The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01
more fully into this Hill Clopton line?
Truly yours.
NIRGINIAN.
Professionalism.

quest OF MISS T.. -. paStnam IOr an
account OF the Garland family was ac-
compnnied by an inquiry as to VINO
Ann, daughter OF James Taylor. mar
ried. and recalling that my genealogi-
cal notes indicated a. Taylor ancestor,
] spent part of the Christmas holi-
day in investigating this matter The
results of my search We're very salts
factory to me. but did not solve Miss
Eastham's problem.
Among my notes | found this state
ment William Sandidge. of Caroline
County. married Ann Taylor" The re-
la tionship OF this Ann Taylor with the
well-known Taylors OF Nirg inia had
never occurred TO me until after this
careful investigation. Now believe
l have sufficient proof to establish the
fact that tho wife of this William San
didge was certainly "A member of this
family. and must have been a daughter
Of John Taylor CD and wife. Catherine
Pendleton. daughter OF Philip and lsa-
bella HarO Pendlcton. son OF Henry.
OF Norwich England.
The readers OF this genealogical col
umn will recall an article of August
"a 1918. In which Is a statement that
James Taylor OF Carlisle. England. set
tied in King and Queen County. Va.
before 1850. (Then Caroline and Spot
sylvania were In part a part OF King
and Queen) He married, first, Frances
- and had Jane, James, and Sarah;
secondly. no married Mary Gregory and
had John and Ann twins; John died
young). Mary, Edward, Elizabeth and
another John. This last John CD mar
ried Catherine. daughter of Philip Pen
dleton, and had Mary C3), Catherine
(3). Ann go, Edmund (3). Isabella 90,
John 80. James (3). Philip CD, Eliza
beth (3). William CD and Joseph 80.
The marriages of all OF these were ac
counted for. excepting Ann and John.
n tn IVh m ed
William Sandidge, we must note.
To establish relationship. first, by
circumstantial evidence. we have but
to compare the Sandidge names with
those of the Taylor family. and con-
slider that the respective localities ard
dates are congruent. From a study
of the Spotsylvania. the Louisa and
the family Bible records, Ann (Taylor)
Sandidge. must have been born about
1712-l5 (she was very young when
married. and James, her eldest son.
was born about 1880, and was still liv
ing in 1910 /; has been stated that
James Taylor, Of Carlisle, England,
married Mary Gregory about 1882. AS
Stunning that their son John was born
about 1858 the exact date and even
the sequence Of his birth is not
known). 1t is apparent that his daugh-
ter Ann could nave been born about
1T12-15.
william and Ann (Taylor) Sandidge
had the following issue according to
Will and deads): James Mary. Will
| liam, David and John. The first two
were evidently the names OF her grand
pr rents, as we'll az of her brother and
sister; the last was the name OF her
father and brother. Among her grand
children, OF whom l have found rec
ord, MY list being far from complete.
were these Sandidge names: Zachary
Mary, John. James, Elizabeth. William
Joseph, Sarah, I.arkin and Ann, all OF
which occur also in the Taylor fam
lily.
1t is known that Martha. daughter
of James Taylor 90, married Thomas.
son of Larkin Chew, of Spotsylvania
County. Larkin Sandidge also lived In
Spotsylvania. A deed from Ann, stat
ing that she was widow of William
Sandidge and naming her children. re-
corded in Louisa County, 1854 was
witnessed by Zachary Lewis. George
Atkinson and Robert Gregory. Now.
John Taylor CD had daughter Eli
zabeth. who married James Lewis. and
John Taylor's (o) mother was Gre
CORY, we recall.
So this deed was witnessed by two
OF Ann SandidEe's cousins. deed
from Ann Sandidge's son James and
wife Jane to Joseph Boxley Louisa
1856, was witnessed by John SandridSe
and Henry Pendleton. Also, Richard
Sandidge tbachelor) son OF the above
James Sandidge, left a will, proved in
Louisa in 1929. which names Edmund
Pendleton as administrator. These in
dictate that Ann Sandidge's mother
was a Pendleton--that is. that this
Ann was really the daughter of John
Taylor t2). Thus, I might multiply
such circumstantial evidence By more
thorough examination of court rec
Drds.
ell, iva CN.E NJ q
direct evidence of Ann CTaylo)
Sanddge's inheriting property from Il
James Taylor. When l discovered the
following record concluded that
AIMS father was James Taylor. This
James. however. must have been her
brother, who had only one child.
Elizabeth. and. hence. beaueathed
property to a favored sister
In the Virginia Land Book "a, page
62s, is this Information: TO William
Sandidge l.4l6 acres in Spotsylvan!a.
n part being n part OF. n patent grant
ed to James Taylor, 2lst July, 1'21;
another part thereof being part OF
n patent to Joseph Roberts, 2Sth Sep
TENDER, 1928; the rights and title OF
which said two parts have since be-
come vested in said William Sandidge,
etc; dated 18th January. l146.' The
acquiring Of this patent and the max
ing Of his will Just two months later
March II. 1880. indicates that VIII
liam Sandidres desire to definitely fix
his title TO property for which he had
no deed inherited perhaps by will
recorded in an adjacent county. There
Is in Spotsylvania a record of deed
OF sale for the Roberts portion, dated
November g, 1744; bat there is no such
deed for the Taylor tract
The earliest record of Sandidge In
Spotsylvania County was dated Deem,
her ., 1884 (Spotsylvania was formed in
1T2D. This was record Of deed
OF sale from John Davis. of st. Johns
Parish, King William County. to VIII
liam Sanddge. of st. Margaretts Par
ish, Caroline County, for $50 acres on
North Anna River. In Spotsylva
County. From this date on the San
didge records in Spotsylvania and
Louisa are numerous These records
clearly snow that William Sanddse
owned several thousand acres OF land
that his wife was Ann; that he had
i've children. ms named, and many
grandchildren: that he died in lIi7.
4, 4. t.,