James "The Elder" Taylor, of uncertain parentage, was born about 12 Feb 1634/35 in England. He died 30 Apr 1698 (aged 64) in King and Queen, Virginia, currently Caroline County, Virginia.
James "The Elder" Taylor was first of this Taylor line to settle in British Colonial America and was the ancestor of a long line of politicians and statesmen including:
:[[Pendleton-666|Edmund Pendleton]], Grandson; a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, and member of the Virginia legislature before and during the War. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry as Virginia's delegates and he led the conventions wherein Virginia declared independence and adopted the U.S. Constitution.
: [[Penn-597|John Penn]], Great Grandson; an American Founding Father who served multiple terms in the Continental Congress, and who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a delegate of North Carolina.
:[[Madison-1|President James Madison]], 2nd great-grandson; 4th US President)
:[[Taylor-223|President Zachary Taylor]], 2nd great-grandson; 12th US President
James Taylor I married twice. We know this from the Taylor Bible Records. His first wife was the mother of James Taylor II. Her name is not given in these records or any other records (but is often listed with no sources as Frances Walker (1640-1680) whom he purportedly married about 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia. His second wife was Mary Gregory whom he married about 1682.
Known children of James Taylor I and his first wife which are named in the Taylor Family Bible include:
#James Taylor II, born 14 March 1675 married Martha Thompson;
#Sarah Taylor born 30 June 1676; married Robert Powell;
#Ann Taylor, born about 1671; married Edward Eastham, Jr.
#Mary Taylor born before 1680 married Henry Pendleton and Edward Watkins;
After his first wife passed away on 23 Sep 1680 (aged 39–40) in New Kent, Caroline, Virginia. James married his second wife, Mary Gregory on 10 Aug 1682 in New Kent, Caroline, Virginia. Mary was born February 1665 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, and died in 1747 in Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia.
Although there may be more, four children of James Taylor I and Mary Gregory are listed in the Family Bible:
#Ann Taylor (born 12 January 1685)
#Mary Taylor Pendleton Watkins (born 29 June 1688)
#Edmund Taylor (born 5 July 1690), married Sarah
#John Taylor 1696-1780, married Catherine Pendleton (the sister of Henry).
Sources: Taylor Family Bible records held by Virginia State Library, Richmond Virginia. Bible gives names, dates of marriages, births, and deaths - these are microfilm records showing original had written Bible Records. http://image.lva.virginia.gov/Bible/27558.pdf
James "The Elder" Taylor, of uncertain parentage, was born about 12 Feb 1634/35 in England. He died 30 Apr 1698 (aged 64) in King and Queen, Virginia, currently Caroline County, Virginia.
James "The Elder" Taylor was first of this Taylor line to settle in British Colonial America and was the ancestor of a long line of politicians and statesmen including:
:[[Pendleton-666|Edmund Pendleton]], Grandson; a Virginia politician, lawyer and judge, and member of the Virginia legislature before and during the War. Pendleton attended the First Continental Congress alongside George Washington and Patrick Henry as Virginia's delegates and he led the conventions wherein Virginia declared independence and adopted the U.S. Constitution.
: [[Penn-597|John Penn]], Great Grandson; an American Founding Father who served multiple terms in the Continental Congress, and who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a delegate of North Carolina.
:[[Madison-1|President James Madison]], 2nd great-grandson; 4th US President)
:[[Taylor-223|President Zachary Taylor]], 2nd great-grandson; 12th US President
James Taylor I married twice. We know this from the Taylor Bible Records. His first wife was the mother of James Taylor II. Her name is not given in these records or any other records (but is often listed with no sources as Frances Walker (1640-1680) whom he purportedly married about 1666 in New Kent County, Virginia. His second wife was Mary Gregory whom he married about 1682.
Known children of James Taylor I and his first wife which are named in the Taylor Family Bible include:
#James Taylor II, born 14 March 1675 married Martha Thompson;
#Sarah Taylor born 30 June 1676; married Robert Powell;
#Ann Taylor, born about 1671; married Edward Eastham, Jr.
#Mary Taylor born before 1680 married Henry Pendleton and Edward Watkins;
After his first wife passed away on 23 Sep 1680 (aged 39–40) in New Kent, Caroline, Virginia. James married his second wife, Mary Gregory on 10 Aug 1682 in New Kent, Caroline, Virginia. Mary was born February 1665 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, and died in 1747 in Bowling Green, Caroline, Virginia.
Although there may be more, four children of James Taylor I and Mary Gregory are listed in the Family Bible:
#Ann Taylor (born 12 January 1685)
#Mary Taylor Pendleton Watkins (born 29 June 1688)
#Edmund Taylor (born 5 July 1690), married Sarah
#John Taylor 1696-1780, married Catherine Pendleton (the sister of Henry).
Sources: Taylor Family Bible records held by Virginia State Library, Richmond Virginia. Bible gives names, dates of marriages, births, and deaths - these are microfilm records showing original had written Bible Records. http://image.lva.virginia.gov/Bible/27558.pdf
