Christopher
Taylor
Born about in All Hallows, London, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Foxall) Taylor
— married
24 Aug 1641 in Lee, Kent, England
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 72
in London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Sep 2015
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Biography
Christopher Taylor was a son of George Taylor, innkeeper of Taunton, Somerset. He was apprenticed in 1631 to the Leathersellers trade. He married Mary Foxall and had seven children: Thomas, James, George, Elizabeth, Mary, Hannah and Sarah. He died in Jan 1681/82 in London.[1][2]
On July 7, 1664, Christopher Taylor ("citizen and leatherseller of London") and James Taylor signed an indenture apprenticing James to John Cole, mariner, for six years, to learn the art of navigation.[3]
Christopher Taylor was buried at St Mary le Bow, London on 19 January 1681/2, leaving a will dated 8 July 1676 that was proved 24 January 1681/2.[1]
His widow Mary was buried at Lee, Kent on 5 March 1685/6.[1] The tomb of Mary Taylor, in the church at Lee, Kent together with that of her parents, identifies her as the widow of Christopher Taylor of London.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. V, page 132, TAYLOR 22.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. IV, pages 178-179 TAYLOR 17.
- ↑ Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Transactions: 1892/94-, Volume 12 (1908), pp. 179-80. and pages 254-255.
- ↑ Gentleman's Magazine Library: Bedfordshire. Berkshire. Buckinghamshire (1905), p. 208.
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If you have any other info that might help me connect some dots, by first finding and collecting them, I would be grateful!
Cheers,
edited by Isaac Taylor
"TAYLOR, Christopher Co Co Cheap, 1672-7 The 'Cardinal's Cap', 1676, Cheapside, 1641, 1676, AH Honey Lane, 1641, 1676 (1) LS, appr, 1631, to Charles Cholfant, M, 1675 (2) bur 19 Jan 1681/2, St Mary le Bow (3) Will PCC 10 Cottle pr, 24 Jan 1681/2 f George Taylor of Taunton, Som, innkeeper, mar 1641, Mary, da of Thomas Foxhall, GR, of Lee, Kent (4) ? Linendraper (5) City property, land Kent (5) Father of Thomas TAYLOR (A) (6) [Blank line] (1) Will, Boyd 15042 (2) Will, LS, Appr Reg, 29 Sep 1631, Boyd 15042 (3) Reg, St Mary le Bow (4) LS, Appr Reg, 29 Sep 1631, Boyd 15042, 9449 (5) Will (6) Will, Boyd 15042, 15043"
From which I note he was repeatedly a city councillor in London, and is in these records proven father of a son Thomas, but not a son James. It also appears to evidence he was, at some point, rather than a "citizen and leatherseller" as our profile presently reads (but lacking in-line citation it's not clear where this quote comes from), he was a common councillor ("Co Co") and a draper & after being apprenticed to a Charles Cholfant. Anyone know which trade they would have been in, in 1631? It might be useful to finding and unravelling next clue.
Thoughts?
Lastly, this is probably the above-mentioned Cardinal's Cap:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Cap_Alley
edited by Isaac Taylor
If the father George an innkeeper from Taunton (meaning presumably: he has to live there, to keep his inn), then: what do we mean to say publishing his son's birthplace here on this profile is All Hallow's in London? That's 150+ miles away. Too far to go for a baptism surely. In this era, it might be a week to go back and forth, even without a baby.
Is there some record found in that church? If so, which?
Or perhaps is that birthplace claimed fact simply wrong? It's not explained or cited.
Respectfully,