John Taylor1

b. 22 March 1652
FatherStephen Taylor1 d. Sep 1668
MotherElizabeth Newel1 d. 14 Dec 1717
Relationship7th great-grandfather of Jane Ellen Bowditch
ChartsFrederick Bowditch Ancestors
     John Taylor was born on 22 March 1652.1 He married first Sarah Younglove on 25 September 1682.1 He married second Elizabeth Spencer, daughter of Thomas Spencer.1
     The information presented here for this John Taylor is from the History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, by Smith and Smith, and is tentative at best. The authors say that "it appears probable" that his son Samuel, born 11 April 1691, was the Samuel Taylor who married Sarah Bagg, died 18 December 1774, and was buried in West Springfield.2

Children of John Taylor and Elizabeth Spencer

     The Middlefield, Massachusetts, history lists three additional children for John Taylor - Elizabeth, Ebenezer, and Zebulon - but doesn't give birth dates or name their mother.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.
  2. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, pp. 628,629.

Elizabeth Spencer1

FatherThomas Spencer1
Relationship7th great-grandmother of Jane Ellen Bowditch
ChartsFrederick Bowditch Ancestors
     Elizabeth Spencer married John Taylor, son of Stephen Taylor and Elizabeth Newel.1
     She was "of Suffield, Connecticut."1,2

Children of Elizabeth Spencer and John Taylor

     The Middlefield, Massachusetts, history lists three additional children for John Taylor - Elizabeth, Ebenezer, and Zebulon - but doesn't give birth dates or name their mother.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.
  2. [S3346] At that time Suffield was actually in Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

Thomas Spencer1

Relationship8th great-grandfather of Jane Ellen Bowditch
ChartsFrederick Bowditch Ancestors

Child of Thomas Spencer

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Sarah Younglove1

d. 17 June 1683
     Sarah Younglove married John Taylor, son of Stephen Taylor and Elizabeth Newel, on 25 September 1682.1 She died on 17 June 1683.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

John Taylor1

b. 1687
FatherJohn Taylor1 b. 22 Mar 1652
MotherElizabeth Spencer1
Relationship6th great-granduncle of Jane Ellen Bowditch
     John Taylor was born in 1687.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Nathan Taylor1

b. 1688
FatherJohn Taylor1 b. 22 Mar 1652
MotherElizabeth Spencer1
Relationship6th great-granduncle of Jane Ellen Bowditch
     Nathan Taylor was born in 1688 in Suffield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts (now Hartford Co., Connecticut).1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Stephen Taylor1

d. September 1668
Relationship8th great-grandfather of Jane Ellen Bowditch
ChartsFrederick Bowditch Ancestors
     Stephen Taylor married first Sarah Hosford on 1 November 1642.1 He married second Elizabeth Newel on 25 October 1649.1 He died in September 1668.1
     He lived in Windsor, Connecticut.1

Children of Stephen Taylor and Sarah Hosford

Child of Stephen Taylor and Elizabeth Newel

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Sarah Hosford1

     Sarah Hosford married Stephen Taylor on 1 November 1642.1

Children of Sarah Hosford and Stephen Taylor

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Elizabeth Newel1

d. 14 December 1717
Relationship8th great-grandmother of Jane Ellen Bowditch
ChartsFrederick Bowditch Ancestors
     Elizabeth Newel married Stephen Taylor on 25 October 1649.1 She died on 14 December 1717.1

Child of Elizabeth Newel and Stephen Taylor

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Stephen Taylor1

b. 1644
FatherStephen Taylor1 d. Sep 1668
MotherSarah Hosford1
Relationship7th great-granduncle of Jane Ellen Bowditch
     Stephen Taylor was born in 1644.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Samuel Taylor1

b. 1647
FatherStephen Taylor1 d. Sep 1668
MotherSarah Hosford1
Relationship7th great-granduncle of Jane Ellen Bowditch
     Samuel Taylor was born in 1647.1

Citations

  1. [S10615] Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith, A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts, p. 628.

Lela Helen Moore1,2

b. 21 November 1894, d. 27 April 1991
FatherRobert Moore1,3
MotherCora E. Lore3,4
     Lela Helen Moore was born on 21 November 1894 in Whitley Co., Indiana.1 She married first Earl D. Williamson (license dated 11 December 1915), son of Rolla Williamson and Minnie Schannep, in Whitley Co., Indiana.1 They divorced in February 1919.3 She married second John E. Quinn (license dated 7 June 1919) in Whitley Co., Indiana.3 She married third Walter Lahm on 1 June 1921 in Berrien Co., Michigan.5 She married fourth Bert Ray Wert on 23 June 1934 in Albion, Noble Co., Indiana.4 She died on 27 April 1991 at the Kendallville Nursing Home in Kendallville, Noble Co., Indiana, at age 96 from a heart attack.2 She was buried at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Fairfield Twp., DeKalb Co., Indiana.2
     She moved into the Kendallville Nursing Home in Kendallville, Noble Co., Indiana, from Rome City in June 1974.6
     Her fourth husband Bert Wert was the father of her daughter Edna's husband Norman Wert.7

Citations

  1. [S10791] Earl Williamson and Lela Moore, Marriage License Application.
  2. [S10790] Lela Helen Wert, Death Certificate.
  3. [S10798] John E. Quinn and Lella Moore, Marriage License Application.
  4. [S1978] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019; record for Bert R. Wert and Lela Helen Moore, Digital Folder No. 7742304, Image 338.
  5. [S10799] Walter Lahm and Lela Quinn, Marriage Record.
  6. [S10802] Obituary, Lela Helen Wert, 27 April 1991.
  7. [S1978] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019; record for Norman Edwin Wert and Edna May Williamson, Digital Folder No. 7742304, Image 51.