Elizabeth McGrath (Lewis) Taylor (abt. 1703 - abt. 1733)

Born about 1703 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Taylor III — married 5 Mar 1724 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1733 at about age 30 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia

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Biography

N.B. I am removing James Taylor III (Taylor-5003) and Alice Thornton Taylor as the parents of Charity Taylor Prickett Jolliffe as I know of NO primary sources or reliable secondary accounts as evidence that they WERE her parents and there is some evidence that they were NOT. (Patricia Prickett Hickin, 30 April 2018).

Also, the parents of Charity Taylor Prickett Jolliffe are frequently given as this James Taylor (Taylor-5003) and Elizabeth McGrath Lewis Taylor (Lewis-12901), but I have never seen an original source for either. Also Elizabeth died six years before Charity was born. PPH, 20150411.

Elizabeth was born about 1703 in Virginia, the third of four known children and the second of three daughters of John Zachary and Mary Walker Lewis.

On 4 March 1724 she married James Taylor III in Rapidan, Orange County, Virginia, and they had one known child, a daughter whom they named Elizabeth.

However, Betty Smith Meischen, quoting from a GenForum post, says “Elizabeth [McGrath Lewis] and James Taylor had no children together.”^[1]

Elizabeth died about 1733 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Citations

1. ↑ Betty Smith Meischen, in From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County, page 509, URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=D_ktpnNHcbIC&pg=PA509&lpg=PA509&dq=james+taylor+%22elizabeth+mcgrath+lewis%22&source=bl&ots=j2LAtmel3f&sig=9PpUlIWYE9a9-WAXrVX0qDaYL58&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkoynnMrZAhWiSt8KHVSHAQsQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=james%20taylor%20%22elizabeth%20mcgrath%20lewis%22&f=false. Accessed 28 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin created Elizabeth (McGrath) Taylor on 16 Apr 2014.

• Jennifer (Valenzuela) Fahrney created Elizabeth (Lewis) Taylor on 9 Jul 2014.

Sources

• Brewer, Mary Taylor. From Log Cabins to the White House-a History of the Taylor Family By c.1985 US/CAN 929.273T212bm

• Meischen, Betty Smith. From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County, page 509, URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=D_ktpnNHcbIC&pg=PA509&lpg=PA509&dq=james+taylor+%22elizabeth+mcgrath+lewis%22&source=bl&ots=j2LAtmel3f&sig=9PpUlIWYE9a9-WAXrVX0qDaYL58&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilkoynnMrZAhWiSt8KHVSHAQsQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=james%20taylor%20%22elizabeth%20mcgrath%20lewis%22&f=false. Accessed 28 Feb 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.