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Charles Taylor

Male 1743 - 1813  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles Taylor was born 1743, Franklin, Gerogia (son of Zachary Taylor, III and Elizabeth Lee); died 1813.

    Notes:

    Could be our line instead of “William”.

    Charles married Anna Cook 1783, Wilkes, Ashe, North Carolina. Anna was born 1745, Granville, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Taylor was born 1770, Granville, Chowan, North Carolina.
    2. Martha Taylor was born 1772, Granville, Chowan, North Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Zachary Taylor, III was born 17 Apr 1707, Rapidan, Orange, VA or Carine, VA (son of Col. James Taylor, II and Martha Thompson); died 1 Mar 1768, Orange County,VA.

    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.

    Zachary married Elizabeth Lee 1737, Northumberland, VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Hancock Lee and Sarah Elizabeth Allerton) was born 25 May 1709, Wicomico, Northumberland, VA; died Apr 1753, Farnham, Richmand, VA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Lee was born 25 May 1709, Wicomico, Northumberland, VA (daughter of Hancock Lee and Sarah Elizabeth Allerton); died Apr 1753, Farnham, Richmand, VA.

    Notes:

    Apparently she is in Wikipedia.

    Children:
    1. Richard Lee Taylor was born 3 Apr 1744, Orange County,VA; died 19 Feb 1826, Jefferson, KY; was buried , Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, KY.
    2. William Taylor was born 19 Dec 1737, Orange County,VA; died 5 Nov 1803, Townsville, Vance, North Carolina; was buried , Machpelah Cemetery, Vance COunty, NC.
    3. 1. Charles Taylor was born 1743, Franklin, Gerogia; died 1813.
    4. Ezekiel Taylor
    5. Zachariah Taylor
    6. Jeramiah Taylor
    7. Nancy Taylor
    8. Rebecca Taylor
    9. Hancock Taylor
    10. Elizabeth Taylor was born 1740.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Col. James Taylor, II was born 14 Mar 1675, Accomack, VA (son of Col. James I. Taylor, I and Frances Walker); died 26 Jun 1729, Orange County,VA; was buried , Hare Forest Cemetery OR Taylor Cemetery Rapidan, Culpeper COunty, VA.

    Notes:

    Of Bloomsbury, Knight of the Golden Horseshoe.

    Daughter Francis married Ambrose Madison-grandparents of Pres. Madison.

    Birth:
    King & Queen OR Caroline

    Died:
    Caroline

    James married Martha Thompson 23 Feb 1699, King & Queen, VA. Martha was born 1679, VA; died 19 Nov 1762, Greenfield, Orange, VA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Martha Thompson was born 1679, VA; died 19 Nov 1762, Greenfield, Orange, VA.
    Children:
    1. 2. Zachary Taylor, III was born 17 Apr 1707, Rapidan, Orange, VA or Carine, VA; died 1 Mar 1768, Orange County,VA.
    2. Frances Taylor was born 1700; died 1761.
    3. Martha Taylor
    4. James Taylor
    5. Col. George Taylor was born 10 Feb 1711; died 4 Nov 1792.
    6. Tabitha Taylor
    7. Erasmus Taylor
    8. Hannah Taylor
    9. Mildred Taylor
    10. John Taylor
    11. Charles Taylor
    12. Richard Taylor

  3. 6.  Hancock Lee was born 1653, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA (son of Richard Henry Lee and Anne Constable); died 25 May 1709, Ditchley, Northumberland, VA.

    Notes:

    Apparently he is in Wikipedia.
    First established in 1686 by Hancock Lee, the two-story home was built in 1752-62 by Kendall Lee, grandson of the founder. Through intermarriage of the Lees who lived here and the Balls living at Bewdley, Ditchley became a Ball home in 1789 when it was conveyed to James Ball III of Bewdley, a first cousin. Around 1930, Mrs. Alfred I. duPont, nee Jessie Dew Ball, a descendant of William Ball, bought Ditchley, restoring it to its original beauty. Bobby Ball, quite a colorful character and fondly remembered, looked after the house until his death in 2001. A caretaker remains on the property, but the future of the house seems fragile. With its devotion to symmetry, this dwelling conveys an understated, elegant impression. The grounds have large old boxwoods, towering sycamores, and a huge osage orange. Being surrounded by level land and sparkling waters, it has a warm glow throughout the day.

    Hancock married Sarah Elizabeth Allerton 1690-1709, VA. Sarah was born 1670, Westmoreland, VA; died 17 May 1731, Ditchley, Northumberland, VA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Elizabeth Allerton was born 1670, Westmoreland, VA; died 17 May 1731, Ditchley, Northumberland, VA.
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Lee was born 25 May 1709, Wicomico, Northumberland, VA; died Apr 1753, Farnham, Richmand, VA.
    2. Hancock Lee, II was born 1709.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Col. James I. Taylor, I was born 12 Feb 1610, Earl Hare, Carlise, Norhtumberland, England (son of Thomas Taylor, II and Margaret Swinderly); died 30 Apr 1698, Bowling Green, King & Quenn, VACaroline COunty, VA; was buried , Hare Forest Cemetery, Caroline County, VA.

    Notes:



    James Taylor I Descendants

    Colonel James Taylor was born in England and came to Virginia, USA on the ship "TrueLove" in the year 1635. He eventually appointed Sheriff of New Kent Co., Virginia in 1690. Colonel Taylor was the great-great grandfather of President James Madison and Zachary Taylor. His great-great-great grandaughter, Sarah Taylor married Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.

