Killed by the felling of a tree.
George is cited in the diary of his father:
"Barkhamsted Oct 10th 1804
This day about 2 o'clock PM. conversing with my
son George about dying & going into Eternity h[e] said
when he got there he should not want to come
back again. He told the Girls he thought they would
go to Bablo soon after he was dead, one of them
answered she should never want to go."
"Oct. 11th 1804 –
This day about 11 o'c my little son asked me if I
was willing to have him die, I told him if it was God's
will that he should die and he was prepared
I have no objections, he then said he had rather
die and go and live with God and Jesus Christ
than to live here in this bad world, there he could
take some comfort and not have any sores
on him. I asked him if he hated sin he said he
did I then asked him if he hated sin because it
exposed him to punishment or because it was
against holy God and his law he said because it
was against God. – I then mentioned to him some
of his sins, and among the rest how he sometimes
used to hurry away to bed before Prayer in the
evening, he said he had prayed to God to forgive
him that sin & he hoped that God for Christ's
sake had forgiven him ---" (1)
SOURCES
1. Taylor, William Jr. (1757-1835); Diary - Volume 1: 1799 – 1805, original manuscript; UConn Health Library - Hartford Medical Society Library, Farmington, CT; p. out of sequence, adhered to inside cover.
George is cited in the diary of his father:
"Barkhamsted Oct 10th 1804
This day about 2 o'clock PM. conversing with my
son George about dying & going into Eternity h[e] said
when he got there he should not want to come
back again. He told the Girls he thought they would
go to Bablo soon after he was dead, one of them
answered she should never want to go."
"Oct. 11th 1804 –
This day about 11 o'c my little son asked me if I
was willing to have him die, I told him if it was God's
will that he should die and he was prepared
I have no objections, he then said he had rather
die and go and live with God and Jesus Christ
than to live here in this bad world, there he could
take some comfort and not have any sores
on him. I asked him if he hated sin he said he
did I then asked him if he hated sin because it
exposed him to punishment or because it was
against holy God and his law he said because it
was against God. – I then mentioned to him some
of his sins, and among the rest how he sometimes
used to hurry away to bed before Prayer in the
evening, he said he had prayed to God to forgive
him that sin & he hoped that God for Christ's
sake had forgiven him ---" (1)
SOURCES
1. Taylor, William Jr. (1757-1835); Diary - Volume 1: 1799 – 1805, original manuscript; UConn Health Library - Hartford Medical Society Library, Farmington, CT; p. out of sequence, adhered to inside cover.
Killed by the felling of a tree.
George is cited in the diary of his father:
"Barkhamsted Oct 10th 1804
This day about 2 o'clock PM. conversing with my
son George about dying & going into Eternity h[e] said
when he got there he should not want to come
back again. He told the Girls he thought they would
go to Bablo soon after he was dead, one of them
answered she should never want to go."
"Oct. 11th 1804 –
This day about 11 o'c my little son asked me if I
was willing to have him die, I told him if it was God's
will that he should die and he was prepared
I have no objections, he then said he had rather
die and go and live with God and Jesus Christ
than to live here in this bad world, there he could
take some comfort and not have any sores
on him. I asked him if he hated sin he said he
did I then asked him if he hated sin because it
exposed him to punishment or because it was
against holy God and his law he said because it
was against God. – I then mentioned to him some
of his sins, and among the rest how he sometimes
used to hurry away to bed before Prayer in the
evening, he said he had prayed to God to forgive
him that sin & he hoped that God for Christ's
sake had forgiven him ---" (1)
SOURCES
1. Taylor, William Jr. (1757-1835); Diary - Volume 1: 1799 – 1805, original manuscript; UConn Health Library - Hartford Medical Society Library, Farmington, CT; p. out of sequence, adhered to inside cover.
George is cited in the diary of his father:
"Barkhamsted Oct 10th 1804
This day about 2 o'clock PM. conversing with my
son George about dying & going into Eternity h[e] said
when he got there he should not want to come
back again. He told the Girls he thought they would
go to Bablo soon after he was dead, one of them
answered she should never want to go."
"Oct. 11th 1804 –
This day about 11 o'c my little son asked me if I
was willing to have him die, I told him if it was God's
will that he should die and he was prepared
I have no objections, he then said he had rather
die and go and live with God and Jesus Christ
than to live here in this bad world, there he could
take some comfort and not have any sores
on him. I asked him if he hated sin he said he
did I then asked him if he hated sin because it
exposed him to punishment or because it was
against holy God and his law he said because it
was against God. – I then mentioned to him some
of his sins, and among the rest how he sometimes
used to hurry away to bed before Prayer in the
evening, he said he had prayed to God to forgive
him that sin & he hoped that God for Christ's
sake had forgiven him ---" (1)
SOURCES
1. Taylor, William Jr. (1757-1835); Diary - Volume 1: 1799 – 1805, original manuscript; UConn Health Library - Hartford Medical Society Library, Farmington, CT; p. out of sequence, adhered to inside cover.
Inscription
shared headstone:
In
memory of
Mrs. RUTH TAYLOR
who died
June 1, 1813
aged 90 years;
ALSO OF
GEORGE, son of
William & Abigail Taylor
who died
November 11, 1804
Gravesite Details
graves and headstone moved to current location before the original town and cemetery were flooded for a reservoir in 1939 (buried with grandmother Ruth Rich Taylor, 1722-1813)
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