Son of Mathew Taylor, Esquire, and Janet Wilson Taylor, who were of Scotch ancestry but immigrated to America from Londonderry, Ireland in about 1719, and settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, about 1721. Captain Mathew Taylor married Elizabeth Archibald, daughter of John Archibald and Margaret Wilson, about 1750 in New Hampshire. His house stood on the hill west of John H. Archibald's. Here he reared a large famly of ten children; consisting of 8 sons and 2 daughters. The census taken in 1770 of the shareholders gives the number in his family 11, and of his son, John, 1.
He died in 1796, at the home of David Dickey, while making a trip to Halifax. Elizabeth died 04 February, 1809 in St. Mary's, East River Forks, Guysborough, Nova Scotia. She is buried on a small Island in the Lake, a short distance up the East River of St. Mary's, above the Forks but her gravesite has not been found.
Mathew was in Captain John Gregg's scouts in June, 1746, in the old French war.
Matthew and Elizabeth moved to Truro, Nova Scotia with all of Elizabeth's brothers, where Matthew became one of the Grantees of Truro Township.
1. May 26-Nov. 30 1760 Matthew served as a Sergeant in McNutt's Company ( Mass. Archives v. 98 p.221 ) 2. Jan. 1762 after arriving in N.S. he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. John Morrison's Company of Militia for Onslow ( N.S. Archives RG1v.164 p. 163 ) 3. 26 March 1772 in a deed he is referred to as Lieut. Matthew Taylor 4. 28 Aug. 1776 he was appointed a Capt. in the Truro Militia ( NSArchives RG1 v. 168 p. 474 ) 5. 1777 referred to as Capt. in the Township Minutes. Documents existing for his time here in Nova Scotia refer to him as : farmer, yeoman, husbandman, miller, gentleman, Esq., Lieut. and Capt. (supplied by Heather Taylor Facey)
DNA R1a1a, M198
He died in 1796, at the home of David Dickey, while making a trip to Halifax. Elizabeth died 04 February, 1809 in St. Mary's, East River Forks, Guysborough, Nova Scotia. She is buried on a small Island in the Lake, a short distance up the East River of St. Mary's, above the Forks but her gravesite has not been found.
Mathew was in Captain John Gregg's scouts in June, 1746, in the old French war.
Matthew and Elizabeth moved to Truro, Nova Scotia with all of Elizabeth's brothers, where Matthew became one of the Grantees of Truro Township.
1. May 26-Nov. 30 1760 Matthew served as a Sergeant in McNutt's Company ( Mass. Archives v. 98 p.221 ) 2. Jan. 1762 after arriving in N.S. he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. John Morrison's Company of Militia for Onslow ( N.S. Archives RG1v.164 p. 163 ) 3. 26 March 1772 in a deed he is referred to as Lieut. Matthew Taylor 4. 28 Aug. 1776 he was appointed a Capt. in the Truro Militia ( NSArchives RG1 v. 168 p. 474 ) 5. 1777 referred to as Capt. in the Township Minutes. Documents existing for his time here in Nova Scotia refer to him as : farmer, yeoman, husbandman, miller, gentleman, Esq., Lieut. and Capt. (supplied by Heather Taylor Facey)
DNA R1a1a, M198
Son of Mathew Taylor, Esquire, and Janet Wilson Taylor, who were of Scotch ancestry but immigrated to America from Londonderry, Ireland in about 1719, and settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, about 1721. Captain Mathew Taylor married Elizabeth Archibald, daughter of John Archibald and Margaret Wilson, about 1750 in New Hampshire. His house stood on the hill west of John H. Archibald's. Here he reared a large famly of ten children; consisting of 8 sons and 2 daughters. The census taken in 1770 of the shareholders gives the number in his family 11, and of his son, John, 1.
He died in 1796, at the home of David Dickey, while making a trip to Halifax. Elizabeth died 04 February, 1809 in St. Mary's, East River Forks, Guysborough, Nova Scotia. She is buried on a small Island in the Lake, a short distance up the East River of St. Mary's, above the Forks but her gravesite has not been found.
Mathew was in Captain John Gregg's scouts in June, 1746, in the old French war.
Matthew and Elizabeth moved to Truro, Nova Scotia with all of Elizabeth's brothers, where Matthew became one of the Grantees of Truro Township.
1. May 26-Nov. 30 1760 Matthew served as a Sergeant in McNutt's Company ( Mass. Archives v. 98 p.221 ) 2. Jan. 1762 after arriving in N.S. he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. John Morrison's Company of Militia for Onslow ( N.S. Archives RG1v.164 p. 163 ) 3. 26 March 1772 in a deed he is referred to as Lieut. Matthew Taylor 4. 28 Aug. 1776 he was appointed a Capt. in the Truro Militia ( NSArchives RG1 v. 168 p. 474 ) 5. 1777 referred to as Capt. in the Township Minutes. Documents existing for his time here in Nova Scotia refer to him as : farmer, yeoman, husbandman, miller, gentleman, Esq., Lieut. and Capt. (supplied by Heather Taylor Facey)
DNA R1a1a, M198
He died in 1796, at the home of David Dickey, while making a trip to Halifax. Elizabeth died 04 February, 1809 in St. Mary's, East River Forks, Guysborough, Nova Scotia. She is buried on a small Island in the Lake, a short distance up the East River of St. Mary's, above the Forks but her gravesite has not been found.
Mathew was in Captain John Gregg's scouts in June, 1746, in the old French war.
Matthew and Elizabeth moved to Truro, Nova Scotia with all of Elizabeth's brothers, where Matthew became one of the Grantees of Truro Township.
1. May 26-Nov. 30 1760 Matthew served as a Sergeant in McNutt's Company ( Mass. Archives v. 98 p.221 ) 2. Jan. 1762 after arriving in N.S. he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. John Morrison's Company of Militia for Onslow ( N.S. Archives RG1v.164 p. 163 ) 3. 26 March 1772 in a deed he is referred to as Lieut. Matthew Taylor 4. 28 Aug. 1776 he was appointed a Capt. in the Truro Militia ( NSArchives RG1 v. 168 p. 474 ) 5. 1777 referred to as Capt. in the Township Minutes. Documents existing for his time here in Nova Scotia refer to him as : farmer, yeoman, husbandman, miller, gentleman, Esq., Lieut. and Capt. (supplied by Heather Taylor Facey)
DNA R1a1a, M198
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Here lyeth the body of Capt Matthew Taylor who departed this life on the 22nd of Jan 1796 aged ?? years
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