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Document M.50 · Societies & Lineage · transcription: verbatim

SAR membership application — William Annan Taylor (Illinois Society), lineal descent from patriot WILLIAM ANNIN (1715 Annandale, Scotland – 1784 Basking Ridge NJ). Gives John Annin (1764–1824)'s PARENTS + confirms wife 'Elizabeth Van Doren' (not Van Winkle). Traces the Annin→Taylor→Illinois line.

Transcription and notes

Maintainer-supplied screenshot (2026-07-01) of the Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution membership application of William Annan Taylor (age 63) — the SAR record linked on John Annin's Find A Grave memorial ([G.21], mem 33310923). A society-vetted lineage (medium-high confidence — reviewed, but the dates are the applicant's compiled research, not attached primary vital records).

Verbatim — the lineage (patriot line)

Patriot ancestor: WILLIAM ANNIN, b. Annandale, Scotland, 1715; d. Basking Ridge, New Jersey, 1784; assisted in establishing American Independence as Member of Committee.

Applicant: William Annan Taylor — b. Pleasant Plains, Menard Co., Illinois, 31 Dec 1870. (1) son of John Lawrence Taylor (b. 27 Mar 1842, d. 19 Sep 1901) × Mary Elizabeth Ayers (b. 21 Jul 1842, d. 16 Feb 1911; m. 30 Mar 1864). (2) grandson of Gilbert Bogart Taylor (b. 2 Jun 1799, d. 27 Nov 1874) × Lydia Annin (b. 19 Aug 1801, d. 11 Jun 1885; m. 19 Aug 1819). (3) great-grandson of John Annin (b. 1764, d. 12 Apr 1824) × Elizabeth Van Doren "#2" (b. 1765, d. 4 July [year blank]; m. ab. 1795). (4) great-great-grandson of William Annin (b. 1715, d. 1784) × Sarah Ross (d. 1777; m. 1749).

What it establishes (→ people files)

  1. ** "Elizabeth Van Doren," not "Van Winkle." Independent (society-vetted) corroboration of the catalog's/[L.10]'s Van Doren reading for John Annin's 1st wife — refuting the Find A Grave memorial's "Elizabeth Van Winkle" ([G.21] panel = medium confidence). (b. 1765 here vs 1766 on FaG — trivially close.) (The "#2" beside her name is unexplained — possibly a records-disambiguation marker; the "m. ab. 1795" is loose, inconsistent with children from 1788, so treat the marriage year as approximate.)
  2. John Annin's parents = William Annin (1715–1784) × Sarah Ross (m. 1749). William Annin, a Scottish immigrant (Annandale) → Basking Ridge, Revolutionary patriot — = the "Captain William Johnstone Annin (1715–1784)" named in the (mis-attributed) FaG bio at [G.287]. ⇒ the Basking Ridge Annin patriarch. Extends the Annin (non-Cooper) line back a generation. (Candidate wider implication, unproven: our Samuel Annin (1753, [p.235]) + Alexander Annin (1766, [name.459]) may also be sons/kin of this William — i.e. the several Liberty-Corner/Basking-Ridge Annin families likely share this patriarch. SAR proves only John's descent.)
  3. Daughter Lydia Annin (1801–1885) × Gilbert Bogart Taylor (m. 19 Aug 1819) → a Taylor descendant line to Illinois (Menard Co.). Non-Cooper (Lydia is Elizabeth Van Doren's daughter, not Polly Cooper's) — out of scope for the Cooper tree; recorded for Annin-family completeness.

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