Henry Taylor (1733 - 1813)

Born 1733 in Swatara Creek, Derry Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Husband of Rhoda (Williamson) Taylor — married 12 Nov 1765 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 22 Nov 1813 at about age 80 in Mifflin, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Henry Taylor is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112517.

Captain Henry Taylor served with 8th Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Biography

Captain Henry Taylor was born in about 1733 in present day Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (then Lancaster, Pennsylvania). He was a son of Robert Taylor and Jane Patterson.

He served as a Captain in the 3rd Company of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment (Battalion) during the American Revolution, hailing from Armagh Township.^[1]

From: The Taylor Family in Lawrence County, Indiana and Erie County, Pennsylvania with a Full Account of the Early History of This Family in Pennsylvania and New York As Well as Briefer Accounts of the Histories of Allen Patterson, and Sample Families in Present - Day Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (draft version) by R. Gregory Taylor July 26, 2005: pages 23 & 24

The reader should note the virtual identity of the names of the siblings of Robert Taylor of Erie County with the names of the children (1) - (10) of son Matthew S. Taylor in Indiana decades later, which is what first drew our attention thirty years ago.

Henry "Three Fingers" Taylor (1733 - 1813) attained the rank of Captain in the Continental Army during the Revolution losing two fingers in an encounter with a British officer. Rhoda Williamson is said to have been his second wife, the first being Isabel. His substantial estate in Brown Township is known as Taylor's Mills --- part of the original 3,000 acres of Robert Taylor of Pine Ford and his second wife (Mary McCandless) are buried at Church Hill cemetery at Reedsville.^[2]

Henry Taylor built a grist-mill and saw-mill on the West Branch of the Kishacoquillas Creek prior to 1790. It was used until 1823, when it was destroyed by fire. As soon as possible after the fire, the present Robert Taylor's mill was built. It is a frame house, and was completed ready for use in 1824. - Beck was the first miller who operated the new mill.^[3][4]

Number 20 in the 1810 US Census of Armagh, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania: ^[5]

Henry married Rhoda Williamson on November 12, 1765 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania.^[6] Together they had the following children:

• Robert (1770-1833) m. Margaret McCandlesss
• Mary (1772-1847) m. John McKinney
• Ann (1774-1853) m. John Alexander
• Jane (1776-1819) m. John McNitt, Crawford Kyle
• Samuel Williamson (1778-1862) m. Elizabeth Davis
• Henry B (1784-1860) m. Jane ?
• Mathew (1785-1833) m. Jane Ellen McCully
• Rhoda (1787- ?) m. James Cooper
• Joseph Alexander (1790-1860) m. Hannah Beatty
• David (1793-1877)

Daughters of the American Revolution information: Taylor, Henry Ancestor #: A112517 Service for Pennsylvania with rank of Captain with Colonels Buchanan, Chambers and Brown as per PA Archives. Birth: 1733 Lancaster Co Pennsylvania; Death: 11-22-1813 Mifflin County Pennsylvania. Residence: 2) City: Armagh Twp - County: Cumberland County - State: Pennsylvania. Spouse: Rhoda Williamson. Children: Samuel W. Taylor, m. Elizabeth Davis; Anne Taylor, m. John Alexander; Robert Taylor m. Margaret McCandlish; Matthew Taylor m. Ane Ellen McCully, and Mary Taylor, m. John McKinney.^[7]

He died November 22, 1813 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Henry is buried at the Church Hill Cemetery in Reedsville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.^[8]

Mifflin County Pennsylvania History.

County History

Mifflin County was formed in 1789 but as early as 1731 traders had left written records of the Shawnee Indian village of Ohesson, ruled over by Chief Kishacoquillas, firm friend of the English. Its site, since 1790, occupied by Lewistown, the county seat, remained an Indian centre until the coming of Arthur Buchanan, trader and first settler, in 1754.

The Taylors

The first Taylors to be assessed in Kishacoquillas Valley were Henry and William in 1770, followed by Matthew in 1771 and John in 1775. A fifth brother Robert lived in Juniata County and later Erie. The father, Robert Taylor, died in 1760 on Swatara Creek, Derry Township, Dauphin County. His wife was Mary_____. His children were Henry, born 1733; Catherine, born in 1735; William, born 1737; Robert, born 1740; Matthew, born 1742; John, born 1746 (went to Augusta County, Virginia); Jane, born 1744; Elizabeth, born 1748; Ann, born 1750. Robert Sr. had improved land in the valley in 1754. Henry Taylor was the oldest of the three Taylor brothers who lived in Kishacoquillas Valley. He was born 1733, married. about 1769 Rhoda Williamson (daughter of Samuel Williamson, died Newton Township 1771), died November 22, 1813. His wife was born 1744, died August 3, 1826. Henry Taylor was a captain in the Revolution; road supervisor of Armagh Township 1772. He had 10 children: Robert, married Margaret McCandless; Samuel Williamson, born November 6, 1778, died 1862, married Elizabeth Davis; Matthew, married Ellen McCulley; Henry B., married Jane McDowell; Joseph Alexander, born October, 1790, died October 8, 1860, married Hannah Beatty; David, never married; Mary, married John McKinney; Ann, born April 18, 1774, died August 25, 1853, married John Alexander; Jane, married first Robert McNitt; second Crawford Kyle; Rhoda, married - Cooper. William Taylor was born 1737, married about 1771 Esther___ , died 1781. He served in the Revolution and was overseer of the poor in Armagh Township in 1778. He had four children: Robert; John, born February 18, 1778, died November 29, 1843, married Rosanna Alexander; Jane; Mary. Matthew Taylor was born 1742, married about 1770 Sarah Sample Mayes (born 1740, died January 31, 1819), died November 12, 1823. There were four children: Robert married Nancy Arnold; John, born March 6, 1775, died 1843, married Elizabeth McManigal; Henry, born 1778, died August 17, 1862, married first Ann McNitt, second Rosanna McFarlane, third Priscilla Turbett; Sample.

