John Taylor Esq. 1749-1829 The eastern section of today's Charlton was first settled about 1774. That area was then part of the Ballston District of Albany County and among its earliest settlers was John Taylor who purchased a 200-acre tract where Adelard and Glady Demers now reside (1984). The family came from the British Isles in 1692, settled in New Jersey and John Taylor who was born in Freehold in 1749 moved with his young wife, Chloe, to Charlton where the first of ten children, Joseph, was born in 1775. John Taylor, in addition to being a successful farmer and a community leader, in later years became widely known and respected as Judge John Taylor. He was an active Patriot being elected in 1776 to the Albany Committee of Correspondence and was also enrolled as an enlisted man in Colonel VanSchoonhoven's Regiment of the Albany County Militia. Taylor became an Assessor in 1779 and then a Justice of the Peace in 1780 and was re-appointed to that office in 1786, 1795 and 1797. He was also elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1806. He was Supervisor of Charlton both in 1794 and 1798 and was Moderator of the County Board of Supervisors in 1794. He also served as a member of the State Assembly in 1797. Judge Taylor was a trustee of the Freehold Presbyterian Church and active in building its first church. He was also an original member of the Saratoga County Bible Society and served as its Charlton Manager in 1815. Judge Taylor died in 1829 and is now buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery. The inscription on his gravestone reads in part - "For 30 years he was a member of the Presbyterian Church in this place. He saw his children's children to the third generation. He died without a struggle or groan in the full possession of his faculties and in form faithful of a glorious resurrection." --from "Charlton Worthy" republished to commemorate the bicentennial of John W. Taylor's birth.(John Taylor Esq.'s son)

John W. Taylor 1784-1854 Judge Taylor's fifth son, John W., was born in Charlton on March 26, 1784. As a boy he began reading the Federalist, found among the Judge's papers, and developed such a mastery of books that he enrolled in Union College at the age of fifteen, five years after that institution opened. There he was first called John W., the added initial distinguishing him from another John Taylor of the class. Although it is said that "W" stood for no name, he retained it through life. At Union he became a Phi Beta Kappa, he delivered the valedictory, and was recognized as a brilliant debater. A month after his graduation and still a teenager he delivered the Fourth of July address here in Charlton. The next eight years of Taylor’s life witnessed a flurry of activities and responsibilities typical of an aspiring person actively and simultaneously training and searching for his major calling. First, he founded an academy near what is now Ballston Center. The academy was closely associated with Union College, and reportedly Union President Eliphalet Nott spoke at commencement exercises there. Gideon Hawley was one of its graduates. John W. next studied law at the office of Bleecker and Sedgwick in Albany where he also met and married Jane Hodge. In 1807 he was admitted to the bar and opened a partnership with Samuel Cook near Court House Hill in the Town of Ballston. In 1808 he was elected a Ballston Justice of the Peace and a State Commissioner of Loans. The law partners next decided to open a lumber business at Jessup’s Landing in the Town of Hadley and Taylor moved north to supervise it. While in Hadley he had a brief stint as postmaster and was elected town clerk. Finally in 1811 he was elected to the State Assembly where he began his long and distinguished career as a legislator. --from "Charlton Worthy" republished to commemorate the bicentennial of John W. Taylor's birth.(

