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Rowland TAYLOR (& wife Margaret)
Thomas
Sr. TAYLOR (& wife Elizabeth)
Thomas
Jr. TAYLOR (& wife Margaret)
John
TAYLOR (& wife Elizabeth)
One
of the "curiosities" of the TAYLOR branch of our family is that it
includes two United States Presidents; James MADISON and Zachary TAYLOR. The
two Presidents were second cousins, and they are each my "fourth cousin
six times removed".
Also
of interest is that the first two ancestors in the following genealogy were
actually relatively famous. See the biographical information that follows. (Fred Coffey)
John TAYLOR (abt 1485 - ) &
Susan ROWLAND (abt 1488 - )
Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 -
5 Feb 1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE (1510 - )
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - ) & Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74 - 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 -
bef 1672)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan 1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28
Feb 1658/59)
James TAYLOR (1630-35 - 30 Apr 1698) & Frances WALKER (1640 - 22 Sep
1680)
James Walker TAYLOR (14 Mar 1669/70 - 23 Jan 1728/29) & Martha
THOMPSON (1679 - 1762)
Frances TAYLOR (30 Aug 1700 - 25 Nov 1761) & Ambrose MADISON (1700 -
27 Aug 1732)
James MADISON Sr. & Eleanor Rose Nellie CONWAY
James MADISON Jr., President
(1750/51 - 1836) & Dorothea PAYNE (1768 - 1849)
Zachary TAYLOR I. (1707 - bef 1766) & Elizabeth LEE (1709 - )
Richard TAYLOR (3 Apr 1744 - ) & Sarah Dabney STROTHER (abt 1760 - )
Zachary Scott TAYLOR President
(1784 - 1850) & Margaret Mackall SMITH (1787-1852)
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 - 1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)
Mary SALLARD (1672 - ) & Henry L. LAWSON (1675 - 1725)
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - )
& William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
Capt. John HATHAWAY** (1733 - 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21
Apr 1739 - )
Mary Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON
(1765-1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (1780 - 26
Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (1814 -
1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 -
1896)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
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Birth: abt
1485 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
Misc. Notes
FOLLOWING
EXTRACTED FROM WIKIPEDIA:
John
Taylor (c. 1480-1534) was Master of the Rolls from 1527 to 1534. Taylor would
have been notable just for the circumstances of his birth; he was the firstborn
of healthy triplets who all survived to adulthood, which was virtually unheard
of in the 1400s. He went on to a successful career as a priest and civil
servant, culminating in a post as Master of the Rolls from 1527 to 1534. John
Taylor and Susan Rowland were the parents of Rowland Taylor, prominent
Protestant martyr (d. 1555).
Career
highlights
¥ In 1503 he was ordained Rector at
Bishop's Hatfield.
¥ In 1504 he became Rector of Sutton
Coldfield.
¥ One of the Royal Chaplains at Henry
VIIÕs funeral, April 21, 1509.
¥ Appointed by King Henry VIII as the
KingÕs Clerk and Chaplain in 1509.
¥ In 1511 was made Clerk to the
Parliament.
¥ Appointed Archdeacon of Derby in 1515.
¥ Appointed Royal Ambassador to Burgundy
and France and Prolocutor of Convocation.
¥ In 1516 was appointed Archdeacon of
Buckingham.
¥ Conferred the degrees of Doctor of
Civil Law and Doctor of Canon Law at Cambridge in 1520.
¥ From 1527 - 1534 he was Master of the
Rolls of the Court of Chancery. This position was the third most senior
judicial position in England; Lord Chancellor being first and Lord Chief
Justice being second.
¥ The Master of the Rolls is the
presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.
¥ Was appointed as one of the
commissioners to decide if King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon
was valid.
¥ In 1528 appointed Archdeacon of
Halifax.
¥ John Taylor died in 1534, when his son
Rowland was 24 years old, the year his son Rowland received the L.L.D. from
Cambridge.
