**REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLOR.   XXXXX

**5 US PRESIDENTS, ONE FIRST LADY AND ONE HIGHLY KNOWN ACTRESS (the daughters of George Vineyard {Mary and Grizelda Vineyard)

Medric Troy Bell (Noe) descendent of KINGS AND QUEENS OF NORMANDY; ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; FRANCE; ITALY AND GERMANY

 

The genealogy below from Medric Troy Bell to William and Rossanna Keathly and to John and Margaret Bell is the work of The Tennessee - Keathley Family History 1622-1985  by Farrell Dee McCallister.

 

MEDRIC TROY BELL MARRIED JESSIE LUTHER NOE

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

 

MEDRIC TROY BELL'S Dad's side--THE BELL'S
1. John and Margaret Bell settled in the New River area of what is now Montgomery Co, VA in 1762 and had 8 children.
     2.  Robert Bell, b. 1759 (oldest child of John and Margaret Bell) married Keziah and had 6 children.
          (Robert was a Revolutionary War soldier, he was drafted a month or so after its onset, his
          Revolutionary War Records are in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.)
         3.  John Bell d. 1839/40 (oldest child of Robert and Keziah) married Mary Vineyard in Oct 1818
               (She is the daughter of George Vineyard (George was a Revolutionary War Soldier who filed for Survivor's Pension Application File1844 in the State of Virginia) and they had 10 children. John died shortly after the
               birth of his youngest child Cambell.
              4,  Cambell "Uncle Cam" Bell b. 1839 married first to Marinda (Mary) Farmer and they had 6
                   children, then married Isabelle Barnes b. 9/2/1860, d. 10/27/1925 of Mt Vernon, Ar and
                   had 12 children.
                   5.  Charles (Charley) Cambell Bell, b. 7/19/1889, d. 2/13/1965 (son of Cambell and based
                        on the fact Charles father was 50 years of age when he was born, I am assuming his
                        mother would be Isabelle Barnes and it is not known what number child he was),
                       Charles first married Atlanta Betrice Keathley b. 2/1/1889, d. 5/12/1925 (She is the
                       daughter of John Armstrong Keathley) and they had 9 children, he then married
                      A? Blue and they had no children.
                      6.  Medric Troy Bell b. 8/20/1918, 6th child of Charles and Atlanta

MEDRIC'S MOTHER SIDE-THE CAMPBELLS

 Her father is Charles Campbell, her grandfather is Campbell bell, through the Campbells of Scotland and direct decent of William I the conquer, King of England; King Henry I of England and Kings Robert I, II, and III of Scotland

MEDRIC'S MOTHER'S SIDE -  THE KEATHLY'S
1.  Henry Keathley b. 1793 (Spelled "KEATHLY" in the 1820 census) married Sarah b. 1797. and resided in White County, TN. They had 10   Children (Note: The Keathley clan came from England; however, it is not known which of Henry's forefathers or he himself came          from England)
  
     2,  William Keathley, b. 1830, d. 1905. Born and buried in White Co, TN. (The 1860 White County Census has him being born in Indiana and being 27 years of age--placing his birth year as 1833, however in the 1880 census, he and his mother and father are listed    as being Tennessee born and he was at the age of 53, which would place his year of birth at 1827. Although there are other               William Keathleys in White County, these two were listed with exactly same family members. He Married 1: Rosea A....?                      1837, married   2: Alie Mahala Swindle b. 1853 on 4/20/1867. William had 11 children. William and his older brother were Civil War soldiers and fought with the Co I and Co D of the 13th Calvary Brigade at Duncan's Field near Shiloh Church on April 6, 1862 and during this skirmish that William was almost fatally wounded after he got caught in a close place and made a run for it and hid behind a brick church building---which was hit by a 24-pound mortar shell---thereby knocking a brick loose and hitting him in the forehead. William, after the war was visiting a relative across the Caney Fork River from his home in White County, TN. During his visit, which would have been normal in that time, to have been a number of days of visiting events such as that only took place vary rarely, heavy rains up river took place---hence, swelling the rivers torrents. When he went to return home, the ferry operator was not home, which left William to wade the river with his horse. The relatives of William with whom he visited had assumed he had reached home and the relatives at home never knew he had left to return home, so, about three days later, his body was found down river, clutched to a log with a portion of his face eaten by turtles.
4.  James Armstrong Keathley b. 8/12/1861 d. 7/29/1927 (5th child of Willam Keathly and Rosea A
(?)) born in White County TN married Eleanor Ordelia Brown b. 2/30/1865, d. 7/20/1958and had 6
children (Eleanor was the daughter of George and Mary Brown) .
5. Atlanta Beatrice Keathley b. 12/1/1889, d. 5/12/1925, oldest child of James and Ordelia,
married Charles (Charley) Cambell Bell

MEDRIC TROY BELL'S MOTHER'S MOTHER GENEOLOGY: 

     - Captain Robert Lee Noe, b 1943,

             his Mother, Medric Troy Bell b. 8/20/1918 (Buried Woodville, Tx)

                                Jessie L (Luther) Noe b. 12/8/1914  Married 7/18/1936  (Buried Kerman, CA)

                                      Atlanta B Keathley b. 12/1/1889 d. 5/12/1925

                                     Charles Cam Bell b. 7/19/1889  

                                              Eleanor Ordelia Brown b. 9/30/1865 d. 7/20/1958

                                              James Armstrong Keathley b. 8/12/1861 d. 7/29/1927

                                                    Rose "Rosean" Ann "Rosanna" Sparkman Collier b. 1837

                                                    William Keathley b. 1830 d. 1905 (b and d in White Co, TN)

                                                           Eleanor   Comis Cummings b. 1794

                                                          Thomas Bryan Sparkman b. 1803                            

Here is where it becomes interesting regarding the parents of Eleanor Comis Cummings.

       Her father is Joseph Cummings, b. 1762 who is the son of Malachi Cummings b. 1744 and Verlinda Taylor b. abt 1784{1767} and  her Mother is Rosanna Collier b. 1765 who is the daughter of John Collier b. abt 1740{17Jan1740}  and  Grizelda  Taylor b. 1740/56.  Verlinda Taylor and Grizelda Taylor were sisters and daughters of James Taylor b. abt 1720{1715/1732}. Thus, Joseph Cummings and Rosanna Collier were first cousins.

                                      

                                                            Rosanna Collier (Colver) Seiler b.1765; her father John Collier

                                                           Jospeph Cummings b 1762  

                                               -The father of both Grizelda and Verlinda is James Taylor b. abt  

                                                           1720 {1715 also shown as 1732}

                                                      -His father Edmond Taylor, b. 5 Jul 1690 (See note 2 below)

                                                              -His father James Taylor, b. 12 Feb 1610/16/34.35, d. 30 Apr 1698

                                                                     married (1) Frances Walker (2) to Mary Bishop Gregory

                                                                             -His Parents: John Taylor I (b.1607) m. Elizabeth Taylor (b.1610)

                                                                                                                 - His Parents: Thomas Taylor II (b.1573) m. Margaret 

                                                                                                            Swinderby (b.1578)

                                                                                                                            -His Parents: Thomas Taylor I (b.1548) m. Elizabeth

                                                                                                                      Burwell (b.1552)

                                                                                                            -His Parents: Dr. Rowland Taylor (b.1510) m.

                                                                                                                                   Margaret Tyndale (b.1510)

                                                                                                                                                         -His Parents:  John Taylor (b.1478) m.

                                                                                                                                           Susan Rowland (b.1482)

 

RELATED TO FIVE US PRESIDENTS JAMES MADISON AND PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR THRU GRIZELDA TAYLOR

Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR, II (1572/73 England-1618 England) and Margaret S WINDERBY (1578 Denmark-1672 England) were the direct ancestors of 5 US p residents (Abraham LINCOLN, James MADISON, Zachary TAYLOR, William Henr y HARRISON, Benjamin HARRISON) and 1 actress (Elizabeth TAYLOR) and (Claudia Alta Taylor known as "Lady Bird" Johnson married to Lyndon B. Johnson, 6th President..

         John Taylor & Susan Rowland Taylor

                Dr. Rowland Taylor "Tayler"  (1510-1555) & Margaret Tyndale (b: 1510 d: 9 Feb 1555 )

                             Thomas Taylor I b: 19 Sep 1548 d: 1 Oct 1588 & Elizabeth Burwell b: 1552 d: 1576

                             Thomas Taylor (b1574-1618)

                              Margaret Swinderby (Their 3 sons and 1 Daughter listed below)

                1 Son:  Cpt John Taylor, Sr (1607-1652) -

                                 ->Abraham Lincoln (1809-  1865 16th President)

              -                  >First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird} she 

                                       married to Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the

                                      36th  President

              2 Son: James Taylor (b.1610 d. 1698) ->

                                 ->Zachary Taylor b. 1784 (12TH   US President

                                 ->James Madison (1751-1856) 4th US President

                                 ->You)

             3  Dau: Anna TAYLOR (1611-1657)->

                                 ->William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841) 9th President                       

                                -> Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901) (23rd President)

4. 4/ Son: James TAYLOR (1635-1698)->

                                      -> Elizabeth TAYLOR (1932-2011) ACTRESS

 

   1,  JOHN TAYLOR (1607-1652) (thru son’s Thomas 1628 & James 1633)

        Elizabeth Jones

                        A.  Thomas Taylor (1628-1687) (Geni Tree: his father is

                              Mary or Margaret

                                 Thomas Taylor (1657-1712)

                                 Elizabeth Hardwood

                                         Dorthy Taylor (1681-1754)

                                         William E. Lee

                                                 Nancy Lee (1728-1808)

                                                 *Joseph Hanks DNA Match to Nancy Hanks, grandparent See 3 below

                                                       UNKNOWN   *James Hanks (1760-1793) *See 2 below

                                           UNKNOWN Mary Shipley   Highly suspected: Lucy Hanks Sparrow *See 1 below

                                                            *Nancy Hanks (1784-1818)

                                                             Thomas Lincoln

                                                                     Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

*1. There is long standing controversy regarding  Nancy Hanks Lincoln 's heritage.. A recent mitochondrial DNA test of descendants of daughters of Joseph Hanks, daughters of Lucy Hanks Sparrow, and two Shipley sisters show a match between Hanks and Sparrow and no match to the Shipleys, making it very likely Nancy Hanks is the illegitimate daughter of Lucy Hanks.[4] Information from the Shipley and Berry families, as well as some historical sites, claim that Nancy 's mother was Lucy or Lucey Shipley, sister to Rachel Shipley Berry . Nancy 's father may have been James Hanks  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hanks_Lincoln_heritage

*2. Historians generally believe that Nancy Hanks was the illegitimate daughter of Lucy Hanks, born into the Joseph Hanks family and married into the Sparrow family.[2][3] There is no generally accepted theory about who Nancy 's father may have been.  

 

*3 based on 1 and 2 above, it is concluded Nancy Hanks is indeed a direct descent of Joseph Hanks through his Son James or his daughter Lucy, regardless, the mitochondria DNA tests confirms Joesph is her grandfather.     

     

                       B. Col. James Taylor, 1633-1698

                           Mary Bishop Taylor, 1665-1698

                                John Taylor 1696-1780

                               Catherine Taylor 1699-1744

                                      Lt Col. William Taylor 1737-1803 (Rev War)

                                     Elizabeth Anderson 1763-1774

                                          William L. Lancaster Taylor III 1815-1864

                                          Sarah A. Taylor 1817-1878

                                               Thomas Jefferson Taylor I 1846-1874

                                                    Emma Louisa Bates 1884-1924

                                                         Thomas Jefferson Taylor II 1874-1960

                                                         Mary Minnie Lee Pattillo 1874-1918

                                                            First Lady Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson 1912-2007

                                                             Lyndon B. Johnson 1908-1937, 36th US President                   

                                    

                                   

 

2.  JAMES TAYLOR (b.1610/15/16/18 &35 d. 1698) (Thru Son's: Edmund 1633; James 1674; Dau Frances 1700;

            Mary Bishop Gregory (1st wife)

                      A. Edmund Taylor Sr (1640)

                           Sara Booking                                         

                              James Taylor (1710-1805)                                   

                               Eleanor Smith (1737-1830)                

                                   1. *Verlinda Taylor b.1746-1784    *(sister to Grizelda)                                    

                                        Malachi Cummings

                                   2. *Grizelda (Greselda) Taylor b. 1756-1846   *(Sister to Verlinda) 

                                         John Collier Seilers (1740-1836                 

                                             Rosanna Collier (Collyer) Seilers b. 1765 dau of Grizelda/John Collier

                                             Joseph Cummings b.1762-1853  son of Verlinda/Malachi Cummings

                                                    Rosanna Collier (Collyer) Seilers b. 1765 

                                                            Elenor Cummings b. 1794

                                                            Thomas Bryan Sparkman b. 1803                            

                                                                    Rose “Rosean” Ann  “Rosanna” Sparkman Collier b. 1837

                                                                    William Keathley b. 1840

                                                                            James Armstrong Keathley b. 1861

                                                                                     Eleanor Ordelia Brown b. 9/30/1865

                                                                                           Atlanta Keathley b, 12.1.1889

                                                                                           Charley Campbell Bell b. 7/19/1889

                                                                                                   Medric Troy Bell b. 8/20/1918

                                                                                                  Jessie Luther  “Luther Jess” Noe  b. 1914

                                                                                                         Robert L. Noe b.1943

          Frances Walker (2nd wife)        

                 B.  James Taylor (1674/75) )                                   

                       Martha Thompson  (1679-1762)

                              Zachary Taylor (1707)

                              Elizabeth Lee          

                                    Richard Taylor (1774)

                                    Sara Dabney Strother      

                                           Zachary Taylor b. 1784  (12TH   US President and the 1st  President born in US)

 

                C. Frances Taylor (b1700-1761)

                       Ambrose Madison (1696-1732)

                        James Madison (1723-1901)

                               Nelly R. Conway Madison (1731-1829)

                              James Madison (1751-1856) 4th US President   

                               Dorthy Paine/Payne (1768)

                                               (James Madison and George Washington are the only 2 presidents to sign     

                                                 the constitution, a personal friend of Thomas Jefferson, worked on the Bill of

                                                Rights & related to both Zachary Taylor and George Washington. James      

                                               Madison, 4th President is George Washington's nephew's wife's sister's

                                               husband. George Washington's brother, Samual Washington's son, George

                                               Steptor Washington married Lucy Payne, a sister of Dolly Madison.

