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Zachary Taylor, III

Male 1707 - 1768  (60 years)

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  • Name Zachary Taylor  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Suffix III 
    Birth 17 Apr 1707  Rapidan, Orange, VA or Carine, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Mar 1768  Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I2970  Strange Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2012 

    Father Col. James Taylor, II,   b. 14 Mar 1675, Accomack, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1729, Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Martha Thompson,   b. 1679, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1762, Greenfield, Orange, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1699  King & Queen, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F2169  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Lee,   b. 25 May 1709, Wicomico, Northumberland, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1753, Farnham, Richmand, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 1737  Northumberland, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. Richard Lee Taylor,   b. 3 Apr 1744, Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1826, Jefferson, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. William Taylor,   b. 19 Dec 1737, Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1803, Townsville, Vance, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     3. Charles Taylor,   b. 1743, Franklin, Gerogia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1813 (Age 70 years)
     4. Ezekiel Taylor
     5. Zachariah Taylor
     6. Jeramiah Taylor
     7. Nancy Taylor
     8. Rebecca Taylor
     9. Hancock Taylor
     10. Elizabeth Taylor,   b. 1740
    Family ID F2168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2012 

    Family 2 Esther Jones Blackburn,   b. Rapidan, Orange, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Orange County,VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Phillip W. Taylor,   b. 1761   d. Christian, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Zachary Taylor Taylor, Jr. IV,   b. 1735
    Family ID F2218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2011 

  • Notes 
    • His tombstone reads:
      “son of James Taylor II of Bloomsbury, Knight of the Golden Horeshoe.
      Grandparent of President Zachary Taylor, Great Uncle of President James
      Madison, Greatgrandparent of Sara Knox Taylor, wife of President Jefferson
      Davis of the Confederacy, husband of Elizabeth Lee.”

      Meadow Farm Estate was built for Zachary Taylor (III) by his father James in the 1720’s.
      Per tombstone plaque. [12]

  • Sources 
    1. [S301] Found by Dr. A. G. Grinnan in the attic of “Rosebud”, Orange County, VA, home of Robert Taylor & given to him by Mary, Robt. wife (nee Taylor). Sold by Grinnan to Wm. Kyle Anderson, US Counsul at Hanover, Germany (grandson of Richard Taylor) who at his...

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