Marriage: abt
1509
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Spouse: Susan ROWLAND
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Birth: abt
1488 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
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Children
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1 M: Rowland
TAYLOR
Birth: 6
Oct 1510 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
Death: 5
Feb 1554/55 Hadley, Suffolk, England
Spouse: Margaret
TYNDALE
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Birth: 6
Oct 1510 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
Death: 5
Feb 1554/55 Hadley, Suffolk, England
Father: John
TAYLOR (~1485-)
Mother: Susan
ROWLAND (~1488-)
John TAYLOR (abt 1485 - ) &
Susan ROWLAND (abt 1488 - )
Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 - 5 Feb 1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE
(1510 - )
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - ) & Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74 - 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 -
bef 1672)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan 1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28
Feb 1658/59)
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 - 1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)
Mary SALLARD (1672 - ) & Henry L. LAWSON (1675 - 1725)
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - ) & William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
Capt. John HATHAWAY** (1733 - 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21
Apr 1739 - )
Mary Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON
(1765-1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (1780 - 26
Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (1814 -
1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 -
1896)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes:
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rowland
Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was an English Protestant martyr of
the Tudor period.
He
was born in Northumberland, England, and died at Hadleigh. At the time of his
death he was Rector, or Anglican parish priest of a small parish in a (now)
small market town called Hadleigh (also spelled Hadley). Taylor provided
pastoral leadership for several parishes in Suffolk county England. He was
Queen "Bloody Mary's" (Mary I) third martyr-victim among hundreds
during her brief reign in England (1553-1558), as she attempted to bring about
Roman Catholic major reforms against the Protestants. His sentence was
execution by burning at the stake, a common method of punishment for religious
dissenters and perceived heretics in the 16th century. He was viewed as a
heretic by Roman Catholics but is viewed by Protestants as one of the great
Christian martyrs.
One
year before Rowland Taylor's birth (1509), Henry VIII succeeded Henry Tudor. In
1530, Taylor received his L.L.B. degree from Cambridge University. From
1531-1538 Rowland Taylor was Principal of Borden Hostel. In 1534 he received
the L.L.D. from Cambridge, the same year Luther completed his German Bible. One
year later, 1535, William Tyndale was tried and denounced as a heretic for his
new English Bible translation. Tyndale was burnt at the stake in 1536. Many
believe that Rowland's wife - Margaret Tyndale - was William Tyndale's sister.
¥ In the late 1530s Taylor served as Hugh
Latimer's chaplain and commissary general of the Diocese of Winchester.
¥ In March of 1538 Taylor was collated by
Latimer to the parish church of Hanbury.
¥ When Hugh Latimer resigned, Taylor was
taken under the wing of Thomas Cranmer, living with him and (1539) serving as
his chaplain. He was ordained by Cranmer and admitted to the parish church of
St. Swithins in Worcester, England. He was thus given his license to preach and
did so in the diocese of London.
¥ On April 16, 1544 he was presented to
the living of Hadleigh, Suffolk, thus becoming their spiritual leader and
Rector.
¥ In 1543 the English Parliament banned
Tyndale's English version and all public reading of the Bible by laymen.
Religious persecution of Protestant clergy, especially by Roman Catholics,
intensified in Britain at this time.
¥ In 1546 the Council of Trent, an
ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, decreed that the Latin Vulgate was
the authoritative version of the Bible.
¥ In the Summer of 1547 Rowland Taylor
was employed as a preacher for the royal visitation within the dioceses of
Lincoln, Oxford, Lichfield and Coventry.
¥ On August 15, 1547 he became canon of
Rochester, the same King Henry the VIII died, January.
¥ 1548, Taylor was appointed Archdeacon
of Bury St. Edmunds and preached at the request of the Lord Mayor at
Whitsuntide or Pentecost.
¥ Edward VI, who reigned from 1547-1553,
followed Henry VIII and in 1549 the Book of Common Prayer became the uniform
Protestant liturgical guide in England.
¥ In 1550, Taylor was called to serve on
a commission against Anabaptists. The same year he also helped to administer
the vacant diocese of Norwich.
¥ In 1551, at age 41, Taylor was made
Archdeacon of Cornwall in the Diocese of Exeter, was also appointed one of six
preachers of Canterbury, Kent and was appointed chancellor to Bishop Nicholas
Ridley. His leadership was expanded by serving on a commission to revise the
ecclesiastical laws.
¥ In 1552, he helped administer the vacant
Diocese of Worcester, England.
