Thomas Hinde Taylor (1813 - 1865)

Born 1813 in Campbell, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan B. Westlake — married 15 May 1833 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 1865 at about age 52 in Fort Mitchell, Kenton, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1813. He was the son of Caleb Taylor and Sarah Craighead. He passed away in 1865.

Named for the following Methodist minister: Thomas S. Hinde was born April 19, 1785 in Hanover County, Virginia, to Dr. Thomas Hinde (1737–1828) and Mary Todd Hubbard (1734–1830), as the seventh of eight children. His father was an English doctor who served as a physician to Patrick Henry and General James Wolfe. Little is known about Hinde’s early years except that the family moved from Virginia to Newport, Kentucky, in 1797 when his father was awarded a land grant of {convert|10,000|acre|sqkm} for his services in the American Revolutionary War. In a letter to President James Madison many years later, Hinde related that while walking to school in the wilderness of Kentucky, he once successfully fought off a wolf and a panther . Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton were neighbors of the Hinde family while they lived in Kentucky, and the three men grew up as colleagues. One of Hinde’s sisters married Richard Southgate; his nephews William Wright Southgate and William Taylor became prominent lawyers and politicians.

Birth Thomas Hinde Taylor was named in his father's will and in that will he desired his son be presented to Rev. Thomas S. Hinde of Chilicothe if they be willing to take them.. He was named after this Methodist minister, Thomas S. Hinde: Thomas S. Hinde was born April 19, 1785 in Hanover County, Virginia, to Dr. Thomas Hinde (1737–1828) and Mary Todd Hubbard (1734–1830), as the seventh of eight children. His father was an English doctor who served as a physician to Patrick Henry and General James Wolfe.

Sources

• From Caleb's will: the rest of my property is any remains at my wife's death be divided equally amongst my children namely Polly Kelsey, Betsey Mann, Dianna Taylor, William McKindre Taylor, Sally Russell Taylor, James Armstrong Taylor, Thomas Hinde Taylor & Fanny Lightfoot Taylor

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One of his sons is the donor for the Autosomal and YDNA tests FTDNA. The results place this entire Taylor line in haplogroup BY177957.