This meticulously researched history and genealogy traces the lineage of the Taynter family from their ancestral homelands in England to their settlement in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century. With detailed biographies and family trees, the author provides a rich and compelling portrait of this important American family. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.