Taylor's troubles (circa 1553)
Rowland's
troubles with ecclesiastical authorities first blossomed in 1553 when he was
arrested on July 25th, just six days after the new Queen Mary I ascended the
throne. Aside from the fact that Taylor probably supported Lady Jane Grey,
Mary's rival, he was also charged with probable heresy from having preached a
sermon in Bury St. Edmunds. Taylor did not support the Roman Catholic position
of clerical celibacy, which stated that a Priest must be unmarried. Remaining
unmarried was part of a Priest's holy orders according to Roman Catholic
teaching and tradition. Taylor, an Anglican, not a Roman Catholic, believed it
was acceptable for a vicar/rector to be married.
Taylor
also did not hold to the Roman Catholic view known as transubstantiation which
is the belief that the two elements (bread and wine) taken during Holy
Communion, or the Eucharist, actually become the body and blood of Jesus
Christ. Since the Roman Catholic position is that the Eucharist (and the
miracle of transubstantiation) is a sacrament commanded by God, anyone not
agreeing with it, particularly a cleric or pastor, was a heretic and thus
guilty of heresy.
Not
only did Taylor take issue with clerical celibacy and the doctrine of
transubstantiation, he took issue with the Roman Catholic manner of Mass.
Taylor received apparent strong local support from the villagers of Hadleigh.
His
troubles were compounded by the fact that Edward VI died (July 6, 1553) and was
eventually replaced by Queen "Bloody" Mary I in 1553 as well. In 1554
Mary I began reversing the reforms of the prior Edward VI and began strictly
enforcing Roman Catholicism in England. It did not help matters that Taylor
apparently supported Lady Jane Grey's cause, a rival of Mary I to the throne.
Some ardent Catholic
believers at Hadleigh plotted against Dr. Rowland. Without his knowledge, they
arranged for a Catholic priest at nearby Aldham to celebrate mass in the
Hadleigh church. Dr. Taylor, hearing the church bells and the beginning of the
mass from his study, attempted to stop the service. After confronting the
priest, he and his wife were physically ejected from the church.
On March 26, 1554 the Privy
Council ordered the arrest of Rowland Taylor and he thus appeared before
Stephen Gardiner. The proceedings against Taylor were several and took place
over a long period of time, perhaps nearly two years. During this time he was
kept in the King's Bench prison. While in prison he befriended many inmates and
was instrumental in their religious conversion to Christianity as well.
January
1555 was an ominous month for numerous Protestant clergy in England. Bloody
Mary I would soon unleash her fury upon those who were deemed as opposing Roman
Catholicism and her reforms. On January 22, 1555, Rowland Taylor (Vicar or
Rector of Hadleigh), and several other clergy, including John Hooper, were
examined by a commission of leading bishops and lawyers. Lord Chancellor
presided at the hearings. Just two days prior, January 20th, Parliament revived
the old statute of burning convicted heretics.
One
of the men, Crome, recanted and was thus pardoned. Barlow equivocated and was
sent to the Tower of London, but not executed. Rowland Taylor, who was steadfastly
deviant, was probably taken to Compter Prison in London after his examination
by Stephen Gardiner. Taylor gave a strong defence for clerical marriage which
put him at odds with the Roman Catholic Church.
On
January 29, 1555, Taylor was brought before Gardiner again at St. Mary Overy's.
The next day he was excommunicated, unwilling to recant, and sentenced to
death. He was degraded, that is, literally stripped of his garments in a
humiliating manner, and was offered his last supper with his family.
His
reaction to his accusers revealed Taylor's belief that truth was on his side:
The
following quotes are taken from Foxe's Book of Martyrs - John Foxe. Acts and
Monuments [É] (1576 edition), [online]. (hriOnline, Sheffield). Available from:
http://www.hrionline.shef.ac.uk/foxe/. [Accessed: 09.21.2004]
"And
although I know, that there is neither justice nor truth to be looked for at my
adversaries hands, but rather imprisonment and cruel death: yet know I my cause
to be so good and righteous, and the truth so strong upon my side, that I will
by God's grace go and appear before them and to their beards resist their false
doings."
As
Taylor neared the day of his execution he spoke these words on February 7, 1555
(probably) Taylor was taken back to his own place of Rectory - Hadleigh - where
his wife awaited him in the early morning hours at St. Botolph's churchyard.
