When William Taylor was born on 27 January 1758, in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Othniel Taylor, was 38 and his mother, Martha Arms, was 29. He married Abigail Giles on 30 December 1784, in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Todd, Kentucky, United States in 1830. He died on 17 December 1826, in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Buckland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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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.
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Possible Related NamesWilliam Taylor BIRTH 27 Jan 1758 DEATH 17 Dec 1826 (aged 68) BURIAL Old Cemetery #01 Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA son of Othniel Taylor & Martha (Arms) Taylor m. 1) Abigail Giles of …
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