Taylor, Thomas (1561/2-1655)

Thomas Taylor, b. 1561/2 in western England, d. at Haarlem, Holland, in 1655. He is said to have been the youngest son of a nobleman. With some other men who did not agree with the doctrines of the English State church he fled to Holland, unable to take along anything but a Bible and a little money. In Haarlem he started a textile business. He married Prijntje (or Proontje) van de(n) Kerchhove(n), a Mennonite refugee from Flanders, and joined the Flemish Mennonite church of Haarlem. Throughout his long life his business was prosperous and he died a wealthy man. He is the ancestor of the Dutch Teyler family.

Bibliography

Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland. 2 v. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 64.

Eigen Haard (1885): No. 10.

Teyler-van Geleyn, M. "Stamboek der Teyler's." Manuscript found in the City Library of Haarlem.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 688-689. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Taylor, Thomas (1561/2-1655). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T402.html.

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