Alice ‘Ascha’ Taylor

Not a known child of Anthony Parcett & Susan Pattinson

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-218424

Unknown Origin

The birth date, place and parents of Alice are unknown. She is assumed to have been born at England. Her first name has been transcribed as "Asca" by Bond.[1] Anderson believes this is a mis-reading of "Alce," which was a typical 17th Century spelling of Alice.[2] The birth date 1605 is a guess, based on the guessed birth date of her 2nd husband, Gregory Taylor, given by Anderson as 1605.

Alice is sometimes assumed to have been Alice Parcett, for unknown reasons, without evidence (Ancestry Tree is source).

Uncertain Marriages

Alice may have married twice. It is possible that she was the identical Alice who was married to William Waterbury when they became members of the Boston church in the fall of 1630, members #35 and #36.[3] William and Alice apparently returned to England after a few years, as no trace of their deaths has been found in England or America (p 11).

She may have married, as her 1st, to William Waterbury.[2][3]

She may have also married, as her 2nd, and as his 2nd, to Gregory Taylor.[2]

The theory that Alice was the wife of both men rests on the claim that John Waterbury had on the estate of Gregory Taylor, the rarity of the name Alice, and the possibility that both Waterbury and Taylor originated at the same part of Suffolk in England, and therefore may have known each other there.[3]

Uncertain Children

The Jonathan Waterbury Genealogy ...' by Grace Waterbury (1930) makes the claim that records of Jonathan's family (with six children) are found at Sudbury, Suffok England.[4] Anderson is doubtful, because there are date problems. Only one child is proven, John Waterbury, of Stamford, Connecticut.

Child of William and Alice (Unknown) Waterbury:[3]

1. John Waterbury b say 1614*; m Rose (Unknown) according to Anderson.

Note there is record of a John Waterbury, son of William, baptism December 30, 1621 at St. Peter's, Sudbury, England. However the Rachel, who married in 1559 at Stamford, was apparently the eldest of John's children. If John was the usual twenty-five at marriage, then Rachel is only about twelve at her marriage. Anderson recommends a compromise in which John marries at twenty-one and Rachel at sixteen. This would make for "two successive short generations, which should be viewed with caution," according to Anderson.[3] It also contradicts the 1621 baptism date for John at St. Peter's.

Child of Gregory and Alice (Unknown) Waterbury Taylor:[2]

1. Samuel Taylor, b 3 Apr 1632, bur 6 April 1632 Watertown, aged 3 days.

Death and Legacy

Alice died at Stamford on 18 August 1657.[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bond, Henry; Jones, Horatio Gates, Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town, published 1860. Page 601, via Internet Archive
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Anderson, Robert Charles, (1995) "Gregory Taylor" Featured name. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. NEHGS AmericanAncestors.org, accessed 6 Sept 2016 (Vol I-III, Pages 1802).
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Anderson, Robert C., 1995 "William Waterbury" Featured name. Great Migration Study Project, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, Vols I-III. AmericanAncestors.org accessed 15 June 2016 (Vol I-III, Pages 1939-40).
4. ↑ Waterbury, Grace Adelle., (1930) Jonathan Waterbury Genealogy ... Oswego, NY: Palladium-Times HathiTrust.org accessed 15 June 2016 (Pages 9, 11, 28, 113-14). See also:
6. http://www.dkdonovan.com/getperson.php?personID=I00097&tree=Main
7. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford
8. RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye