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According to A. K. Teele's History of Milton, William Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1714. His older brother John became Milton's minister in 1729, and William went into business as a merchant in Boston, living on Cornhill near the Old Brick Meeting-House.
The Rev. John Taylor died in early 1750, and William advertised many times in the Boston newspapers over the next few years to sell and then rent property in Milton. He described that estate as "suitable for a Gentleman's Seat, being but 8 Miles from the Town of Boston."
William Taylor was active in Boston's militia regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1764. He also held offices in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and served for one year as a fireward.
In late 1765, Col. Taylor remarried, to the widow Sarah (Cheever) Savage. The following summer, the Taylors left Boston, apparently moving to that "Gentleman's Seat" in Milton. While Taylor was a country gentleman, he led the grand jury inquiring into the Boston Massacre in 1770.
After war broke out in 1775, soldiers broke into Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's uninhabited mansion in Milton and found a trunk of letters, among other things. Col. Taylor took charge of that property. The letters went into the Massachusetts state archives while other goods "were sold at auction, at the barn of Col. Taylor." William Taylor died in 1789.
According to A. K. Teele's History of Milton, William Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1714. His older brother John became Milton's minister in 1729, and William went into business as a merchant in Boston, living on Cornhill near the Old Brick Meeting-House.
The Rev. John Taylor died in early 1750, and William advertised many times in the Boston newspapers over the next few years to sell and then rent property in Milton. He described that estate as "suitable for a Gentleman's Seat, being but 8 Miles from the Town of Boston."
William Taylor was active in Boston's militia regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1764. He also held offices in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and served for one year as a fireward.
In late 1765, Col. Taylor remarried, to the widow Sarah (Cheever) Savage. The following summer, the Taylors left Boston, apparently moving to that "Gentleman's Seat" in Milton. While Taylor was a country gentleman, he led the grand jury inquiring into the Boston Massacre in 1770.
After war broke out in 1775, soldiers broke into Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's uninhabited mansion in Milton and found a trunk of letters, among other things. Col. Taylor took charge of that property. The letters went into the Massachusetts state archives while other goods "were sold at auction, at the barn of Col. Taylor." William Taylor died in 1789.
Added by contrib # 51187699 on Sept 2023;
According to A. K. Teele's History of Milton, William Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1714. His older brother John became Milton's minister in 1729, and William went into business as a merchant in Boston, living on Cornhill near the Old Brick Meeting-House.
The Rev. John Taylor died in early 1750, and William advertised many times in the Boston newspapers over the next few years to sell and then rent property in Milton. He described that estate as "suitable for a Gentleman's Seat, being but 8 Miles from the Town of Boston."
William Taylor was active in Boston's militia regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1764. He also held offices in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and served for one year as a fireward.
In late 1765, Col. Taylor remarried, to the widow Sarah (Cheever) Savage. The following summer, the Taylors left Boston, apparently moving to that "Gentleman's Seat" in Milton. While Taylor was a country gentleman, he led the grand jury inquiring into the Boston Massacre in 1770.
After war broke out in 1775, soldiers broke into Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's uninhabited mansion in Milton and found a trunk of letters, among other things. Col. Taylor took charge of that property. The letters went into the Massachusetts state archives while other goods "were sold at auction, at the barn of Col. Taylor." William Taylor died in 1789.
According to A. K. Teele's History of Milton, William Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1714. His older brother John became Milton's minister in 1729, and William went into business as a merchant in Boston, living on Cornhill near the Old Brick Meeting-House.
The Rev. John Taylor died in early 1750, and William advertised many times in the Boston newspapers over the next few years to sell and then rent property in Milton. He described that estate as "suitable for a Gentleman's Seat, being but 8 Miles from the Town of Boston."
William Taylor was active in Boston's militia regiment, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1764. He also held offices in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company and served for one year as a fireward.
In late 1765, Col. Taylor remarried, to the widow Sarah (Cheever) Savage. The following summer, the Taylors left Boston, apparently moving to that "Gentleman's Seat" in Milton. While Taylor was a country gentleman, he led the grand jury inquiring into the Boston Massacre in 1770.
After war broke out in 1775, soldiers broke into Gov. Thomas Hutchinson's uninhabited mansion in Milton and found a trunk of letters, among other things. Col. Taylor took charge of that property. The letters went into the Massachusetts state archives while other goods "were sold at auction, at the barn of Col. Taylor." William Taylor died in 1789.
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