_Josiah FASSETT _____+
| (1725 - 1802) m 1752
_Reuben FASSETT _________|
| (1764 - 1824) m 1784 |
| |_Hannah THAYER ______+
| m 1752
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|--Reuben Philo FASSETT
| (1795 - 1841)
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|_Tamson Lawrence TOWNER _|
(1764 - ....) m 1784 |
|_Mary XYZ ___________
[995]
BURIAL: Note from Dorothy Petry
from Columbia Historical Society, Kinderhook, NY
Woodlawn Cemetery South side Town of Kinderhook
Valatie Niverville Road
FASSETT, Sarah, dau Reyben & Margaret; d Sept 27, 1848; 15-2-27
" Reuben, d Jan 23, 1841; aged 45-10-15
" Margaret, wife Reuben; d Mar 8, 1840; aged 39-2-22
BIRTH: Calculated from Cemetery note
BIOGRAPHY: TFG-178-Ruben Philo, a malster or distiller of spirits spent some time in the Nassau, NY area before migrating to Scottsville, Wyoming Co., PA. Some of his children were b. in the Nassau area. He settled near his uncle Josiah Fassett in Scottsville and not many miles from his father's new home at Farr Hollow on the Forkston-Laceyville Road.
The record of Reuben Philo and his children was furnished by Mrs. M. F. Gary, Denver, CO.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Kinderhook, NY
Valatie Niverville Road
FASSETT, Sarah, dau Reyben & Margaret; d Sept 27, 1848; 15-2-27
" Reuben, d Jan 23, 1841; aged 45-10-15
" Margaret, wife Reuben; d Mar 8, 1840; aged 39-2-22
[994] Woodlawn Cemetery
[14151]
added notation
Dutch Reformed Church in Kinderhook
[7738] age 48 b. England emigrated 1887 widowed?
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_James TAYLOR _______|
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|--Samuel Priestly TAYLOR
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[6143]
BIOGRAPHY: TFG-24-A musician of prominence. Samuel and his wife, Susan Hale Taylor, arrived in the US in 1806, and at once he was a church organist in Brooklyn, NY. In 1818 he was organist a the old So. Church in Boston. He conducted the musical program at the sevice of General Richard Montgomery at St. Paul's in New York City. He was first conductor of the Handel and Haydn Musical Society of Boston, MA.
Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Fassett - Samuel Priestly Taylor, a musician of national prominence. He was born in London, England, in 1779, died in New York City in 1874. He was the oldest son of Rev. James Taylor, and in childhood, being regarded as a musical prodigy, he was placed under instruction of Dr. William Russell, of Oxford. When twenty years of age he was made organist of Silver Street Chapel, and afterward of the Islington Church. He came to America in 1806, and shortly after his arrival in New York City was appointed the organist of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, where he introduced the custom of chanting. He was after this the organist of Grace Church, in New York City, then of St. Ann's Church, in Brooklyn, and later at St. George's Church, New York, and among the incidents of his career was conducting the musical program at the funeral service over the remains of General Richard Montgomery in St. Paul's Church, New York. In 1818 he removed to Boston, where he was the organist of the celebrated Old South Church. He leaves enduring distinction in that field as being the first director of the Handel and Haydn Musical Society of that city. In 1826 he returned to Brooklyn, resuming his former post. In 1834 he was appointed organist of St. Paul's, New York, but in 1871 relinquished all public professional appearances.