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Marriage record, Westmorland Co., NB:
Stephen Taylor of the parish of Dorchester, and Jane Johnson of the Parish of Salisbury were married by banns this fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six by one William Scott.
This marriage was solemnized between us in presence of Thomas Johnson, William Johnson.
Signed: Stephen Taylor, Jane Johnson (her mark).
Reg. 20 Feb 1827.

1854 Assessment Roll, Colchester Twp, Essex C., ON:
Stephen Taylor, farmer, yeoman, age 60[sic], SS#9, Gore (con), Npt S1/2 12, 50 acres.

1860 Assessment Roll, Colchester Twp, Essex C., ON:
Stephen Taylor, Farmer, age 55, SS#9, Gore, pt? 13, 25 acres, 2 persons 21-60 years.

Old Methodist Cemetery, Harrow, Essex Co., ON:
In memory of Stephen Taylor died 14 Nov 1883 aged 70? years 3 months 2? days.
In memory of Jane wife of Stephen Taylor died May 22, 1873 aged 61 yrs & 9 mths.

Memories of My Mother's People, by Ada M. (Thorpe) Fox as told to me when I was young, by her.
Chapter II
My Grandmother Taylor was born Jane Johnson in New Brunswick, as also was Grandfather Steven Taylor.
When at the age of 12 her Mother and Father died and she kept house for the family which consisted of Four Brothers older than she, and a three year old sister.
The brothers turned out to be very clever men, one brother, John, a Doctor - David a Minister - Thomas, (the eldest) a Lumber Merchant and the other brother owned a fleet of ships.
Thomas had a lumber business in Port Huron and one time Jane and Steven went to visit them and took Mother (then a small girl) with them. Mother remembered her Aunt Debby as a lady with lots of rings on her hands.
When Jane and Steven (Grandmother and Grandfather) were married they came here and settled in Amherstburg (opposite the old Indian burying ground) where my Mother was born. They must have lived there quite a while as there were several children older than her.
Grandfather (Steven) had an interest in a limestone quarry and owned and ran a barge with limestone to Detroit. He was Captain of same.
The first born were twins, boys (Clark and Balm) then Edward, then Aunt Emma (married to Wm. Thrasher); Alma (married to Jackson Quick); Elizabeth (married to Matthew McCormick); David - (?); our Mother, Adelia, (married to Edward Vollans); Amanda (married to Wright).
They lived in Amherstburg until Mother must have been 12 years or so old, then Grandfather bought a farm near Harrow and sent the older girls and boys to run it. I guess they didn't run it very good for the family moved there and he gave up his ship. Mother remembers Dr. John Johnson coming to visit them on the farm. I also remember David the Minister coming to see Jane's (Grandmother's) children after she died. Aunt Lizzie McCormack entertained him as she had the biggest house and took him around to see the other sisters. She brought him to our house and Mother served them tea. He was a fine looking old Gentleman. Grandmother had been dead some years then.
After their family were raised and married Grandfather and Grandmother took a trip back to New Brunswick and stayed all summer, after that Grandmother was not very well and in two years died of cancer, she died in May, just one month before Lillie was born. We all went down to the funeral in style. We lived in Windsor and our father rented a carriage and driver from McGregor's Livery Stable. At that time there were no hearses in Harrow and the coffin was put in a carriage and covered with a sheet. I was ten years old and I remember so well how awful it looked to me.
Grandfather lived quite a few years after that, he used to visit us in Town and I remember he was a quiet, easy going old gentleman but nothing was told me of his background.
Grandmother must have been the "push" of the family as she raised her large family well, the girls married farmers and raised large families, so that the community around Harrow can trace their family history back to the old Taylor Family. Their children and Grandchildren are nearly all dead. I believe I am the oldest (86 years) grandchild living.
P.S. Besides raising her own family Grandmother brought up two grandchildren. One of the twins (Clark) went out to California the time of the Gold Rush of '49 expecting to get rich. He was gone 7 years and in the meantime his wife ran away with another man and left his two children at Grandmother's. Clark came back poorer than ever and landed himself on Grandmother.
The other twin (Balm) married a woman who was off her base a little and the family had no use for them. They were always poor and lived from hand to mouth.
Edward's wife died and left four children. He never married again and kept house for them until they were grown up. Now they are all dead.
Written by Ada M. (Thorpe) Fox.
Nee (Ada M. Vollans). November 1950.

Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex Co., pp. 128-130:
McCORMICK....
(I) Alexander McCormick was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1728, of Scotch descent...
(II) John McCormick was born in October, 1790, ... He was a child when the family came to the County of Essex...
(III) Matthew W. McCormick was born on the Col. Brush place, Colchester South, Oct. 1, 1830, and was about sixteen years of age when the family moved to Lot 7, in the Gore... On Jan. 29, 1854, Mr. McCormick was married to Elizabeth Jane Taylor, who was born in New Brunswick, March 8, 1836, daughter of Steven and Jane Taylor...
Stephen Taylor, father of Mrs. McCormick, was born in New Brunswick, where he followed farming in conjunction with his trade of carpenter. Later he purchased a sailing-vessel, which he operated on the Detroit river, but he always made his home on a farm. In September, 1836, he came to the County of Essex, locating near Amherstburg. His death occurred on his farm in Colchester South in 1884, when he was aged seventy-two. He married, in New Brunswick, Jane Johnson, who was born in England, and who died in 1872, aged sixty-two. They were members of the Methodist Church. Their union was blessed with the following children: Clark A. and Bamford, twins, the former a retired farmer, who married Charlotte Lockhard, and the latter a farmer who married Adelia Bishop; Edward, a farmer in Colchester South, who married Mary Buchanan; Emma, who married the late William Thrasher; Elizabeth J., who married Matthew W. McCormick; Benson, deceased; Alma, who married W. J. Quick, a farmer of Colchester South; Adelia, widow of Edward Vollans, and living in Windsor; Amanda, who married Angus Wright, farmer and township councillor in Colchester South; and Charles, who died young.

Western Herald and Farmer's Magazine, Windsor, Essex Co., Tuesday 11 December 1838:
List of Letters remaining in the Amherstburg PostOffice, 5th December 1838:
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John McCormick
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Stephen Taylor
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NB - Such of the above letters as are not retired with 6 weeks from this date will be sent to the General Post Office, Quebec, as dead letters. James Kevill, PM
Post Office, Amherstburg, 5th December 1838.

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