Susanna (Compton) Taylor (1707 - abt. 1787)

Born 6 Feb 1707 in Charles County, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Whitely — married before 1744 in Fairfax, Virginia

Wife of Henry Taylor — married after 16 Jul 1745 in Fairfax, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1787 at about age 79 in Loudon County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Susannah Compton was born circa 1707, in Charles County, Maryland, a daughter of Mathew Compton and Susannah Bricoe. About 1725, Susannah married Robert Whitely. ^[1]

Susannah's mother wrote her Will on February 5, 1739 and it was probated on July 24, 1740. Susannah's children were name in the Will:

• "To grandau, Susanna Whitely warming pan and to all remaining of my dau Susanna Compton's children one shilling each." ^[2]

Susannah's father wrote his Will on March 19, 1744/45 and it was probed on September 5, 1747. Susannah was named in her father's Will:

• " I give and bequeath to my daughter Susanna Whitely 2 shilling sterling in bar that she shall not claim any other part of my Estate."

Children of Susannah and Robert include:

• Margaret Whitely, born circa 1734, in Loudoun County, Virginia, died in October, 1825, in Henry County, Kentucky, married William Smith on April 17, 1765

• William Whitely, born 1738, in Virginia, died December 14, 1789, in Loudoun County, Virginia married Susannah Tyler ^[3]

Robert Whitely died April 3, 1744, in Fairfax County, Virginia. Susanna married, secondly, Henry Taylor, a widower with seven children, whose wife, Margaret Cork died July 16, 1745, in Loudoun County, Virginia. ^[4] Susannah and Henry became the parents of two additional children:

• John Taylor, born circa 1746 ^[5] married Mary "Molly" Hawkins Bayne ^[6]

• Olive Taylor, born circa 1747 ^[7]

Susanna (Compton) Whitely-Taylor died in 1787, in Cameron Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia.

Research Notes

About Susannah Compton, from Becky Bass Bonner and Josephine Lindsay Bass, My Southern Family: A Genealogical Study of Historical Southern Families:

In Fairfax County, a Robert Whitely died intestate prior to 1744. That year, the court records (Will Book A, p.50) show his widow, Susanna(h) Whitely, to be the administrator of his estate. Later (Will Book A, p.75), there was an appraisal of his estate 'at the plantation of Robert Whitely.' The appraisal included a boat and one old warming pan. The next year, the records show (Will Book A, pp. 125 and 134) the administrator to be Susanna Taylor. She had married Henry Taylor, a widower with several children, between 1744 and 1745. (By 1751, they had a son John).

"In Fairfax County, Virginia, in 1755, a lease from Robert Carter to Henry Taylor listed William Whitley as the son of Susannah Taylor by her former husband (Robert Whitely). Susannah Compton Whitely Taylor survived her husband Henry by many years and died about 1787. Loudoun County court records show a settlement of her estate. (Deed Book R, p. 94 - 29 December 1787).

"Implied Marriages of Fairfax County, Virginia, p. 217: 'Taylor, Henry & Susannah Whitely, administratrix of Robert Whitely (Deed Book D1, part 1, pp. 225 - 227; Will Book Al, part 1, p. 126).

"Court records in Charles County, Maryland, just across the Potomac River from Fairfax County, Virginia, help identify Susanna Whitely's background.

"She was the daughter of Matthew and Susanna (Briscoe) Compton and the granddaughter of Philip and Susannah (Swan) Briscoe. In 1740, Matthew Compton named his daughter, Susannah Whitely, in his will.

"The same year, Susannah Briscoe, widow of Philip, willed her 'granddaughter Susannah Whitley a warming pan and to the remaining children of my daughter Susannah Compton one shilling each.' Matthew Compton's will is in Will Book AC4, page 235, and Susannah Briscoe's will in the same book on page 116. Other wills in these families tie the relationship together."

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I12121&tree=Tree1
2. ↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMZ-NNC?cc=1803986&wc=SNYZ-DPV%3A146535701%2C148432701 : 20 May 2014), Charles > Wills 1734-1752 vol 4 > image 83 of 217; Hall of Records, Annapolis
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L6D1-HWY
4. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQRC-DNK
5. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I58147&tree=Tree1
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7XG-SWZ
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7X1-FY7

• "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-24310-15058-35?cc=1803986 : 20 May 2014), Charles > Wills 1734-1752 vol 4 > image 147 of 217; Hall of Records, Annapolis.[[1]]
• "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYMZ-NNC?cc=1803986&wc=SNYZ-DPV%3A146535701%2C148432701 : 20 May 2014), Charles > Wills 1734-1752 vol 4 > image 83 of 217; Hall of Records, Annapolis.[[2]]

Acknowledgements

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