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Richard Taylor

Abishai Marchant 3, (John 2, John1), b. 10 Jan. 1650-1; residence, Yarmouth, later Edgartown (1693), but returned to Yarmouth where he was living in 1714; married Mary Taylor about 1673, daughter of Richard and Ruth (Wheldon) Taylor of Yarmouth, who was b. about 1650 and died 1 Feb. 1717-18. Beyond several references to him in the Court Records little is known of him and the following named are assigned as issue of this marriage:
1. Samuel, b. (1678); buried 8 Aug. 1676.
2. Jabez, b. (1675); buried 21 Aug. 1676.
3.. Hannah, b. (1677); living in Edgartown 1710, unmarried.
4. John, b. 1679. Ancestor of Vineyard Marchants.
5. Elizabeth, b. 1681; m. Thomas Wheldon 21 Oct. 1698.
6. Samuel, b. (1683); m. Joanna , and d. 1757 (Yarmouth) Ancestor of Cape Cod Marchants.
7. Ebenezer, b. (1685); m. Mrs. Bethiah (Day) Willett24 Dec. 1719.
History of Martha's Vineyard Volume 3, pp. 291, by Charles Edward Banks, Dukes County Historical Society 1925