Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Taylor was born on 22 February 1748, in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Taylor, was 29 and his mother, Phebe Lewis, was 28. He married Sarah Richardson before 1774. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 18 February 1825, in Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Herrick Cemetery, Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States.
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Sources (26)
- Thomas Taylor in entry for Asa Taylor, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Taylor in entry for Jemima, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
- Thomas Taylor, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
Spouse and Children
1748–1825 Male
1767–1855 Female
Children (7)
1802–1851 Male
1804– Male
1805–1809 Male
1807–1889 Male
1808– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1718–1779 Male
1720–1760 Female
Siblings (3)
1748–1825 Male
1752– Male
1757– Male
World Events (6)
1770
Age 22
1776
Age 28
1789
Age 41
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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