1253.Anthony Taylor. Born ca 1607 in England. Anthony died in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire on 4 Nov 1687. Occupation: feltmaker.
From Dow’s History of the Town of Hampton:40
“Anthony Taylor, felt-maker, the first of the name in Hampton, was here soon after the settlement of the town. He had ‘five acres of upland and swamp granted unto him at two sevarall times; and five acres of upland and swamp Bought of Thomas Kyng—granted unto him likewise at two severall times; Ten acres in all; layeing between the house lott of Wolter Roper toword the south; and common ground whe the clay-pitts are, in prt: and the lott of henery Gree in prt: and a certayne swamp in prt toword the north; Abutting upon the meeting-house-green in prt and a common waye in prt toward the east: and upon another prt of the sayd swamp toword the west; more or lesse as it is layd out.’ His house stood where Christopher G. Toppan now [1893] lives, though he lived, at first, on another lot, near the late Moses Towle’s.”
Anthony married Philippa Mingay. Philippa died in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire on 20 Sep 1683.