Twelfth Generation (Continued)
Family of Rachel BOORMAN (881) & Stephen TAYLOR
1645. John TAYLOR (Rachel BOORMAN11, John Thomas10, John9, Thomas8, Thomas7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born on 13 Jun 1864 in Marden, Kent, England. John died in Marden, Kent, England, on 19 Jul 1897; he was 33.

- 1871 England census, living in Marden, Kent
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton

- 1881 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Rachel Taylor F 46 Biddenden, Kent, England - widow
Son John Taylor M 16 Marden, Kent, England
Son William Taylor M 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 10 Marden, Kent, England
Governess Anne Piper F 29 Cranbrook, Kent, England

- 1891 England Census
Name: John Taylor
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Rachel Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Wateringbury
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Wateringbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 670
Folio: 137
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Taylor 56
John Taylor 26
William Taylor 22
Annie Peper 58
Bertha Peper 20
George A F Matten 26
Thomas H Briggs 21
William Bassett 20
Arthur W Piper 16
Jane Cook 22

- 1897: according to another research with access to the family bible, he died 19 Jul 1897 in Marden, and was born 13 Jun 1864 in Marden
1646. Jane TAYLOR (Rachel BOORMAN11, John Thomas10, John9, Thomas8, Thomas7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born on 13 Feb 1867 in Marden, Kent, England. Jane died in Marden, Kent, England, on 3 Aug 1879; she was 12.

- 1871 England census, living in Marden, Kent
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton

RESEARCH NOTES
- 1881 census: NOT listied with mother and family, so did she die young?
- from another researcher with access to the family bible: Jane was born 13 Feb 1867 Marden, died 3 Aug 1879, Marden
1647. William TAYLOR (Rachel BOORMAN11, John Thomas10, John9, Thomas8, Thomas7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1). Born on 31 Dec 1868 in Marden, Kent, England. William died in Pembury, Kent, England, on 20 Mar 1944; he was 75.

- 1871 England census, living in Marden, Kent
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton

- 1881 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Rachel Taylor F 46 Biddenden, Kent, England - widow
Son John Taylor M 16 Marden, Kent, England
Son William Taylor M 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 10 Marden, Kent, England
Governess Anne Piper F 29 Cranbrook, Kent, England

- 1891 England census, living in Wateringbury Kent with mother Rachel, brother John and 7 others:
William Taylor, 22, Marden Kent

- 1901 England Census
Name: William Taylor
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Burham
Ecclesiastical parish: Burham St Mary the Virgin
Town: Burham - at shop in Church Street
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: Aylesford
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household Schedule Number: 218
Piece: 741
Folio: 106
Page Number: 41
Household Members:
Name Age
Edward Clarke 30 - Draper’s manager
Margaret Clarke 36
Frank Simmons 28
William Taylor 32 - Assistant Grocer
Charles Milton 19
Rosannah Hodge 18

- 1911 England census, living with widowed mother in Tonbridge, Kent - 13 Woodfield Road:
William Taylor 42 - Grocer’s Assistant

- 1944 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: William Taylor
Birth Date: abt 1869
Date of Registration: Mar 1944
Age at Death: 75
Registration District: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1589

- 1944 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: William Taylor
Probate Date: 12 Jun 1944
Death Date: 20 Mar 1944
Death Place: Tonbridge
Registry: Llandudno
From images: he appointed nephews John Taylor and Robert Taylor as executors. Equal beneficiaries: nephews John and Robert Taylor, nieces Dorothy Lambert and Nora Taylor.
In probate document :
Deceased: William Taylor of 26 Northcote Road Tonbridge in the count of Kent, died 20th March 1944 at Sandhill Pembury in the said county.
Executors:
John Taylor of Manor Farm West Malling in the said county
Robert Taylor of The Orchard Barming in the said county
Farmers nephews of deceased the executors named in the said will

RESEARCH NOTES
- there were 36 birth registrations for a William Taylor in Ken between Jan 1868 and Dec 1870. Only 3 of these were in Maidstone Reg Dist, which contains the civil parish of Marden:
Births Dec 1868
Taylor William Edward Maidstone 2a 587
Births Mar 1869
Taylor William Maidstone 2a 613
Births Jun 1870
Taylor William Henry Maidstone 2a 604

