Alexander Jenifer Taylor (1818 - 1881)

Born 11 Feb 1818 in Kent, Delaware, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1881 at age 63 in Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States

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Biography

Alexander's great-great-grandson did the Y-DNA test with FTDNA resulting in haplogroup R-BY177957.

Death:

Date: 25 DEC 1881

Burial:

Place: Smyrna, Del.

Research Notes

He was appointed Sheriff in 1847 to fill vacancy caused by fathers death. Was executor of both parents estates. Buried with two wives in First Presb. Church Cem., south of Lake Como, west of Rt. 13. Built in 1733.

Sources

• Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone., Kent County, Del. Cemetery Records, Note: Souls in Heaven, Names in Stone., Kent County, Del. Cemetery Records, Vol. I & II

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Taylor-10654 created through the import of Davis Family.GED on Oct 14, 2012 by Bob Davis.

• 1850 Dover Hundred, Kent, Delaware

"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDM-487 : Tue Oct 03 09:53:13 UTC 2023), Entry for George Edwards and Margaret Edwards, 1850. Alexander Taylor 30 DE, merchant

• 1860 West Dover Humdred, Kent, Delaware

"United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SH-SVH : Fri Oct 06 21:24:43 UTC 2023), Entry for William Mullen and Rebecca Mullen, 1860. Alexander Taylor 40, gentleman $10,000 real estate; $40,000 personal

• 1870

"United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BP-HXL : Fri Oct 06 13:12:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph S Moore and Mary I Moore, 1870. Alexander J. Taylor 52 DE, clerk in chancery

• 1880 Dover, Kent, Delaware

"United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXCD-J18 : Fri Oct 06 17:39:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander J. Taylor and Wilhelmina Taylor, 1880. Alex J. 62 DE, Surveyor, parents-Delaware Wilhelmina 35 DE, dad-Delaware, mom-Maryland Ellen B. 7 DE Alex J. Jr. 5 DE Ellen C. Baynard 67 DE, Mother-in-law Mary Collins 20 DE

• Marriage#1 Alex J. Taylor + Mary A. (Hamm) Waples, Kent, DE 29 Nov 1866

"Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21R-XZJN : Thu Nov 09 15:55:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Alex J Taylor and Mary A Waples, 1866. Kent Co., DE Vol 90 p77; vol 32, p17 Mary Ann Hamm first married Gideon Burton Waples in 1862. He died in 1864 so in 1866 she remarried to Alex J. Taylor.

• Marriage #2 Alex J. Taylor + Wilhelmina Baynard, , Kent, DE, 26 Oct 1871

"Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q215-NF6Y : Thu Nov 09 15:36:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander J Taylor and Wilhelmina W Baynard, 1871. vol 82, p 270; vol 32, p233

• Death

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-3B4G : 26 July 2019), Alexander J. Taylor, 1881; Burial, Dover, Kent, Delaware, United States of America, Methodist Cemetery; citing record ID 7566348, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. Alexander J. Taylor born 11 Feb 1818; died 1881 Dover, Kent, Delaware; Wife#1 Mary Ann Hamm 1839-1869 (married 1866); Wife#2 Wilhelmina W. Baynard 1845-1885 (married 1871)