Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
Mertz Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameEdward Talbott 
Birthabout 1729
Death17643080
Father5G GF John Talbott (~1703-1760)
Mother5G GM Prudence Colegate (~1707-)
Parent-Proof notes for Edward Talbott
When his inventory was filed in 1764, the next of kin were said to be John and John Jr. -- his father and brother. The administrator of his estate was John Hammond Dorsey.
My Comments notes for Edward Talbott
This is another key figure in proving certain key facts that support my contention that our Mary Talbott was of this Talbott family.
Edward’s 1763 marriage to Margaret Slade was recorded at St. John’s/St. George’s Parish. Theirs was in fact the next marriage chronologically, after Mary’s, involving anyone named Talbott in those records. Margaret, then known as Margaret Talbott, married second Thomas Hughes in 1770, same parish. The 1785 will of William Slade (the one whose wife was Elizabeth Dulaney -- thus not our ancestor) ties things together by mentioning his daughter Margaret Hughes, his grandson Edward Talbott and his granddaughter Cassandra Hughes.
Edward’s 1763 marriage to Margaret Slade was recorded at St. John’s/St. George’s Parish. Theirs was in fact the next marriage chronologically, after Mary’s, involving anyone named Talbott in those records. Margaret, then known as Margaret Talbott, married second Thomas Hughes in 1770, same parish. The 1785 will of William Slade (the one whose wife was Elizabeth Dulaney -- thus not our ancestor) ties things together by mentioning his daughter Margaret Hughes, his grandson Edward Talbott and his granddaughter Cassandra Hughes.
Children Names notes for Edward Talbott
The only child of this marriage, Edward, born in 1764 after his father’s death, became a Methodist Minister and moved first to Kentucky then Indiana where he died.
The Methodist Connection. There is another factor that I think adds to the evidence that our Mary Talbott was the daughter of John and Prudence and that is how Methodism was so important to different parts of this family.
It may have started with Rev. Edward Talbott who got religion in the 1780’s and joined up with and then became minister of a group of Methodists by 1792. He himself recounts that neither his parents (nor Slade grandparents who raised him presumably) were especially religious.
So the question is, where did the intense religiosity of John Talbott Wright come from, when did it surface? I know that among the property deeds wherein John was a Grantee were several where he was acquiring property as a Trustee for a Methodist church, several different ones he apparently associated with. I also know that John and his wife Margaret Wilgis named a child to honor a local Methodist minister which I again interpret as an indication of the importance of that religion to them. I do not have record of Margaret’s baptism but by 1812, William Wilgis and wife Elizabeth (Margaret’s parents, I believe) baptized their daughter Patty in the Methodist Church.
So, this religion that apparently -- from Rev Edward Talbott’s description of things -- was considered a little strange and beyond the norm of the time -- was important to John Talbott Wright and people he associated with.
The Shelby County Connection. Now consider Shelby County, Kentucky. Rev Edward Talbott went there by 1796 and stayed for 35 years or so before moving on to Indiana. When Bloyce Wright’s heirs sold his property in about 1810, two of them were living in....Shelby County, KY. Coincidence? I think not. I think it is even more evidence of the familial connections arising from John and Prudence Talbott being the grandparents of all these people.
The Methodist Connection. There is another factor that I think adds to the evidence that our Mary Talbott was the daughter of John and Prudence and that is how Methodism was so important to different parts of this family.
It may have started with Rev. Edward Talbott who got religion in the 1780’s and joined up with and then became minister of a group of Methodists by 1792. He himself recounts that neither his parents (nor Slade grandparents who raised him presumably) were especially religious.
So the question is, where did the intense religiosity of John Talbott Wright come from, when did it surface? I know that among the property deeds wherein John was a Grantee were several where he was acquiring property as a Trustee for a Methodist church, several different ones he apparently associated with. I also know that John and his wife Margaret Wilgis named a child to honor a local Methodist minister which I again interpret as an indication of the importance of that religion to them. I do not have record of Margaret’s baptism but by 1812, William Wilgis and wife Elizabeth (Margaret’s parents, I believe) baptized their daughter Patty in the Methodist Church.
So, this religion that apparently -- from Rev Edward Talbott’s description of things -- was considered a little strange and beyond the norm of the time -- was important to John Talbott Wright and people he associated with.
The Shelby County Connection. Now consider Shelby County, Kentucky. Rev Edward Talbott went there by 1796 and stayed for 35 years or so before moving on to Indiana. When Bloyce Wright’s heirs sold his property in about 1810, two of them were living in....Shelby County, KY. Coincidence? I think not. I think it is even more evidence of the familial connections arising from John and Prudence Talbott being the grandparents of all these people.