See also
| Husband: | William Robert TAYLOR (1824-1862) | |
| Wife: | Martha Ann GILES (1839-1905) | |
| Status: | Unmarried Couple | |
| Marriage | c. 1860 | |
| Name: | William Robert TAYLOR | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1824 | Dunster, Somerset, England |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 27) | Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1 |
| Bridge School House | ||
| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 26-27) | Parochial school master; Huish Champflower, Somerset, England1 |
| Death | 13 Sep 1862 (age 37-38) | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
| Cause: Hanged by the neck. Address: Kirkdale Prison |
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| Name: | Martha Ann GILES | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1839 | Wincanton, Somerset, England |
| Death | 1905 (age 65-66) | |
William Taylor was the employer of Mary Ann Hector. After his wife died she moved into the house. He seduced her when she was 14, made her pregnant and was luckily acquitted of administering a noxious substance to procure an abortion. This despite the numerous pills and potions he gave her. His acquittal appears to have been based on the doubts as to whether any of the treatmenst were actually noxious. They certainly failed to have their desired effect and Mary Ann bore his child in 1860. Taylor made his way to Manchester, and there murdered his landlord whom he blamed for the death of his child. He probably also murdered his three children too, though that could not be proved. He was hanged in 1862.
| 1 | Text From Source: Census England 1851 Address: Bridge School House Place: Huish Champflower, Somerset, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity William Taylor,Head,Mar,M,27,Parochial school master,Dunster, Somerset, England, Hannah Taylor,Wife,Mar,F,32,,Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, Mary Taylor,Daughter,Unm,F,9m,,Huish Champflower, Somerset, England, Hannah's widowed mother, 75, born in Nettlefold, described as a house servant, was living with them. |