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JAMES TAYLOR Jr/ (JAMES5, JOHN4, THOMAS3, REV. DR. ROWLAND2, JOHN1) was born March 14, 1674 in St Stephen Parish King and Queen County, Virginia, and died January 23, 1728/29 in Bloomsbury, Orange County, Virginia. An influential citizen of affairs of both Church and State. He married MARTHA THOMPSON February 23, 1699/1700 in St. Peter's Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia.
"MARRIAGES OF SOME VIRGINIA RESIDENTS" by Dorothy Wulfeck
James JR., Col b 14 March 1674 d 23 June 0r Jan 1729/30, son James, the immigrant; m 23 Feb 1699, Martha Thompson b 1679. d 19 Nov 1762. 30V387;32V17;34V269;34 Jy Reg 103,269-72; Taylor, pp132-3 280; Winsotn pp 216-17,"His wife is stated in some accounts to have been the daughter of William Thompson and granddaughter of Sir Roger Thompson. No Sir Roger Thompson was over in Virginia and much more probable is the account in the little chart prepared by President James Madison, where she is said to be Martha, daughter of Roger Thompson" 23V17. Ros Caroline and Orange Counties. 4V463
Home was "Greenfield". Burgess 1702-1710, King and Queen County, Virginia. Justice,Knight of the Golden Horseshoe. Great Grandfather of two Presidents, Zachary Taylor and James Madison. In 1716 accompanied Governor Alexander Spotswood on an expedition over the Blue Ridge Mountains into 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.
It seams that WFT has James Taylor Jr. home called "Monte Bello". He also had 2nd home "Meadowfarm: Built in 1722 on this grant, now reduced to about 1/3 of its orginal acreage, is a magnificent structure. Like is predecessor, it has Grecian columns on the back. Its picturesque setting with formal gardens and rolling lawns, are reminiscent of aristocratic English estates. Desendants of the Col. James Taylor family continued to occupy this ancestral home as they have done continuously since 1722.
The Colonial Homes-Hiliday 1998 Magazine
Meadowfarm
Helen Marie Taylor speaks of he ancestors with an uncanny intimacy. "I'm a legend bearer" she says. My grandmother Sally Sears Taylor, instilled in me sense that history is both interesting and immediate. I can remember Sunday dinners where stories from 60 years ago considered hot off the press.
The origins of the estate date to the early 18th century, when Colonel James Taylor Jr. built a small manor house known as Bloomsbury on 13,500 acres of what was the the edge of the wilderness. When Colonel Taylor's children reached maturity, he gave them parcels of adjoining land. The portion given to one of the his elder sons, Zachary(grandfather of the president) was Meadowfarm, where Helen Marie's family lives today. The elder Zachary built a house on the land in 1727, but it was razed and replaced by the current white-painted brick Greek Revival house in mid 19th century.
James and Martha Thompson Taylor children:
1. FRANCES TAYLOR, b. August 30, 1700, King and Queen County, Virginia; d. November 25, 1761, Montpeliar, Orange County, Virginia. Frances m Ambrose Madison, their son, James, married Eleanor Rose Conway, whose son was James Madison the President of the United States. This information came from the book "TENNESSEE COUSIN" by Worth Ray. The book "CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS" by Nell Nugent: James Taylor 134 acs K&Q Co. 20 Apr 1694 p 317 Beg in a fork of a br of Axall branch, & c, Granted Gabriel Hill 29 Nov 1665, deserted and grandted to Hugh Baldwin, 21 Oct 1687 deserted and now granded by order for Imp of 3 pers Simmon Edward, Mary Edward and Hugn Malden
2. MARTHA TAYLOR, b. January 27, 1701/02; m. THOMAS CHEW.
3. JAMES TAYLOR III, b. March 30, 1703, Rapidan, Orange County, Virginia; d. March 01, 1784, Bloomsbury, Orange County, Virginia.
4. ZACHARY TAYLOR, b. April 17, 1707, Orange County, Virginia; d. March 29, 1768, Northhumberland County, Virginia.
5. (COLONEL) GEORGE TAYLOR, b. February 10, 1709/10, Orange County,Virginia; d. November 04, 1792.
6. TABITHA TAYLOR, b. March 12, 1712/13; m. THOMAS WILD.
7. ERASMUS TAYLOR, b. September 05, 1715, Orange County, Virginia; d. July 19, 1794, Orange County, Virginia.
8. HANNAH TAYLOR, b. March 15, 1717/18.
9. MILDRED TAYLOR, b. December 11, 1724; m. RICHARD THOMAS.
SARAH TAYLOR (JAMES5, JOHN4, THOMAS3, REV. DR. ROWLAND2, JOHN1) was born June 30, 1676 in Hare Forest, New Kent County, Virginia, and died Abt. 1750. She married ROBERT POWELL 1696 in Virginia. |
