Mary Keyser, now more often known as Kaiser, due to its German heritage, has an elusive ancestry. She could have been from the Baltimore area. Baltimore, a port city, had large German populations arriving as early as 1720 and establishing towns.
John Taylor has been connected with having children there.
Others say she was born in Bedford, I assume Pennsylvania. The English had established an outpost, Fort Bedford, by the time of Mary's birth; somewhere between 1750 and 1760. A fort is a stopping place for all nationalities, including Germans. This particular fort was later use by George Washington's army to subdue the unrest cause by a whiskey tax to help pay off the Revolutionary War.
Mary and John's family, most born in Pennsylvania, appeared to have thrived in Whiteley. All of her children lived beyond 30 years of age. It must have broken her heart when at least 3 of her children left Pennsylvania all together. Separations like this were often final goodbyes.
Mary and John lived long lives. Mary died in 1845. John in 1848. Their graves are most likely at the Taylor Cemetery in Jollytown. There you will experience the hard work put in by their descendants to honor them.
Update 1/2024
Mary Keyser has always been referred to as a German lady. Though I still believe that, Keyser is also Dutch.
After re reviewing my Find-A-Grave entries, I believe that Mary Keyser was indeed living in the Baltimore, Maryland, area when she met John Taylor. They likely did marry in the environs and had more than 1 child born there. When John, Mary, and family left the Baltimore area, they left with some of her family members. Her father was possibly Johann Christian Keyser/Kaiser/Kisor…. Her mother, conceivably, named Sarah. I believe that Johann had more than 1 spouse. This is not set in stone yet. The caravan of people made their way to Pennsylvania, evidenced by some Keyser land purchases in Dunbar and Bedford, Pennsylvania. Eventually, some Keysers , also established their homesteads in Greene, Pennsylvania, near where John Taylor and Mary's family resided.
In addition to this theory, the History of Knox County Illinois, 1878, "James Woodmansee, farmer, born in Green Co, PA, March 24, 1812; his parents were Thomas and Mary (Taylor) Woodmansee, the father of N. J., the mother of Md....."
2/2024
Alternate thoughts… It has never been established if John Taylor had more than 1 wife. If he did, he could have indeed met Mary Keyser in Pennsylvania. If I have her parents right, Christian Keyser and his son, John, were Revolutionary War soldiers in Pennsylvania. Thus, they were there before John immigrated. *M.Bell
Mary Keyser, now more often known as Kaiser, due to its German heritage, has an elusive ancestry. She could have been from the Baltimore area. Baltimore, a port city, had large German populations arriving as early as 1720 and establishing towns.
John Taylor has been connected with having children there.
Others say she was born in Bedford, I assume Pennsylvania. The English had established an outpost, Fort Bedford, by the time of Mary's birth; somewhere between 1750 and 1760. A fort is a stopping place for all nationalities, including Germans. This particular fort was later use by George Washington's army to subdue the unrest cause by a whiskey tax to help pay off the Revolutionary War.
Mary and John's family, most born in Pennsylvania, appeared to have thrived in Whiteley. All of her children lived beyond 30 years of age. It must have broken her heart when at least 3 of her children left Pennsylvania all together. Separations like this were often final goodbyes.
Mary and John lived long lives. Mary died in 1845. John in 1848. Their graves are most likely at the Taylor Cemetery in Jollytown. There you will experience the hard work put in by their descendants to honor them.
Update 1/2024
Mary Keyser has always been referred to as a German lady. Though I still believe that, Keyser is also Dutch.
After re reviewing my Find-A-Grave entries, I believe that Mary Keyser was indeed living in the Baltimore, Maryland, area when she met John Taylor. They likely did marry in the environs and had more than 1 child born there. When John, Mary, and family left the Baltimore area, they left with some of her family members. Her father was possibly Johann Christian Keyser/Kaiser/Kisor…. Her mother, conceivably, named Sarah. I believe that Johann had more than 1 spouse. This is not set in stone yet. The caravan of people made their way to Pennsylvania, evidenced by some Keyser land purchases in Dunbar and Bedford, Pennsylvania. Eventually, some Keysers , also established their homesteads in Greene, Pennsylvania, near where John Taylor and Mary's family resided.
In addition to this theory, the History of Knox County Illinois, 1878, "James Woodmansee, farmer, born in Green Co, PA, March 24, 1812; his parents were Thomas and Mary (Taylor) Woodmansee, the father of N. J., the mother of Md....."
2/2024
Alternate thoughts… It has never been established if John Taylor had more than 1 wife. If he did, he could have indeed met Mary Keyser in Pennsylvania. If I have her parents right, Christian Keyser and his son, John, were Revolutionary War soldiers in Pennsylvania. Thus, they were there before John immigrated. *M.Bell
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