    Individual: From: Early Immigrants to Virginia from the 1500s and 1600 s. Taylor Caroline County Crest: A naked arm couped at the shoulder embowed, holding an arrow ppr. Motto: Consequitur quodcunque petit . James Taylor, ancestor of the Caroline County family of that name, is said to have come from the vicinity of Carlisle, England. He was in Virginia before 1650 and took out patents of land on the Mattaponi River. By his first wife, Frances, he had Jane, born 27 Dec., 1668; James, born 1674; Sarah, born 1676. His first wife died in 1680, and in 1682 he married Mary, sister of John Gregory, by whom he had the following children: John and Anne, twins, born 1685, John died young; Mary, born 1688; Edmund, born 1690 ; John, born 1693, died young; Elizabeth, born 1694, died young; John, born 1696. James Taylor died about 1698 at an advanced age. An old ring handed down in the family is said to have once been his property, and it bears engraved upon it the above crest which is that of the Taylors of Pennington Castle. The descendants of James Taylor have been exceedingly prominent in the history of the State, one of them--Zachary, becoming President Notes for JAMES TAYLOR I: Was a large landowner and he was a prominent citizen in the colony. He was a lawyer and a public official and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He was Sheriff of New Kent County in 1690 and vestryman of Saint George's Parish. He moved to Orange County, Virginia, and belonged to Saint Stephen's Parish in New Kent County and also in King and Queen County. He owned 13,925 acres along the Mattaponi River where he built his home and named it " Hare Forest ", named for the Earls of Pennington Castle in England where Taylor ancestors are buried. By division of county lines his home was in Orange County, Virginia where his children was born. This home is now located in Caroline County, Virginia. WFT8-1383 States that a seal ring which had belonged to James Taylor I and which bore the crest and seal of Taylor arms has been handed down to the present generation. With his seal ring has also descended a legend to the effect that on a certain occasion when the King of England was enjoying a chase in one of his royal forests, a wild boar, hard driven, turned upon the royal huntsman, whereupon there sprang to his defense one of the knights who slew the boar. The King out of gratitude gave the Knight a crest, the distinguish mark of which was an uplifted hand, accompanied by the motto:"CONSEQUITUR QUOD COMQUE PETIT". Home was "Greenfield". Burgess 1702-1710, King and Queen County, Virginia. Justice,Knight of the Golden Horseshoe. Grandfather of two Presidents, Zachary Taylor and James Madison. In 1716 accompanied Governor Alexander Spotswood on an expedition over the Blue Ridge Mountains in to the Shenandoah Valley. This was an attempt to promote Virginia's expansion. The men who accompanied Governor Spotswood were called Knight of the Golden Horseshoe. NOTE: From: William Taylor Wittle Ancestral File 13255 shows only 3 children; Jane, James, and Sarah. The LDS records show 15, of which three cannot have been of this family because their birth years are too late; therefore, 12 are reflected here. James came to America with his parents on the ship "True Love" in 1635. They apparently landed first in Pennsylvania because James' father, John, died there. James later settled at "Hare Forest" in what is now Orange County, Virginia. NOTE: (Source: The Life of Rowland Taylor, by William James Brown, published by Epworth Press, England and furnished by Rector of Hadleigh, England Rev. John Betton. The Book of Martyrs, by Fox, published in England 1610 , vol. I. Sections furnished by George Taylor of La Grange, IL and Maj. Bulan Davis, U.S.A.F.) James Taylor born February 12, 1610. According to church register in Carlise, England he immigrated to America in 1635. He married Elizabeth Underwood who divorced him, the first divorce registered in VA. He was called Governor, Councilman and was a doctor. He died in VA in 1655. NOTE: Source: "Archives & Manuscripts" at VTLS-Web Gateway Author : Sneddon, Jonathan T. Accession No 33830 This collection concerns the descendants of James Taylor (1615-1698) of King and Queen County, Virginia. It traces the various branches down through Orange County, concentrating on the lineage of the donor. The VA land office records show that he lived on the Mattap oni River , in the lower part of what is now Caroline Co. He was succeeded in the ownership of this place by his oldest son in 1799.

    James Taylor, (known as James I), born 1635, was transported by John Rosier, who claimed 550 acres of Headright land in Northumberland County, Virginia Colony, December 13, 1650. James I is an ancestor of James Madison and President Zachary Taylor.

    http://www.culpeperhistory.info//BibleChurch.html

    Birth:
    Carlisle, Cumberland, England

    Died:
    New Kent, VA

    James married Frances Walker 1666, New Kent, VA. Frances was born 1640, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died 22 Sep 1680, Bowling Green, King & Quenn, VA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Frances Walker was born 1640, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died 22 Sep 1680, Bowling Green, King & Quenn, VA.
    Children:
    1. 4. Col. James Taylor, II was born 14 Mar 1675, Accomack, VA; died 26 Jun 1729, Orange County,VA; was buried , Hare Forest Cemetery OR Taylor Cemetery Rapidan, Culpeper COunty, VA.
    2. Jane Taylor was born 1668.
    3. Martha Taylor was born 1669.
    4. Sarah Taylor was born 1676.

  3. 12.  Richard Henry Lee was born 1613, Coton, Cambrigeshire, England; died 1 Mar 1664, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA.

    Richard — Anne Constable. Anne was born 1615, London, England; died 6 Oct 1706, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Anne Constable was born 1615, London, England; died 6 Oct 1706, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA.
    Children:
    1. 6. Hancock Lee was born 1653, Dividing Creek, Northumberland, VA; died 25 May 1709, Ditchley, Northumberland, VA.