 

3. ANNA TAYLOR (1611-1657)

     Miles CARY ( 1621-)

           Bridgett CARY (1652-1670).

           William BASSETT

                   William BASSETT III (1671-1723)

                   Jo Anna BURWELL

                           William BASSETT, IV (1709-1792)

                            Elizabeth CHURCHILL

                                  Elizabeth BASSETT (1730-1792

                                  Benjamin HAR RISON, V

                                          William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841) 9th President

                                           Anna Tuthill Symmes 

                                                  John Scott HARRISON ( 1804-1878)

                                                  Elizabeth RAMSEY

                                                          Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901) (23rd US President)

 

4.  JAMESs TAYLOR (1635-1698)

     Mary GREGORY

            Joseph T AYLOR (1741/2-1815)

            Francis ANDERSON

                   John Powell TAYLOR (1696-1780)

                   Catherine PENDLETON

                           Joseph TAYLOR (1741/2-1815)

                           Francis ANDERSON

                                  Lewis T AYLOR (1780-1874)

                                  Rachel BAKER

                                         Peter TAYLOR (1 829-1921)

                                         Margaret Jane PERIGO

                                                 Francis Marion TAYLOR

                                                 Elizabeth ROSEMOND

                                                        Francis Lenn TAYLOR (1897-1968)

                                                       Sarah Viola WARMBRODT

                                                       Elizabeth TAYLOR (1932-2011) ACTRESS

 

 

 

                                                              Relationship to Grizelda and Verlinda:

Note 1:  Grizelda & Verlinda's Father: JAMES TAYLOR b abt 1715 (also noted as 1732 elsewhere)

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Birth Abt 1715 New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Died 1805 Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Person ID I75659 4-22-08
Last Modified 23 Apr 2008

Father Edmund Taylor, Sr., Capt., b. 5 Jul 1690, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Between 1725 and Jun 1726, King William Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Mother Sarah , Brooking, b. Abt 1695
Married Bef 1710 King & Queen Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F31641 Group Sheet

Family 1 Ann Muse, b. Abt 1689
Family ID F31645 Group Sheet

Family 2 Martisha (Mortisha) Major, b. 1715, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 1733

From other records shows This James Taylor b: 1732, the same James Taylor reflected as being born 1715; both are shown as being the son of Edmund Taylor b: 5 JUL 1690; All other details are the same, including date of death and records reflect that Edmund Taylor b: 5 JUL 1990 had only one son named James Taylor.  however the records from the Mary Gregory's family (Mary Bishop Gregory was married to James Taylor b: 12FEB1610/1616/1634/35) shows he was married to Elenor Smith, b. 15 Oct 1737 in Prince George Co.. Maryland in 1755 in Kent Co, VA. and had the following children:  

It is with Elenor Smith that James had the following children:

Grizelda "Grizzle" Taylor b. 1756 in Belle Haven, Culpepper, Co, VA, (the records notes her last name was "Collins")

Mary Taylor b. 1762

Ellenor Taylor b. 1764

Verlinda Taylor b. 1767 (the will notes her last name was Cummings)

Jeremia Taylor b. 1770

David Taylor b. 1775

Mildred Taylor b. 1777

James Taylor Jr. b. Jan 1782.

Note 2:  Grizelda's Grandfather:

 

JOHN TAYLOR'S LAST WILL AND TESTMENT: Click--> LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

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Note 2:  Grizelda & Verlinda's Grand Father: Captain Edmund Taylor Sr. b. 5 Jul 1690

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EDMUND TAYLOR SR. 

Suffix Sr., Capt.
Birth 5 Jul 1690 New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Died Between 1725 and Jun 1726 King
  • Suffix Sr., Capt.
    Birth 5 Jul 1690 New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male
    Died Between 1725 and Jun 1726 King William Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes
    • Several sources state that Edmund was a member of Gov. Spotwood's expediton over the mountains in 1716
    • Edmund made a gift deed of 230 acres to Lenard Tarrant of St. Anne's Parish
    • Some time before Nov 1719, Edmund settled in St. John's Parish in adjacent King William County. This is additional proof that his father died in King & Queen County. Edmund remained in this lower county while his brothers vetured northwest.

Father James I. Taylor, Col., b. 12 Feb 1634/35, Earl Hare, Carlisle, County Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 30 Apr 1698, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Mother Mary Bishop Gregory, b. Abt 1665, Old Rappahanock Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1747, Bowling Green, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Married 10 Aug 1682 Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F09478 Group Sheet

Family 1 Living
Children
1. James Taylor, b. Abt 1710, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1805, Patrick Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Family ID F31647 Group Sheet

Family 2 Sarah UNKNOWN, Brooking??, b. Abt 1695
Married Bef 1710 King & Queen Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
Children
1. William Taylor, b. Abt 1713
2. Francis Taylor, b. 26 Jun 1716, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 5 Jun 1792, Flavannah Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
3. James Taylor, b. Abt 1715, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1805, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
4. John Taylor, b. Abt 1719, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1763, Hanover Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
> 5. Edmund (II) Taylor, b. Abt 1725, Essex, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Aft 1769
6. Richard Taylor, b. Abt 1725, King William Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1779, Rapidan, Culpeper Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location

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Note 3: Grizelda & Verlinda's Great Grandfather: 

JAMES TAYLOR b. 1934/35 died 30 April 1698 (shown elsewhere as also being born 1610/1616)

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suffix Col.
Birth 12 Feb 1634/35 Earl Hare, Carlisle, County Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
Gender Male
Died 30 Apr 1698 Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
  •  
  • Ancestors of Presidents Madisonm, Taylor, Tyler, Harrison and Sarah Knox Taylor (Mrs. Jefferson) Davis.
  •  
  • A ring seal of his family was brought to the colonies by James and is still held by present members of the family. The seal bears the crest and Taylor Arms bestowed by the king when a Taylor Knight slew a large wild boar while on a hunt with the king. The crest has an uplifted hand with the motto " Consequitur quod cumque petit" ( He obtains whatever he seeks)

    The James Taylor known in history as James Taylor 1st was son of immigrant John Taylor and nephew of the above Dr. James Taylor. He was b in England 1635 and was transported to America under the Head-right System by John Rosier of Northumberland Co., Va., 7 February 1650. He was well educated, an able lawyer, surveyor, vestryman of the church, and a member of the ‘40's,' a group of trustworthy men chosen to defend the Colony against Indians. Each man was levied a tax in arms and provisions. The record of this assignment is in the Parish Register of Northumberland Co., Virginia, 1676, listed by Melnor Ljungstead in early court records and
    notes.
    "James Taylor I was a large landowner and he was a prominent citizen in the colony. He was a lawyer and public official and served as a member of the House of Burgesses. He was sheriff of New Kent County in 1690 and vestryman of Saint George's Parish. He was married, first, about 1666 in Virginia to Frances Walker who died September 23, 1680. He moved to Orange Co., Virginia, and belonged to Saint Stephen's Parish in New Kent County and also in King and Queen County..."
    "James Taylor I was married, second, to Mary Gregory August 12, 1682. She was born about 1665 and died about 1747. She was a sister of John Gregory, Jr., and they were from Essex Co., Virginia. Her father was John Gregory and her mother was Elizabeth Bishop of Sittenbourne Parish, Rappahannock Co., Virginia..."
    10/21/1687 744 acres Rappahanock County!Virginia Land Patents Book 7 page 625: South side of the Rappahanock River, 480 acres granted to Mr. Henry Abery, who sold to Mr. Robert Bishopp, who bequeathed to John Gregory, who gave to his sister Mary, now wife of said James Taylor; said land in danger of being lost was petitioned for by said Taylor the 1st day of the last Genrll. Court -04/15/1687 & granted by the Gov'r; beg. by the Indian Path alias Mr. Abrey's path, to fork of Gregory's Creek, on Richard Gregory's lyne, in sight of John Gatewood's plantation, to the Rowleing Roade. 246 acres for the transport of 5 persons: James Taylor, Hanna Martin, Robert Jones, Ursula Collis, Hanna Collier.

    !From Web site: http://members.aol.com/bromnichol/taylor.htm
    JAMES TAYLOR, immigrant, born 1616 at the ancestral home, "Pennington," about twenty miles from Carlisle, England, came to America and Virginia in 1635. He settled on Chesapeake Bay between the York (James) and North Rivers. He married first, about 1666, in Virginia, Frances Walker who died in 1680. He married secondly August 10, 1682, MARY GREGORY who died after 1696. James Taylor I died in New Kent, September 10, 1698. James Taylor I served as a member of the House of Burgesses in 1702 from King and Queen Co., Sheriff of New Kent County 1690, and was a vestryman of St. George's Parish. He was an extensive land owner and was prominent in the colony. James Taylor I fathered nine children by his two wives
  • (Note: The two James Taylor's discussed above are the one and same; with different dates of birth and dates when he came to Virginia.)
    Family 1 Francis Walker, b. 1640, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 22 Sep 1680, Essex, Old Rappahannock Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married Abt 1666 Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children
    1. James (twin) Taylor, b. 27 Dec 1668, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 29 Dec 1668, Died In Infancy Find all individuals with events at this location
    2. Jane (twin) Taylor, b. 27 Dec 1668, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    3. Martha Taylor, b. 14 Mar 1669/70, d. 1671
    > 4. James Taylor, b. 14 Mar 1673/74, Accomack Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 23 Jun 1729, Hare Forrest, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    > 5. Sarah Taylor, b. 30 Jun 1676, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Between 1745 and 1750, Essex Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F05583 Group Sheet

    Family 2 Mary Bishop Gregory, b. Abt 1665, Old Rappahanock Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1747, Bowling Green, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married 10 Aug 1682 Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children
    > 1. Ann(e) (twin) Taylor, b. 12 Jan 1685, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Abt 1731, St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    > 2. Mary Bishop Taylor, b. 29 Jun 1688, Caroline Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 10 Jun 1770, Culpeper Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    > 3. Edmund Taylor, Sr., Capt., b. 5 Jul 1690, New Kent Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. Between 1725 and Jun 1726, King William Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
    4. Elizabeth Taylor, b. 10 Jun 1694
    > 5. John Taylor, b. 18 Nov 1696, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 22 Mar 1780, Granville, Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ALSO These records

    Name Col. James TAYLOR, Sr.
    Title Col.
    Suffix Sr.
    Gender Male
    Died 30 Apr 1698 King & Queen County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death 10 Sep 1698 New Kent County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Cemetery Hare Forest Cemetery, Caroline County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Fact 1 2nd great-grandfather of Presidents James MADISON and Zachary TAYLOR/ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Fact 2 3rd great grandaughter of Sarah Knox TAYLOR, first wife of Jefferson Finis DAVIS, President of the Confederacy/ Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes
    • (1) According to Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, pp. 16, 33, James TAYLOR, Sr. is "said to be from Carlisle, England."

      (2) The compiler has found no documentation proving that James TAYLOR, Sr. was, in fact, from Carlisle, Cumberland, England.

