John “the immigrant” Taylor

Not the same as John Taylor

John Taylor died 10 Jan 1653 Lancaster County, Virginia - Inventory His Parents unknown

Family

1. Rebecca Ravening (uncertain)
2. Elizabeth b.c 1610 d. Aft 1673, Lancaster County, Virginia Married est 1637 at Lancaster County, Virginia. Widow of William Winterbourne. Married 3rd Tobias Horton & 4th Robert Hughes

Children

• Elizabeth Taylor born 1645 was d/o John Taylor I and wife Elizabeth. She married Simon Sallard 1st, Thomas Baker 2nd, John Brown 3rd
• Richard Taylor Abt 1649, Virginia ,d. 1669 at sea

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Disambiguation

“Please note: not to be confused with Col. John Taylor, Sr, it is believed there were two John Taylor’s in the same area with wives named Elizabeth, this John Taylor evidently had a wife with a maiden last name of Horton [SIC: Elizabeth’s third husband]. We need documentation of this fact to back this profile information and lineage. Since it links to Ambrose Powell should have some documentation. The GEDCOM sources could be actually the other John Taylor as the Birthdate and info seems to match.“

Origins

http://www.nltaylor.net/pdfs/Taylorgen.pdf Page 16

“In fact the origins of John Taylor of Lancaster Co. are unknown; and furthermore there is no evidence to connect any colonial immigrant Taylors to the English family of the martyred priest.24 John Taylor’s estate is the earliest probated estate of an individual by the name of Taylor which survives from the Northern Neck.25 Lancaster probate and court records do indicate John of Lancaster Co. and his wife Elizabeth had at least a daughter named Elizabeth (who married one Simon Sallard) and a son Richard Taylor, mentioned in the will of his step-father Tobias Horton in October 1668. However, this Richard was dead by 22 May 1669, when his sister Elizabeth Sallard took administration of his estate and inherited his land.26”

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Records

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee}
TAYLOR, John. Administration granted Eliza, relict. Rec. 10 Jan. 1652. W.B. 1, p. 24.

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills 1653-1800; {Ida J. Lee}
TAYLOR'S, John, estate. 29 July 1657. Rec. 1 Aug. 1657. Record of not paid by Tobias Horton. W.B. 2, p. 54. Inv. 2nd Oct. 1654. Presented to court by Tobey Horton and Elizabeth his wife. Recorded 10 Oct. 1654. W.B. 2, p. 54.

1666-1669 Lancaster County Order Book; {Antient Press}: pg 114
Lancaster County Court 14th of July 1669

- HUGH BRENT makes Oath in Cort, that ye Will p:duced in Cort, under ye hande & seals of TOBYAS HORTON (deced) was lefts in ye Custody of ye sde. BRENT by ye saide HORTON before bee went for Englande

- Mr, GEORGE WALE & HUGH BRENT, beings appointed Executors of ye Last Will & Testament of TOBYAS HORTON (deced) & refuseinge to take ye execucon of ye saide Will upon them, Coission of Administracion accordinge to Acte is granted unto ELIZ:, ye Widd. & relict of ye sde, TOBYAS, shee giveing Security accordinge to Acta & to p :forme the tenor of ye Will. HUGH BRENT, JO: DAVENPORTS, ROGER KELLEY & JOHN MORRYS are ordered to apprize ye sde. Estate &to bee sworn ye nexte Justice, The Inven:rie thereof to bee exhibited to ye nexte Cort.

- ELIZ: HORTON, Widd, & Relict of JOHN TAYLOR (deced) doth in Cort. give unto URIAH ANGELL, her Sonne in Law, the thirds of ye lande due to her as Relict of ye sde, TAYLOR. To have and to holds to hym ye sde. URIAH duringe ye n:rall life of ELIZ: onely ye rent wch: shalbe due this yere to her for her thirds out of ye sde. Lande shee reserves to her owne disposal, The thirds of ye sde. lande are ordered to be assigned & layde out by he heire to ye sde, Lande

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Taylor_%285%29
• Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
• 86:27. 'In the 7 February 1624/5 Muster for Elizabeth City, Virginia, appear: John Taylor aged 34 in the Swan 1610
• Rebecca Taylor aged 22 in the Margett and John 1623' [citing John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., 1:59]
• Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
• 86:27. '... John Taylor, who came to the colony in 1610, and who can now be shown to be the same man who died some time before 10 January 1652/3, when his estate entered probate in Lancaster County in the Northern Neck.'
• Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13) 86:28.
• 'A deposition of John Taylor of Elizabeth City, aged 37, was given on 23 June 1625 ...'
• Since this deposition was given only 4 months after the Muster, it is possible that the age in one or the other of the records includes a transcription error, as mistaking 4s and 7s is not uncommon.
• Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13).
• This article presents several pieces of evidence, involving land deeds, migration patterns in Virginia, and proximity of certain other individuals, to show that the John Taylor who arrived in the Swan in 1610 (as per the 1624/5 muster) is the same John Taylor whose will was probated in 1652/3.
• Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13) 86:32-33.
• Evidence is presented that John Taylor never lived in Lancaster County, although he had recently acquired land there, and his widow initiated probate there after being brought to Lancaster County by Tobias Horton, her next husband.
• http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I03822...
• * Cavaliers and Pioneers, a Calendar of Virginia Land Grants, 1929. Date: 1929 Place: Virginia, USA Publication place: Richmond, Virginia, USA Text: "...of Kiccoughtan in Eliz. City., adj. John Powell Francis Michaell. NOTE: Page 23. This patent resigned in court Nov. 28, 1633 his whole devident granted to him 50 acres more is granted for his wife, Rebecca ... Ravening, who came in the Bonny Besse about 1623. Sir John Harvey to CAPT. WM. TUCKER, 100 acres, June 5, 1633. One of the Counsel of State. Within the precincts of Elizabeth City, at the mouth Broad Cr ...
• http://www.enonhall.com/pdf/lineage.LAWSONTAYLOR.pdf