They exchanged a few last brief words and Margaret promised to be present for
his burning in a couple days. That same day Taylor was handed over to the
Sheriff of Essex at Chelmsford. Before he was handed over he spoke these words
to his family:
"I
say to my wife, and to my children, The Lord gave you unto me, and the Lord
hath taken me from you, and you from me: blessed be the name of the Lord! I
believe that they are blessed which die in the Lord. God careth for sparrows,
and for the hairs of our heads. I have ever found Him more faithful and
favorable, than is any father or husband. Trust ye therefore in Him by the means
of our dear Savior Christ's merits: believe, love, fear, and obey Him: pray to
Him, for He hath promised to help. Count me not dead, for I shall certainly
live, and never die. I go before, and you shall follow after, to our long
home."
By
February 9, Bloody Mary I had already burned Rogers on the 4th and Saunders on
the 8th in the park at Coventry. Rowland Taylor would become Queen Bloody
Mary's third Protestant martyr to be burned at the stake. His execution took
place on February 9th, 1555, in Aldham Common in Hadleigh. His wife, two
daughters, and his son Thomas, were present that day.
His
final words to his son Thomas are moving:
"Almighty
God bless thee, and give you his Holy Spirit, to be a true servant of Christ,
to learn his word, and constantly to stand by his truth all the life long. And
my son, see that thou fear God always. Fly from all sin and wicked living. Be
virtuous, serve God daily with prayer, and apply thy boke. In anywise see thou
be obedient to thy mother, love her, and serve her. Be ruled by her now in thy
youth, and follow her good counsel in all things. Beware of lewd company of
young men, that fear not God, but followeth their lewd lusts and vain
appetites. Flee from whoredom, and hate all filthy lying, remembering that I
they father do die in the defense of holy marriage. And another day when God
shall bless thee, love and cherish the poor people, and count that thy chief
riches to be rich in alms. And when thy mother is waxed old, forsake her not,
but provide for her to thy power, and see that she lacks nothing. For so will
God bless thee, give thee long life upon earth, and prosperity, which I pray
God to grant thee."
A
local butcher was ordered to set a torch to the wood but resisted. A couple of
bystanders finally threw a lighted faggot on to the wood. A guard named Warwick
grew increasingly frustrated of Taylor's refusal to recant and thus struck the
martyr over the head with a halbard which apparently killed Taylor instantly.
The fire consumed his body shortly thereafter. That same day John Hooper was
burnt at the stake in Gloucester.
An
unhewn stone marks the place of Taylor's martyrdom at Aldham Common. It reads:
1555
D.TAYLOR.IN.DE
FENDING.THAT
WAS.GOOD.AT
THIS.PLAS.LEFT
HIS.BLODE
Dr.
Taylor and his wife, Margaret, had nine children, four of whom survived him. He
is buried in the Hadleigh Cemetery.
Marriage: 1534 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
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Spouse: Margaret
TYNDALE
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Birth: 1510 Rothbury,
Northumberland, England
Death: Hadley,
Suffolk, England
Burial: Hadleigh
cem., Hadleigh, Suffolk Co., England
Father: John
TYNDALE (~1475-)
Misc. Notes
ANCESTRY.COM,
DONEVA SHEPARDÕS FAMILY:
Margaret's
brother, William Tyndale translated the bible.
(LFC: SEE EXTENSIVE NOTES AND
WEB LINKS FOR ÒWILLIAM TYNDALEÓ)
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Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 - 5 Feb
1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE (1510 - )
Susan TAYLOR (20 Jul 1535 -
)
Ellen TAYLOR (6 Aug 1537 - )
Robert TAYLOR (11 Aug 1543 -
)
Zachery TAYLOR (29 Nov 1545
- )
George TAYLOR (17 Dec 1546 -
)
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19
Sep 1548 - ) & Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Mary TAYLOR (1550 - )
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1552 - )
Annie TAYLOR (1554 - )
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Birth: 19
Sep 1548 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
Father: Rowland
TAYLOR (1510-1554)
Mother: Margaret
TYNDALE (1510-)
John TAYLOR (abt 1485 - ) &
Susan ROWLAND (abt 1488 - )
Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 -
5 Feb 1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE (1510 - )
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - )
& Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74 - 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 -
bef 1672)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan 1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28
Feb 1658/59)
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 - 1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)
Mary SALLARD (1672 - ) & Henry L. LAWSON (1675 - 1725)
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - ) & William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
Capt. John HATHAWAY** (1733 - 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21
Apr 1739 - )
Mary
Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON (1765-1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (1780 - 26
Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (1814 -
1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 -
1896)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Marriage: 1572 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
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Spouse: Elizabeth
BURWELL
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Birth: 1552 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
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Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - )
& Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar
1573/74 - 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 - bef 1672)
Nathanial TAYLOR (1578 - )
Edmund TAYLOR (1580 - )
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Birth: 15
mar 1573/74 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
Death: 1618 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
Burial: Hadleigh
cem., Hadleigh, Middlesex, London, Eng
Father: Thomas
TAYLOR (1548-)
Mother: Elizabeth
BURWELL (1552-)
John TAYLOR (abt 1485 - ) &
Susan ROWLAND (abt 1488 - )
Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 -
5 Feb 1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE (1510 - )
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - ) & Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74
- 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 - bef 1672)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan 1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28
Feb 1658/59)
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 - 1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)
Mary SALLARD (1672 - ) & Henry L. LAWSON (1675 - 1725)
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - ) & William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
Capt. John HATHAWAY** (1733 - 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21
Apr 1739 - )
Mary Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON
(1765-1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (1780 - 26
Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (1814 -
1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 -
1896)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo
Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
ANCESTRY.COM,
DONEVA SHEPARDÕS FAMILY
Marriage: 9
Oct 1599 Hadley,
Middlesex, London, England
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Spouse: Margaret
SWINDERBY
—————————————————————————————————————————————
Birth: 1578 Copenhagen,
Denmark
Death: bef
1672 Hadleigh,
England
Father: Andrew
SWINDERBY (~1546-)
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Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74 -
1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 - bef 1672)
Robert TAYLOR (7 Nov 1601 -
)
Margaret Elen TAYLOR (10 Sep
1603 - )
William TAYLOR (8 Jul 1605 -
)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607
- Jan 1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28 Feb 1658/59)
James TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 -
)
Ann TAYLOR (1611 - )
Richard TAYLOR (1615 - )
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Birth: 10
Aug 1607 Pennington
Castle, Cumberland Co., England
Death: Jan
1651/52 Lancaster
Co., VA
Father: Thomas
TAYLOR (1573-1618)
Mother: Margaret
SWINDERBY (1578-<1672)
John TAYLOR (abt 1485 - ) &
Susan ROWLAND (abt 1488 - )
Rowland TAYLOR (6 Oct 1510 -
5 Feb 1554/55) & Margaret TYNDALE (1510 - )
Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR (19 Sep 1548 - ) & Elizabeth BURWELL (1552 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (15 mar 1573/74 - 1618) & Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 -
bef 1672)
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan
1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28 Feb 1658/59)
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 - 1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)
Mary SALLARD (1672 - ) & Henry L. LAWSON (1675 - 1725)
Sarah LAWSON (abt 1698 - ) & William (III) HATHAWAY (1695 - 1772)
Capt. John HATHAWAY** (1733 - 1786) & Sarah Lawson TIMBERLAKE (21
Apr 1739 - )
Mary Molly HATHAWAY (19 Nov 1768 - 11 Oct 1854) & Joseph HAMPTON
(1765-1802)
Susanna HAMPTON (29 Jan 1796 - 13 Jun 1890) & Lewis WEEKS (1780 - 26
Apr 1849)
Susan WEEKS (24 Apr 1818 - 11 Jan 1872) & Jesse BARBRE III (1814 -
1870)
Malcena BARBRE (28 Mar 1855 - 12 May 1920) & William COFFEY (1848 -
1896)
Newton COFFEY (1875 - 1969) & Adelia Gertrude ROBINSON (1878 - 1973)
Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 - 1998) & Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983)
Misc. Notes
Primary Source:
http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ctmgm&id=I13705
(Much of the following is
taken from the "Taylor Millman Family Ancestry" at ancestry.com. It
identifies the source as "Norvill Jones", but I have not been able to
develop the connection farther.)
" John Taylor was born
August 10, 1607 in Cumberland County, England ?, and died Bef. January 10,
1652/53 in Lancaster County, VA (Source: "Lancaster County, Virginia Deeds
and Wills, 1652-1657", comp. by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press,
1991, p.9.).
