When Zalmon Taylor was born on 14 December 1763, in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jabez Taylor, was 45 and his mother, Hannah Hickok, was 41. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Hannah Whitlock. He died on 29 January 1839, in Stamford, Stamford, Delaware, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Stamford, Stamford, Delaware, New York, United States.