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died in 1766. He married, in 1715, Susanna
Weed, who died in 1756. They had
six children, among whom was James.
(V) James Tallmadge, son of Thomas
and Susanna (Weed) Tallmadge, was
born September 10, 1721, and died in New
Canaan, in 1797. He was probably the
founder of Tallmadge Hill. He married,
at Norwalk, in 1741, Mary Seymour.
They had five children, among them Seymour.
(VI) Seymour Tallmadge, son of James
and Mary (Seymour) Tallmadge, was
born May 28, 1755, ^"^ died July 6, 1840,
at Pike, Allegheny county. New York,
where he had removed some time after
1816. He was a soldier in the Revolution.
He married, April 7, 1774, Sarah
Hoyt. They had eight children, among
them John.
(VII) John Tallmadge, son of Seymour
and Sarah (Hoyt) Tallmadge, was
born in New Canaan, March 3, 1777, and
died May 25, 1852. He married. May 15,
1798, Sarah Bates, of New Canaan, who
died December 17, 1856. Children: Polly,
born 1799; John L., born 1801 ; Sarah D.,
born 1803; Seth. born 1809; William H.,
of whom further; James H., born 1816.
(VIII) William H. Tallmadge, son of
John and Sarah (Bates) Tallmadge, was
born May 12, 1810, lived in New Canaan,
and died February 3, 1875. He married,
January 11, 1848, Nancy Weed. Children
: Sarah, born 1849, married D. S.
Sholes ; Nancy
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY
E., born 1852, married
Cornelius G. Taylor (see Taylor line) ;
Mary, born August 2, 1853.
TAYLOR, Frederick Clark,
Attorney-at-Laxr.
Frederick Clark Taylor was born in
Stamford, Connecticut, November 3, 1866,
son of Henry F. and Mary E. (Clark)
Taylor.
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(I) The ancestor of the Taylor family,
John Taylor, was a Puritan. He came
from England and settled first in Lynn,
Massachusetts. In 1639 he was in Wind-
sor, and there received a grant of land in
1640. He was the father of two sons born
about 1646. In 1647 John Taylor sailed
on a return voyage to England on the
ship '"Phantom," which was lost at sea
together with those aboard.
(II) John (2) Taylor, eldest son of
John (i) Taylor, was born in 1641, and
was killed by the Indians in 1704. He
settled in Northampton, Massachusetts,
and was granted a home lot there on
Elm street. He was granted permission
to set up a saw mill there in 1674. In
1703 he received eighty acres of land, in
which section the town of Southampton
was later located. He was among the
men who contributed to Harvard College
in 1672-73. In 1688-90 John Taylor served
in King W^illiam's War, and also served
in Queen Anne's War, and it was during
a pursuit of Indians he met his death,
May 13, 1704. He married Thankful
Woodward, daughter of Henry Woodward,
who was quartermaster of the
Hampshire Troop, of which John Taylor
was captain, formed in 1663.
(III) John (3) Taylor, son of John (2)
and Thankful (Woodward) Taylor, was
born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1667,
and died in 1774. He married (second),
January 19, 1726, Hannah Stewart,
daughter of Lieutenant Joseph Stewart.
(IV) Seth Taylor, son of John (3) and
Hannah (Stewart) Taylor, was born
March 30, 1735. He married, March 7,
1765, Martha Gaylord, daughter of Rev.
William Gaylord, of Wilton.
(V) Seth (2) Taylor, eldest son of Seth
(i) and Martha (Gaylord) Taylor, was
born February 4, 1771, and died in 1837.
He married Abigail Warren.
(VI) John Warren Taylor, son of Seth