George Edmund Taylor (1710 - 1791)

Born 20 Mar 1710 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Crump) Taylor — married 1 May 1736 in New Kent, Virginia

Husband of Unknown (Beazley) Taylor — married 1753 in Colony of Virginia

Died 10 Oct 1791 at age 81 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

• George Edmund Taylor was born 20 Mar 1710 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia to parents James and Elizabeth (Peasley) Taylor.

• He married Lucy Crump in 1730.

• Children:

• 1. Ann (1730-1823)
• 2. Susannah (1731-1806)
• 3. Elizabeth (1733-1763)
• 4. Frances (1733-)
• 5. William S. (1735-1767)
• 6. Mary Ann (1735-1824)
• 7. Elizabeth (1735-1764)
• 8. James (1736-1805)
• 9. George (1737-1795)
• 10. Zachariah (1739-1794)
• 11. William Forbes (1739-1814)
• 12. Capt Edmund Taylor (1741-1822)
• 13. Henry (1742-1826)
• 14. Mary (1745-1786)
• 15. Frank (1745-)
• 16. Washington (1747-1814)
• 17. Lucy (1749-)

• George Edmund Taylor died 10 Oct 1791 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States.
  

  George Taylor is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

George was born in 1709, and passed away in 1790.

George Taylor settled in Goochland County, Virginia after marriage where he was named as a plantation owner in May 1737. In the same county, 15 Sep 1741, he was issued a work order for the years 1742 to 1748. In 1744 a part of Goochland County became Albermarle County, where in 1761 George witnessed an estate appraisal. In 1773 he witnessed the will of Hugh Rice Morris who gave Lurana Taylor (wife of Zachariah) 400 acres of land.^[1]

In 1782 tax list for Albermarle County, George's name was listed in District 1 with 3 sons under 21, 14 cattle, and 3 horses. Also in 1782, he moved his family to Mercer County, Kentucky, where he was granted tax exemption due to old age and infirmity. he died after Sep 1790.^[2]

Children

1. Frances, b. Dec 1733
2. James, b.1735
3. George Jr., b. Dec 1736, d. 1795
4. William, b. 1738, d. 1814
5. Zachariah, b. ca. 1739, d. 1794
6. Henry, b. 1742, d. 1826
7. Ann, b. ca. 1744
8. Mary, b. ca. 1745, md. Thomas Henry
9. Washington
10. Lucy, b. ca. 1749
11. Elizabeth, b. ca 1751

Note: Only their first four children are listed in the St. Peter’s Parish register:

Sources

1. ↑ Albemarle County, Virginia Will Book 2, page 312
2. ↑ R. Thurston, Cromwell, Kentucky; DAR Patriot index, Vol II, p. 1979; Mrs. Beall, Harrodsburg, Kentucky

• 1. Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812
• 2. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
• 3. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
• 4. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
• 5. Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
• 6. The vestry book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786
• 7. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
• Ancestry Family Trees

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Celeste Shepherd for creating WikiTree profile Taylor-13669 through the import of JordanMcPherson Family tree_2013-05-04.ged on May 4, 2013.
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