You might want to check to see whether a surname line has a Y-DNA list. I got a better price on mine that way. Anne H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron & Lisa Taylor" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [TAYLOR] Fenner & Taylor in Trimtown, RI 1600s-1700s > According to the info. below, the 1706 transaction would have been 1/2 > of > a land grant.. Maybe Fenner gave 1/2 of his 1694 landgrant to his daughter > and her husband(?), John Taylor. If the cabin was the oldest, it would > have > to be Fenner's. > > > JRT > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "branagak" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 6:52 AM > Subject: [TAYLOR] Fenner & Taylor in Trimtown, RI 1600s-1700s > > >> I solicit and welcome your interpretation of the following information > found >> by my resourceful cousin at the North Scituate Library in RI: >> >> History of Trimtown , Part of Scituate, RI >> >> "Trimtown was settled in 1706 on a land grant of 75 acres laid out to to >> Thomas Fenner, March 5 in the right of Joan (John) Taylor formerly of >> Providence. This is some evidence that the cabin by the spring on the >> eastern slope of the hill in what is now known as the Taylor lots was the >> oldest white man's home on the hill. It may have been built in 1694 when >> the land west of the seven mile line was thrown open for settlement and >> surveyed into grants of 150 acres each. The second John Taylor was born >> in >> that year, so the John that sold the land in 1706 must have been the >> first >> John whose wife was Elizabeth." >> >> I am a Taylor descendant. In reading the above paragraph, I am confused >> . > . >> . >> >> Who owned the property first - Fenner or Taylor? >> Did Fenner or Taylor own the land in 1694? >> In 1706, did Taylor buy or sell the property? >> Is John Taylor who married Elizabeth the father of the "second John > Taylor" >> or is he just the elder of two John Taylors? >> >> Thank you for thinking about this one. >> >> Kim >> >> >> >> ==== TAYLOR Mailing List ==== >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from LIST - mailto:[email protected] >> To UNSUBSCRIBE from DIGEST - mailto:[email protected] >> Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in subject and body of message >> >> ============================== >> Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >> Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > ==== TAYLOR Mailing List ==== > Be specific in your Subject line. Include info (surnames, location, > events) to catch the attention of the readers. Users may delete if > subject is vague or missing. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >