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Mindwell Taylor 1720–1798 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Death Date: 18 May 1798

Death Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Father: Nathan Taylor

Mother: Hannah Benedict

Spouse(s): Daniel Shearman

Children(s): Judge Esq

Mindwell Taylor was born in 1720 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, the child of Nathan Taylor And Hannah Benedict. Mindwell Taylor married Daniel Shearman, and had children including Judge Taylor Shearman Esq. Mindwell Taylor passed away in 1798 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • Mindwell Taylor was born in 1720 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, the child of Nathan Taylor And Hannah Benedict.
  • Mindwell Taylor married Daniel Shearman, and had children including Judge Taylor Shearman Esq.
  • Mindwell Taylor passed away in 1798 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA.

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Mindwell Taylor's Ancestors

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Mindwell Taylor
1720–1798
Birth Place: Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Parents
Nathan Taylor
1682–1782
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Hannah Benedict
1684–1764
Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Lieut (Daniel) Benedict
1649–1723
Southhold, Long Island, New York, USA
Mary Marvin
1658–1711
Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Great-Grandparents
Thomas I
1617–1690
Mary Bridgham
1618–1719
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Mindwell Taylor's Descendants

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Mindwell Taylor (1720–18 May 1798) m. Daniel Shearman (14 Aug 1721–Aug 1799)
  1. 1. Judge (Taylor Shearman) Esq 1760–1815 m. Elizabeth Stoddard 1769–1848
    1. 1. Charles (Robert) Sherman 1788–1829 m. Mary Hoyt 1787–1852
      1. 1. General (William Tecumseh "Cump" Sherman Civil war Union) Army 1820–1891

Mindwell Taylor's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of Mindwell Taylor in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
1798
18 May 1798
Age 78
Death of Mindwell Taylor in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 May 1798
    Event Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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