      (3) The following message was posted by "JohnRoe51" to the Cumberland, England Message Board on Ancestry.com on October 28, 2000, and was revised on June 9, 2002:

      According to a Taylor book called "From Log Cabins to the White House", by Mary Taylor Brewer (1985) my ancestor, James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., Virginia (USA), in 1698 was descended from the Taylors "of Pennington Castle" near Carlisle, Cumberland Co., England. His grandparents were alleged to be Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderly and his parents were alleged to be John Taylor (b. 1607) and his wife Elizabeth __?__. The alleged children of Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderly were all listed with exact birth (or baptism) dates suggesting that there is a parish register or bible record somewhere in the Cumberland Co., England area from which these exact dates were abstracted.

      I have researched this allegation. Here is what I believe can be documented. A John Taylor with wife Elizabeth __?__ died in Lancaster Co., VA (not PA), in 1651. He seems to be the John Taylor who was born in 1607 in England. He had a brother, James Taylor (b. 12 Feb. 1609/10) who appears to be the James Taylor, surgeon, who married Elizabeth Underwood and died in Surry Co., VA, in 1655. [He had an affair with his servant, Ursula Kettle, in 1651 which produced a bastard son, James Taylor, who was born in 1652 in Surry Co., VA. He also apparently mistreated his wife physically (and emotionally) who sued him for legal separation in 1653-1654.]

      I have come up with absolutely no documentation to suggest the possibility that my James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, was descended from, or in any way connected with, either the John Taylor who died in Lancaster Co., VA, in 1651 or the James Taylor who died in Surry Co., VA, in 1655. I frankly do not believe the allegation of a connection.

      Here is what I have been able to learn of Pennington Castle. Apparently the Penningtons lived in a castle in Cumberland Co., England, in the 11th-12th Century timeframe. The castle apparently was abandoned then and fell into ruin. They then took up home in some other castle, which name is escaping me now. I know of no proven connection between the Taylor family of England or Virginia and the Pennington family of England or Virginia (if there was a Pennington family in VA).

      I think the whole Pennington situation can be traced to somebody's misinterpretation of English heraldry records. There is a ring which has been handed down several generation in a branch of the Taylor family who directly descends from James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, in 1698. The family rumor is that this James Taylor owned the ring and wore it (or it was a seal ring). The unique thing about the ring is that it had a Taylor Crest and Motto on it. The Crest was a naked right arm, bent at the elbow, with the hand holding an arrow. The Motto was "Consequitur Quodcunque Petit". The only English heraldry record I can find of this Crest and Motto was the line of the Headfort Taylors of Ireland who received a grant of a Coat of Arm in 1704 with this Crest and Motto. Lineage is provided back from this Taylor to a Thomas Taylor of Ringmer, Sussex Co., England (1559-1629), but no indication that this Coat of Arms, Crest or Motto was used in the family prior to the 1704 grant. Even assuming that it was used as far back as Thomas Taylor of Ringmer, there is no evidence connecting this Taylor family to either Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderly or to James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, in 1698.

      This is only the beginning of the story of the Pennington confusion. In 1826, a Pringle Taylor of the House of Pennington, Southampton, Hampshire Co., England, received a Coat of Arms with a Crest which was very similar to the Headfort Taylor Coat of Arms and Crest, but with significant distinctions. The arm in the Crest was in armour, not naked, and the hand was in a gauntlet and was holding a javelin, not an arrow. The Motto for Pringle Taylor was identical to the Headfort Taylor Motto. From what I have been able to learn of English heraldry, it is very dangerous to assume that because the Pringle Taylor Coat of Arms and the Heatfort Taylor Coat of Arms had similarities (with significant distinctions) that the two Taylor lines were related. There is no other known evidence I have found to prove that the Headfort Taylors and Pringle Taylor are related. More importantly, there is no evidence to establish that Pringle Taylor had a genealogical connection with the Taylors of Cumberland Co., England.

      But, what about the James Taylor ring with the Crest and Motto? My working assumption is that a descendant of James Taylor, probably in the late 18th Century or early 19th Century, looked up the Taylor Coat of Arms, Crest and Motto in a heraldry index book and found the Headfort Taylor information. They adopted this Crest and Motto as their own and had the ring manufactured, without any genealogical information to prove that their Taylor line linked with the Headfort Taylor line. The story grew from there, much the same as a story grows during the game of "pass the secret around a circle" to where the ring was existing in the late 1600s and worn by James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, in 1698 and/or used by him as a seal ring. [I doubt this ring was ever used as a seal ring because the Crest and Motto are correctly oriented on the ring as you look at it which would not produce a correct impression in wax for a seal]. Then somebody else found the Pringle Taylor heraldry which seemed close enought to the Headfort Taylor heraldry and assumed (incorrectly) a connection. Then somebody assumed (incorrectly) that Pennington House, Southampton, Hampshire Co., England, was really Pennington Castle near Carlisle, Cumberland Co., England. Then somebody found some parish register in or near Carlisle Co., England with the children of Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderly and "presto" all these Taylors were descended from a common ancestor. Then, since there was nobody else who could be established to be the father of James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA in 1698, he must have been a son of one of the children of Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderly since two of the children (John & James) seem to have been immigrants to VA during the right timeframe to be James Taylor's father. I admit I can't prove that my working assumption is any more correct (or incorrect) than the other unproven assumptons made by earlier researchers which led to the genealogy reported in "From Log Cabins to the White House" and some other accounts of the James Taylor family.

      My research of James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, in 1698 shows that he first appears in New Kent Co., VA, the parent county of King & Queen Co., VA, in 1675. There is a James Taylor who was listed as a headright of a Leonard Chamberlain who received a land patent in New Kent Co., VA, in 1671. It is quite possible that James Taylor who died in King & Queen Co., VA, in 1698 was imported to VA from England shortly before 1671. There is a 1686 land patent to James Taylor in New Kent Co., VA, which mentions that part of the patented land was granted to him in 1675 by Thomas Reinolds (sic). There are no associates of this James Taylor in New Kent Co., VA, or King & Queen Co., VA, which connect with the Taylors of Lancaster Co., VA, or Surry Co., VA who died in 1650s.

      (4) Hardy, Stella Pickett, Colonial Families of the Southern States of America, Baltimore, MD: Southern Book Co., 1958, p. 506:

      JAMES TAYLOR, of Caroline Co., Va., b. 1615, near Carlisle, England; d. 1698, in Virginia; came to the Colony in 1635 and settled in Caroline Co. [Note by compiler: Caroline County was not created until 1 February 1727.] Carlisle, from whence he came, was but 20 miles from Pennington, the old ancestral home, and where his forefathers were buried. Several of the English Taylor's married with the Chichester and Culpepper families of England, who also came to Virginia about the same time. He m. (first) Frances _____; (second) Mary Gregory. Issue by first marriage: . . .

      [i] James, b. 1668; d. in infancy. . . .

      [ii] JAMES, b. 1670. . . .

      [iii] Jane, b. 1674; untraced. . . .

      [iv] Sarah, b. 1676; untraced. . . .

      Issue by second marriage: . . .

      [v] Ann (twin), b. 1684; untraced. . . .

      [vi] Elizabeth (twin), b. 1684; untraced. . . .

      [vii] Mary, b. 1686; d. in infancy. . . .

      [ix] Mary B, b. 1688; d. 1770; m. (first) 1701, Henry Pendleton, b. 1683; d. 1721; son of Philip and Isabella (Hart) Pendleton; (second) Edward Watkins, and had issue. . . .

      [ix] Edmund, b. 1690; untraced. . . .

      [x] John, b. 1692; d. in infancy. . . .

      [xi] JOHN, b. 1696.

      (5) "Ancestry of Pres. Zachary Taylor," J.H. Garner Genealogy Database <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/a/r/J-H-Garner/>.

      James Taylor; born 1615 "Pennington", Carlisle, England . . . ; married Frances Walker . . . circa 1666 Virginia; died 10 Sep 1698 New Kent Co, Virginia. . . .

      Children of James Taylor and Frances Walker . . . were: . . .

      i. James Taylor II.

      (6) Walker, Mrs. Olive Todd, "Taylor-Chew-Downs-Brewster Families," Historical Southern Families, Vol. VII [Reprint], Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1995, pp. 199-201:

      An ancient legend carries the Taliaferro (Taillefer) family back to Julius Caesar and his campaign in Gaul. The tradition is that Caesar while inspecting his camp at twilight was surrounded by Gallic warriors bent upon taking his life. Admiration for Caesar's bravery caused the leader of the band to spare his life. In the course of the campaign Caesar's captors became his captives. Caesar, recognizing the man who had spared his life, rewarded him by making him his attendant and permitting him to bear arms - a privilege not allowed to any but Roman soldiers, and thus the name Taliaferro originated from the Latin "telum," a dart, and "ferro," to bear.

      A branch of this family wandered to Normandy, thence to England with William the Conqueror. A member of the family, Baron Taliaferro (or Taillefer) fought with the Conqueror and became known to history as "the Hero of Hastings." After William the Conqueror won the English throne he made large grants of land to Baron Taillefer in County Kent, and the Baron and his descendants who possessed these lands were known as the Earls of Pennington. In England in this branch of the family the name became Taillefer, Taylefer and finally Taylor.

      James Taylor I, immigrant, born 1615/16, at the ancestral home, "Pennington," about twenty miles from Carlisle, England, came to America and Virginia in 1635. He settled on Chesapeake Bay between the York (James) and North Rivers. He married first, about 1666, in Va, Frances Walker, who died 1680; married secondly, Aug 10 1682, Mary Gregory, who died after 1696. James Taylor I died in New Kent, Sept 10 1698. James Taylor I served as a member of the House of Burgesses in 1702[?] from King and Queen County; Sheriff of New Kent Co, 1690, and was vestryman of St. George's Parish. He was an extensive land owner and was prominent in the colony.

      A seal ring which had belonged to James Taylor I and which bore the crest and seal of the Taylor Arms has been handed down to the present generation. With this seal ring has also descended a legend to the effect that on a certain occasion when the King of England was enjoying a chase in one of his royal forests, a wild boar, hard driven, turned upon the royal huntsman, whereupon there sprang to his defense one of the knights who slew the boar. The King out of gratitude gave the knight a crest, the distinguishing mark of which was an uplifted hand, accompanied by the motto: "Consequitur quod cumque petit." ("He Obtains Whatever He Seeks.")

      James Taylor I was the father of nine chn, as follows:

      Issue 1st marriage:

      1. Jane Taylor b Dec 27 1668

      2. Martha Taylor b 1670

      3. James, II, Taylor b Mar 14 1674 . . .

      4. Sarah Taylor b June 30 1676 m _____ Powell

      Issue 2nd marriage:

      5. Anne Taylor b Jan 12 1685

      6. Mary Taylor b and d 1686

      7. Mary Taylor b June 29 1688 d 1770; m 1. Henry, son of Philip Pendleton; parents of the eminent Edmund Pendleton of Caroline County.

      9. Edmund Taylor b July 5 1790, went to N C.

      10. John Taylor b Nov 10 1696, m Catherine, sister of Henry Pendleton; they were parents of the illustrious John Taylor of Caroline Co.

      (Contrary to Taylor Bible, Kennedy's "Seldens of Va and Allied Families" does not list Martha Taylor, b 1670, but accredits James Taylor I and 2nd wife, Mary Gregory, with 9th and 10th children: Powell, b 1692, and Elizabeth b 1694, respectively.)

      (7) www.findagrave.com:

      James Taylor
      Birth: Feb. 12, 1635, England
      Death: Sep. 22, 1698, Bowling Green (Caroline County), Caroline County, Virginia, USA

      Grandson of Thomas Taylor, II & Margaret Swinderby Taylor

      Son of John Taylor & Elizabeth Horton Taylor.

      Husband of Elizabeth Underwood Taylor (married 1654)
      Children:
      Elizabeth Taylor

      Also Husband of Frances Taylor (married 1666)
      Children:
      James Taylor
      Jane Taylor
      Martha Taylor
      Ann Taylor
      Pocomoke William Taylor
      James Taylor
      Sarah Taylor Powell
      Lyshia Taylor

      Also Husband of Mary Gregory Taylor (married August 02, 1682)
      Children:
      Ann Taylor
      Elizabeth Taylor
      John Taylor
      Mary Bishop Taylor Pendelton
      Edmund Taylor
      James Taylor
      John Powell Taylor

      Family links: Parents: John Taylor (1607 - 1652), Elizabeth Horton Taylor (1610 - 1659); Children: James Taylor (1675 - 1729), Ann Taylor Lea (1684 - 1731), Edmund Taylor (1690 - 1755)

      Burial: Hare Forest Cemetery, Caroline County, Virginia, USA

      Created by: Moochie
      Record added: Mar 21, 2007
      Find A Grave Memorial# 18538665
    Person ID I18097 Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 23 Apr 2013

    Family 1 Mary GREGORY, b. 1665, Rappahannock County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 1747, Caroline County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married 10 Aug 1682 Caroline County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F8169 Group Sheet

    Family 2 Frances WALKER, b. 1640, Accomack County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 23 Sep 1680, Probably New Kenty County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married 1666 New Kenty County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married Abt 1666 VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Children
    1. James TAYLOR, Jr., b. 14 Mar 1675, Probably New Kent [now King & Queen] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location, d. 23 Jun 1729, Probably Spotsylvania [now Orange] County, VA Find all individuals with events at this location

     

     

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    THE BELL FAMILY

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    John and Margaret Bell and their family moved to the New River about 1762, and settled on the east side near the mouth of Little River. John Bell purchased 65 acres from Reuben Ratcliff in 1771, the same tract that had been granted to John Miller in 1753. John Bell appears on the tithable list of William Ingles in 1770. In 1774 he added by survey, a tract of land on the east side of the New River, containing 74 acres. This land was granted to Robert Bell in 1794 (Summers, Annals, p. 545; Kegley, Tithables, p.3; Fincastle County surveys; Loyal Land Company records).