Descendants of John TAYLOR Esq. First Generation 1. John TAYLOR Esq. was born on 26 Aug 1749 in Freehold, Monmouth, NJ. He died on 26 Apr 1829 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY. John married Chloe COX daughter of Richard COX and Mercy TAYLOR. Chloe was born on 23 May 1752 in Upper Freehold,Monmouth,NJ. She died on 19 Dec 1824 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY. They had the following children: + 2 M i Joseph TAYLOR was born in 1775. He died in 1829. + 3 M ii Richard TAYLOR was born on 24 Apr 1777. He died on 22 Aug 1847. + 4 M iii William TAYLOR was born on 7 May 1779. He died on 24 Sep 1836. + 5 M iv Edward TAYLOR was born on 24 Feb 1781. He died on 12 Jan 1867. + 6 M v John W. TAYLOR was born on 26 Mar 1784. He died on 18 Sep 1854. + 7 M vi Elisha TAYLOR was born in May 1785. He died on 23 Apr 1861. + 8 F vii Elizabeth TAYLOR was born on 13 Jul 1788. She died on 4 Jul 1886.   9 viii Infant TAYLOR was born in 1790. Infant died on 3 Jan 1791. Infant was buried in Presb. Cemetery. + 10 F ix Sally TAYLOR was born on 21 Feb 1792. She died on 22 May 1889. + 11 F x Anna TAYLOR was born in 1794. She died in 1840. Second Generation 2. Joseph TAYLOR was born in 1775. He died in 1829 in Hagerstown, NJ. Joseph married Mary HENRY. They had the following children:   12 F i Mary Jane TAYLOR died in 1872 in Washington.   13 M ii John Cox TAYLOR was born in 1815. He died in 1836. 3. Richard TAYLOR was born on 24 Apr 1777. He died on 22 Aug 1847 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY. Richard married (1) Peninoh HAWLEY daughter of Gideon HAWLEY and Sarah CURTIS on 17 Feb 1800. Peninoh was born about 1781. She died on 18 Feb 1803. She was buried in Jeremiah Smith Cemetery, Charlton, NY. They had the following children:   14 F i Sally TAYLOR was born in 1802. She died on 28 Nov 1802. She was buried in Jeremiah Smith Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   15 M ii Anson Hawley TAYLOR was born in 1803.         Anson married DENNISON. Richard married (2) Mrs. (widow) HOLMES. They had the following children:   16 M iii Obadiah TAYLOR. Richard married (3) Sophia WRIGHT daughter of John WRIGHT Capt. and Ruth ROBINSON. They had the following children:   17 M iv John Wright TAYLOR was born in 1808. He died in 1843.         John married Mary BANCROFT.   18 F v Chloe Sophia TAYLOR was born on 13 May 1810. She died on 10 Apr 1900 in Burnt Hills,Saratoga County, NY. She was buried in Sweetman Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         Chloe married James L. CALLEN son of Edward J. CALLEN and Hannah on 2 Nov 1825 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. James was born in Sep 1800. He died on 10 Mar 1875. He was buried in Sweetman Cemetery, Charlton, NY. Richard married (4) Phoebe (widow) CLARK. They had the following children:   19 M vi Elisha Ephraim Leech TAYLOR Rev. was born on 25 Sep 1815 in Pompey,,NY. He died on 18 Aug 1874 in Marlboro,,NY.         Elisha married Mary Jane PERKINS in 1840.   20 M vii James Monroe TAYLOR was born on 13 Dec 1818 in Pompey.         James married Catherine E. DAVIS on 15 Jan 1840.   21 M viii Richard TAYLOR. 4. William TAYLOR was born on 7 May 1779 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. He died on 24 Sep 1836. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY. William married Lucy HARGER. Lucy was born on 9 Apr 1787 in Derby,,CT. She died on 16 Jan 1866. