Taylor b.
  11. [S27] Warren, "Springfield Families", 596, Thomas (4.) Taylor.
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