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            Famous TAYLOR connections

John TAYLOR (& wife Susan)          

Rowland TAYLOR (& wife Margaret)

            Thomas Sr. TAYLOR (& wife Elizabeth)

            Thomas Jr. TAYLOR (& wife Margaret)

            John TAYLOR (& wife Elizabeth)

Memo:

 

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)

                                                            Fred

 


Name:                     John TAYLOR

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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 VII’s funeral, April 21, 1509.

 • Appointed by King Henry VIII as the King’s 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


Name:                     Rowland TAYLOR

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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.

 

Taylor's early life and education

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.

 

Taylor's religious career

 • 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.

 

Taylor's trial and martyrdom

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 […] (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."

 

Taylor's final words

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

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Margaret's brother, William Tyndale translated the bible.

 

(LFC: SEE EXTENSIVE NOTES AND WEB  LINKS FOR “WILLIAM TYNDALE”)

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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 - )


Name:                     Thomas (Sr) TAYLOR

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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 - )


Name: Thomas TAYLOR

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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

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Marriage:                 9 Oct 1599               Hadley, Middlesex, London, England

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Spouse:                   Margaret SWINDERBY

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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 - )


Name: John TAYLOR

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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)