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY. They had the following children:   22 M i James Edwin TAYLOR was born in Sep 1807. He died in 1830 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY.   23 M ii William Lorenzo TAYLOR was born in Nov 1808 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. He died on 5 Dec 1900 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         William married Lydia E. VALENTINE daughter of Isaac VALENTINE and Annie Marie LARUE on 22 Feb 1831 in St. Pauls,Charlton, NY. Lydia was born on 10 May 1809 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. She died on 20 Oct 1895 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   24 M iii Leander TAYLOR was born in 1810. He died in 1885 in Fulton,,KS.         Leander married Charlotte JENNINGS daughter of Elisha JENNINGS and Abigail WILLIAMS. Charlotte was born on 31 May 1811. She died on 31 May 1866 in Pontiac,,MI.   25 F iv Ann Eliza TAYLOR was born on 28 Feb 1812. She died on 4 Jan 1854.         Ann married Asa HOLLISTER son of Solomon HOLLISTER and Zilpha CADY on 30 May 1837 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. Asa was born on 27 Mar 1809. He died on 26 Apr 1887.   26 F v Sarah Sophie TAYLOR was born in Feb 1814. She died on 2 Jul 1814. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   27 M vi John TAYLOR was born in Jul 1815. He died in 1866 in Flint.         John married Susan WHEELER in 1837. Susan died in 1867.   28 M vii Elisha TAYLOR was born on 14 May 1817 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. He died on 14 Aug 1906 in Detroit,,MI.         Elisha married Aurelia PENFIELD in 1844.   29 M viii Samuel TAYLOR was born in 1819. He died on 17 Mar 1858. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   30 M ix David TAYLOR was born on 19 Sep 1821. He died on 20 Sep 1833. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   31 M x Richard TAYLOR was born on 14 Aug 1823 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. He died in 1915. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         Richard married Cordelia WARREN. Cordelia was born in 1834. She died in 1882. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   32 M xi Josiah TAYLOR was born on 14 Apr 1825. He died on 30 Apr 1869. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         Josiah married Unknown.   33 F xii Lydia Lucy Jane TAYLOR was born on 6 May 1827. She died in DuPage,,IL.         Lydia married William J. PHILIPS.   34 M xiii Joseph Elliott TAYLOR was born on 20 Jun 1829. He died in 1874.         Joseph married Caroline BRANT in 1848. 5. Edward TAYLOR was born on 24 Feb 1781 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. He died on 12 Jan 1867. He was buried in Village Cemetery, Ballston Spa,NY. Edward married Eunice CURTIS daughter of Andrew CURTIS and Patience NICHOLS. Eunice was born on 20 Dec 1785 in Danbury,,CT. They had the following children:   35 M i John Orville TAYLOR was born on 14 May 1807.         John married Jane AGNEW on 16 Nov 1835.   36 F ii Ann Maria TAYLOR was born on 3 Jun 1809. She died on 25 Feb 1853 in Schenectady, Schenectady, NY. She was buried in Jeremiah Smith Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         Ann married Solomon WARING son of James WARING and Janetje VANHOVENBERGH on 6 Dec 1832 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. Solomon was born on 14 Jul 1808 in New Paltz,,NY. He died on 14 Dec 1858. He was buried in Jeremiah Smith Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   37 M iii Luzerne Curtis TAYLOR was born on 29 Sep 1812. He died on 21 Jun 1898 in Wells,,MN.         Luzerne married Hannah PLATNER on 19 Sep 1833. Hannah was born on 19 Apr 1814 in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, NY. She died on 2 Mar 1893 in Wells,,MN.   38 F iv Phebe Eliza TAYLOR was born on 29 Sep 1814. She died in 1872.         Phebe married Alfred H. TAYLOR on 1 Apr 1841.   39 M v Elisha Cox TAYLOR was born on 27 Sep 1817.         Elisha married Harriet HART.   40 M vi William Andrew TAYLOR was born on 9 Mar 1820. He died on 28 Sep 1891. