The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-07
)eoNsEoOl1OR oV0p UNIQUE pEll1 8

In the article on Taylor family OF the
4 10th July. the coat-of-arms was accident
4 ally omitted IT is given to-day, with a.
U new version OF the family, as recently
n sent In, which adds to- What 1iis airsady
4 been given, and makes II more complete
y as to the descent.
James ia lor, " Carlisle, England. first
came to j Caroline county, Va, 1895 e.
sccnded from the Earl Of Pennington);
4 desccndcd also from the Ia ylors OF Shado-
churst. He mi rried, first, noes - ------. !;
secondly Mary Gregory about 1863 Z he
4 entered a tract OF land as q homestead,
4 consisting Nof about one thousand acres,
a situated on the MAttaponl4 River In that
4 part OF orysdale Parish which then lay;
81 in New Kent county but was q tier wards
u INCLUDED $fnSthe soutl1ery pa TT OF Caroline
n county. His wife. Frances. died Sept en-
i; Der "a, 1850, leaving four child en, namely:
First. Jane, born Dccembe q. "a 1868; Sec
& or1d, James (2d) !. born II arch u. 1874
third Sarah. born j unc 80. lG'6: fourth
ID daughter. died an infant. Sara y m r.
Rcd Powell II James ia FLOR first mar r.
ried secondly August Y, 1882, Mary GREG
Il Dry sis ter OF Richard and y ohm g re CORY;
& bysher lie had four sons and i've dauga-S
d tiers. as follows
John B Taylor, Anne Mary. Edmut,d.ss
AZ j Ohm. Eiizabett h, Il Mary, John (note three
4 ] ofrs) x; all but ono died In infancy. 81 4;
AZ rys married twice-first In iIo1, 70
Henry Pendlcton; she " as only fifteen@
e ana he eighteen years old; second y. 70
Edward Watkins She died III ~ Gull =. H.
One her ~ass "a
4; celebrated patriot and clnnc .al
& mund n Toendlcton, born III + led q lbo'.S
n Genera t f. II. Guines. United states3army,
was also descended from d JohnSIsa "
III lor married Catherine Pe dleton. &daugh
e ter Of Philip Pendleton and Isabel la Hart
II and sister OF Henry Pend leton. y no mar
N ried Mary Taylor. Among their &c. I
scendants were Colonel y Ohm s. aS lor, ol
Ii Caroline county y. # y nited n States sena tor ~
IS . "A one OF EIrginia's most not ed men
33SII James Taylor, first, the enligrant. spent
f:t Ne rest of HIS life ln8 Drysdale Parish.
4 ana Il led April 90, l6 He Was y led on
4 M farm, about eight mile south 81 the
present tow. on 4 Bowling g roen. s " re-,
line county This place 81 s. stu g Wned3
8 and occupied by one OF his sdcs
II M Tor William pcndl Teton
s.@ Colonel James Taylor, second. son Of
IA mes. first, S OF Carlisle, england. and
ira ncesI his first wife, was born March
"a 1874 II His oh ildhood was spent a thes
d hnmcst cad In Caroline; later he resided .t
IN king and Queen count 81. md ii ma
settled ia Orange county Y Z.
IIe married Martha Ihonps as We g.
n have already shown, Of a 1,es
~ ar, . Of En- gland. Her "a her. ColonelS
sS,i,i,a =, r, thompson, M as a prominent ~ -
Ira In Virginia at the time of Bac a'a n
,s8E Colonal James Taylor, second. co
Z, ndcd = regin, OF colonial m tia lsee
Beyerley's il story Of f0a5 W.is
a active during theS Ind ian wars t1e Vas
"; also a member Of House b q " tau
n ranrnsent ling King and Queer ies served5
Il as s,,rveyor-ge for the an y
II 1855 his widow was paid by The colon.a14
government III 900 pounds of toba eco TOT
NJ Thinning the boundary line of Caroline
a SpotsyIya nia, . Hanover and orange couil-.
S@t les (See Hening's Statu tes 81 AZ gihll1Ai
Volume W. page 81 8 III !, \.
When Governor Spot tsVfood y mace 8 lls
trans mountain expedition to STift Run
Gap. In the Blue Ridge nd % ~ e. lell-}
# an GAL, iver. anles al r. second was Y,
~ !. 4 Ilem1be 81 his company (campbell's
History Of Colony and ncient Dominion
{S 81 Virginia., The last camp Of this ex-.g
petition, at the foot Of the Blue RID ge,a
u vas FAMED In his honor, and the m o,ln-
# tain adjoining sWif Run " Gap, called
" Saddle Back Is said TO have been
named by him after one Of the same
name near Carlisle, England. He entered
II rious countito, and was one of the pioneer
and original settlers Of Orange county
where he took a patent for a bout 49, 900
acres In two tracts. One containing 10 700
bordercd on the Rapldan r tver,5 and en-
tended from the mouth of the r. robinson
10 where the Madison mills now stand.
s5f Moro than one-third OF Orange county
was called ylor District" and was
so marked on the county ma p. @ II
sTnr r
i from Caroline to Orange $prospe Ing. IN
( 1929 he there bull for himself q home,
which he named bloomsbury" Situated
ii about four. miles southeast of the present
h town of Orange, The house. being the,
3 Oldest In the county. !s stl In OK ellent
3 5preserva ton. Towar the end OF his II 70
4 (, Colonel Taylor gave this place TO his
eldest son, James, third, and DULL for
himself another home, two m lies from
s Orange Courthouse. called Greenfield
where he died June %, Il 72o. II Isl widow.
Martha THOMPSON survived him until
1862, Both are buried at the family grave
yard at "Greenfield.' This place. Greens.
"a fled. III n after years, became the home Of
James TIA ylor. son OF. Co lionel George 5,fa "
y lor, and grandson Of les ia ylor Sec
ond Il He was clerk Of Ora ice county FOR.
many years, and the records We're kept a t
Il his place, AZ Stss gss n ie@'
"a fact especa lly worthy Of mention. is
IL that Colonel James II lor,s second, and
Il his wife. Martha. had the q bsolutel
unique honor of being the grandparents
OF two Presid dents Of the United States
& James Madison, the ia Their OF the Con-
stltutlon." and Zachary Ia ylor,8 the hero
Of Monterey and Ruena Vista, Their
daughter. Frances TIA ylor, as we have
y already shown In the Ma dison art lcle g,of
N the s4th, married Ambrose NJ az Alison, Of
Orange, and through this line was Prssl-
dent James Ma son, artha iTayl or, Sec
ond daughter Of Colonel lanes, aecond.i
was born january 81 l702, S She married
& 4 Chew. Of Orange county. among her
VI sons was Captain Colby Chew, Of the
II Frencl, and Indian Wars.
Sd. James TIA lor, third. born l1os, was 9
member Of HoNse OF Hurgesees from
& Orange. He married, nrst. Mrs.e lice
Thornton Ca tlett I; secord, NJ rs. Gregory
IIe lived at bloomsbury. II.
4 n AZ his first vi 81 " ere several children;
a among them, Major Francis ia ylor, CT ct
indian US who married