Elizabeth (Lee) Taylor (1709 - 1753)

Born 25 May 1709 in Northumberland County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Swan Jones — married about 1730 in Northumberland Co., Virginia

Wife of Zachary Taylor Sr. — married about 1734 in Orange Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died Apr 1753 at age 43 in Orange County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth Lee was a twin; her twin brother was Hancock Lee. They were both born in 1709 in Northumberland County, Va. ^[1][2]

Elizabeth married Swan Jones about 1730 in Northumberland County, Virginia. Elizabeth and Swan Jones were the parents of one (1) child, a son, John Jones born about 1733 in Northumberland County, Virginia. Swan Jones died about 1734. ^[3]

Elizabeth married second to Zachary Taylor in 1737 in Northumberland County, Virginia, by whom she had at least 4 children. ^[4]

Elizabeth and Zachary Taylor were the parents of the following four (4) children: Zachary Taylor (Jr), Hancock Taylor, Richard Taylor, and Elizabeth Taylor.^[5]

Children

Swan and Elizabeth (Lee) Jones had the following (1) child:^[6]

1. John Jones, born about 1734; married Mary Bell

Zachary and Elizabeth (Lee) (Jones) Taylor had the following (4) children:^[7]

1. Zachary Taylor, born 26 February 1735; married Alice Chew
2. Elizabeth Taylor, born about 1739; married Thomas Bell
3. Hancock Taylor, born about 1742
4. Richard Taylor, born 3 March 1743/4; married Sarah Dabney Strother

Burial

Orange, Orange, Virginia

Taylor Family Cemetery (Meadow Farm Estate)

Find A Grave: Memorial #43365993

Sources

1. ↑ Some notable families of America. by Annah Robinson Watson, page 58
2. ↑ History of the Lee Family, Mary Willis Woodson and Lucy C. Lee, Register of Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1, No. 3 (SEPTEMBER, 1903), pp. 73-75, 77-88
3. ↑ "May 10 1742, Spencer Ball agreed to surrender certain property to Zachary Taylor gent, of Orange Co., present husband of Elizabeth, the mother of John Jones and orphan of Swan Jones, gent. dec'd", page 268 William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 23 No. 4 (Apr., 1915), Article: Mr. Robert Jones of Fleet's Bay, Northumberland County, and Some of His Descendants, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915269
4. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial
5. ↑ pages 287-289, Taylor and Jones Families, by Trist Wood, William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1921), online at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915338
6. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 137
7. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 138

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