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 > >