Verbatim extract of record from the family Bible of the Rev. George Taylor [1775-1851], resident of Onondaga Valley, NY.  Taylor immigrated to New York State from Somersetshire, England in August 1819 & settled in the Valley the following December.  He founded Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church, Onondaga Valley, 1825.  The final entry in this record was penned by Frederick Kimber [1810-1887], husband of Harriet Taylor.  This Bible is now [Sept. 2004] in the possession of Kevin Bradford: [email protected]

First page:

The Family Record of Geo Taylor

Minister of the Gospel _____

Geo Taylor, son of Geo., and  Joanna Taylor

whose residence was in Rodney Stoke, Som

-ersetshire England, was Born Tuesday May 16

at 3 Oclock in the Morning and Bap

-tized and B [crossed out] June 11^th 1775 _____

Elizeabeath Radford Born Monday

June the 17^th 1776 Was Married to the

above s^d Geo Taylor June 26 [crossed out] 6^th 1796

and Departed this Life May 7 [crossed out] June 24^th 1812

Aged 36 years leaving her Husband &

5 Children to lament their Lost

Elizeabeath, Bradford my second Wife. we was Ma

rried in the Parish Church of Kingsb

-ury in the same County Dec^r 27^th 1813

and she Departed this Life May 7^th 1816

aged 34 do. ____ Ann, Wilton my Third Wife.

We was Married Sept^r 5 in the Parish

Church at Montacute in the year of

our Lord 1816 __ She was a faithful

Wife and an Affectinate Mother to my

Motherless Children She Departed this

life July the 19^th 1846 Aged 72 Y^rs

and levd her Husband to lament his

lost of one of the best of Woman

Second page:

John Radford Taylor son of G & E Taylor

was born Wednesday April 19^th June [crossed out]

at 8 OClock in the Evening and Baptiz’d

the 24 do 1797 And Departed this life

August 28^th 1799 [crossed out] 1818 Aged 21

    Sarah Taylor Daughter of Do

Was Born Thursday Jan^ry 22^nd at 6 OClo

-ck in the Evening and Baptized 19^th

Feb^ry 1799.  And Departed this Life

    Thomas Taylor son of Do Was Born Monday

Dec^r 15 at 6 OClock in the Morning

1800 and Baptiz’d Jan^ry 1^st 1801 [*see note below]

And Departed this Life and departed [crossed out]

this life [crossed out] Janr^y 4 1805 Aged 4 Y^rs

    Eliza Taylor Daughter of Do Was

Born White Sunday May 26^th at 6 O.Clo

in the Morning and Baptizd June 19

1806.  Was Married to Moses W. Newcomb

August 1 1827 And Departed this Life

Nov^r 7^th 1834 Aged 29 do Leaving 3 Children

to lament their Lost _____

    Harriet Taylor Daughter of do. Born July

2^nd and Baptiz’d Sept^r 2^nd 1810

All these childrens Baptism Registerd in the Church

In the Parrish of Wedmore Somerset England

Third page:

Geo Taylor Son of G. & E. Taylor

was Born Saterday Evening 8 OClock

and ba [crossed out] June 9 and Baptiz’d July 8^th 1804 following

    Thomas Taylor Son of do. was born

Munday, Jan^ry 12 Dec^r 5 [crossed out] ^th 1801 and depa

-rted this Life Dec^r 5^th 1805 aged 4 yrs [*see note below]

    Isaac Taylor son of Eli^zh

Taylor my second Wife was

Born Jan^ry 10^th 1815 And departed

this life March the 1^st 1818 Aged 4 yrs

    Ann my third Wife Departed

this Life June the 19^th 1846

was the owner of this Book

My dear and Beloved Wife

Harriet Kimber and Daughter

Of the Rev George & Elizabeth Taylor

Died May 22 1883 at 15 Minutes

Before 11 Oclock in the Evening

Aged 72 Years 10 Months and 20

Days

*These entries concern the same child.  Thomas Taylor was baptized 12 Jan. 1801 at Wedmore and was buried there 11 Jan. 1805; cf. Wedmore parish register transcripts at http://www.tutton.org/burialst.html

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22 September 2005