Who Was Margaret Willmote, Wife of John Taylor?

Question

There are two Margaret Willmote profiles (Willmote-6 and -14) married to the same John Taylor.  They have different birth dates and places, different death dates, and different marriage dates (off by exactly 20 years.)

The information in Willmote-14 doesn't make sense, as she was born in 1544, married in 1590 (or 1570) and had children from 1595 to 1608.

I can find a source for baptism of a Margaret Willmote in 1544 at St. Albans, and for the marriage of a Margaret Willmote to a John Tayler in 1590 at St. Albans, but I can't determine if they are the same Margaret.

The marriage date in Willmote-6, 1570, is exactly 20 years off what is shown in the parish registers, 1590.

HELP!  This info is repeated in online trees with no reliable sources.  Is there any info to clarify the origins and dates for Margaret Willmote Taylor?  If we can't find reliable data, what should we do?

Answer 1

Sometimes it is very difficult to find supporting documentation.  I just found 4 or 5 Margaret Taylors who died in England between 1574 and 1632.  Two of which were married to a John Taylor.   And then I found the following link:  Go to the creator of this link David Carpenter and click on his name.  He has an e-mail address where you can contact him.  He may be able to provide more details.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Taylor&GSfn=Margaret&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1635&GSdyrel=before&GScntry=5&GSob=n&GRid=143001252&df=all&

Margaret Wellmote Taylor

Birth:     Jun. 12, 1544

Herefordshire, England

Death: Apr. 10, 1630

St Albans

Hertfordshire, England

Family links:

 Spouse:   John Taylor (1545 - 1624)

Burial: Saint Albans Cathedral St Albans

St Albans District Hertfordshire, England

Created by: David Carpenter

Record added: Feb 24, 2015

Find A Grave Memorial# 143001252

Comments

I can not believe how many variations of Margaret and John Taylor exist!

See this search:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3AMargaret~%20%2Bsurname%3ATaylor~%20%2Bbirth_place%3A%22St.%20Albans%22~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1544-1544~%20%2Bmarriage_place%3A%22St.%20Albans%22~%20%2Bmarriage_year%3A1570-1590~%20%2Bdeath_place%3AEngland~%20%2Bdeath_year%3A1570-1635~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3AJohn~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3ATaylor~%20%2Bfather_surname%3AWillmote~

Answer 2

According to the following source their marriage date was 10 Dec 1590. John Tayler & Margaret Willmote. The book appears to have followed the records chronologically, so it is doubtful that the dates were mixed up. It of course would be preferable to see the original documents though.

https://archive.org/details/parishregisterso00stal/page/136/mode/1up/search/Tayler