Ann (Taylor) Harriott (bef. 1667 - 1716)

Born before 1667 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of James Greer — married before Jun 1687 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland

Wife of Lawrence Richardson — married before 1700 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Wife of Oliver Harriott — married before 13 Jun 1711 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died 13 May 1716 after age 49 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland

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Biography

Birth

Based on the estimated date of her first known marriage by June 1687, Ann Taylor was probably born before 1667. She was the daughter of Arthur Taylor.^[1]

Marriages

Ann Taylor married first James Greer in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland, before 6 June 1687, when her father Arthur Taylor conveyed 75 acres at Arthur's Choice to James and Ann Greer.^[2][1][3]

James Greer died and Ann married second Lawrence Richardson before 1700, when Lawrence Richardson was identified in the Baltimore County rent rolls as holding the 75 acres of Arthur's Choice in trust "for the orphants of James Greear."^[4][5]

Lawrence Richardson died before 13 June 1705, when Ann posted bond for the administration of his estate in Baltimore County.^[6] She married third Oliver Harriott before 13 June 1711, when she is identified as Ann, wife of Oliver Harriott in the probate file for Lawrence Richardson's estate.^[7][6][8] She is identified as "Ann Harriott," the mother of John Greer, in a 1714 land record in which she waived her dower rights in the 75 acres of Arthur's Choice conveyed by her father to her and her first husband James Greer in 1687.^[9]

Death

Ann Harriott died 13 May 1716 in Baltimore County, Province of Maryland.^[10]

Children

Children of Ann Taylor and James Greer

James Greer and Ann Taylor had one known child:

1. John Greer, b. abt 1688^[11]

Based on the reference to the "orphants of James Greear" in the 1700 Baltimore County rent rolls, it is possible that Ann and James Greer at least one additional child whose identity is unknown.^[4]

Children of Ann Taylor and Lawrence Richardson

Ann Taylor and Lawrence Richardson had at least one child:

1. Thomas Richardson, b. abt 1692^[6]

Children of Ann Taylor and Oliver Harriott

Ann Taylor and Oliver Harriott do not appear to have had any children together.

Research Notes

Birth Date Estimate

The estimated birth date is based on her first known marriage by June 1687. The Find A Grave memorial gives a date of 1662 but there is no gravestone image or any other source cited source for this birth date claim.

Disputed Children

In addition to Thomas, a prior version of this profile attached the following additional children of Ann and Lawrence Richardson:

• William Richardson
• Benjamin Richardson
• Samuel Richardson
• Lawrence Richardson

However, there is no source cited for any of these children. The only known child according to Barnes was Thomas, so these additional children have been detached pending identification of a reliable source for the claims.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Robert W. Barnes, Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759, (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989), 623-24 (profile for Arthur Taylor); citing Baltimore County Land Records.
2. ↑ BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1661-1729, Liber RM HS, pp. 261-2, Deed of Arthur Taylor to John Grear and Ann his wife; MSA CE 66-10; images, MDLANDREC, (https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_search.cfm?cid=BA : accessed 22 Jan 2024), search terms: Book: RM, Page 261. Copy available here.
3. ↑ Barnes, Baltimore County Families, at 280 (profile for James Greer (1)).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Maryland Rent Rolls," Maryland Historical Magazine, 20 (Fall 1925): 273-296, at 280; images, Maryland Center for History and Culture, (https://mdhs.msa.maryland.gov/pages/index.aspx : accessed 22 Jan 2024). The transcription in this article is taken from the Series B, Baltimore County rent rolls, recorded in 1700. See "Maryland Rent Rolls," Maryland Historical Magazine, 19 (Winter 1924):341-369, at 342-43.
5. ↑ Barnes, Baltimore County Families, at 280 (profile of James Greer; citing Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore & Anne Arundel Counties, 1700-1707, 1705-1724 (Baltimore, 1976).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Barnes, Baltimore County Families, at 539 (profile for Lawrence Richardson (3)).
7. ↑ BALTIMORE COUNTY REGISTER OF WILLS (Administration Accounts) 1674-1969, Liber 2, p. 2; reel CF 74967-2; MSA CM127-2; images, Maryland State Archives, (https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/item.aspx?ID=CM127-2 : accessed 24 Jan 2024) ("...Oliver Harriot who married Ann wd of Lawrence Richardson late of ye County aforesaid...).
8. ↑ Barnes, Baltimore County Families, at 304 (profile for Oliver Harriott (3)).
9. ↑ BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT (Land Records) 1709-1717, Liber TR A, pp. 333-334, Deed of John Greer to Walter Bosley, 4 Mar 1714/5; MSA CD 66-9; images, MDLANDREC, (https://mdlandrec.net/main/dsp_search.cfm?cid=BA : accessed 22 Jan 2024), search terms: Book: TR A, Page 334. Copy available here.
10. ↑ "Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths - St. John's Parish - Joppa 1700-1760," p. 7; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-Z95B-7 : accessed 24 Jan 2024); FHL 14,132, DGS 7,835,986 ("Ann Harrit the wife of Oliver Harrit died on the 13 day of May in the yeare of our Lord 1716.")
11. ↑ Barnes, Baltimore County Families, at 280 (profiles for James (1) and John (2) Greer; citing Aug 1718 deposition testimony of John Taylor and John Rawlins from Baltimore County Court proceedings identifying John as the legimate son of Ann and James Greer).

See also:

• Find A Grave: Memorial #115762299, Ann Taylor Greer (no gravestone image or burial information)
• O'Quin, Bertie. The Descendants of Aquilla Greer, Sr. 1719-1790 (August 2005)