- from another researcher with access to the family bible:
William Taylor, born 31 Dec 1868 Marden Kent, died 20 Mar 1944 Pembury Kent
Died at Sandhill (now Pembury Hospital)
1648. Ebenezer TAYLOR (Rachel BOORMAN11, John Thomas10, John9, Thomas8, Thomas7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1) . Born on 10 Sep 1870 in Marden, Maidstone Reg Dist, Kent, England. Christened on 17 Mar 1913 in Barming, Kent, England. Ebenezer died in Maidstone, Kent, England, on 26 Sep 1958; he was 88. Buried in 1958 in St Margarets Church, Barming, Maidstone, Kent, England.

- 1870 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Registration Year: 1870
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 572

- 1871 England census, living in Marden, Kent
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton

- 1881 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Rachel Taylor F 46 Biddenden, Kent, England - widow
Son John Taylor M 16 Marden, Kent, England
Son William Taylor M 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 10 Marden, Kent, England
Governess Anne Piper F 29 Cranbrook, Kent, England

- 1891 England Census about Ebenezer Taylor
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: East Peckham - Hale Street
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: East Peckham
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Piece: 670
Folio: 71
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Ebenezer Taylor 20 - head, single, Grocer & Draper,
William J Brown 28 - Assistant, M, Grocers Assistant
Priscilla A Brown 21 - Housekeeper, M, Housekeeper
Godfrey West 18 - Assistant, S, Grocery Assistant
Lewis W Martin 20 - Assistant, S, Drapers Assistant
Godfrey West Lea 15 - Assistant, S, Grocerss Assistant
Annie E Collins 15 - Servant, S, General Servant

- 1897 England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Registration Year: 1897
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1343
Records on Page:
Name
Stephen Bodkin
Esther Ella Edwards
Clara Hunt
Ebenezer Taylor
- Marriage date 24 Nov 1897 from family bible.

- 1901 England Census
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Clara Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Yalding - Parsonage Farm Cottage
Ecclesiastical parish: Yalding St Peter and St Paul
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Yalding
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household Schedule Number: 7
Piece: 761
Folio: 24
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Ebenezer Taylor 30 - head, farmer, employer, married, b Kent Marden
Clara Taylor 29 - wife, married, b Paddock Wood
John Taylor 1 - son, b Yalding

- 1911 England Census
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Age in 1911: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Warden, Kent
Civil Parish: East Barming, West Barming and Teston
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: North House, Barming
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Registration District: Maidstone
Registration District Number: 51
Sub-registration District: Loose
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household Schedule Number: 130A
Piece: 4116
Household Members:
Name Age
Ebenezer Taylor 40 - head. , married, farmer, employer, b Kent Marden
Clara Taylor 39 - wife, married, -, married 13 yrs, 3 children, 3 alive, b Kent Paddrek? Wood
John Taylor 11 - son, -, school, b Kent Yalding
Robert Taylor 8 - son, -, school, b Kent Barming
Dorothy Taylor 3 - daughter, -, -, b Kent Barming
Florence Annie Capeling 19 - servant, single, general servant domestic, b Kent Dover

- 1913 adult baptism: “Ebenezer Taylor, baptised March 17th 1913 at Barming Parish Church, Confirmed March 18th 1913 at Penshurst Parish Church, First Communion: Easter Day 1913 at Barming Parish Church, Signed: Ernest J Wild’ [see image]

- 1936 England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Spouse Surname: Featherstone
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1936
Registration District: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 2762
Spouse: Leonard [Leonora?] Featherstone

- 1944 - Received 1/4 share of £1028 6s 6p from Uncle William Taylor, 12 Jun 1944, Maidstone, Kent, principal probate registry at Llandudnno? - William Taylor of 26 Northcote Road Tonbridge Kent died 20th March 1944 at Sandhill Pembury in the said county, adminstration of estate granded to John Taylor of Manor Farm West Malling Kent and Robert Taylor of The Orchard, Barming Kent, farms, nephews of deceased and executors named in the will.