    Bell appears as a member of Skaggs' Company in 1774, and in Trigg's Company in 1777 (Kegley, Soldiers; Kegley, Militia). In the summer of 1774 many families left New River because of Indian troubles; others were forted at Bell's Meadows and although the exact location is not given, it appears likely that this was at John Bell's home. The families mentioned by name who forted there included Ninian, Cloyd, Smith and Crouch, who were members of the community on the west side of the New River (Preston Papers, Draper Mss., 3QQ54).

    The date of the death of John Bell is not known, and no will or settlement has been found, but in 1816 his heirs are listed in a deed in Montgomery County (Book F, p. 225). These heirs sold the 65 acres on Little River and an additional survey made for John Bell in 1790, granted in 1797 and containing 122 acres. The lands were sold to Martin Elliott with the dower reserved for the widow, Margaret Bell. The heirs named were Robert Bell and his wife Keziah, John Bell and his wife, Lucy (married 1786, the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Pate); William Bell and Polly, his wife; Curtis Elliott and Betsy, his wife; Abijah Whitt and Sally, his wife; Daniel Pate and Jane, his wife (married 1799); William Searles and wife, Nancy (married 1796, name given as Sarles); Pleasant Hurt and his wife Polly (Montgomery County Marriage Records).

    Robert Bell, Sr. (1759-1841) was a long-time resident of Little River community, having moved to the area when he was about three years of age (Rev. War pension record S8065, National Archives). The records show that he was the son of John Bell, Sr. and his wife, Margaret, who lived in the same community. They were one of the few families who appeared to have remained in the settlement during the summer of 1774 (See John Bell sketch above).

    Robert Bell was drafted to serve in the Revolutionary War about one month after it began. He served one month under Aaron Skaggs. He marched to Bluestone where he was stationed to guard Mares' and McGuire's stations against inroads of Indians. There was no regular encounter with the Indians, but they had to drive them off and repel them frequently. About three months after this service he was called to guard the same stations again, and served another month. He served under Colonel William Preston with Mace Tacey as his sergeant. The third tour was under Captain Burnes, which time he served about one month.

    He marched against the Tories at Buffalo Pond and from there to Collins (?Carrons's) stone mill in Wythe County (at that time Fincastle) and from the mill to the Lead Mines. He was drafted a fourth time, and served under Abram Trigg who was the captain and marched to the Mulberry fields on the "Big Adkin" [Yadkin] and from there to Shallow Ford, down the Yadkin where they had a battle with the Tories. He helped carry the wounded from Shallow Ford to the Moravian Towns, where he left them under the care of physicians. Joseph Cloyd was the major and William Preston the colonel. This last time he served about a month and a half. Preston himself was present on this tour (S8065 Rev. War Pension).

    For this service he was allowed a pension of $20 per annum beginning March 4, 1831. A notation on the records stated he was paid under the Act of 6 April, 1838 from Sept. 4, 1839 to Sept. 4, 1840. Notification to discontinue the pension was given July 21, 1841 which was probably about the time of Robert Bell's death.

    In 1783 Robert Bell's lands were surveyed and he appears as owner of 264 acres opposite Dunkard Bottom, and 50 acres on Little River (Montgomery County Survey). In 1788 Thompson Farmer sold him 50 acres near Little River and the New River which were "to include the salt peter cave." He also obtained a grant for 340 acres. Robert Bell, Sr. and his wife, Keziah, sold 130 acres part of this grant to Jeremiah Bell in 1810. In 1814 they sold 100 acres to John Bell, who also received Jeremiah's land in 1816. In 1826 Robert Bell, Jr. received 130 acres and in 1828 William Bell received 100 acres. In 1836 the 10 acres where Robert Bell, Sr. lived was sold to John Bell with the reservation that all land cleared and all in cultivation be reserved for his natural lifetime. William Bell and his wife, Nancy Vineyard (married 1820), were settled in Callaway County, Missouri and sold their land to John Bell (Montgomery County surveys; Montgomery County Deed Books D, p. 705; E, p. 468; F, p. 214; K, p. 178; M, pp.132, 68, 69).

    Although there is no relationship stated in these deeds, it appears that Robert Bell, Sr. was dividing his estate among his sons Jeremiah, John, Robert, Jr., and William. Because all of Robert's property was disposed of before his death, he left no will and there was no inventory of his estate.

    Marriage records of Montgomery County show that Jeremiah Bell, son of Robert Bell, married Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Asa Hall in 1807. John Bell, son of Robert Bell, married Polly Vineyard, daughter of George Vineyard in 1818. Robert Bell, Jr. married Sarah Vineyard, another daughter of George Vineyard in 1820. William Bell married Nancy Vineyard with Robert Bell and George Vineyard as securities. Nancy may have been another daughter of George Vineyard. Marriage records show that at least two daughters of Robert Bell were married in Montgomery County. These were Margaret who married Jonathan Hall in 1800 and Patsy Bell who married William Farmer in 1812. There may have been other children not mentioned.

    The Bell family graveyard on a ridge south of Dunkard Bottom is the last resting place for Robert Bell, Sr. who died in 1841, and his wife Keziah, who died in 1836, age 85. George Bell, born 1820, died 1844, and Martha Bell, wife of George Bell who died about 1855 age 40 are also buried there. John Bell who died in 1839 at age 50 is in the same cemetery.

    Jeremiah Bell died about 1831, and his estate was appraised in July of that year (Montgomery County Will Book 5, p. 59). Among the many interesting items listed in the Jeremiah Bell estate were the following: cupboard and cupboard ware, 6 tin cups, 4˝ dozen fish hooks and some lines, candlestick and "moles," stone jugs, and spice mortar, table, trunk, bedsteads and furniture, one with curtains, a figured "counterpin," one pair of cotton cards, one bed quilt, one little bedstead and furniture, 3 books, a water pail, 7 old chairs, augers, gimblet, knives, saddle and bridle, man's saddle, flax wheel, 4 reels, 5 pairs gears, one loom, shuttle and temples, one big wheel, and 21 spools, one reel and spolling frame, a table and bread tray, a water can, a tin bucket, kitchen cupboard, 2 pots, one oven with lid, a smoothing iron, fire shovel and pot hooks, 6 crocks and a churn, a washing tub and barrel, 3 reap hooks, hoes, wedges, axes, plows, "scythers," cradle, 12 hogs, one horse, 16 sheep, 5 pigs, 2 milk cows and calves, 2 young heifers, one "canoo," lead, powder, and a trumpet.

    John Bell, son of Robert, Sr., remained in the Little River community and died there about 1839. He left no will but his widow, Mary or Polly, is mentioned in Pulaski County deeds during the 1840's and early 50's. Most of the heirs sold there interest in the place to John Grayson. The heirs listed were Crockett Bell and his wife, Elizabeth; Noah Showalter and his wife, Elizabeth; George Bell and his wife, Martha; Kennerly B. Warnacott and his wife, Margaret (Margaret had purchased a share from George Bell); Joseph Warden and wife Hannah; John R. Bell and his wife, Cynthia Mary; Robert P. Bell and his wife, Margaret; Addison Plummer and his wife, Nancy; Sarah Jane Bell and Campbell Bell (Pulaski County Deed Books 1, pp. 228, 235, 260, 282: 2, pp. 80, 279, 299, 310, 364 483, 643, 675; 3, pp. 20, 288, 264, 493).

    Early Adventures On The Western Waters, The New River of Virginia in Pioneer Days, 1745-1800, Volume I, Pages 323 to 325, by Mary B. Kegley and F. B. Kegley

    ROBERT BELL, SR., REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    State of Virginia, Montgomery County Sct

    On the 5th day of August in the year 1833, personally appeared in open court, before the Justices of the county of Montgomery now sitting, Robert Bell Sr. a resident of the said county and state aged 74 years last Christmas who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he has been a resident of this county since he was three years old. He was drafted his first tour (the year or month he cannot recollect) but believes that it was about one year after the war was declared and served one month under Aaron Scaggs who was the commanding officer and a Sergeant, we were marched to Bluestone where we were stationed to guard Mares and McGuires stations from the inroads of the Indians. Scaggs was our officer, we had no regular encounter with the Indians, but had to drive them off, and repel them frequently. About three months after this service he was called out again to guard the same stations and served another month under Col. Preston and Mace Tacey who was our Sergeant. He cannot recollect the month or the year this tour was served but knows that it was warm weather "we had no regular battles with the Indians during this tour but guarded the stations as in the first. The third tour the applicant served he was drafted by Captain Burnes, and served one month during which time we were marched against the Tories at Buffalo pond and from there to Collin's stone mill in Wythe (at that day Fincastle county) from the mill we went to the Lead mines. The applicant cannot recollect the year and month he served, but knows it was after the two first tours stated by him. He was then drafted again and served under Abram Trigg who was the Captain and marched to the Mulberry fields on the Big Adkin from there to the shallow ford down the Big Adkin where we had a battle with the Tories, we carried the wounded from the shallow ford to the Moravian Towns & left them there under physicians. Joseph Cloyd was our Major and Preston our Colonel. The applicant served during this tour one month and a half: He cannot recollect the year or month but knows it was after his tour to the lead mines; He was drafted by Capt Burnes and Col. Preston, we were marched to the Moravian Towns & from thence to Guilford court house, and from thence to High rock ford of Ham river and from thence to Big Adkin and from thence home. we had no battle during this tour, Preston himself was with us, and we served one month and a half. He cannot now at this day recollect the precise time he entered the service in any of his tours, but he knows that he served as he has above stated. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

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    We, John Cifer and James Simpkins, residents in the county aforesiad hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Robert Bell, Sr who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be 74 year of age, that he is reputed & and believed in his neigborhood to have been a revolutionary soldier, and that we concur in that opinion: Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    John Cifer

    James Simkins

    And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter after putting the interrogations prescribed, by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states, and the court further certify that it appears to them that John Cifer & James Simkins who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said county, and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit, and the court further certifies that it appears to them, that no Clergyman resides in the neighbourhood of the applicant.

    I Rice D. Montague clerk of the court of Montgomery do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application for Robert Bell Sr for a pension.

    In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office this 12th day of August 1833 and in the 58th year of the commonwealth.

    /s/ R. D. Montague. C.

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    Robert Bell Senr. of Montgomery Co., Va., private in the regiment of Col. Preston in the Virginia Line for six months, was placed on the Virginia pension roll at $20 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 23046 was issued 29 Oct. 1833.

    REVOLUTIONARY PENSION APPLICATIONS, Page 35, Volume Six, Abstracted and compiled by John Frederick Dorman, Washington, D. C., 1961

    RELATED TO FIVE US PRESIDENTS JAMES MADISON AND PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR THRU GRIZELDA TAYLOR

    Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR, II (1572/73 England-1618 England) and Margaret S WINDERBY (1578 Denmark-1672 England) were the direct ancestors of 5 US p residents (Abraham LINCOLN, James MADISON, Zachary TAYLOR, William Henr y HARRISON, Benjamin HARRISON) and 1 actress (Elizabeth TAYLOR) and (Claudia Alta Taylor known as "Lady Bird" Johnson married to Lyndon B. Johnson, 6th President..

