We don't know how far back the name John Taylor goes in our family history but we know it was the name given to our ancestor, John Taylor (1796-1847) who married Mary Clarke and came to Canada from Norfolk, England in 1836.
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| John Taylor & Mary Clarke's headstone at Highland Creek Wesleyan Cemetery on Old Kingston Road in the Highland Creek neighbourhood of eastern Toronto. |
John Taylor and Mary Clarke had so many descendants that there are numerous other John Taylors, too. For now, I'll list just a handful of them.
John Taylor's son, grandson, and great-grandson were all named John Taylor.
John Taylor (1796-1847). Our forefather who married Mary Clarke and came to Canada from Norfolk, England in 1836. John & Mary settled in Pickering Township, Ontario and raised their family there.
John Taylor (1821-1895) son of John Taylor & Mary Clarke. John married Margaret Jane Mason and they lived in Usborne Township in Huron County, Ontario, not far from Exeter.
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| John Taylor (1821-1895). Photo from the collection of Barbara Dawn (Agnew) Miller. |
John W. Taylor (1847-1933) son of John Taylor & Margaret Jane Mason. John was married twice; first to Mary Case, and later to Charlotte Howard Braden "Lottie" Shinner.They lived in Exeter, Ontario.
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| John W. Taylor (1847-1933) of Exeter, Ontario. Photo from the collection of Barbara Dawn (Agnew) Miller. |
John Franklin Taylor (1882-1962) son of John W. Taylor and Lottie Shinner was known as Frank rather than by his first name, John. Frank Taylor lived in Exeter but moved for awhile to the United States. It's believed that he married a woman from the USA named Virginia.
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| John Franklin Taylor (1882-1962). Photo from the collection of Barbara Dawn (Agnew) Miller. |
The four John Taylors listed above were all from a direct ancestral line. John Taylor (1796-1847) was the father of John Taylor (1821-1895) who was the father of John W. Taylor (1847-1933) who was the father of John Franklin Taylor (1882-1962).