- 1958 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Ebenezer Taylor
Birth Date: abt 1870
Date of Registration: Sep 1958
Age at Death: 88
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 5b
Page: 541

- 1958 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Ebenzer Taylor
Probate Date: 2 Dec 1958
Death Date: 26 Sep 1958
Death Place: Maidstone
Registry: London, England

- 1958 Ebenezer Taylor probate summary, 2 Dec 1858 “TAYLOR Ebenezer of North House Barming near Maidstone died 26 September 1958 Probate London 2 December to John Taylor and Robert Taylor farmers. Effects £39,583 13s 4d.”
To John Taylor and Robert Taylor, farmers.

- From grave photo: Robert and Phyllis Taylor buried in the same grave as:
“In Sacred Memory of / Clara / the beloved wife of / Ebenezer Taylor/
who fell asleep July 16, 1935. / aged 63 years, / Thy will be done /
Also her husband / Ebenezer, / who fell asleep Sept. 26. 1958, / aged 88 years./
Also Nora their daughter / 7 Jan 1964 aged 52 years”

RESEARCH NOTES
Which birth registration is his (both registered in the same quarter, both in Kent)?
Births Sep 1870
TAYLOR Ebenezer Canterbury 2a 68
TAYLOR Ebenezer Maidstone 2a 572
Marden is closest to Maidstone.
On 24 Nov 1897 when Ebenezer was 27, he first married Clara HUNT in Tonbridge, Kent, England. Born on 4 Nov 1871 in Paddock Wood, Kent, England. Clara died in Maidstone, Kent, England, on 16 Jul 1935; she was 63. Buried in 1935 in St Margarets Church, Barming, Maidstone, Kent, England.

- Daughter of Thomas Hunt (1843-1904) and Sarah Ann Ashton (1843-1931)

- 1871 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Clara Hunt
Name: Clara Hunt
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1871
Registration District: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 559

- 1881 England Census about Clara Hunt
Name: Clara Hunt
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: Thomas Hunt
Mother: Sarah A. Hunt
Gender: Female
Where born: Brenchley, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Brenchley
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Maidstone Rd
Occupation: Scholar
Registration District: Tunbridge
Sub-registration District: Brenchley
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Piece: 923
Folio: 18
Page Number: 29
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hunt 38
Sarah A. Hunt 38
Agnes Hunt 15
Edith Hunt 12
Clara Hunt 9
Lilian Hunt 6
Bertha Hunt 4
Mabel Hunt 1

- 1891 England Census
Name: Clara Hunt
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Hunt
Mother's Name: Sarah H Hunt
Gender: Female
Where born: Paddock Wood, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Brenchley
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
Town: Paddock Wood
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Tunbridge
Sub-registration District: Brenchley
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Piece: 683
Folio: 89
Page Number: 32
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Hunt 48
Sarah H Hunt 48
Clara Hunt 19
Bertha Hunt 14

- 1935 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Clara Taylor
Birth Date: abt 1872
Date of Registration: Sep 1935
Age at Death: 63
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 974

- 1935 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Clara Taylor
Probate Date: 20 Aug 1935
Death Date: 16 Jul 1935
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: London, England
Transcription of probate summary: “TAYLOR Clara of North House Barming Kent (wife of Ebenezer Taylor) died 16 July 1935 Probate London 20 August [1935] to John Taylor and Robert Taylor farmers, Effects 2715 pouinds 0s 8d”
They had the following children:
i.
John TAYLOR (1899-1979)
ii.
Robert TAYLOR (1902-1975)
iii.
Dorothy TAYLOR (1907-1983)
iv.
Nora TAYLOR (1911-1964)
On 21 Apr 1936 when Ebenezer was 65, he second married Leonora Featherstone in Rusthall Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Born in Oct 1874 in Malling, Kent, England. Leonora Featherstone died in North House, Barming, Maidstone, Kent, England, on 10 Jul 1960; she was 85.

- 1874 England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Leonora Featherstone
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1874
Registration District: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 518

- 1960 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Leonora Taylor
Probate Date: 28 Sep 1960
Death Date: 10 Jul 1960
Death Place: Maldstone
Registry: London, England
Transcription of probate summary: “TAYLOR Leonora of North House Barming near Maidstone widow died 10 July 1960 at 47 London Road Maidstone Probate London 28 September [1911] to Robert Taylor and John Taylor farmers. Effects 13947 poiunds, 15s 4d”
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