Bartholomew (Tagliaferri) Taliaferro (abt. 1530 - 1601)

Born about 1530 in Bergamo, Republic of Venice.

Husband of Joane (Lane) Graye — married 1 Jan 1583 in St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, England

Descendants

Died 21 Sep 1601 at about age 71 in Canterbury, Kent, England

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Biography

Bartholomew (Tagliaferri) Taliaferro has Jewish Roots.

This profile is part of the Taliaferro Name Study.

Bartholomew Taliaferro was born on April 4, 1530, in Bergamo, Republic of Venice., his father, Luigi, was 20 and his mother, Maria, was 20. He married Joane Lane on January 1, 1583. They had eight children in 14 years. He died on September 21, 1601, in Canterbury, Kent, England, at the age of 71, and was buried in London, London, England. ^[1]

Born in. Lived in various parishes in London until his death. : Buried September 22, 1601, at St. Olave's Hart Street London.

Married Joane Lanier/Lanyer on 1 JAN 1583 at St. Michaels, Cornhill, London, England. Father of Katherine, Horatio, Ciprion (or Siprion), Francis, Jacob and Isack (twins), Jerome (or Jeromme), Elizabeth (or Elyzabeth) and Bartholomew Taliaferro.

BARTHOLOMEW Tallafer, Taliaferra, Taliaferro, etc., a subject of the Duke of Venice, paid 20 shillings for Letters of Denization in England March 4, 1562. ^[2]

Will

dated September 18, 1601, proved May 3, 1602, P.C.C.

Taliaferro, Bartholomew: Will of 18 Sep 1601

To my four sons Scipio, Fraunces, Isack, and Jeromme Two hundred pounds sterling when they shall be of age of Twenty-one years.

To Elizabeth my daughter to be given at her marriage one hundred pounds sterling, meaning that she shall not marry until she be of age of sixteen years or according to the will of her mother.

To Jone my wife one hundred pounds sterling, if she marries again. If she does not, she is to have the profits of all my estate, and then one hundred pounds when my sons are of the age of twenty-one years.

I ordain my overseers of the things contained in this my Testament and Last will John Francisco Soprani Fraunces Rizzo and Phillippe Bernardi.

I do give five pounds sterling to our parish of St. Ollaves on condition that they shall discharge my family of the taxation of the poor of the said parish so long as my wife, sons and daughter shall dwell in the same. And not discharging them of said taxation they shall pay them nothing.

Unto Margery my servant five shillings sterling.

I declare that I have two obligations of Cornelius De Neme, one of one hundred pounds which is paid, but the other of one hundred and twenty five pounds is in force and is due to me.

Made in the City of London the eighteenth day of September 1601 Subscribed in the presence of Jeromme Lopez Pompilio Gaetani Henry Valesi William Parkyns. May 3, 1602.

Letters of Administration granted to Joan Taliaferro the relict of the said deceased. Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 29 Montague.

His will was dated 18 Sep 1601, proved 3 May 1602 in London.

- - - - - - - - - - research shows his wife to be Joan Lanier/Lanyer. References: 1. Ancestry.com 2. Rootsweb.com 3. Genealogies of VA Families (Wm.&Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 4) 4. The "Marshall Family" 5. "Virginia Reports, Annotated." 6. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography 7. See Taliaferro Research Log 8. http://genealogy.the-franklins.net/taliaferro.htm 9. Our Family Genealogy Pages (genfan.com) 10. See Taliaferro Family Tradition Notes 11. Chronicles of Ademar de Chabannes 12. VA Magazine of History & Biography, No. 77 (January 1969), pgs. 22-25 ∼ musician in the Royal Court, buried in St. Olave's, Harte Street, London

Notes

Bartholomew Taliaferro was from Bergamo then a city of the Republic of Venice. Records indicate the family were in this at least as far back as 1256 A.D. They were of Jewish descent.

Origin

Bartholomew Taliaferro was born c. 1540 in Italy.^[3][4]

When Bartholomew TALLAFER applied for residency in London on March 4, 1562, he described himself as a subject of the Duke of Venice.

Marriage

After moving to London, Bartholomew married on 1 Jan 1583/4 at St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, to Joane Lane (p 245). ^[3]

Bartholomew and Joane had nine children, including Francis Taliaferro. He died about September 22, 1601and was buried on that day at St. Olave's, Hart Street, London.

After his death, Joane remarried, on May 15, 1602, Thomas GRAYE of Whitechapel, County Middlesex, widower, at St. Olave's. She was living in the fall of 1609. Her second husband was buried June 12, 1617, at Whitechapel, and his will was dated May 12 of that year. ^[5]

London Census 1593

London Return of Strangers of 1593---"Talford, Bartelmew, keeps house, 1; his wife an Englishwoman: Italian of Bergamo [Pergema]; merchant; five sons 7, 6, 5 and two of 1 year, all English born; no stranger man or woman servant; dwelt in England42 years; denizen of the English Church; keeps two English maid servants; sets one Englishwoman to work." ---Irene Scouloudi, Returns of Strangers in the Metropolis 1593, 1627, 1635, 1639, A Study of an Active Minority [Huguenot Society of London, Quarto Series, v. 57: London, 1985], pp 145-46. [James R. Lively, article "The Italian Origins of the Taliaferros of Virginia", p 248, "The Virginia Genealogist", Vol. 46, Oct-Dec 2002

Name

The name Taliaferro is pronounced Toliver. Thomas Jefferson was curious as to the origin of the family and requested a search in England. The actual origin was not determined until very recently. His neighbors in London were the Laniers who originated in Italy, moved to France and then England. They were Musicians. After his death his wife, Joane married Thomas Graye of Whitechapel Co., Middlesex, England on May 15, 1602, at St. Olave's. Elyzabeth T. married William Graye her stepbrother. Some researchers think that Joane was a Lanier and not a Lane, however in a census she is referred to as an English woman. If she was a Lane her father may have been Thomas Lane. Bartholomew lived at the time of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.

Children

The children were Christened at St. Olaves, Hart Street, England. Some were buried at St. Olaves and St. Botalphs, Bishopsgate, London. In his will Bartholomew named his "fower" sons Scipio, ffraunces, Isaack and Ieromme[Jeromme]- and his daughter Elizabeth. Bartholomew Jr., Katherine and Horatio had died before this time.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Index [1]
2. ↑ TALIAFFERO TIMES, Vol. 2, September 3, 1997, Issue 3.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Lively, James R., (2003) "The Italian Origins of the Taliaferros." The Virginia Genealogist, Vol 46. AmericanAncestors.org NEHGS, (Vol 43, Pages 243-53).
4. ↑ "Descendants of Bartholomew Taliaferro." Archive.org saved 31 Aug 2017.
5. ↑ Source: #S00109

See also:

• McGroarty, William Buckner, (1924) "The Taliaferro Family." The William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd Ser., Vol 4. (2nd Ser., Vol 4, Pages 191-99) Caution: most of this article now disproved.
• Wagner, Anthony, (1969) "The Origin of the Family of Taliaferro." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol 77. (Vol 77, Pages 22-25).
• Source: S00109 turel.FTW.
• Wagner, Sir Anthony and Andrus F.S., article "The Origin of the Family Taliaferro", {The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", Vol. 77 Jan. 1969.
• Lively, James R., article "The Italian Origins of the Taliaferros of Virginia", 243--253, "The Virginia Genealogist", Vol. 46, Oct-Dec 2002
• Rogers, Wayne W., "Gone to Texas" Bloomington, IL., 1978