On his fathers return home from sea, he was an apprentice to a block maker of the name Messer who was in business in Westgate St., Southampton. Soon after, this business was taken over by the Taylor's. They then set about inventing the circular saw and other wood working machinery for the making of ships blocks. The patient for the circular saw was taken out 1762 Spec. No 782. in 1775 Spec. No 1110 and in 1781 Spec, No 1295. They also worked on the improvement to ships pumps. They were the first to lower the pump head into the ships bilge.

Husband: Walter TAYLOR
 (1. Walter; 2. Walter:)
 Born: 5 SEP 1732 at: Whippingham 
 Married: 1776 at: 
 Died: 1803 at: Southampton 
 Father:Walter TAYLOR
Mother:Elizabeth SILVER
Other Spouses: Martha
Wife: Sarah ANDREWS
 Born: 1745 at: 
 Died: 
 Father:Mortacau ANDREWS
Mother:
Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN

Name: Sarah Andrew TAYLOR
Born: at: Southampton
Marries: 8 Oct 1785 at: South Stoneham.
Spouse: Rev. Walter KINGSBURY.
Name: Elizabeth TAYLOR
 Born: at: Southampton
 Spouse: Thomas FOX.
Name: William TAYLOR
Born: at: Southampton
Spouse: Elizabeth MANDELL
Name: Thomas Ebenezer TAYLOR
Spouse: Mary Agnes CORNUD
Name: John TAYLOR
Born: 5 JUL 1784 at: Southhampton Married: 3 NOV 1808 at: Westminster Died: 1821 at: London Spouses: Rebecca Maria Ann SPILSBURY 
Name: Theophilus TAYLOR
Born: 27 Oct 1785 at: Southampton
Died: 1810 at: Bombay, India.
Name: Rebeca TAYLOR
 Born: 12 Jan 1787 at: Southampton
 Died: 1805 at: Southampton
Name: George TAYLOR
Born: 28 Jun 1789 at: South Stoneham
Married: 15 Dec 1836 a at: Died: 29 Sep 1847 at: London.
Spouse: Marie Alphonsine DOWLING

TAYLOR MACHINERY

Horse Mill	Boring Machine
Ships Pump	Corner Saw
Block Mill Patent
	Man power was used at first, then horses before going on to water wheels for power. A seventy four gun ship required 1400 blocks of various sizes for the running gear of the sails, handling the guns and other such purposes. Prior to the Taylor machines, the axe, saw, and auger were the principal tools used, no two articles were alike and in stress of storm or battle it was a frequently occurrence for a ship to get into differculties through failure of these mechanical aids. They say that Henry Ford had the first production line. The Taylor's must have beat him by about 150 years, with logs going in one end, and blocks out the other. (250,000 in the two years leading up to the `Battle of Trafalgar'.)
SHIPS PUMPS. Before taylor's time, pumps for sailing ships were of three kinds: the chain pump, the bucket pump or bailing machine, and the piston suction pump. All were liable to frequent failure. The bucket pump was , as its name implied, a simple bucket with a flap valve in the bottom; this was liable to choke with gravel or waste timber, as were the valves of the suction pump. All types were wasteful of manpower and would work only with low heads. Taylor experimented extensively using pumps with glass cylinders, by which means he was able to see for himself the operation of the valves. The essential invention lies in the use of spherical valves on cylindrical seatings. The first prototypes made were fitted with ball valves which were not successful. The valves fitted in later pumps consisted of a segment of a sphere, in the centre of which was fixed a stalk having a pendulum weight. This allowed the valve partly to rock and thus clear itself while tending to return to a vertical position. The pump barrel of the last Taylor pump was of copper, the pump rod having a leather fitted bucket. The barrel was enclosed in a wooden casing bored from a log of timber, the pump suction being an extension of this wooden tube. Taylor overcome the differculty of excessive suction-head by lowering the pump into the hold, thus decreasing the distance between the foot valve at the lower end of the suction pipe and the the suction valve of the pump. This type of pump having a 7 inch bore would lift 1 ton per minute a distance of 24ft with a crew of ten men hauling five aside alternately. Pumps up to five times this capacity were made.