                                                                                        

    John Taylor & Susan Rowland Taylor

    Dr. Rowland Taylor "Tayler"  (1510-1555) & Margaret Tyndale (b: 1510 d: 9 Feb 1555 )

    Thomas Taylor I b: 19 Sep 1548 d: 1 Oct 1588 & Elizabeth Burwell b: 1552 d: 1576

              Thomas Taylor (b1574-1618)

            Margaret Swinderby

                    1 Son:  Cpt John Taylor, Sr (1607-1652) ->Abraham Lincoln (1809-  1865 16th President)

                  ->First Lady Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird} she 

                     married to Lyndon B. Johnson, who became the

                     36th  President

                  2 Son: James Taylor (b.1610 d. 1698) -> Zachary Taylor b. 1784 (12TH   US President                                                                                        

                                                                                    ->James Madison (1751-1856) 4th US President

              ->You)

                 3  Dau: Anna TAYLOR (1611-1657)-> William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841) 9th President                       

                                                                                    & Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901) (23rd President)

    4.       Son: James TAYLOR (1635-1698)-> Elizabeth TAYLOR (1932-2011) ACTRESS

     

       1,  JOHN TAYLOR (1607-1652)

            Elizabeth Jones (2 son’s Thomas 1628 & James 1633)

                            A.  Thomas Taylor (1628-1687) (Geni Tree: his father is

                                  Mary or Margaret

                                     Thomas Taylor (1657-1712)

                                     Elizabeth Hardwood

                                             Dorthy Taylor (1681-1754)

                                             William E. Lee

                                                     Nancy Lee (1728-1808)

                                                     *Joseph Hanks DNA Match to Nancy Hanks, grandparent See 3 below

                                                           UNKNOWN   *James Hanks (1760-1793) *See 2 below

                                               UNKNOWN Mary Shipley   Highly suspected: Lucy Hanks Sparrow *See 1 below

                                                                *Nancy Hanks (1784-1818)

                                                                 Thomas Lincoln

                                                                         Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

    *1. There is long standing controversy regarding  Nancy Hanks Lincoln 's heritage.. A recent mitochondrial DNA test of descendants of daughters of Joseph Hanks, daughters of Lucy Hanks Sparrow, and two Shipley sisters show a match between Hanks and Sparrow and no match to the Shipleys, making it very likely Nancy Hanks is the illegitimate daughter of Lucy Hanks.[4] Information from the Shipley and Berry families, as well as some historical sites, claim that Nancy 's mother was Lucy or Lucey Shipley, sister to Rachel Shipley Berry . Nancy 's father may have been James Hanks  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hanks_Lincoln_heritage

    *2. Historians generally believe that Nancy Hanks was the illegitimate daughter of Lucy Hanks, born into the Joseph Hanks family and married into the Sparrow family.[2][3] There is no generally accepted theory about who Nancy 's father may have been.

    *3 based on 1 and 2 above, it is concluded Nancy Hanks is indeed a direct descent of Joseph Hanks through his Son James or his daughter Lucy, regardless, the mitochondria DNA tests confirms Joesph is her grandfather.     

         

                           B. Col. James Taylor, 1633-1698

                               Mary Bishop Taylor, 1665-1698

                                    John Taylor 1696-1780

                                   Catherine Taylor 1699-1744

                                          Lt Col. William Taylor 1737-1803 (Rev War)

                                         Elizabeth Anderson 1763-1774

                                              William L. Lancaster Taylor III 1815-1864

                                              Sarah A. Taylor 1817-1878

                                                   Thomas Jefferson Taylor I 1846-1874

                                                        Emma Louisa Bates 1884-1924

                                                             Thomas Jefferson Taylor II 1874-1960

                                                             Mary Minnie Lee Pattillo 1874-1918

                                                                First Lady Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson 1912-2007

                                                                 Lyndon B. Johnson 1908-1937, 36th US President                   

                                        

                                       

     

    2.  JAMES TAYLOR (b.1610/15/16/18 &35 d. 1698) (Son Edmund 1633; James 1674; Dau Frances 1700;

                Mary Bishop Gregory (1st wife)

                          A. Edmund Taylor Sr (1640)

                               Sara Booking                                         

                                  James Taylor (1710-1805)                                    Eleanor Smith (1737-1830)                

                                       *Verlinda Taylor b.1746-1784    *(sister to Grizelda)                                    

                                          Malachi Cummings

                                                 Joseph Cummings b.1762-1853

                                        *Grizelda (Greselda) Taylor b. 1756-1846   *(Sister to Verlinda) 

                                           John Collier Seilers (1740-1836                 

                                                 Rosanna Collier (Collyer) Seilers b. 1765 

                                                        Joseph Cummings b.1762-1853  *(Joseph & Rosanna 1st Cousins)

                                                        Rosanna Collier (Collyer) Seilers b. 1765 

                                                                Elenor Cummings b. 1794

                                                                Thomas Bryan Sparkman b. 1803                            

                                                                        Rose “Rosean” Ann  “Rosanna” Sparkman Collier b. 1837

                                                                        William Keathley b. 1840

                                                                                James Armstrong Keathley b. 1861

                                                                                         Eleanor Ordelia Brown b. 9/30/1865

                                                                                               Atlanta Keathley b, 12.1.1889

                                                                                               Charley Campbell Bell b. 7/19/1889

                                                                                                       Medric Troy Bell b. 8/20/1918

                                                                                                      Jessie Luther  “Luther Jess” Noe  b. 1914

                                                                                                             Robert L. Noe b.1943

              Frances Walker (2nd wife)        

                     B.  James Taylor (1674/75) )                                   

                           Martha Thompson  (1679-1762)

                                  Zachary Taylor (1707)

                                  Elizabeth Lee          

                                        Richard Taylor (1774)

                                        Sara Dabney Strother      

                                               Zachary Taylor b. 1784  (12TH   US President and the 1st  President born in US)

     

                    C. Frances Taylor (b1700-1761)

                           Ambrose Madison (1696-1732)

                            James Madison (1723-1901)

                                   Nelly R. Conway Madison (1731-1829)

                                  James Madison (1751-1856) 4th US President                                                                                                                                                                                          

                                   Dorthy Paine/Payne (1768)

                                                   (James Madison and George Washington are the only 2 presidents to sign the      

                                                   constitution, a personal friend of Thomas Jefferson, worked on the Bill of

                                                  Rights & related to both Zachary Taylor and George Washington.

    (James Madison, 4th President of the United States is George Washington, 1st President of the USA 's nephew's wife's sister's husband! George Washinton’s brother Samual Washington’s son George Steptor Washington married Lucy Payne, a sister of Dolly Madison . Note: George Steptor Washington served as President George Washinton’s secetary).  

     

    3. ANNA TAYLOR (1611-1657)

         Miles CARY ( 1621-)

               Bridgett CARY (1652-1670).

               William BASSETT

                       William BASSETT III (1671-1723)

                       Jo Anna BURWELL

                               William BASSETT, IV (1709-1792)

                                Elizabeth CHURCHILL

                                      Elizabeth BASSETT (1730-1792

                                      Benjamin HAR RISON, V

                                              William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841) 9th President)                                                                      

                                              Anna Tuthill Symmes 

                                                      John Scott HARRISON ( 1804-1878)

                                                      Elizabeth RAMSEY

                                                              Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901) (23rd US President)

     

    4.  JAMESs TAYLOR (1635-1698)

         Mary GREGORY

                Joseph T AYLOR (1741/2-1815)

                Francis ANDERSON

                       John Powell TAYLOR (1696-1780)

                       Catherine PENDLETON

                               Joseph TAYLOR (1741/2-1815)

                               Francis ANDERSON

                                      Lewis T AYLOR (1780-1874)

                                      Rachel BAKER

                                             Peter TAYLOR (1 829-1921)

                                             Margaret Jane PERIGO

                                                     Francis Marion TAYLOR

                                                     Elizabeth ROSEMOND

                                                            Francis Lenn TAYLOR (1897-1968)

                                                           Sarah Viola WARMBRODT

                                                           Elizabeth TAYLOR (1932-2011) ACTRESS

     

     

     

     

     


     

     

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    Vol V File 4: The Genealogy of Genevieve Simmons James

    4. Taylor Line
     

    Ref: Mormon Church Ancestral File Records.

    5. Pendleton Line
     

    Ref: "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. IV., pp. 646-654.

    Ref: "Some Prominent Virginia Families," Vol II-IV, Chapter X., pp. 224-231.

    Ref: Harleian, 1552, folios 241 and 246, "Visitation of Norfolk, 1613.", Harleian Society, Vol. 32, page 219.
     

    The following is taken from "Some Prominent Virginia Families," Vol II-IV, Chapter X., pp. 224:
     

    "Three miles from Manchester, in co. Lancashire, England, is the town of Pendleton, known as a portion of Salfordborough. Over the door of one of the inns swings the arms of the Pendleton family, exactly like those brought to the America by the emigrant, Philip Pendleton. Some little distance off is the manor house, occupied still by a family of Pendletons, and around the old church are the tombs of the departed Pendletons. Here we pause, feeling ourselves aliens in our father's house. Under that roof truss are the records that would carry us back along the line of English history until we found the ancestor whose bravery in the Crusades, won him the right to place upon his shield the silver pilgrim's shells, which form a distinctive feature of the coat-of-arms. The family evidently belonged to English gentry, a purer and prouder distinction oftentimes than many of the titles which have changed hands and family names many times as they come down the avenue of ages."
     

    From "Virginia Families," we find the following:
     

    "The name of Pendleton seems to have been originally Pen-Hulton, meaning "top of the hill;" then Pen-Elton and finally Pendleton. The anme id from two Gaelic words, pendle and dun, meaning summit (or top) and hill, respectively. In Lancashire the name appears as early as 1246 when Siward de Penelton, deceased, was mentioned. The same year in the Assize Rolls of Lancashire, mention was made of Thomas de Parva Pendleton, who was surety for Adam. Rochard and Roger de Penelton, sons of Matilda de Penelton, who was probably the widow of Siweard de Penelton. In 1332 Adam de Penelton paid taxes there. The town of Pendleton was a portion of Salfordborough. Judge Edmund Pendleton of Virginia, in his Family Chronology of 1792 stated that "About the year 1674 Nathaniel Pendleton, a Minister, and Philip Pendleton, a school master, sons of Henry Pendleton of the City of Norwich, co. Norfolk, in England, came thence to Virginia in America......In 1469 Thomas Pendleton was living in Lancashire, in which county he held lands; at the same time were two brothers, William and Robert Pendleton, who were probably his sons. Another member of the family was the Rev. Henry Pendleton (1521-1557), who may have been a brother of George Pendleton, Sr., who lived in the town of Pendleton during the reign of King Henry VII. (1485-1509). Thomas Pendleton, who died in 1534, was a nephew of the Rev. Henry Pendleton; he had five sons: George, Edward, etc......George Pendleton, Esq., Sr., of the town of Pendleton, was living in the reign of King Henry VIII. (1509-1547)."
     

    The first name upon the Virginia record is that of George Pendleton, Esquire, of the town of Pendleton, Lancashire, England.

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    James Taylor 1732-1805

     

    Name: James Taylor
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1732 in Kent Co, Va
    Death: 1805 in Patrick Co, Va
    Note:
    Patrick Co., VA-Jan Court 1807: In name of God, Amen, I James Taylor of Patrick Co and State of Virginia being weak in body yet in my perfect Sence do make Ordain Constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following to with, I Will my soul to God who gave it trusting through the meritorious mediation of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins and salvation of the same and my body to the ground from whence it was taken to be decently buried after and according to the direction of my executors Herin after mentioned, fully depending for the resurrection For the same at the last day and as for the rest of my Estate which it hath Pleased Almighty God to bestow on me, I will it as follows to wit;

    Imprimia, I will that all my Just debts that I owe to any manner of person be punctually paid.

    Item, I will my whole and sole estate to my dear and well beloved wife during her natural life or so long as she is my surviving widow.

    Item I will that my Negro Woman slave named Hannah at my wife's death be emancipated, liberated and set free according to the law in that case made and provided.

    Item I will & bequeath to my son James Taylor after his mothers death the land and plantation wheron I now live to him and his Heirs for ever. I will and give to my son David Taylor after his mothers death his or the first choice of my three Negroes named Worrick, Isaac and Jacob to be to him at the appraisement prices and if it amounts to more than his equivalent part of my personal estate to then and in that case my desire is that he should pay to the rest of the legalities or any one or more of them the over plus after with holding his equivalent part as above to be paid back in property valued either by the same appraiser or some other men against the slave that may be his choice, and the said slave to be to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item I will to my son James Taylor the next choice of my said slaves after his mothers death on the same term and in the same manner and under the same restriction as the above Item to my son David Taylor to be to the same James His Heirs for ever.

    Item I will to my daughter Ellenor Adams after her Mothers death the next choice of the three slaves in the same form and manner as to my sons David and James to her the said Elenor and her Heirs forever.

    Item I will that all the rest of my personal estate be sold and equally divided after my beloved wife's decease or in continuance of Widowhood, between my daughters Grizzle Collins, Verlinda Cummings (tho her part to remain in the Possession of the Executors for her support as she need it and at her decease if any left to go to her lawful issue), Mary Lockhart and Milly Reynolds together with what may be coming from the three legatees to whom I will my slaves if the valuation of them exceed an equivalent part to each to whom they are willed, and if they do not amount to an equal share of my Personal estate, and Still the slaves to go as before directed to them and their Heirs for ever.

