The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-24
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Taylor.

Taylor.
There are several Taylor families in
Virginia. and as far as has been nscer-
tanned, OF no kinship whatever. In this
and succeeding papers we shall try to
give what is known of them all. begin
ming with those descended from James
Taylor. Of Carlisle, England. He was
born in England and settled In King
ana queen County, Va, before 1850.
he used rs crest, "a naked arm
couped at the shoulder endowed. hold
ing an arrow ppr. Motto: Consequitur
Iquodcunque petit This crest was used
By the Taylors of Pennington Castle
he married first. Frances (?), and had
Jane, James and Sarah. Secondly. he
| married Mary Gregory, and had John
and Anne twins: John died Young
Mary, Edmund, Elizabeth and another
John.
| James Taylor, the eldest son. mar
lied Martha Thompson. daughter OF
| william Thompson. His descent has
never been proved, although gcnealog-
ical enthusiasts have claimed Malcolm
Canmore and Margaret AthelinE for
MS ancestors There is n profile por-
sIalt Oh this second James. His high
| iorenead, clear-cut features, and ro-
mantle race suggest n poetic tempera-
hcnI This second James took up an
immense tract of land in Orange Coun-
| ~. Va. and after his death his widow
Martina, received 10000 pounds of to-
oacco Tor his services In running the
! uiViding line between tho counties OF
Spotsylvania, Hanover and Orange His
plantation was called Hare Forest. and
ne mad nine chtldren-Frances, Martha.
James. zachary. George, Tabitha. Han
| nan. Mildred and Erasmus.
| FRANCES CD Taylor married Ambrose
Madison, and was the grandmother of
PRESIDENT Madison. Martha married
THOMAS. son of Larkin Chew, OF SPOT
sylVania County. James CD Taylor mar
ried Mrs. Alice Thornton Catlett. first.
and Mrs. Elizabeth McGrath second.
Ills taste turned to widows.
James O3 Taylor and Alice Thornton
Catlett had James (i),who married. first
Ann Hubbard: second. Mrs. Elizabeth
ritz-Hugh Conway. widow OF Captain
FRANCIS Conway. BY his first wife he
hhd James (5) Taylor, foudcr of New
port, Ky. He married Mrs Keturah Moss
Lelth. OF Tuckahot, near Lexington,
n.y. and had Keturah (6) Taylor, who
married Horatto Turpin Harris, and
had Anna ca Maria Harris who mar
ried James j. O'Fanon, of st. Louis:
Josephine married George w. Ward,
and had Elizabeth Johnson Ward. who
married Charles Avery Doremus OF
| New York, and had Robert Ogden
Doremus and Norvn Green Doremus.
MIR. Doremus bequeathed n princely
sum to Washington and Lee Univer-
sity.
Zachary (s) Taylor married. first
Elizabeth Lee, daughter OF Hancock
Lee and Sarah Elizabeth Allerton,
and. secondly, Mrs. Esther Blackburn
Hancock Lee was the son of Richard
Lee, the emigrant. Zachary ca Tay-
Tor and Elizabeth Lee had Zachary
%. Hancock 90, Richard ca, and
Elizabeth (4).
Hancock (D Taylor was killed by
tho Indians III 1874; Richard (4) Tay.
LOT was born in Orange County. lie
married Sarah Dabney Strother,
daughter of William Strother and his
wife, Sarah Bailey Pannill. He served
with distinction in the Revolutionary
War. and when the war was over he
went out to Kentucky, near Louis
vile. He had Hancock (5), Zachary
60. Joseph (5), Elizabeth (5) Lee.
Sarah 90, Emily (5). George (5), Will
liam (5), and Strother go. Hancock
60, married Sophia (6) Elizabeth
Hoard first and. second, Anna Horns
by Lewis daughter of Nicholas Meri-
wether Lewis and his wife, Mildred
Hornsby. Joseph (5). married Evelyn,
daughter Of John w. Mclean, justice
of tho Supreme Court of Ohio. Eliza
beth (5) Lee married. his cousin, Glib
son Taylor. and had Anne co. Pendle-
Sarah Co. Strother, who married Col
onel w. r. Joulett, tn. s. A. Richard
Hancock died unmarried. Virginia CO.
married DR.. Burton Randall, u. S. A
Josephine CO. Pannill died unmarried;
Margaret Coz Lewis. Emily Allison
married General Lafayette McI.aws
Eliza (s) MarrieS n. w. Casey;
John co Gibson. U. S. a and c. s. A.
Zachary (4) Taylor, son OF Colonel
a "a Nr1n
Strother. married Margaret MarkalI
Smith, of ST. Leonard's Creek. Calvert
County. Md, and had Ann (5), mar
rfed DR.. Robert Wood. surgeon u g.
A.. and had Nina (6). married -
Boyce first. and. second. the Prusslan
consul. Baron Guido Won Grabow;
John (6). and Sarah (6). Sarah (5),
John (5). tho eldest son, entered T.
S. n. as midshipman. but later served
In the Confederate States army; after
the war he took up residence (until
his DEATH in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Elizabeth go. daughter of President
Zachary Taylor. was woman OF re-
markable beauty and charm.
She married. first. Colonel William
Wallace Smith Bliss. United States
Army. and her euphonious nickname
ried Philip Dandridge, of Winchester,
Va. and lived there until her death.
Sarah (5) Knox. third daughter OF
Zachary Taylor. married Lieutenant
Jefferson Davis. United States Army.
Her father opposed tho marriage be-
cause no feared the young lieutenant
could not give her tho luxury she re-
CURED. We are told that after tho
consent of the father was given, the
marriage took place on an afternoon
and was very simple and quiet. She
went to Vicksburg to live and in less
than year she was dead. Jefferson
Davis and Zachary Taylor never met
until they were soldiers on the battle
fields OF Mexico.
Richard (5). fourth child and second
son of Zachary Taylor. served in the
Mexican War and attained the rank Of
lieutenant He married. lived
in New Orleans. and left several chill
dren.
Tho network among Virginia fami-
lies, and. indeed. Southern families. Is
most interesting. Few perhaps realize
that Zachary Taylor and Robert e. Leo
were blood relations The former was
grandson Of Hancock Lee and the
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