Taylor, Ellison, a IMethodist Episcopal minister, was born in South Carolina, Feb. 19, 1788. He tirst re- ceived license to exhort, and afterwards, April 13, 1816, to preach. Soon after this he joined the travelling con-
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nection, and in due time was made deacon and elder. He died in 1826. Mr. Taj'lor possessed excellent tal- ents, was uniformly acceptable, and greatly beloved by the friends of true religion. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, i, 5-11.
Taylor, Ezekiel Dunton, a Congregational min- ister, was born in Bristol, Vt., June 2, 1817 — the young- est of five brothers, all ministers. His early education was received at St. Lawrence Academy, Potsdam, N. Y., and Western Reserve Teacher's Seminary. After leav- ing the latter institution he became principal of Shaw Academy, Euclid, O., and remained in that position un- til he began the study of theology, which he prosecuted under the direction of the Grand Kiver Presbytery and with his brother Chauncey. From Jan. 1, 1845, to 1847, he was acting pastor at De Kuyter, N. Y. ; and after one year's labor was ordained at West Stockholm, Dec. 29, 1847, where he remained three years, until 1850. at which time he was dismissed. His next field was at Heuvelton and De Peyster as acting pastor, at which places he preached one year (from 1850 to 1851); then at Chagrin Falls, O., four years, until 1855. At Claren- don he preached eighteen years, until 1873, from which time successively, until his death, he served at South Newburj', Parkman, and Troy. He died at his home in Troy," Dec. 19, 1878. (W. P. S.)
Taylor, Fitch W., a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 24, 1865, aged sixtj'-two years. He was the oldest chap- lain in the United States Navy, and served under com- modore Reed in his expedition against the Malays; was in the Mexican War; and was chaplain of the flag-ship "Hartford," in command of admiral Farragut, during the Rebellion. See Amer. Quar. Church Review, Oct. 1865, p. 499.
Taylor, Henry, an English Baptist and Jlethodist minister, was born at Kossendale, Lancashire, and began to preach, in a local capacity, in the Methodist connec- tion at an early period of his life. He soon after united with the Close-communion Baptists, and was for several years a respectable minister in that Church, and a pas- tor of a congregation in Birmingham. In 1788 he of- fered himself to the Methodist Conference, was accepted, and appointed to Liverpool. He was a popular preach- er, especially in ShetHeld, in 1796, where several persons were converted. Some circumstances coming to light, in 1797, which reflected upon his moral conduct, he was suspended by the district meeting until the next Con- ference. He retired to Liverpool, and was sent, before the Conference met, by an owner of possessions in the West Indies to teach school on his plantations. Taylor died on the passage across, in 1798. See Atmore, Meth. Memorial, s, v. ; Smith, Hist, of Wesl. Meth. ii, 294.
Taylor, Isaac (1), a Dissenting minister, known as "Taylor of Ongar,"was born in London in 1759, and was for a time a successful engraver in that city. He removed to Lavenham, Suffolk, in 1786. He was min- ister of an Independent Church at Colchester, Essex, 1796-1810, and of another at Ongar, Essex, from 1811 until his death, Dec. 11, 1829. Besides other works, he published, Booh of Martyrs fur the Yomiff (12mo) : — Bunyan Explained to a Child (2 vols. 12mo): — Child's Life of Christ (12mo): — Self-cultication Recommended (12mo; Boston, 1820, 12mo): — The Glory ofZion: — and other single Sermons. For a fuller list of publications, see AUibone, Diet, of Brit, and A mer. A uthors, s. v.
Taylor, Isaac (2), LL.D., a Christian philosopher, was born at Lavenham, Suffolk, Aug. 17, 1787. He was designed by his father for an artist, began to study for a Dissenting minister, but became a member of the Established Church and settled down at Stanford Riv- ers as a literary recluse. In 18G2 he received a civil- service pension of one hundred pounds for his services to literature in the departments of history and philos- ophy. He died at his home, Stanford Rivers, June 28,
1865. He published, among other works. Elements of Thought (Lond. 1823, 8vo; N. Y. 1851; r2mo; 11th ed. 1867, 8vo) : — The Process of Historical Proof Earempli- fed and Explained (ih\d. 1828, 8vo; 1859,8vo) : — Balance of Criminality, or Mental Error Compared with Immoral Conduct (ibid. 1828, 12mo): — Natural History of Enthusi- asm (ibid. 1829, 8vo ; Boston, 1830, 12mo; lOth ed.Lond. 1845, 8vo): — Neio Model of Christian Missionsi^XnA.X^'i^, 8vo; new ed. 1866, 8vo): — Eanaticism (ibid. 1833, 8vo; N. Y. 1834, 12mo ; 1866, fp. 8vo) -.—Spiritual Despotism (ibid. 1835, 8vo; 2d ed. 1835, 8vo; N. Y. 1835, 12mo) :— Physical Theory of A nother Life (Lond. 1836, 1 2mo ; N. Y. 1836, 1852, 1853, 1866, l2mo):— Home Education (ibid. 1838, fp. 8vo; 7th ed. 1867, 8vo; 2d Am.ed. N.Y. 1838, 16mo) : — A ncient Christianity, andthe Doctrines of the Ox- ford Tracts for the Times (ibid. 1839-40, in eight 8vo parts; 4th ed. with supp. and indexes, 1844,2 vols. 8 vo): — Man Responsible for his Dispositions, etc., a lecture (ibid. 1840, 8vo) : — I^oyola and Jesuitism in its Rudiments (Lond. 1849, 1850, 1863, 8vo ; N. Y. 1849, 1851, 12mo) :— Wesley and Methodism (Lond. 1851, 1863, 1865, 8vo; N. Y. 1852, 12mo) -.—The Restoration of Belief (Lond. 1855,8vo; Phila. 1855, 12mo; Camb.l864,8vo) -.—Loyicin Theology, and other essays (Lond. 1859, fp. 8vo; with a sketch of author's life and catalogue of his writings, N. Y. 1860, 12mo) -.—The Liturgy andthe Dissenters (Lond. 1860, 8vo) :— The Spirit of the Hebrew Poetry (ibid. 1861 ; N. Y. 1861, 8vo; 1862, 8vo): — Considerations on the Penta- teuch, etc. (ibid. 1863, 8vo). See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and Amer. A uthors, s. v. ; Chambers's Encyclop. s. v.