    Item, Lastly I appoint my son David Taylor and my son-in-law John Adams my Executors of this my last Will and Testament here after revoking and on annulling all other Wills whatever, I Testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my Seal this -----Day of ------- in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.

    Father: Edmond Taylor b: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    Mother: Sarah Booking

    Marriage 1 Elenor Smith b: 15 OCT 1737 in Prince George Co, Maryland
    Married: 1755 in Kent Co, Va
    Children
    Grizelda "Grizzle" Taylor b: 1756 in Belle Haven, Culpepper Co, Va
    Mary Taylor b: 1762
    Ellenor Taylor b: 1764
    Verlinda Taylor b: 1767
    Jeremiah Taylor b: 1770
    David Taylor b: 1775
    Mildred Taylor b: 1777
    James Taylor , Jr. b: JAN 1781

    Name: Edmond Taylor
    Sex: M
    Birth: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    Death: 1755
    Burial: Granville, North Carolina

    Father: James Taylor b: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Mother: Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va

    Marriage 1 Sarah Booking
    Children
    William Taylor
    Thomas Taylor
    Edmond Taylor II
    James Taylor b: 1732 in Kent Co, Va

    Name: Mary Bishop Gregory
    Sex: F
    Birth: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Death: 1747 in King and Queen Co , Va

    Father: John Gregory b: 1623 in Stockwith, England
    Mother: Elizabeth Bishop b: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va

    Marriage 1 James Taylor b: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Married: 2 AUG 1682 in Caroline County, Va
    Children
    Ann Taylor b: 12 JAN 1685
    Mary Bishop Taylor b: 29 JUN 1688
    Edmond Taylor b: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    John Taylor b: 18 NOV 1696

    Name: John Gregory
    Sex: M
    Title: Major
    Birth: 1623 in Stockwith, England

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Bishop b: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va
    Married: 1655
    Children
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Elizabeth Gregory b: 1667
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669
    Robert Gregory b: 1669
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669

    Name: Elizabeth Bishop
    Sex: F
    Birth: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va
    Death: 1676

    Father: Robert Bishop b: ABT 1600 in Rappahannock, Co, Va
    Mother: Unknown

    Father: Robert Bishop b: ABT 1600 in Rappahannock, Co, Va
    Mother: Unknown

    Marriage 1 John Gregory b: 1623 in Stockwith, England
    Married: 1655
    Children
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Elizabeth Gregory b: 1667
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669
    Robert Gregory b: 1669
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669

    James was the grandfather of James Madison and Zachary Taylor Presidents of the United States

    Name: James Taylor
    Sex: M
    Title: Colonel
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, England
    Death: 30 APR 1698 in New Kent County, Va
    Death: 30 APR 1698 in King and Queen County, Va
    Burial: Bowling Green, Carline Co, Va
    Note: James Taylor, with his siblings Ann, William and Richard, came from London, England to Virginia on the ship "Truelove" in 1635. James was the grandfather of James Madison and Zachary Taylor Presidents of the United States

    Marriage 1 Frances b: in unknown
    Children
    James Taylor b: 14 MAR 1674 in King and Queen County, Va

    Name: John Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens County
    Death: 1765 in Holliers Creek, Augusta County, Virgina
    Note: Military Service bet 1740-1742 Officer Va Reg under Adm Vernon at Cathagaen exp 1742 John McDowells Militia, Augusta County, Va

    Father: John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Mother: Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger b: 3 MAY 1685 in Va

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Meredith b: BET 1709 AND 1711 in Hanover, Va
    Married: 1739 in Hanover County, Va
    Children
    John Collier b: 17 JAN 1740 in Belle Haven, Culpepper Co, Va

    Name: Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger
    Sex: F
    Birth: 3 MAY 1685 in Va
    Death: 3 APR 1709

    Marriage 1 John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Married: 3 FEB 1706
    Children
    John Collier b: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens

    Name: John Collier , Sr.
    Sex: M
    Birth: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Death: 24 MAR 1735 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Note:
    John was a planter and owned "Porto Bello" plantation , York County, Virginia
    In 1707 according to Crozier, John Colyer/Collier was a Captain in the Infantry of King and Queen County. IN 1711 Queen Ann granted him land in King and Queen County "for diverse good causes and considerations". The Colyers were of noble descent and trace their ancestry even to the Crusades. All of the Virginia Colyers were Whigs during the Revolution. Saunders refer to the fact that during the war, "Sir George Collier, Read Admiral of the British Nacy, was shelling the coast of Rhode Island while his American Cousins , the Colyers of Virginia, were shedding their blood in defense of the Colonies". Research: Crozier, WM A. FRS> Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776. The Genealogical Assoc, New York.


    Father: Charles Collier b: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Mother: Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger b: 3 MAY 1685 in Va
    Married: 3 FEB 1706
    Children
    John Collier b: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens County

    Name: Charles Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Death: 4 SEP 1735 in King and Queen County, Va

    Father: William Collier b: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Mother: Sarah Sallie Culliford

    Marriage 1 Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va
    Married: 21 APR 1682 in King and Queen County, Va
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1682
    John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Robert Collier b: 1687
    William Collier b: 29 DEC 1688
    Thomas Collier b: 1689
    Mary Collier b: 1701
    Sarah Collier b: 1701

    Name: Charles Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Death: 4 SEP 1735 in King and Queen County, Va

    Father: William Collier b: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Mother: Sarah Sallie Culliford

    Marriage 1 Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va
    Married: 21 APR 1682 in King and Queen County, Va
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1682
    John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Robert Collier b: 1687
    William Collier b: 29 DEC 1688
    Thomas Collier b: 1689
    Mary Collier b: 1701
    Sarah Collier b: 1701

    Name: William Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Death: 1682 in New Kent County, Va

    Father: Charles Collier b: 1580 in London, England
    Mother: Unknown

    Father: Charles Collier b: 1580 in London, England
    Mother: Unknown

    Marriage 1 Sarah Sallie Culliford
    Married: 1655 in England
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England

    CAPT. John Gregory    Compact Disc #76     Pin #594448 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1623
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England 
    Death:   1697
      Rappahanock, Virginia 
    Parents
    Father:  Roger (1) Gregory     Disc #76     Pin #596818  
    Mother:  Margaret Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #599437 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Elizabeth Bishop     Disc #76     Pin #597023 
    Marriage:  1655 
      Rappahanock, Virginia

    Roger (1) Gregory    Compact Disc #76     Pin #596818 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   abt 1582
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England 
    Death:   30 Jul 1629
      England 
    Parents
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Margaret Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #599437 
    Marriage:  1610 
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England

    Margaret Thornton    Compact Disc #76     Pin #599437 Pedigree
    Sex:  F 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1585
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 
    Parents
    Father:  Christopher Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #596761  
    Mother:  Mary Lake     Disc #76     Pin #596707 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Roger (1) Gregory     Disc #76     Pin #596818 
    Marriage:  1610 
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England

    Christopher Thornton    Compact Disc #76     Pin #596761 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1540
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 
    Death:   1590
    Parents
    Father:  Stephan Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #601914  
    Mother:  Cecily Metcalf     Disc #76     Pin #597183 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Mary Lake     Disc #76     Pin #596707 
    Marriage:  1570 
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 

    Spouse:  Isabel Brocksley     Disc #76     Pin #601856 
    Marriage: 
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    8  SIR Roger Thornton B:  1415
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
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    4  SIR Thomas Thornton B:  1445
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
    9    Katherine RedMagne B:  abt 1420
    Levene, England
       
        
    2  Thomas Thornton B:  abt 1475
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
         
    5  Eleanor Bland B:  abt 1450
    England
           
    1  Stephan Thornton B:  1504
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
               
          Cecily Metcalf B:  abt 1504
    Holme House, England
      
    3    Elizabeth Metcalf B:  abt 1475
    Yoscote, Lincolnshire, England

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    8  Matthew Thornton B:  abt 1330
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
     
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    4  SIR William Sr. Thornton B:  abt 1355
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
      
    2  SIR William Jr. Thornton B:  1385
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
       
         
              
    10    Sir Bryan DeStapleton B:  1320
    Stapleton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1389

    M:  abt 1350
    England
          
    5  Margaret DeStapleton B:  1360
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
         
    1  SIR Roger Thornton B:  1415
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
         
    11    Alice DePhilbert B:  abt 1329
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
             
          Katherine RedMagne B:  abt 1420
    Levene, England

    3    Mary Kirkby B:  abt 1390
    England
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    4  SIR Miles Stapleton B:  abt 1260
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1314
    Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland
    M:  1285
    England
      
    2  SIR Gilbert DeStapleton B:  abt 1285
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1341

    M:  1315
    England
              
    10    LORD SIR John DeBella Aqua B:  abt 1235
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
    M:  1262
    England
          
    5  Sibyl DeBella Aqua B:  1265
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1301
         
    1  Sir Bryan DeStapleton B:  1320
    Stapleton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1389

    M:  abt 1350
    England
         
    11    Landerina DeBrus B:  1241
    Skelton, Yorkshire, England
             
          Alice DePhilbert B:  abt 1329
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
         
    6  SIR Bryan FitzAlan B:  abt 1275
    Bedah, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1306
    England
    M:  1297
    England
      
    3    Agnes FitzBrian FitzAlan B:  abt 1300
    Yorkshire, England
              
    14    KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
          
    7  PRINCESS Anne DeBaliol of Scotland B:  1281
    Scotland
    D:  1335
             
    15    Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England
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    4  Hugh DeBaliol B:  abt 1190

    2  Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
          
    5  Cecily De LaFontaine B:  abt 1195
        
    1  KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
       

          Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England

    12    Rowland Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1164
    Galloway, Paisley, Scotland
    D:  Dec 1200

    M:  abt 1185
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England

    6  lan Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1170
    Runnymede, Scotland
              
    13    Elena DeMorville B:  1153
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
    D:  11 Jun 1217
      
    3    Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
          
    7  Margaret of Huntington B:  1192
    Huntington, England

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    2  SIR Bryan FitzAlan B:  abt 1275
    Bedah, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1306
    England
    M:  1297
    England
        
    1  Agnes FitzBrian FitzAlan B:  abt 1300
    Yorkshire, England
    M:  1315
    England
            
          SIR Gilbert DeStapleton B:  abt 1285
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1341

    12    Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland

    6  KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
             
    13    Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
      
    3    PRINCESS Anne DeBaliol of Scotland B:  1281
    Scotland
    D:  1335
     

    7        Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England

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    8  Lord Uchtred of Galloway B:  abt 1100
    Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
    D:  Sep 1174

    M:  abt 1156
    Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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    4  Rowland Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1164
    Galloway, Paisley, Scotland
    D:  Dec 1200

    M:  abt 1185
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England

         
             
    9    Gunnild of Dunbar B:  abt 1134
    Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
     
    2  lan Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1170
    Runnymede, Scotland
              
    10    CONSTABLE Richard DeMorville of Scotland B:  abt 1125
    Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England
    D:  1189

    M:  abt 1152
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
          
    5  Elena DeMorville B:  1153
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
    D:  11 Jun 1217
         
    1  Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland

    11    Avicia\Avice DeLancaster B:  abt 1137
    Cumberland, England
    D:  1 Jan 1190/91
            
          Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England

    3    Margaret of Huntington B:  1192
    Huntington, England
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    John Collier, served at Valley Forge with Washington , Knew Thomas Jefferson

    John Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 17 JAN 1740 in Belle Haven, Culpepper Co, Va
    Death: 31 MAR 1836 in Rockcastle Co, Kentucky
    Burial: McClary Cemetery, Rockcastle County, Kentucky five miles north west of Mr. Vernon, Rockcastle Co, Ky. It is a large deserted spot and the stone marking their graves has not been located. Note:
     

    On 4-3-1780, 50 acres were conveyed to John Colyer for services rendered by him during the French/Indian war between Great Britian and France, according to the proclamation of 1763, by the King of Great Britain. This warrant was signed by S. Carr. 7-13-1780 Henry Co, Va Fishing Fork District of Leatherwood Creek was the property John picked to use with his Land Grant.

    On 11-3-1793, Collier was wounded at St. Clair's Defeat near Ft. Jefferson, Ohio
    He served in the Battle of Monmouth and was at Valley Forge in December of 1777

    A Land Grant in Virginia shows a grant of 217 acres to John Colyer by Thomas Jefferson. He apparently did not pre-empt the acreage, but sold the warrant to secure money for his immediate needs.

    John enlisted in the Revolutionary War in the Viginia Continental Line. He Fought at Valley Forge, and Braddock's Defeat. He was a Private in the Virginia 7th Regiment.  During the Revolutionary War, John Colyer, Sr. fought in Captain Thomas Hill's Co 7th Virginia Regiment under the command of Col. McClenahan.

