Hi- I want to thank all of you who responded to my request for info on Dr. John Taylor and to let you know that among the many responses I received was one which identified his father who I have been looking for at least 3 or more years! This is the message from Pat who found him through Dr. John's son, George by his 2nd marraige to Grace Ann Totten. " I found the following on the Ancestry.com Registry of the Sons of the American Revolution. This seems to point to Col. John Taylor who died on 11/5/1801 on your obit list. Looks like they were in NJ and PA. A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. GEORGE MUIRSON TOTTEN TAYLOR, Pittsburg, Pa. (13762). Son of John and Grace Ann (Totten) Taylor; grandson of John Taylor, Colonel New Jersey State Troops. Google.com led me to this page when I put in George Muirson Taylor" The page was from the Sons of the Revolution ( the Centennial Register ) of ancestors. It lists John Taylor, Captain, Major & Colonel, 4th Regiment, Hunterdon County, NJ Militia 1775-1779. He was born Aug. 1751 and died Nov. 1801. The two descendants listed as members of the SAR are Charles Henry Taylor and George Muirson Totten Taylor. These were the two sons of Dr. John by his 2nd wife and grandsons of Col. John. I had them listed as Charles H. Taylor since I have papers of his and he signed his name with the initial H. and he was born in 1830 and all I had on George was from the 1850 census when he was listed as George M.- and son of Dr. John Taylor - age 16 so he was born in abt. 1834. His youngest child, George, of his 2nd marraige was the last one I would have searched for to find his grandfather's name! But obviously, these are the 2 half-brothers of my ggreat-grandmother, Lucretia Jane Taylor, the eldest child of Dr. John b. in 1812 and one of his 3 children by his 1st wife, Elizabeth (Quintard) Carpenter. I can hardly believe it- after all this time and I was waking everyone in the house up last night when I got the news- I can't thank Pat enough and all of you who were so helpful and gave me so many good leads!! When I trace his ancestry, I will let you know- meanwhile, if any of you have him in your ancestry or Taylors in New Jersey, let me know and maybe we can work on together to fill in any gaps. Apparently, Col. John moved to Renn County after the war or at some point b/c his obituary was published in the Lansingburg Gazette and the date matched the date of death listed in the SAR records. Thank you all again, Annabel Bixby

Annabel, did you get on to any medical records or lists of doctors at all? Brian's great grandfather, Charles Clements, was always listed by his son on documents as a physician in Troy, but I have been unable to trace any sign of him. Thanks for any help. Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia What's your story? Wordweavers Weaving your memories Weaving your stories http://www.wordweavers.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabel A. Bixby" <abixby@home.com> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: [Rensselaer] Re: Dr. John Taylor > Hi- > I want to thank all of you who responded to my request for info on Dr. John > Taylor and to let you know that among the many responses I received was one > which identified his father who I have been looking for at least 3 or more > years!