Margaret (Hill) Taylor (bef. 1648 - abt. 1678)

Born before 1648 in England [uncertain]

Wife of Arthur Taylor — married about 1666 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1678 after about age 30 in Baltimore, Maryland Colony

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Biography

Birth

Based on the likely dated of her marriage in about 1666, Margaret (___), the wife of Arthur Taylor, was probably born before 1648 in England. Her origins are uncertain, but many researchers believe she was the daughter of Roger Hill, who made his will in Baltimore County on 22 December 1675 and named "Artor Taylor" as one of his beneficiaries.^[1] This claim is plausible based on the will, but remains speculative.

Marriage

Margaret married Arthur Taylor, probably in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, in about 1666 based on the likely birth of their first known child Ann by about 1667. They were married by 2 August 1670 when Margaret Taylor, wife of Arthur Taylor, consented to his sale of 125 acres of Taylors Mount and 100 acres of "Fall Hill" (or Tall Hill) to Richard Winley.^[2]

Death

Margaret Taylor died before 5 January 1678/9, by which time Arthur had remarried to the widow Frances Smithers, who joined him in a deed on that date selling 315 acres (Spring Hill) to Thomas Cooke.^[3]

Children

Arthur Taylor and, probably, Margaret, had at least the following two children:^[4]

1. Ann, b. bef. 1667, m. [1] James Greer, m.[2] Lawrence Richardson, m.[3] Oliver Harriott
2. John, b. abt 1672

Sources

1. ↑ BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Wills) 1666-1759, liber 1, folio 49, will of Roger Hill; MSA CM188-1; images, Maryland State Archives, (https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/item.aspx?ID=CM188-1 : accessed 13 Feb 2024), image 28; image available here.
2. ↑ Louis Dow Scisco, "Baltimore County Land Records of 1670," Maryland Historical Magazine, 26 (1931): 228-233, at 230-31; images, Maryland Center for History & Culture, (https://mdhs.msa.maryland.gov/pages/index.aspx : accessed 13 Feb 2024).
3. ↑ Louis Dow Scisco, "Land Records of Baltimore County, 1679 and 1680," Maryland Historical Magazine, 30 (1935):271-277, at 272; images, Maryland Center for History & Culture, (https://mdhs.msa.maryland.gov/pages/index.aspx : accessed 13 Feb 2024).
4. ↑ Robert W. Barnes, Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1989), 623-624; list of children on p. 624, (profile for Arthur Taylor (9)).