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         William married Minerva Sarah JENNE daughter of Nathan Briggs JENNE and Sally CONDE in 1842. Minerva was born on 17 Jun 1823. She died on 1 Sep 1904. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   41 F vii Caroline Jane TAYLOR was born on 20 May 1821. She died on 19 Feb 1912 in Cohoes,,NY. She was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.         Caroline married Gilbert CONNER son of Gilbert CONNER and Helen MARLETTE on 10 Jan 1843. Gilbert was born about 1820. He died on 6 Nov 1872. He was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Charlton, NY.   42 F viii Eunice Clara TAYLOR was born in 1825. She died on 24 Feb 1853.         Eunice married Alexander HUBBS.   43 F ix Sarah Elizabeth TAYLOR was born on 30 Nov 1826. She was buried in Hillside, Plainfield, NJ.         Sarah married David John YERKES Rev. on 14 Mar 1850. David was born on 27 Jan 1825 in Hatboro,,PA. He died in Plainfield,,NJ.   44 F x Susan Patience TAYLOR was born on 28 Dec 1830.         Susan married John R. WILSON. John was born about 1821 in Ballston, Saratoga County, NY. He died on 6 Mar 1882. 6. John W. TAYLOR was born on 26 Mar 1784 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. He died on 18 Sep 1854 in Cleveland,,OH. He was buried in Village Cem.,Ballston Spa,NY. John married Jane HODGE on 10 Jul 1806 in 1st Presy. Ch.,Albany,NY. Jane was born about 1786. She died on 27 Jun 1838. She was buried in Village Cemetery, Ballston Spa, NY. They had the following children:   45 F i Sarah Jane TAYLOR was born on 27 Feb 1808. She died in 1857.         Sarah married William D. BEATTIE. William died in 1861 in NY.   46 M ii James Hodge TAYLOR was born on 6 Oct 1809. He died in Oct 1835 in Fort Towson. He was buried in Fort Gibson.   47 F iii Elizabeth Ann TAYLOR was born on 12 Oct 1812. She died on 6 May 1878. She was buried in Rockford,,IL.         Elizabeth married Thomas D. ROBERTSON on 19 May 1843.   48 F iv Malvina TAYLOR was born on 9 Mar 1815. She died about 1899. She was buried in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY.         Malvina married Edward TAYLOR Dr. on 1 Oct 1839. Edward died in 1868.   49 M v John William TAYLOR was born on 22 Feb 1817.         John married Jane WADLEIGH on 19 Aug 1839.   50 M vi Charles Edward TAYLOR was born on 23 Jan 1820. He died on 25 Sep 1847 in Snow Hills,,Al.   51 M vii Oscar TAYLOR was born on 16 Feb 1822 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY.         Oscar married Martha Malvina SNOW on 2 Aug 1842. Martha died in Nov 1878.   52 M viii Edgar TAYLOR was born on 11 Apr 1824 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY.         Edgar married Mary (Pepper) TEBBS on 25 Oct 1860. 7. Elisha TAYLOR was born in May 1785. He died on 23 Apr 1861 in Cleveland,,OH. Elisha married (1) Ann DUNLAP in 1810. They had the following children:   53 M i Alfred TAYLOR M.D. was born in Apr 1820 in Cleveland,,OH. He died in Ohio River.         Alfred married (1) Maria DEWEY in 1845. Maria died in 1846.         Alfred married (2) Helen LEONARD in Nov 1849.   54 F ii Louisa TAYLOR was born on 28 Aug 1822 in Charlton, Saratoga County, NY. She died in 1849.         Louisa married Horace F. WAITE in 1847.   55 M iii John William TAYLOR was born on 2 Jun 1824 in Cleveland,,OH.         John married (1) Anna SEXTON in 1848. Anna died in 1849.         John married (2) Clara CUSHING in 1853. Clara died in 1868.         John married (3) Sarah Belle CUSHING in 1871. Elisha married (2) Elizabeth ELY in 1826. 8. Elizabeth TAYLOR was born on 13 Jul 1788. She died on 4 Jul 1886. Elizabeth married Nathan SEELEY on 31 Dec 1811. Nathan died on 5 May 1862 in Syracuse,,NY. They had the following children:   56 M i John Taylor SEELEY Rev. was born on 5 Jan 1814.         