Josiah Taylor - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	Lt. John Taylor (1667-1744) [S1793] [S1798]	secondary
Mother	Wait Clapp (1670-1722) [S1798]	secondary
Spouse	Thankful French (e1709-)
Child +	Capt. Ahijah Taylor (1740-~1814) [S1798] [S2931]	primary

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	Josiah Taylor [S1793] [S1798] [S2438] [S2931]	primary
Father	Lt. John Taylor (1667-1744) [S1793] [S1798]	secondary
Mother	Wait Clapp (1670-1722) [S1798]	secondary

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Birth	Oct 17, 1701	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S1798]		secondary
Marriage	Aug 2, 1729	Thankful French (e1709-), Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S1798] by Stephen Buckingham		secondary
Will	Feb 17, 1777	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2931]		primary
Death	Feb 11, 1781	Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2438]	79y	secondary
Probate	Oct 27, 1795	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2931]		primary
Probate	Nov 16, 1795	Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [S2931]		primary

Sources

Index	Title
[S1793]	"Fairfield County, CT: Probate Records, 1704-1757", New England Historic Genealogical Society (http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Da=0215).
[S1798]	"Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection)" (1828), New England Historic Genealogical Society.
[S2438]	"Connecticut Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934".
[S2931]	"Probate Records: Josiah Taylor" (Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NVh7Wml-gRKBayBj8Q-2bMN9yJj4FP-s).

Note

Josiah Taylor was the son of Lt. John Taylor III and Wait Clapp. He was born on October 17, 1701 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died on February 11, 1781 in Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He is buried there at the Old Westport Cemetery at King and River Streets. His will was dated February 17, 1777, but not proved until October 27, 1795.

Family Note

Josiah Taylor and Thankful French were married in August 2, 1729 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. They had 11 children:

Josiah (4 Jul 1730 - aft 1777 Or 1811) m. Abigail Raymond
Jonathan (7 Dec 1731 - aft 1790) m. 14 Jan 1756, Lois Coley
Levi (17 Dec 1733 - aft 1790) m. Patty Seymore
Gamaliel (9 Jan 1735/6 - 16 Oct 1815) m. 27 Nov 1757, Abigail Cable
Barak (26 Nov 1737 - bef 17 Feb 1777)
Ahijah (22 Sep 1740 - 13 Jun 1814) m. 17 Dec 1768, Isabella Wyley
Paul (12 Mar 1741/2 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Sarah (16 Jul 1744 - aft 17 Feb 1777) m. Hezekiah Whitney
Thankful (5 Oct 1746 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Eleazer (2 Mar 1749 - aft 17 Feb 1777)
Deborah (18 May 1756 - bef 17 Feb 1777) m. Zophar Nash

They family attended the Green Farms Church.

The will of Josiah Taylor, dated 17 February 1777, names his wife, sons Josiah, Jonathan, Levi, Gamaliel, Ahijah, Paul and Eleazer, heirs of son Barach, daughters Sarah and Thankful, and grandson Israel Nash. In the will he mentions that he is afraid that his sons Paul and Eleazer will become traitors. Ahijah, Gamaliel, Jonathan and Levi are all living in Norwalk in the 1790 Census.