Brief Life History of Elisha Ephriam Leech
When Elisha Ephriam Leech Taylor was born in 1816, in Marlboro, Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Richard Taylor, was 39 and his mother, Phoebe Leach, was 38. He married Mary Jane Perkins in 1839, in Marlboro, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 August 1874, in Marlboro, Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
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- E L Taylor, "New York State Census, 1865"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elisha E. L. Taylor - birth: 25 September 1815; Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States
- Elisha E.L. Taylor, "New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819 · 67 Streets in Brooklyn By 1819
A village map dated April 8, 1819 shows sixty seven streets. The widest streets measured 60 feet wide while the narrowest street, Doughty Street, measured 20 feet wide.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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