Mary Bonham Taggert

Notes:

Name:
Randle, Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families, 1926. pp9, 21, 44, 46, 56. Gives her name as Mary Bonham Taggart -- Bonham as her middle name may be in error. Her sister Elizabeth, nine years older than Mary, married William Bonham.


Died:
"In January [1794] his wife, Mary Taggert, died, leaving him with three small children who required his care and attention, and kept him at home until proper provision could be made for their maintenance."

source Ansel McCall, "Reminiscences: Some Personal Recollections of Benjamin Patterson, The Soldier and Scout." pp18 & 22. First published in the Bath Plaindealer. Printed in Daily Journal Monday, January 25, 1897 to Friday, April 30, 1897. Republished by the The Corning-Painted Post (NY) Historical Society, 59 West Pulteney St., Corning, NY 14830 in the "Andaste Inquirer" October 1980.

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Mary married Benjamin Patterson on 1 Mar 1788. Benjamin (son of Samuel Patterson and Mary Anna Boone) was born on 16 Sep 1759 in Loudoun Co, Virginia; died on 2 Jul 1830 in Painted Post, Steuben, New York; was buried in Erwin Family Cem, Steuben, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Taggert Patterson was born in 1789 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania; died in 1792 in Fairfax, Virginia; was buried in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania.
2. Hannah Bonham Patterson was born on 6 Feb 1790 in Fairfax Co, Virginia; died on 1 Feb 1848 in Brice, Jay Co, Indiana; was buried in Morehous Graveyard, Noble Twp, Jay Co, Indiana.
3. Mary "Polly" Patterson was born on 2 Jan 1794 in Charlottesville, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Sep 1858 in near, Hector, Jay Co, Indiana; was buried in Morehous Graveyard, Noble Twp, Jay Co, Indiana.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1750, Ireland to Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1775, Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania

Notes:

"Col. David Taggart," in _Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania_, published by J.L. Floyd & Co., Chicago, 1911. p9. Library of Congress microfilm collection. "...

Thomas Taggart, the founder of this family in America and in Northumberland county, was born May 10, 1728, in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, and emigrated with his brother Robert prior to 1750, the young men settling in Philadelphia, where Robert became a merchant. About 1775 Thomas Taggart arrived at the town of Northumberland, where he became a leading merchant. Settling at Queen and Front streets, near what was later the site of Morgan's shoe store, he was a well known resident of the place until his death, which occurred April 13, 1788. He married Mary Vanderbilt, a native of Philadelphia, who died in Northumberland in 1805.

Their descendants have been prominent in public life, in business matters, and in the wars of the country. Their family was a large one, viz.:

Elizabeth, born June 15, 1753, married William Bonham, and died about 1780 (her son, Thomas, was for many years a tanner at Northumberland, but finally removed to Wabash county, Ill., where he died);

Christiana, born May 12, 1755, married a Mr. Sample, and settled in Allegheny county, this State;

Robert was born Feb. 18, 1757;

John, born June 30, 1759, died July 21, 1759;

Catharine, born Sept. 6, 1760, married Capt. John Painter, and died in 1840;

Thomas, born Oct. 22, 1762, died Jan. 16, 1780 (he was killed by Indians);

Mary, born Jan. 19, 1765, married a Mr. Patterson, a noted frontiersman of Pennsylvania, and died Feb. 8, 1773 [sic, 1791];

William, born Oct. 3, 1771, died Jan. 24, 1773;

David, born Feb. 21, 1769, died May 17, 1812;

William (2), known as 'Old Major' Taggart, born Aug. [unclear on copy - 6?] 1773, kept store at an early day in Northumberland and in the latter part of his life resided in Chillisquaque township, where hed died at the age of eighty years; and

James was born Jan. 1, 178-."

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Immigration:
emigrated with his brother Robert prior to 1750, the young men settling in Philadelphia, where Robert became a merchant.

Residence:
About 1775 Thomas Taggart arrived at the town of Northumberland, where he became a leading merchant. Settling at Queen and Front streets, near what was later the site of Morgan's shoe store, he was a well known resident of the place until his death, which occurred April 13, 1788.

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Died:
Annals of Buffalo Valley, pg 293
1794 Deaths
Thomas Taggert, at Northumberland. Children: Robert, David, William, James; Elizabeth, married to William Bonham; Catherine, to John Painter; Christina, to James Semple; Mary, to Benjamin Patterson.
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Thomas married Mary Bonham or Vanderbilt about 1743. Mary was born about 1723 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1805 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is probably the Mary Taggert who was one of the purchasers of Sarah Hastings Bowyer's real estate sale in Jul 1758.
"The following August (1757) her (Sarah Hastings Bowyer) household goods were advertised to be sold, and in July 1758 it was announced that her real estate would be put up for sale. Her executors disposed of the land between Front Street and the cartway to various purchasers, among them Robert Waln, John Doyle, Ruth Webb, and Mary Taggart."

source: For notices of the sale of her household goods and real estate see Pennsylvania Gazette, 4 Aug 1757, 20 Jul y 1718. The sale of some of the Front Street lots is recited in Deed Book D-12, 157: 1 Sep 1758, Thomas Say et al, to Ruth Webb.
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Name:
Randle, Genealogy of the Patterson, Wheat, and Hearn Families, 1926. pp9, 56. Says her name was Mary Bonham. Taggart genealogy in History of Northumberland says her name was Vanderbilt.
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