 Capt. Matthew Taylor 2nd, son of Matthew Taylor and Janet Unknown.Born 30 Oct 1727 Londonderry, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, died 22 Jan 1796 Truro, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, 68 years [[Category: Robie Street Cemetery, Truro, Nova Scotia]] ---- == Biography ==Capt. Matthew Taylor was born on 30 Oct. 1727 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.[https://archive.org/details/cihm_11106 Historical and genealogical record of the first settlers of Colchester county] down to the present time. by Miller, Thomas. 1873. Page 108. He was the son of Matthew Taylor and Janet (?). He married Elizabeth Archibald in 1750 in New Hampshire. He with others including his brothers-in-law, the Archibalds, arrived at Fort Belcher on 13 Dec. 1762. He was one of the Grantees of Truro Township. He died on 22 Jan. 1796 at the home of Mr. David Dickey, on the Halifax road, when he was on his way to Halifax and was buried at Robie Street Cemetery, Truro, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. His [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44808422 memorial] has a photo of his headstone and links to those of family members.[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44808422 Find A Grave MemorialR1500512347]] Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=109904384&pid=131 * Repository: R1500512347 Ancestry.com Married 1750 New Hampshire British Colonial America (45 or 46 years married) to:  Elizabeth Archibald, daughter of John Archibald and Margaret Wilson.Married name: Taylor, born 20 Jan 1725 Londonderry, New Hampshire, died 4 Feb 1809 St. Mary's, Guysborough Co., Nova Scotia, 84 years == Biography == Elizabeth was born in 1726 in New Hampshire to John Archibald and Margaret Wilson. She married Matthew Taylor Sr. in 1750 at New Hampshire. Elizabeth and Matthew had 11 children (see children below). She died in St. Mary's, Guysborough, Nova Scotia at age 83. She was buried on a small island in the lake up the East River of St. Mary's Nova Scotia. === Children of Elizabeth and Matthew Taylor === [[Taylor-37520 James Taylor]] b. 1754 Jennet (or Janet) b. 1756 [[Taylor-25126 David Taylor]] b. 1760 [[Taylor-25351 Samuel Taylor]] b. 1765 [[Taylor-37526 Elizabeth Taylor]] b. 1769 [Taylor-34670 William Taylor]] b. 1771 === DNA Confirmation ===*Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group consisting of [[Mewer-9 Kay(Mewer) Spear]] - GEDMatch ID: F356772, [[Bertocci-1 Loren A. Bertocci]] - GEDMatch ID: T750999 and [[Smith-40964 Philip W. Smith]] - GEDmatch ID: T618013 sharing a common segment on chromosome 14 from 50,275,895 to 56,703,577. The common ancestor pair is [[Archibald-13 John T. Archibald Sr.]] (1693 - 1751)] and [[Wilson-1804 Margaret (Wilson) Archibald]] (abt. 1695 - aft. 1751). == Sources == *Archibald Genealogy Family ID 11718 *New Hampshire birth records *Nova Scotia death records *New Hampshire marriage records for 1750 *Strague-database for Elizabeth Archibald. *MacNutt-Murray History Person Page 938 | |||