Thomas Taylor (1732 - 1782)

Born 15 May 1732 in Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Woodward) Taylor — married 26 Apr 1753 in Birmingham, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1782 at age 49 in Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States

Thomas Taylor is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A113007.

Biography

^[1]Colonel Thomas Taylor was born May 15, 1732, on his father’s 200-acre farm in Westtown Township. Thomas took an early interest in politics; his grandfather had served in the Colonial Assembly in 1715 and 1728. Thomas himself was a county tax assessor from 1768 to 1770 and was elected a County Commissioner in 1774.

On December 20, 1774, at the Chester County Courthouse, then in the city of Chester, Thomas was appointed to a Committee of Safety from Chester County, with Anthony Wayne as chair. In 1777, he was appointed as the Register of Wills and the Recorder of Deeds, serving in that capacity until his death in 1782. That same year, he was commissioned as a colonel in the Pennsylvania Militia, commanding the 6th Battalion, and Caleb John acted in his stead beginning in 1778. It is noted in the county records that in 1780 or before he was responsible for transporting the County records from Chester to the Great Valley “out of the enemy’s way”. For his military service he was disowned by the Birmingham Meeting.

Thomas Taylor married Martha Woodard at Birmingham Meeting in 1753 and had among other children three who served in the Revolution: Thomas Taylor, Jr., Titus Taylor, and Caleb Taylor. Col. Taylor died in Westtown, March 22, 1782, and was buried in his family cemetery.

Name

Col. Thomas Taylor

Birth

15 Jul 1732 Pennsylvania^[2][3]

Residence

1790 West Town, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States^[4]

1800 Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania^[5]

1820 Chester, Pennsylvania, United States^[6]

Death

24 Mar 1782 Westtown, Pennsylvania^[3]

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A113007

1. ↑ https://www.westtownpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FINAL-2020-01-23-WESTTOWN-BOOK.pdf
2. ↑ AGBI
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Sons of the American Revolution
4. ↑ 1790 Census
5. ↑ 1800 Census
6. ↑ 1820 Census

• 1790 United States Federal Census

West Town, Chester, Pennsylvania

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1790usfedcen&h=301845&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence date: 1790 Residence place: West Town, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1800 United States Federal Census

Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1800usfedcenancestry&h=378129&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence date: 1800 Residence place: Westtown, Chester, Pennsylvania

• 1820 United States Federal Census

Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M33_96

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=231621&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Residence date: 1820 Residence place: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=1889900&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 1750 Birth place: Pennsylvania

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=agbi&h=1889724&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 1730 Birth place: Pennsylvania

• Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001)
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18704240&pid=1439

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18704240&pid=1544

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls

http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=1117422&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Birth date: 15 Jul 1732 Birth place: Pennsylvania Death date: 24 Mar 1782 Death place: Westtown, Pennsylvania Residence date: Residence place: United States

• National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.
• Clark, Murtie June. American Militia in the Frontier Wars, 1790-1796, (Baltimore, MD, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003)
• Ancestor Chart dated Dec. 1984

• This handwritten document comes from family archives. The writer did not date nor sign it. It is possible that the author was Hannah Rebecca Cope Plimpton. It is an extensive genealogy of the Cope line, and has been confirmed by other sources. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qTxm0M8I-T3GrY1TiJQ77laU9VGrBOOQ/view?usp=sharing