1719 Samuel Taylor, son of Samuel and Anne Taylor, was born near 2 o'clock in the morning on 27 of month 9. [1]
1741 Samuel Taylor Jr and Rebecca Field, daughter of Ambrose Field and Susannah Decou, both of Burlington, were married 4 October, 1741. [2] [3] Names and birthdates of 10 children were recorded in the Chesterfield monthly meeting records, Burlington County. [4]
1755-64 Samuel Taylor Jr, perhaps this one or his father, was surveyor of highways in Chesterfield Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. [5]
1757 Samuel Taylor Jr was administrator for the will of Godfrey Beck of Nottingham Twp, Burlington County. [6]
1780 Marcy Taylor, daughter of Samuel Taylor, and John Staples Rogers were married on October 12, in Burlington County, New Jersey. Witnessed by Samuel Taylor and many others. [7]
1782 Samuel Taylor, of Chesterfield Township, Burlington County, farmer, dated his will on May 4. Daughter, Rebeka Wheatcraft, £3. Daughter, Amey Black, £20. Daughter, Sarah Shrieve, £40. Daughter, Mercy Rogers, £60. Daughter, Ann Taylor, £150. Sons, Thomas and Amos, plantation I live on, and the meadow which I bought of John Gardiner. Son, Amos, the house and land which I bought of Daniel Quicksel, where James Page now lives. Executors: my son-in-law, Ezra Black, and my son, Thomas. Witnesses: Edward Rockhill, William Rockhill, Nathan Rockhill. Proved July 18, 1782. [8]
1782 Inventory, £818.10.0, made by Nathan Robbins and Edward Rockhill, Jr. Dated June 13. [9]
1784 Account by Executors. Dated August 13. [10]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 39, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Chesterfield Township Tercentenary Committee, Chesterfield Township Heritage: Burlington County, New Jersey (1964), 28, [GoogleBooks].
[3] William Nelson, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 22. (Marriage Records, 1665-1800) (1900), 392, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].
[4] Charlotte D. Meldrum, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey, Vol. 2 (1995), 34.
[5] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 281, left column, [HathiTrust].
[6] A. Van Doren Honeyman, Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. Archives Vol. 32. (Wills and Administrations 3, 1751-1760) (1924), 23, [InternetArchive].
[7] Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington, New Jersey, Births and Deaths, 1675-1750, Vol. K, Marriages, 1684-1724, 121, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] 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), 388, [InternetArchive].
[9] 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), 388, [InternetArchive].
[10] 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), 388, citing Lib. 83, p. 171; Lib. 25, p. 545, [InternetArchive].