The Elias and Mary Taylor family, whose 1771 homestead stood near this spot, were pioneer settlers of Kennebec, Cushnoc, Hallowell, Winthrop, and Manchester and patriots of the American Revolution. In 1775 their eldest son, John Taylor, joined the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1776 his father, Elias Taylor Sr., joined him in the Continental Army at Fort Ticonderoga, New York, where both perished in May 1777. Elias and John Taylor were buried in a mass grave at Fort Ticonderoga. In recognition of her family’s sacrifice, the town voted to provide the widow Mary Taylor with support in the amount of one-half of her late husband’s wages. Another son, Elias Taylor Jr., served as a Revolutionary War soldier in 1780. Mary Taylor remained at the homestead until 1788 and died in 1797, and the location of her grave is unknown.