From: The Pioneers of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Who's who in the Early Records with an Account of the Growth of the county before 1790, by John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell, Lewistown, Penna. 1942 page 28-31

On FamilySearch.org 21 sources of information for:

Name • • Henry Taylor Last Changed: October 29, 2017

Sex • • Male Last Changed: February 11, 2012

Birth • • 2 November 1733 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States Last Changed: October 29, 2017

Christening

Death • • 22 Nov 1813 Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States Last Changed: December 9, 2020

Burial • • Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania Last Changed: October 15, 2020

Other Information:

Alternate Name • Birth Name Henry Taylor Last Changed: February 11, 2012

Alternate Name • Birth Name Henry J Taylor Capt Last Changed: February 11, 2012

Alternate Name • Birth Name Henry J. Taylor Last Changed: September 28, 2012

Residence • August 4, 1800 Millford, Mifflin, Pennsylvania Last Changed: October 6, 2014

Custom Event • MilSvc Capt Revolutionary War Last Changed: February 11, 2012

On findagrave.com:

Capt Henry Taylor BIRTH 1731 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 22 Nov 1813 (aged 81–82) Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Church Hill Cemetery Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 33314210 ·

HISTORY OF MIFFLIN COUNTY

From Franklin Ellis' History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys Embraced in the Counties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder. Philadelphia, 1886.

CHAPTER XVI.

BROWN TOWNSHIP.

Henry Taylor built a grist-mill and saw-mill on the West Branch of the Kishacoquillas Creek prior to 1790. It was used until 1823, when it was destroyed by fire. As soon as possible after the fire, the present Robert Taylor's mill was built. It is a frame house, and was completed ready for use in 1824. - Beck was the first miller who operated the new mill.[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Cumberland County Revolutionary War Militia," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, accessed April 25, 2020, http://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Revolutionary-War-Militia-Cumberland.aspx.
2. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Church+Hill+cemetery/@40.6795755,-77.600987,2019m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89ceb5a8491a6a4f:0x2c00c3a5f397711b!8m2!3d40.6780784!4d-77.5988412!16s%2Fg%2F11fktgzq30?entry=ttu
3. ↑ http://www.pagenweb.org/~mifflin/ellis/ellis-14.htm
4. ↑ https://millpictures.com/mills.php?millid=221
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB4-K52?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXH2F-PKQ&action=view&groupId=TH-1942-25147-16438-80
6. ↑ Black, Elizabeth, McCandlish-Black Family History (Worthington, OH: 1935), 12.
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Taylor, Henry", Ancestor # A112517.
8. ↑ Find a Grave memorial: 33314210

See also:

• DAR Lineage Book (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1899), Vol. 30, Page 104.
• DAR Lineage Book (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1925), Vol. 77, Page 79.
• "US Census, 1800," database online. Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA; pg. 492; National Archives Microfilm M-32, Roll 37.
• Septennial Census Returns, 1779–1863. Box 1026, microfilm, 14 rolls. Records of the House of Representatives. Records of the General Assembly, Record Group 7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA.
• United States Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the State of Pennsylvania. M372, microfilm, 24 rolls. Records of the Internal Revenue Service, 1791-2006, Record Group 58. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
• http://www.pagenweb.org/~mifflin/ellis/ellis-14.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33314210/henry-taylor
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4TW-8C2
• CENSUS YEAR: 1790 STATE: PA COUNTY: Mifflin
• http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/pa/mifflin/1790/pg0101.txt
• http://genealogytrails.com/penn/mifflin/history.html
• The Taylor Family in Lawrence County, Indiana and Erie County, Pennsylvania with a Full Account of the Early History of This Family in Pennsylvania and New York As Well as Briefer Accounts of the Histories of Allen Patterson, and Sample Families in Present - Day Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (draft version) by R. Gregory Taylor July 26, 2005, pages 23 & 24: http://satupe.googlepages.com/img016.pdf
• https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/06/explaining-pennsylvanias-militia/