    "He enlisted February 13, 1777 to serve for three years or until the end of the War. His name is borne on the rolls to November 1779, which later contained no further information relative to his service"' Signed by Brigadier General Wahl, Acting Adj. General.

    The part of the Revolutionary War about which John Collier spoke most frequently to his children and grandchildren was the terrible winter at Vally Forge, where he was a private in the 7th Virginia Regiment (Capt. Thomas Hill). The following is quoted along the line of this matter from "Valley Forge" (1910) by Rev. James W. Riddle of Philadelphia:
    "The troops arrived at Valley Forge, twenty-one miles from Philadelphia on December 9, 1777 with nothing but tents to withstand the rigors of a very severe winter. The soldiers were at once put to work to build log huts, 14X16 feet. Each hut accommodated twelve privates. Officers were not so crowded. The huts were laid out in streets. Straw supported by poles was used for roofs. Straw also was used for bedding for the soldier's bunks. At first 11,890 men were encamped at Valley Forge. Camp fever broke out. Small-pox became epidemic. Sickness and death and desertion reduced the number to 5,012. June 18, 1772 the men heard the British were evacuating Philadelphia. General George Washington broke camp and pushed toward Philadelphia, arriving there as the last of the British were crossing the Delaware. June 28, 1778 Washington and his men attacked Clinton at Monmouth in New Jersey. "

    Whenever John Collier noticed that his children or grandchildren showed the least indication of wastefulness, he at once would reprimand them, telling them of the suffering at Valley Forge, how he had seen soldiers fight for a kernel of corn; how he and others lacked shoes and socks to keep their feet warm, and as they walked in the snow, would leave the marks of blood from their tender, frost-bitten feet; how some of the soldiers had so little clothing that, when they stepped out of their huts, they had to throw their bedding around them. He well remembered Baron Von Steuben. whose striking personality made an indelible impression upon all the Privates. Von Steuben spoke English only brokenly, but he spoke it or some other language very forcibly. No one could misunderstand his meaning, for his adjectives were very strong and pointed. He saw the men hungry, ill-clothed clothes and suffering every privation, yet most of them were unwilling to leave and give up the cause of independence so dear to them. Nearby in Philadelphia, where the British and their American Tory friends were stationed, there was plenty of food, plenty of clothing, there was dancing and music and happy times for all, while in this cold and isolated spot a few men were trying to achieve independence for a forlorn cause. While Von Steuben regarded them with admiration and said no cause could fail with such men as that, he yet saw the imperative need of better drilled soldiers and better guns, and he did his part to that end; so well indeed did he aid that Congress recognized his efforts and gave him vast land grants in his old age.
    Although the services of John Collier in the war, as shown on the old Revolutionary rolls, appears to be limited to two years and nine months, unquestionably it covered a period much longer that that, extending indeed to the very close of the struggle. Several times he was wounded. Some of the bullets he carried in his body to the grave. Other bullets were placed in the coffin when he was buried. He was present at the Battle of the Brandywine and also at Monmouth New Jersey besides other various battles, names of which are not known. One of the stories he told his grandchildren was that, when two warring armies were lying on opposite sides of a river (presumably the Delaware) he and some other soldiers floated down the river on driftwood in such a manner as to draw near the opposite shore, where they took possession of a boatload or provisions belonging to the enemy. Using great caution they managed to work the boat over to the American side where their comrades were in great need of supplies. Once in battle he was struck by a bullet that he at first thought had finished him. When he recovered from the shock and hunted out the damage, he found that the bullet had struck squarely on the front of the large silver coin that he wore as a top button on the fly of his trousers. There was no damage beyond the heavy blow. He told his children that he was present at the dissolution of the army. He recalled how the veterans showed very deep emotion. Their tears run freely down over unshaved faces to lodge on ragged, dirty shirts.

    After his discharge from the army at the close of the Revolutionary War, John attempted to find his wife and children. He joined a group of discharged soldiers who made their way over the Alleghenies and then down the Ohio River by boat to Kentucky. There he fell ill and for some time he was in a serious condition at Bryant's Station (near the present site of Lexington) After his recovery he started back along the Boone Trail, to join his family in Powell's Valley. Meanwhile, some travelers from Kentucky had returned to Virginia and en route had stopped to tell Grizelda that her husband was nigh unto death at Bryant's Station. Hastily, she put her children out among neighbors and joined a group of armed emigrants going to Kentucky by a different road. When she finally reached Bryant's Station, it as only to be told that he husband had recovered and started for Powell's Valley. She was obliged to remain at Bryant's station nearly three months before she found an opportunity to join an armed party going back over the dangerous road to her starting point. The husband and wife were finally reunited. For some years after the War they lived in Virginia, where their son Charles was born in 1786. Shortly after this they moved to Kentucky and settled in what is now Rockcastle County. From there he went north in 1791 as a volunteer in Indian Warfare.

    It was a proof of the patriotism of John Collier that, when almost fifty years of age, he left his Kentucky home to again aid his country as a soldier. In 1791 he served as a sergeant in Capt. Jacob Tipton's Company. Col. William Darke's First Regiment of U.S. Levies, in General St. Clair's army and took part in the battle of St. Clair's Defeat. Many more details of the battle and John's "after the war" life are told in the Calloway publication.

    By way of explanation, Mrs. A.E. Hart, compiler of "The Calloway Family of Virginia" state: "My mother stated that her grandmother Grizelda Taylor Colyer said that she was married at Belle Haven in the Episcopal Church" Many details of the wedding day are in the article also.

    John Collier was a large man about 180 pounds. He had a good education and was a Whig. He was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Jacob Lipton's company of the Virginia Line. As tradition has it that he was at St. Clair's defeat and was wounded. He crawled off into the wilderness and saved his own life by killing a rattlesnake and eating it and dressing his wounds with whisky from a canteen that was in the family until destroyed by a fire in 1888. It is also related that he made it a point to never give anything away that he did not wish himself....Marietta D. Beardlsey

     

    Though you'd think this interesting and is appropriate to share with you on this independent day weekend.
     


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    James Taylor 1732-1805

     

    Name: James Taylor
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1732 in Kent Co, Va
    Death: 1805 in Patrick Co, Va
    Note:
    Patrick Co., VA-Jan Court 1807: In name of God, Amen, I James Taylor of Patrick Co and State of Virginia being weak in body yet in my perfect Sence do make Ordain Constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following to with, I Will my soul to God who gave it trusting through the meritorious mediation of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins and salvation of the same and my body to the ground from whence it was taken to be decently buried after and according to the direction of my executors Herin after mentioned, fully depending for the resurrection For the same at the last day and as for the rest of my Estate which it hath Pleased Almighty God to bestow on me, I will it as follows to wit;

    Imprimia, I will that all my Just debts that I owe to any manner of person be punctually paid.

    Item, I will my whole and sole estate to my dear and well beloved wife during her natural life or so long as she is my surviving widow.

    Item I will that my Negro Woman slave named Hannah at my wife's death be emancipated, liberated and set free according to the law in that case made and provided.

    Item I will & bequeath to my son James Taylor after his mothers death the land and plantation wheron I now live to him and his Heirs for ever. I will and give to my son David Taylor after his mothers death his or the first choice of my three Negroes named Worrick, Isaac and Jacob to be to him at the appraisement prices and if it amounts to more than his equivalent part of my personal estate to then and in that case my desire is that he should pay to the rest of the legalities or any one or more of them the over plus after with holding his equivalent part as above to be paid back in property valued either by the same appraiser or some other men against the slave that may be his choice, and the said slave to be to him and his Heirs forever.

    Item I will to my son James Taylor the next choice of my said slaves after his mothers death on the same term and in the same manner and under the same restriction as the above Item to my son David Taylor to be to the same James His Heirs for ever.

    Item I will to my daughter Ellenor Adams after her Mothers death the next choice of the three slaves in the same form and manner as to my sons David and James to her the said Elenor and her Heirs forever.

    Item I will that all the rest of my personal estate be sold and equally divided after my beloved wife's decease or in continuance of Widowhood, between my daughters Grizzle Collins, Verlinda Cummings (tho her part to remain in the Possession of the Executors for her support as she need it and at her decease if any left to go to her lawful issue), Mary Lockhart and Milly Reynolds together with what may be coming from the three legatees to whom I will my slave

     

    s if the valuation of them exceed an equivalent part to each to whom they are willed, and if they do not amount to an equal share of my Personal estate, and Still the slaves to go as before directed to them and their Heirs for ever.

    Item, Lastly I appoint my son David Taylor and my son-in-law John Adams my Executors of this my last Will and Testament here after revoking and on annulling all other Wills whatever, I Testimony where of I have here unto set my hand and affixed my Seal this -----Day of ------- in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.



    Father: Edmond Taylor b: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    Mother: Sarah Booking

    Marriage 1 Elenor Smith b: 15 OCT 1737 in Prince George Co, Maryland
    Married: 1755 in Kent Co, Va
    Children
    Grizelda "Grizzle" Taylor b: 1756 in Belle Haven, Culpepper Co, Va MARRIED JOHN COLLIER, REV WAR SOLDIER
    Mary Taylor b: 1762
    Ellenor Taylor b: 1764
    Verlinda Taylor b: 1767
    Jeremiah Taylor b: 1770
    David Taylor b: 1775
    Mildred Taylor b: 1777
    James Taylor , Jr. b: JAN 1781

    Name: Edmond Taylor
    Sex: M
    Birth: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    Death: 1755
    Burial: Granville, North Carolina

    Father: James Taylor b: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Mother: Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va

    Marriage 1 Sarah Booking
    Children
    William Taylor
    Thomas Taylor
    Edmond Taylor II
    James Taylor b: 1732 in Kent Co, Va

     Name: Mary Bishop Gregory
    Sex: F
    Birth: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Death: 1747 in King and Queen Co , Va

    Father: John Gregory b: 1623 in Stockwith, England
    Mother: Elizabeth Bishop b: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va

    Marriage 1 James Taylor b: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Married: 2 AUG 1682 in Caroline County, Va
    Children
    Ann Taylor b: 12 JAN 1685
    Mary Bishop Taylor b: 29 JUN 1688
    Edmond Taylor b: 5 JUL 1690 in King and Queen Co, Va
    John Taylor b: 18 NOV 1696

    Name: John Gregory
    Sex: M
    Title: Major
    Birth: 1623 in Stockwith, England

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Bishop b: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va
    Married: 1655
    Children
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Elizabeth Gregory b: 1667
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669
    Robert Gregory b: 1669
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669

    Name: Elizabeth Bishop
    Sex: F
    Birth: 1625 in Stittenbourne, Rappahannock Co, Va
    Death: 1676

    Father: Robert Bishop b: ABT 1600 in Rappahannock, Co, Va
    Mother: Unknown

    Father: Robert Bishop b: ABT 1600 in Rappahannock, Co, Va
    Mother: Unknown

    Marriage 1 John Gregory b: 1623 in Stockwith, England
    Married: 1655
    Children
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    Mary Bishop Gregory b: 1665 in Essex, Caroline County, Va
    Elizabeth Gregory b: 1667
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669
    Robert Gregory b: 1669
    John Gregory
    Richard Gregory
    John Gregory b: 1667
    Richard Gregory b: 1669

    James was the grandfather of James Madison and Zachary Taylor Presidents of the United States


    Name: James Taylor
    Sex: M
    Title: Colonel
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610
    Birth: 12 FEB 1610 in Carlisle, England
    Death: 30 APR 1698 in New Kent County, Va
    Death: 30 APR 1698 in King and Queen County, Va
    Burial: Bowling Green, Carline Co, Va
    Note: James Taylor, with his siblings Ann, William and Richard, came from London, England to Virginia on the ship "Truelove" in 1635. James was the grandfather of James Madison and Zachary Taylor Presidents of the United States

    Marriage 1 Frances b: in unknown
    Children
    James Taylor b: 14 MAR 1674 in King and Queen County, Va

    Name: John Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens County
    Death: 1765 in Holliers Creek, Augusta County, Virgina
    Note: Military Service bet 1740-1742 Officer Va Reg under Adm Vernon at Cathagaen exp 1742 John McDowells Militia, Augusta County, Va

    Father: John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Mother: Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger b: 3 MAY 1685 in Va

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Meredith b: BET 1709 AND 1711 in Hanover, Va
    Married: 1739 in Hanover County, Va
    Children
    John Collier b: 17 JAN 1740 in Belle Haven, Culpepper Co, Va

    Name: Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger
    Sex: F
    Birth: 3 MAY 1685 in Va
    Death: 3 APR 1709

    Marriage 1 John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Married: 3 FEB 1706
    Children
    John Collier b: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens

    Name: John Collier , Sr.
    Sex: M
    Birth: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Death: 24 MAR 1735 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Note:
    John was a planter and owned "Porto Bello" plantation , York County, Virginia
    In 1707 according to Crozier, John Colyer/Collier was a Captain in the Infantry of King and Queen County. IN 1711 Queen Ann granted him land in King and Queen County "for diverse good causes and considerations". The Colyers were of noble descent and trace their ancestry even to the Crusades. All of the Virginia Colyers were Whigs during the Revolution. Saunders refer to the fact that during the war, "Sir George Collier, Read Admiral of the British Nacy, was shelling the coast of Rhode Island while his American Cousins , the Colyers of Virginia, were shedding their blood in defense of the Colonies". Research: Crozier, WM A. FRS> Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776. The Genealogical Assoc, New York.


