Zachariah Taylor (1618-1692)

Bolton Bibliography and Jottings of Book-lore

By Jas. C. Scholes, 1886, Manchester
Chapter 5 - pp36-49
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Page 43. In another note in the same book Canon Raines, referring to the Rev. Zachariah Taylor, jun.-"The Lancashire Levite" -says "I think he was a native of Manchester parish, as Zachary Taylor, of Holt Hall, Rusholme, in that parish had several children christened  at the Coll: Church between 1640 and 1650.  The Taylors of Moston were of this family; it had many branches."
(Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 55) Alexander Gordon says "He [Zachary Taylor] is mentioned in the diary of Henry Newcome [q. v.], but must not be confused with Zachary Taylor (b. 1606) of Holt Hall, Rusholme, mentioned also as Newcome's neighbour."

Zachariah Taylor (1618-1692)

Zachary Taylor (1653–1705)

Zachary, the son, was born in Bolton in 1653.  He was admitted to Jesus College, Cambridge in 1671 and graduated B.A. in 1675 and M.A. in 1678.  He was appointed vicar of Ormskirk in 1680 and became the vicar of Wigan around 1693.  In 1695 he was appointed by the crown to the rectory of Croston, Lancashire, still retaining the curacy of Wigan.  He died in 1705.  He married first in 1685 to Barbara, daughter of Sir Edward Stanley, baronet, of Bickerstaff.  His second wife Anne survived him with several children.

Zachary Taylor Wikipedia Entry
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