1740 - 1801 (60 years)
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| Name |
James Taylor [1, 2] |
| Birth |
2 Mar 1740 |
Drumlech, Armagh County, Ulster, Ireland  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1801 |
Rockbridge County, Virginia [2] |
| Burial |
Rockbridge County, Virginia [2] |
| Person ID |
I53999 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Nov 2020 |
| Father |
James Taylor, b. WFT Est 1689-1718 d. WFT Est 1743-1803 (Age 85 years) |
| Mother |
Rebecca ?, b. WFT Est 1698-1721 d. WFT Est 1743-1809 (Age 88 years) |
| Marriage |
WFT Est 1715-1758 [2] |
| Family ID |
F19515 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anne Paul, b. 30 Aug 1755, Botetourt County, Virginia d. 15 Dec 1828, Rockbridge County, Virginia (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
WFT Est 1767-1792 |
Botetourt County, Virginia [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Audley Taylor, b. 10 Dec d. WFT Est 1773-1874 |
| | 2. John Taylor, b. 20 Aug 1779 d. WFT Est 1780-1869 (Age 89 years) |
| | 3. Clifford Taylor, b. 9 Feb 1781 d. WFT Est 1782-1871 (Age 89 years) |
| | 4. James Taylor, b. 9 Feb 1781 d. WFT Est 1782-1871 (Age 89 years) |
| | 5. Rebecca Taylor, b. 11 Feb 1783, Rockbridge County, Virginia d. 23 Dec 1836, Crawford County, Indiana (Age 53 years) |
| | 6. William M. Taylor, b. 1 Nov 1785 d. WFT Est 1786-1875 (Age 89 years) |
| | 7. Archy Taylor, b. 13 Aug 1787 d. WFT Est 1788-1877 (Age 89 years) |
| | 8. Nancy Taylor, b. 17 Jun 1789 d. WFT Est 1790-1883 (Age 93 years) |
| | 9. Jean Taylor, b. 13 Feb 1791, Rockbridge County, Virginia d. 1833 (Age 41 years) |
| | 10. Joel Taylor, b. 30 Apr 1793 d. WFT Est 1794-1883 (Age 89 years) |
| | 11. Jeby Taylor, b. 2 Feb 1795 d. WFT Est 1796-1885 (Age 89 years) |
| | 12. Stuart Taylor, b. 3 Apr 1797, Rockbridge County, Virginia d. 1874, Rockbridge County, Virginia (Age 76 years) |
| | 13. Betsy Taylor, b. 23 Apr 1799 d. WFT Est 1800-1893 (Age 93 years) |
| | 14. Hugh Paul Taylor, b. 7 May 1800 d. WFT Est 1801-1890 (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F19372 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
24 Jan 2013 |
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| Notes |
- The Will of James Taylor is recorded in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in Will Book 2, Page 225, as follows:-
"In the name of God Amen, I James Taylor being in perfect use of my mental powers and calling to my mind my mortality do make and ordain this instrument my last will and Testament. After committing my soul to god who gave it professing my hearty belief of the christian religion and the several Doctrines therein contained as explained in the Confession of faith & catichisms of the presbyterean Church in the U.S.A. I order and ordain that on the event of my decease my body be intered in a decent and christian manner.
"1st. I order and ordain that my wife Anne shall have a childs part out of my estate moreover a horse and saddle two cows and a bed and its necessary furniture each of her own chooseing out of my estate and the whole of her above portion at her absolute disposal when she dies, also I order and ordain that she shall have during her life the negroe woman named Katty exclusive of her issue.
"2nd. I order and ordain that the balance of my estate real & personal in whatever it may consist shall be divided equally amongst my children and their lawful heirs as soon as the youngest becomes of age except as hereafter provided and specified, that is to say except my lot at Tazewel Courthouse purchased by my son Audly Taylor now deceased which lot I bequeath to my sons Cawfald and James and their heirs and my lot in Springfield in Rockbridge I bequeath to my son John and his heirs. Farther I order and ordain that my Administrators or Executors shall so apply my estate before finally divided and the profits thereof as in the best manner reasonable to accommodate my Relic and raise my family and that when any of my children lawfully sets upon life for & by himself or herself that every such child shall have as much divided off to him or her as my Executors judge can be done consistant with the general interest of the family, and finallay that the amount of any such portion given hereafter to any of my children or hertofore given to my daughter Rebecca Green as near as can be without law decision ascertained shall be calculated in the dividend falling to such child at the final dividing of my estate. And I hereby appoint and authorise my wife Anne and my son in law Henry Green Executors of this my last Will & Testament this twenty third day of February eighteen hundred and one. Signed and acknowledged in the presence of the under written witnesses.
Testes: James Taylor
Samuel Houston; Henry Green; John Beaty
"At a Court held for the County of Rockbridge June the second 1801. This writing purporting the last will and testament of James Taylor deceased was produced in Court by Ann Taylor Executrix and Henry Green Executor herein named and proved by the oaths of Samuel Houston and John Beaty subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of same Executrix and Executor who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining probate thereof in due form they having with William Taylor and John Morris their securities entered into and acknowledged bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned according to law.
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| Sources |
- [S1806] Data from Research of Mildred G. Hanna.
- [S2479] MyFamily.com, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 175, Ed. 1, (Release date: April-2005
Customer pedigree.).
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