" We do not know what
happened to John Taylor between 1637 and 1652 but he may have gone back to
England and returned to Virginia. In any case, by August 1, 1652 he was living
on land bordering Fleets Bay on the North shore of the Rappahannock River in
Lancaster County, VA. On that date Teague Floyne, who was later to help
inventory John Taylor's estate, patented land adjoining John Taylor on Fleets
Bay. Four months later, on November 29, 1652, John Taylor and Tobias Horton
were formally granted patents for adjoining tracts on Fleets Bay. John Taylor
was given a patent for 400 acres for transporting eight persons, probably by
paying for their passage (op. cit., p. 263). The names of those he brought to
Virginia were: John Haye, David Williams, James Richards, William Thomas, John
Harris, William Lanett, James Willett and James Hancocke. Tobias Horton
received a patent that same day for 500 acres for transporting ten persons
(Ibid.).
" On November 29,
1652, John Taylor and Tobias Horton were formally granted patents for adjoining
tracts on Fleets Bay. John Taylor was given a patent for 400 acres for
transporting eight persons, probably by paying for their passage (op. cit., p.
263). The names of those he brought to Virginia were: John Haye, David
Williams, James Richards, William Thomas, John Harris, William Lanett, James
Willett and James Hancocke. Tobias Horton received a patent that same day for
500 acres for transporting ten persons (Ibid.).
" John Taylor died
sometime shortly before January 10, 1653. On that date his widow, Elizabeth,
was appointed administrator of his estate by the Lancaster County, Virginia
court (Lancaster Co., VA WB-1, p. 24; "Lancaster County, Virginia Deeds
and Wills, 1652-1657", ed. by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press,
1991, p. 9).
An inventory of John
Taylor's estate was filed on October 8, 1654 with the Lancaster County court by
Hugh Brent and Teage Floyne (Lancaster County (VA) Deeds and Wills 1654-1661,
ed. by Ruth and Sam Sparacio, p. 48; Lancaster Co., VA WB-2, p. 54).
The inventory consisted of:
1 servant boy having more than a year to
serve
6 milk cows
2 "young beasts"
1 bull
1 young heifer
1 cow and a "backward" calf
8 hogs - a year and a half old
3 sows and their pigs
6 stray hogs- a year and a quarter old
9 other stray hogs
1 old feather bed and bolster
1 old flock bed and cattail bolster
1 old "hamak" and a very old
covering
5 pewter dishes and other melted pewter
2 "unfixt" guns
1 "fixt" gun
3 old bibles
2 other English books
3 pestles and 3 wedges
2 chests
4 iron pots
1 iron skillet
1 pair pot hooks
2 pair small "stilliards"
1 frying pan and trivet
1 "froc"
8 fish hooks and 2 fishing lines
3 barrows
1 looking glass
7 old milk trays
other old lumber
The total value of John
Taylor's estate, minus the bull and the young heifer which were added later,
came to 9590 pounds of tobacco, the currency in Virginia at that time.
"Some researchers have
stated that John Taylor was born in "Pennington Castle" in Cumbria
County, England. There is no "Pennington Castle" by that name but
since 1208, Muncaster Castle was the seat of the Pennington family. It is
located on England's West coast in the Lake District some thirty miles
Southwest of Carlisle. The tower, circa 1325, is the oldest remaining part of
the castle. The Taylor coat of arms is the same as that of the Earls of
Pennington. John and Elizabeth Taylor came to Virginia in about 1648 as he is
listed on Greer's Immigration List of 1648. Their children were all born in
England except the second, Richard, who was born in 1650 in Northumberland
County, Virginia. It is not known how many of the children accompanied them to
Virginia but son Thomas did not come over until 1650, two years after his
parents arrived.
Marriage: 1637 Worthenby,
Flintshire, Wales
Spouse: Elizabeth
Birth: abt
1610 OfHadleigh,
England
Death: 28
Feb 1658/59 Lancaster Co., VA
Misc Info:
Some
claim her name was "Horton", and some of those claim Horton was her
first husband's name. Some claim "Nin". None of these seem to offer
real documentation.
Children:
John TAYLOR (10 Aug 1607 - Jan
1651/52) & Elizabeth (abt 1610 - 28 Feb 1658/59)
Sara TAYLOR (1625 - )
Richard TAYLOR (1625 - )
Robert TAYLOR (1630 - )
James TAYLOR (1630-35 - 30
Apr 1698) & Frances WALKER (1640 - 22 Sep 1680)
William TAYLOR (abt 1633 - )
Thomas TAYLOR (aft 1637 - )
John TAYLOR (aft 1640 - )
Elizabeth TAYLOR (1645 -
1679) & Simon SALLARD (1641 - 1679)