John married Harriet M. SEELEY in Sep 1841.   57 M ii Jesse N. SEELEY Rev. was born on 15 May 1815.         Jesse married (1) Sarah CHESEBROOK in 1847. Sarah died in 1848.         Jesse married (2) Agnes SCOTT. Agnes died on 25 May 1857.         Jesse married (3) Gulaelma PIER in 1860.   58 F iii Ann Eliza SEELEY was born in Jun 1817. She died in 1820.   59 M iv David SEELEY was born in Jan 1821.         David married Maria LOUCKS.   60 F v Chloe Jane SEELEY was born in Jan 1825.         Chloe married Matthew FREEMAN. 10. Sally TAYLOR was born on 21 Feb 1792 in Charlton,Saratoga County, NY. She died on 22 May 1889. Sally married Daniel HOLMES on 12 Feb 1811. Daniel was born on 3 Jul 1789 in Saratoga County, NY. He died on 26 May 1858 in Wilson, Niagara, NY. They had the following children:   61 F i Sarah Ann HOLMES was born on 19 Jan 1812. She died in Oct 1864.         Sarah married Nathaniel DAVIS. Nathaniel died in 1883.   62 M ii Richard Cox HOLMES was born on 21 Dec 1813.         Richard married (1) Betsey C. FROST on 30 Dec 1839. Betsey died in Mar 1870.         Richard married (2) Aragista LOOMIS in Dec 1871.   63 M iii John Taylor HOLMES was born on 11 Dec 1815.         John married Mary A. PRATT on 31 Mar 1836 in Wilson, Niagara County, NY.   64 M iv William Edward HOLMES was born in 1817. He died in 1824.   65 M v Ezra Sprague HOLMES was born on 15 Jul 1819.         Ezra married Orianna ROBBINS on 16 Oct 1852.   66 M vi James Leander HOLMES was born in 1822. He died in 1824.   67 M vii Elisha Taylor HOLMES was born on 21 Mar 1824.         Elisha married (1) Ada DAVENPORT on 2 Jan 1840.         Elisha married (2) Caroline BARNARD on 1 Jan 1874.   68 M viii George Alfred HOLMES was born on 7 Apr 1826.         George married Elizabeth REMELE on 17 Jan 1850.   69 F ix Mary Elizabeth HOLMES was born on 25 Sep 1828.         Mary married J.G.O. BROWN on 30 May 1849.   70 M x James Edward HOLMES was born on 27 Jan 1831.         James married Sarah C. HYDE on 18 Oct 1853.   71 M xi Daniel HOLMES Jr. was born on 13 Apr 1833.         Daniel married Laura R. SPENCER in 1855.   72 F xii Lucy Jane HOLMES was born on 11 Feb 1835. She died in Nov 1849.   73 F xiii Lydia Louise HOLMES was born on 6 Jun 1837. She died in 1883 in Rockford,,IL.         Lydia married Martin C. BRAZEE on 2 Apr 1861. 11. Anna TAYLOR was born in 1794. She died in 1840. Anna married Ezra SPRAGUE in Nov 1815. They had the following children:   74 M i William SPRAGUE was born in Sep 1816. He died in Jun 1842.   75 M ii David SPRAGUE was born in Jun 1818. He died in 1836.   76 F iii Mary SPRAGUE was born in Sep 1819. She died in 1846.         Mary married David MCDOUGAL in 1845.   77 F iv Anna SPRAGUE was born in Apr 1821.         Anna married Harvey SMITH in Sep 1845.   78 v Sar. SPRAGUE was born in Mar 1823. Sar. died in Sep 1847.

SOURCES Gen. Magazine of NJ 1968-69 Vol 43-44 pg 140 - 974.9 G32 BHC - Taylor & Conde Album Freehold Presbyterian Church Records-Charlton(Vosburgh Copy) pg 3 History of Saratoga Co., NY 1609-1878, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvestor, 1878 - pg 314 Stories & Pictures of Charlton - W. Bronson Taylor pgs 110, 111 Charlton House-Letters, #49 Charlton 1792-1992 by Mary Kadlecek; pg 5, 9 "Charlton"-History of Saratoga-Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvestor; pg 314 Booth's History of Saratoga-"Charlton"; pg 186 A Mock Tour of Charlton, Fact & Legend by FJL; pg 1 Charlton Worthy - John W. Taylor, Republished 1984 to commemorate the Bicentennial of his birth; Ballston Spa Public Library The Genealogy of Judge John Taylor and his descendants - published 1886 Detroit, Mich.; New York State Library - 929.2 T238 Photos by Joyce Riedinger