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Bruce Township in Macomb County, Michigan, is 36 square miles in area and its o nly center of population is
half the village of Romeo, inasmuch as Romeo stradd les the border of Bruce Township and the township to the
south, Washington Town ship.
Elizabeth Terry Taylor is buried in a family plot in Bruce-Armada Ceme tery in Bruce Township, next to her
husband, Rev. John Taylor; their son John; Phebe Leach Taylor, the wife of John; and three of John and Phebe's
children: M ary E., (1828-1897); Adrian Dwight (1831-1894); and Martha (1838-1853).
More About ELIZABETH TERRY:
Burial: Bruce-Armada Cemetery, Bruce Township, Macomb Co., Michigan 159,160,161
Record Change: October 27, 2003 162,163
Notes for REV. JOHN TAYLOR:
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Name Prefix: Rev.
John Taylor graduated Yale College 1784 and settled as the pastor of the church in Deerfield, Massachusetts,
Feb. 14, 1787. He marri ed Elizabeth Terry in Enfield, Conn., on June 24, 1788, as recorded in the reco rds of
the First Congregational Church of Enfield. He resigned from his pastor al charge in Deerfield in 1806 on
account of ill health and removed to Enfield. He and Elizabeth were received into the Congregational church in
Enfield on Ju ly 5, 1807, and were listed as members of that church in 1816 at the ordination of Rev. Francis L.
Robbins. On May 20, 1818, the church gave John and Elizabe th and their daughter Mary its dismission "to the
church in Mendon State of New York." Having recovered his health, John went to Bruce, Michigan in 1832, whe
re he preached up to his death. He is reputed to have written 2000 sermons.[2836643.FTW]
More About REV. JOHN TAYLOR:
Burial: Bruce-Armada Cemetery, Bruce Township, Macomb Co., Michigan 164,165,166
Record Change: October 27, 2003 167,168
Children of ELIZABETH TERRY and JOHN TAYLOR are:
8. i. ELIZABETH TERRY 8 TAYLOR, b. April 16, 1789, Enfield, CT; d. October 16, 1831, Enfield, CT.
9. ii. JABEZ TERRY TAYLOR, b. September 21, 1790, Deerfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; d. July 21, 1872,
Enfield, Hartford Co., Conn..
iii. JOHN TAYLOR 169,170 , b. June 30, 1792, Deerfield, Mass. 171,172 ; d. May 21, 1866 173,174 .
Notes for JOHN TAYLOR:
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John Taylor married Phebe Leach and he and Phebe and three of their children, n amely Adrian Dwight, Mary
E., and Martha are buried in Bruce-Armada Cemetery, B ruce Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
Obviously, John followed his parents, Rev. John and Elizabeth, to Michigan after they departed Mendon,
N.Y., because Rev. John Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor are buried in the same plot as John and P hebe and the
three children.[2836643.FTW]
John Taylor married Phebe Leach and he and Phebe and three of their children, n amely Adrian Dwight, Mary
E., and Martha are buried in Bruce-Armada Cemetery, B ruce Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
Obviously, John followed his parents, Rev. John and Elizabeth, to Michigan after they departed Mendon,
N.Y., because Rev. John Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor are buried in the same plot as John and P hebe and the
three children.
More About JOHN TAYLOR:
Burial: Bruce-Armada Cemetery, Bruce Township, Macomb Co., Michigan 175,176
Record Change: August 16, 2002 177,178
iv. HARRIET TAYLOR 179,180 , b. 1794 181,182 .
Notes for HARRIET TAYLOR:
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According to the records of the First Congregational Church of Enfield, Harriet Taylor of Enfield and
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