    Father: Charles Collier b: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Mother: Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va

    Marriage 1 Elizabeth Sallie Gaines Ironmonger b: 3 MAY 1685 in Va
    Married: 3 FEB 1706
    Children
    John Collier b: 28 FEB 1707 in Madison or Henry or King and Queens County

    Name: Charles Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Death: 4 SEP 1735 in King and Queen County, Va

    Father: William Collier b: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Mother: Sarah Sallie Culliford

    Marriage 1 Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va
    Married: 21 APR 1682 in King and Queen County, Va
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1682
    John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Robert Collier b: 1687
    William Collier b: 29 DEC 1688
    Thomas Collier b: 1689
    Mary Collier b: 1701
    Sarah Collier b: 1701

    Name: Charles Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England
    Death: 4 SEP 1735 in King and Queen County, Va

    Father: William Collier b: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Mother: Sarah Sallie Culliford

    Marriage 1 Mary Eyers b: 20 AUG 1665 in King and Queen County, Va
    Married: 21 APR 1682 in King and Queen County, Va
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1682
    John Collier , Sr. b: 3 MAR 1685 in King and Queen County, Virginia
    Robert Collier b: 1687
    William Collier b: 29 DEC 1688
    Thomas Collier b: 1689
    Mary Collier b: 1701
    Sarah Collier b: 1701

    Name: William Collier
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1626 in London, York County, England
    Death: 1682 in New Kent County, Va

    Father: Charles Collier b: 1580 in London, England
    Mother: Unknown

    Father: Charles Collier b: 1580 in London, England
    Mother: Unknown

    Marriage 1 Sarah Sallie Culliford
    Married: 1655 in England
    Children
    Charles Collier b: 1 MAY 1660 in London, England

    CAPT. John Gregory    Compact Disc #76     Pin #594448 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1623
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England 
    Death:   1697
      Rappahanock, Virginia 
    Parents
    Father:  Roger (1) Gregory     Disc #76     Pin #596818  
    Mother:  Margaret Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #599437 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Elizabeth Bishop     Disc #76     Pin #597023 
    Marriage:  1655 
      Rappahanock, Virginia

    Roger (1) Gregory    Compact Disc #76     Pin #596818 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   abt 1582
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England 
    Death:   30 Jul 1629
      England 
    Parents
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Margaret Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #599437 
    Marriage:  1610 
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England

    Margaret Thornton    Compact Disc #76     Pin #599437 Pedigree
    Sex:  F 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1585
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 
    Parents
    Father:  Christopher Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #596761  
    Mother:  Mary Lake     Disc #76     Pin #596707 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Roger (1) Gregory     Disc #76     Pin #596818 
    Marriage:  1610 
      Stockwith, Lincolnshire, England

    Christopher Thornton    Compact Disc #76     Pin #596761 Pedigree
    Sex:  M 
    Event(s)
    Birth:   1540
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 
    Death:   1590
    Parents
    Father:  Stephan Thornton     Disc #76     Pin #601914  
    Mother:  Cecily Metcalf     Disc #76     Pin #597183 
    Marriage(s)
    Spouse:  Mary Lake     Disc #76     Pin #596707 
    Marriage:  1570 
      Thornton, Yorkshire, England 

    Spouse:  Isabel Brocksley     Disc #76     Pin #601856 
    Marriage: 
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    8  SIR Roger Thornton B:  1415
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
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    4  SIR Thomas Thornton B:  1445
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
    9    Katherine RedMagne B:  abt 1420
    Levene, England
       
        
    2  Thomas Thornton B:  abt 1475
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
         
    5  Eleanor Bland B:  abt 1450
    England
           
    1  Stephan Thornton B:  1504
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
               
          Cecily Metcalf B:  abt 1504
    Holme House, England
      
    3    Elizabeth Metcalf B:  abt 1475
    Yoscote, Lincolnshire, England

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    8  Matthew Thornton B:  abt 1330
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
     
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    4  SIR William Sr. Thornton B:  abt 1355
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
      
    2  SIR William Jr. Thornton B:  1385
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
       
       
         
              
    10    Sir Bryan DeStapleton B:  1320
    Stapleton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1389

    M:  abt 1350
    England
          
    5  Margaret DeStapleton B:  1360
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
         
    1  SIR Roger Thornton B:  1415
    Thornton, Yorkshire, England
         
    11    Alice DePhilbert B:  abt 1329
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
             
          Katherine RedMagne B:  abt 1420
    Levene, England

    3    Mary Kirkby B:  abt 1390
    England
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    4  SIR Miles Stapleton B:  abt 1260
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1314
    Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland
    M:  1285
    England
      
    2  SIR Gilbert DeStapleton B:  abt 1285
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1341

    M:  1315
    England
              
    10    LORD SIR John DeBella Aqua B:  abt 1235
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
    M:  1262
    England
          
    5  Sibyl DeBella Aqua B:  1265
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1301
         
    1  Sir Bryan DeStapleton B:  1320
    Stapleton, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1389

    M:  abt 1350
    England
         
    11    Landerina DeBrus B:  1241
    Skelton, Yorkshire, England
             
          Alice DePhilbert B:  abt 1329
    Carlton, Yorkshire, England
         
    6  SIR Bryan FitzAlan B:  abt 1275
    Bedah, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1306
    England
    M:  1297
    England
      
    3    Agnes FitzBrian FitzAlan B:  abt 1300
    Yorkshire, England
              
    14    KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
          
    7  PRINCESS Anne DeBaliol of Scotland B:  1281
    Scotland
    D:  1335
             
    15    Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England
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    4  Hugh DeBaliol B:  abt 1190

    2  Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
          
    5  Cecily De LaFontaine B:  abt 1195
        
    1  KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
       

          Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England

    12    Rowland Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1164
    Galloway, Paisley, Scotland
    D:  Dec 1200

     

    M:  abt 1185
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England

    6  lan Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1170
    Runnymede, Scotland
              
    13    Elena DeMorville B:  1153
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
    D:  11 Jun 1217
      
    3    Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
          
    7  Margaret of Huntington B:  1192
    Huntington, England

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    2  SIR Bryan FitzAlan B:  abt 1275
    Bedah, Yorkshire, England
    D:  1306
    England
    M:  1297
    England

        
    1  Agnes FitzBrian FitzAlan B:  abt 1300
    Yorkshire, England
    M:  1315
    England

            
          SIR Gilbert DeStapleton B:  abt 1285
    Yorkshire, England
    D:  1341


    12    Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland

    6  KING John DeBaliol of Scotland B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham
             
    13    Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
      
    3    PRINCESS Anne DeBaliol of Scotland B:  1281
    Scotland
    D:  1335
     

    7        Isabelle DeWarenne B:  abt 1250
    Lewes, Surrey, England

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    8  Lord Uchtred of Galloway B:  abt 1100
    Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
    D:  Sep 1174

    M:  abt 1156
    Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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    4  Rowland Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1164
    Galloway, Paisley, Scotland
    D:  Dec 1200

    M:  abt 1185
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England

         
             
    9    Gunnild of Dunbar B:  abt 1134
    Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
     
    2  lan Earl of Galloway B:  abt 1170
    Runnymede, Scotland
              
    10    CONSTABLE Richard DeMorville of Scotland B:  abt 1125
    Burgh-on-Sands, Cumberland, England
    D:  1189

    M:  abt 1152
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
          
    5  Elena DeMorville B:  1153
    Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England
    D:  11 Jun 1217
         
    1  Countess of Hungtinton DeAvorguila B:  abt 1218
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland
    M:  1233
    Galloway, Wigtown, Scotland

    11    Avicia\Avice DeLancaster B:  abt 1137
    Cumberland, England
    D:  1 Jan 1190/91
            
          Count John DeBaliol of Hercourt B:  abt 1216
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England
    D:  12 Oct 1269
    Barnard Castle, Gainford, Durham, England

    3    Margaret of Huntington B:  1192
    Huntington, England
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    Name: Captain William SPARKMAN
    Given Name: Captain William
    Surname: Sparkman
    Sex: M
    Birth: Est 1715
    Death: Bef 15 Apr 1785

    Marriage 1 Mary WARD b: Est 1715
    Children
    Edward SPARKMAN b: Abt 1721 in Bertie Co,Nc
    Jesse SPARKMAN b: Abt 1740
    Rachel SPARKMAN b: Est 1740
    Elizabeth SPARKMAN b: Est 1742
    William Jesse SPARKMAN b: Est 1741

     

    EARLY MARRIAGES, WILLS AND SOME REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS, BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA. Compiled by ANNE LOWRY WORRELL. Genealogical Publishing Do., Inc 1976<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

    PAUL TO BOUSMAN

    26 December 1792 - John Paul of Rickbridge Co. for one part and Lawrence Bousman of said county for the other part. For 70Ł paid by Bousman for 137 acres, 3 rods and 2 poles, adj. Jacob East, Christopher Vineyard, William Campbell, Gerehearts, and Secats.

    George Vineyard was named in the 1787 Rockbridge County Tax list as a tithe chargeable to Christopher Vineyard. There is no relationship stated. George Vineyard married Mary Campbell in 1890. There may be a relationship between Mary and William Campbell. There are many reference to a William Campbell in Early Adventures on the Western Waters, but there is nothing to conclude that they are the same William Campbell.

    ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DEED BOOK 'B', 1788-1793 by James L. Douthat, 1988

    VINEYARD, GEORGE - Rockbridge, ___ ___18__. Adam Hickman certifies that he was reared in the same neighborhood with Vineyard and served with him in 1780, and knew him to be in a militia company at Richmond, 1781.

    BELL, ROBERT - Montomery, Aug 5, 1833. Born 1759. Resident of County since 1762. Drafted 1776 (?), and served one month under Sergeant Aaron Scaggs on the Bluestone to guard Mares' (?) and McGuire's stations from the Indians, with whom there was frequent fighting. Three months later called out there again under Col. Preston and Sergeant Mace Tacy. Third tour was under Capt. Burnes against the tories at Buffalo Pond, Collin's mill, and the Wythe lead mine. Under Capt Abraham Trigg marched into North Carolina and had a battle with the tories at Shallow Ford on the Yadkin. The wounded were left at Salem under physicians. Col. Preston and Maj. Joseph Cloyd were in command.

    VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MCALLISTER'S DATA, by J. T. McALLISTER, HOT SPRINGS, VA., McALLISTER PUBLISHING CO., HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA, Section No. 135 (Page 125) & Section No. 145 (Page 131)

    A BRIEF OF WILLS AND MARRIAGES IN

    MONTGOMERY AND FINCASTLE COUNTIES, VIRGINIA, 1733-1831

    Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell

    Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984

    MARRIAGES

    Bell, George, and Sarah Shaw, dau. Samuel Show (sic), surety married by R. Whitt - Nov 3, 1786.

    Bell, John and Lucy Pate, dau. Catherine and Thomas Pate, surety - Oct 16, 1786

    Bell, Robert, and Elizabeth VanOver, dau. Henry VanOver, surety-April 13, 1803.

    Bell, William and Nancy Vineyard. Robert Bell and George Vineyard, surety - Oct ___, 1803.

    Bell, Jeremiah, and Elizabeth Hall. Robt. Bell and Asa Hall, parents of groom and bride, surety. Aug 7, 1807.

    Bell, John and Polly (Mary) Vineyard. Robt. Bell and Geo. Vineyard (parents) - Oct. 7, 1818.

    Bell, Robert, and Sarah Vineyard, dau. George Vineyard, surety - Oct.___, 1820.

    Farmer, Thompson and Patty Godby. Mar. by Edw Morgan. May 8, 1793

    Farmer, Thompson and Pauline Hedge, dau. William Hedge, surety. May 12, 1828

    Farmer, William, and Patsy Bell, dau. Robert Bell surety. Mar by Jonathan Hall. Nov 13, 1812.

    Hall, Asa, Sr., and Mary VanOver (and wife). Henry VanOver surety July 31, 1802

    Hall, Asa, Jr., and Matey Crandall. Married by Jonathan Hall. Feb 23, 1813.

    Hall, Jonathan, and Margaret Bell. Robert Bell, surety Dec 15, 1798.