John interspersed a military career with work as a weaver/ tailor.  West Yorkshire during the late 1700 and early 1800 was active with material manufacturing from the locally grown wool and cotton.

John first enlisted with the 6th Dragoons otherwise known as the Iniskillings a calvary division in August 1792.  It is unclear where he enlisted as this regiment is closely associated with Iniskilling, Ireland!  By December 1792 the French Revolution has broke out.  John left the Iniskillings in November 1801.

October 8, 1807 he is against enlisted but his time with the 29th Foot an infantry regiment.  The 29th Foot was quickly deployed to Portugal for action in the Peninsular War (1808-1815).  Lt Gen Arthur Wellesley, later to be known as the Duke of Wellington and Prime Minister of England, was the Commander during this time.  The 29th Foot played a prominent role in the defeat of the French in Portugal.  It is unclear whether the 29th Foot was at the Battle of Waterloo in  June 1815.

John was finally admitted to the Royal Chelsea Hospital, London as a pensioner on August 1, 1816 as he had been discharged secondary to chronic rheumatism and general disability.  In later papers he tells of being wounded 17 times during 33 general actions in his military career.

John again was found as a weaver/ tailor in the 1820's in Horbury Parish, West Yorkshire.  It is during this time that his son Charles, who was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, is baptized at the local Church of England in September 1824.

John Taylor after a long military career, received land as a pension in the new Province of Canada. He and his wife and possibly up to 6 children including young 8 year old Charles Taylor, immigrated to the Province of Canada in 1832.

John's land that he received, was up in Verulam Township, in Newcastle District, now Victoria County, Ontario. Alas due to having seen 33 general actions and wounded 17 times and an advanced age of 61 years, John was unable to make improvements on the land, required to gain his deed.

This pension did not come easy as had to write numerous petitions to Crown Lands to give him some time until his son - Charles, was old enough to do the work for him. When Charles was 15 years of age, his father - John Taylor finally received the deed for his land on February 6, 1839.

It is assumed that John Taylor and his family lived in Verulam Township after he received the deed. Charles Taylor - the son who had done improvements to the land , though was living in Brock Township, Ontario County, Ontario at the time of his marriage to Martha Bagshaw in 1843.

Around 1845, John Taylor died as Charles Taylor, his only son and exucor was selling the West 1/2 of Lot 6, on Concession 3, Verulam Township.

Our story in Canada continues through Rev. Dr. Charles Taylor who became a Methodist Episcopalian Minister in 1853 and preached as an itinerant minister in Ontario until 1891. He died in 1905 at Allandale, Ontario.