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1751-57 Anthony Taylor was a resident of Bordentown Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [1]

Anthony Taylor was a son of Robert Taylor and inherited Brookdale and lived there until his death in 1785. Anthony Taylor was an ardent patriot during the revolution and rendered material service to the cause of national liberty [2] [3]. His father, Robert Taylor, bequeathed a 500 acre tract, known as the Brookdale farm, to Anthony Taylor. Anthony Taylor bequeathed it to his son Michael. [4]

1766 Anthony Taylor condemned some of his transgressions in a document to the Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. [5]

To the Monthly Meeting of Friends at Chesterfield 1766.
For want of a proper consideration & through unwatchfullness in not enough keeping to the Guidance of truth in my own mind I have been Lead astray - and so far transgresst the Rules of Discipline, as to be Guilty of HorseRaceing & of laying of wagers, which I am fully convinst is wrong, & of the Evil Conveyances thereof Which has brought troble on myself for so doing, and under a due consideration of the same, I do herby censearly condemn the said practice and am sorry I have beationed? so much troble to friends therby. And desire the Meeting may pass by my ofence and that I may be in unity and felloship therwith and I hope for the future to be more surcumspect and conduct my self more agreable to Disappline & the profestion I make - this from your friend Anthony Taylor.

1766 The Anthony and Ann (Newbold) Taylor "Brookdale" House is on a private lane leading from Chesterfield-Bordentown Road, near Chesterfield. Brookdale was built on the land that Anthony inherited from his father, Robert, who inherited it from his father, Samuel Taylor. Before Brookdale, there was a house built of logs on the site.


Inscription in the bricks
between the two windows in the peak:
T[aylor], A[nthony] A[nn], [built] 1766 [6]

House on the Taylor plantation, settled 1677 [7] [8]

Elise Carr, "Sunny Days at Brookdale" (c 2015, Needlepoint)

1767 A son was born to Anthony Taylor on January 14. [9]

1771 A son was born to Anthony Taylor on June 11. [10]

1773 A son was born to Anthony Taylor on January 3. [11]

1785 Anthony Taylor, of Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, dated his will on January 11. Son, Robert, a tract of land which is bounded by Thomas Taylor, Joshua Bunting, Isaac Field, John Thorn, Thomas Fenton and Amos Taylor; also woodland along the road leading from York road to Recklesstown, and joins land of Aaron Taylor; also 5 acres of meadow that join Benjamin Holloway, known as the Reckless meadow. Son, Michael, the plantation where I live, and rest of lands. Son, Anthony, £1,500, when 21. Wife, Ann, to be supported by son, Michael. Rest of estate to my wife, Ann, son, Michael, and my daughters, Mary Taylor, Sarah Taylor and Ann Taylor. Executors - my brother-in-law, Joseph Newbold, and my son, Michael. Witnesses - James Newell, John Hankins, John Pope. Proved February 28, 1785. [12]

1785 Ahe Inventory of the estate of Anthony Taylor, valued at £3,465.18.3, was made by John Hall and John Black on February 16. [13]

1802 The monthly Meeting at Springfield recorded on 11 Mo 3rd, 1802 that "The friends who had the care of Anthony Taylor & Ann Newbolds certificate of marriage, now produced it for recording." [14]

1806 Anthony Taylor, son of Anthony and Ann Taylor, late of Chesterfield, Burlington County, and Mary Newbold were married on September 22, at Upper Springfield Twp. Witnessed by Ann Taylor and many others. [15]

1809 Ann Taylor, of Chesterield Twp, Burlington County, dated her will on June 27.

Son, Michael Taylor, 8-day clock, and £75, which is all I intend giving him by reason of his father having considered him heretofore so largely. Son, Anthony Taylor, land on Hanover Street in Kensington, Pennsylvania, which I hold by will of my father [unnamed]. To grand-son, Michael Newbold (son of Thomas and Mary), one other lot adjoining above lot in Kensington. Two daughters, Mary Newbold and Sarah Taylor, all residue of land fronting on said Hanover Street in said Kensington, to be divided between them; also £400 each and household goods. Daughter, Ann Taylor, house and lot which I hold by will of my father, in same town, fronting on the Delaware River; also £200; also a silver teapot. Granddaughter, Ann Newbold, my silver pint mug. Daughter, Sarah, silver tankard. All residue of estate not heretofore disposed of, to three daughters, Sarah, Mary and Ann. Executors—son, Michael and son-in-law, Thomas Newbold, who are accountable to my estate for the demands I hold against them. Witnesses—Samuel Hough, James Newbold, Susannah Hough. Proved March 29, 1811. File 12547 C.


Footnotes:

[1] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 456, [HathiTrust].

[2] Francis Bazley Lee, ed., Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. 4 (1910), 1306, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].

[3] William W. H. Davis, with Warren S. Ely and John W. Jordan, ed., History of Bucks County Pennsylvania, 2nd ed., Vol. III (1905), 109, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].

[4] Book of Biographies, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Co., 1899), 69, [InternetArchive].

[5] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[6] Taken by descendants of Ann and Ann Taylor, residents of the house in 2020.

[7] Robert J Sim, "Some Old Farms and Farm Houses in New Jersey," Circular No. 299, New Jersey Department of Agriculture (Trenton, New Jersey: 1938), 24, [GoogleBooks].

[8] Nathaniel Rue Ewan, Early Houses of Burlington County, New Jersey: Photograph Album (1932), item 27, [NJ_Department_State], [GoogleBooks].

[9] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 22, [InternetArchive].

[10] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 29, [InternetArchive].

[11] Frank H. Stewart, Stewart's Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2 (1918), 30, [InternetArchive].

[12] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 35. (Wills and Administrations 6, 1781-1785) (1939), 386, [InternetArchive].

[13] Elmer T. Hutchinson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 35. (Wills and Administrations 6, 1781-1785) (1939), 386, citing Lib. M, p. 326, [InternetArchive].

[14] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1802-1821, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[15] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Records of Marriage Certificates from Upper Springfield Meeting, commencing 1783, 67, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].