He was born on April 7, 1692 in Baltimore, Harford, Maryland.
Resident in the year 1699: N Side Gunpowder Hun, Baltimore County, MD.Source 2
(Property, Inventory at Death) : An Inventory of Estate of Martin Taylor of Baltimore County late Dowa? Appraised by his January 17th 1721. To 1 feather Bed and Furniture 3.0.0 To 1 feather Bed and Furniture 1.10.0 To 1 feather Bed and Furniture 3.0.0 To 1 Ditto 3.0.0 To.
(History) : In Baltimore County by 1692, Patapsco Hundred. Married Sarah (N) who married second Robert Robertson. On 25 Aug 1698 Martin purchased 86 acres of Wittly from Thomas Preston. Died on 4/7/1721. Estate was administered by wide Sarah, then husband of Robertson.
He died on April 7, 1721 in Harford, Baltimore, Maryland, he was 29 years old.
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March 1 » Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
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August 19 » Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
October 12 » The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Province.
Day of death April 7, 1721
The temperature on April 7, 1721 was about 7.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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