Thomas Taylor (1574 - abt. 1618)

Born 15 Mar 1574 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Swinderly) Taylor — married 9 Oct 1599 in Hadley, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about 11 Apr 1618 at about age 44 in Hadleigh Hamlet, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Thomas TAYLOR may have been born on 15 Mar 1573/1574 in Hadley, Shropshire, England. ^[1]

There are other birth references made to Pennington Castle, Cumberland, England. These have the county incorrect: it was in the historic county of Lancashire and since 1974 has been in Cumbria.^[2][3]

He is often given the title of Captain.

He married 09 Oct 1599 to Margaret SWINDERBY (daughter of Andrew SWINDERBY) in Middlesex, London, England. She was born about 1578 in Kobenhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark and died in 1672 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England.

Thomas died, possibly about 1618 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England.^[4]

In 1635, three of their children immigrated to America on the ship Truelove. ^[5]

Alternate info:^[6]

Thomas Taylor

Birth: 15 Mar 1573/1574 in Of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England

Christening:

Death: 13 Mar 1656 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Taylor I b: 19 Sep 1548 in Of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England ^[6]

Mother: Elizabeth Burwell b: ABT 1552 in Of Hadleigh, Suffolk, England ^[6]

Marriage

Wife: Margaret Swinderly b: 1578 in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark^[6]

Married: 9 Oct 1599 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England

Children

1. Robert Taylor b: 7 Nov 1601 in England
2. Margaret Elen Taylor b: 10 Sep 1603 in England
3. William Taylor b: 8 Jul 1605 in England
4. Colonel James "The Elder" Taylor b: 12 Feb 1608 in Pennington Castle
5. Ann Taylor b: 1611 in England
6. John "The Immigrant" Taylor b: 1 Dec 1611 in England - Penington Castle
7. Richard Taylor b: 1615 in England

Research Notes

Father

Thomas is shown as son of Thomas Taylor (son of Rowland Taylor the martyr) and Elizabeth Burwell. These relationships are found in unsourced trees on the web, and (without good sourcing) in two privately produced family histories available on the web: one by William Taylor Wittel (dated 2000)^[7] and the other by E Stuart Gregg (dated 1975)^[8] Both of those works have substantial errors for martyr Rowland Taylor and his family. There appears at present to be no reliable evidence for Thomas Taylor the martyr's son being husband of Elizabeth Burwell and father of the Thomas of this profile. - Cayley-55 13:57, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Birthplace

Note by Michael Cayley, 5-6 December 2019

Three suggested possible birthplaces are named in this profile: Hadley in Shropshire; Hadleigh in Suffolk; and Pennington Castle, historically in Lancashire. They are a long way apart from each other. As the main section of the biography makes clear, there appears to be no firm birthplace for Thomas.

The uncertain Shropshire birthplace - which comes from an unsourced statement placed by a contributor on FindAGrave - almost certainly reflects a confusion between Hadley in Shropshire and Hadleigh in Suffolk, where Rowland Taylor the martyr, currently shown on WikiTree as grandfather of Thomas, was rector.

William Taylor Wittel's family history work gives Thomas’s birthplace as ”Hadley, Middlesex, London", with no source. The place does not exist, and presumably this is a mistake for Hadleigh, Suffolk.^[7]

Pennington Castle

Pennington Castle, near Ulverston in the Furness district of the historic county of Lancashire, is given not only as one of the suggested possible birthplaces of Thomas, but also as birthplace of two of his children. This is unlikely. The Castle was held by a Pennington family but they moved to nearby Muncaster Castle by the middle of the 13th century.^[2] There is a 1318 mention of the Castle but by then it may already have started to fall into dilapidation or been largely destroyed (very little now remains). It may have been destroyed when Robert the Bruce raided Furness in 1316 and 1322.^[9] There appears to be no record of any subsequent occupation of the Castle, which has only the most cursory of mentions in a footnote in the Victoria County History of Lancashire.^[10] - Michael Cayley, 6 December 2019

Children’s Emigration on the Truelove

It is said, citing an Ancestry tree as source, that three of Thomas’s children emigrated to America on the Truelove in 1635. The ship made two known voyages that year. One was to Bermuda, with a passenger list dated 10 June 1635 and including Anne (24), James (28), Richard (16) and William (17) Tayler, with no indication of their parentage or precise relationship to each other.^[11] They were almost certainly members of the same family, but there must be uncertainty about whether they were children of Thomas. The other voyage was to Massachusetts, leaving September 1635, with a George Tayler/Tyler age 31 on board.^[12]

Grandson of Dr. Rowland Taylor and Margaret Tyndale. Son of Thomas Taylor I and Elizabeth Burwell Taylor. Husband of Margaret Swinderby Taylor.

Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR, II (1572/73 England-1618 England) and Margaret SWINDERBY (1578 Denmark-1672 England) were the direct ancestors of 5 US presidents (Abraham LINCOLN, James MADISON, Zachary TAYLOR, William Henry HARRISON, Benjamin HARRISON) and 1 actress (Elizabeth TAYLOR)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

7G grandfather of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham LINCOLN. Abraham LINCOLN (1809-1865) son of Thomas LINCOLN and Nancy HANKS (1784-1818). Nancy HANKS daughter of James HANKS (1760-1793) and Mary SHIPLEY. James HANKS was the son of Joseph HANKS and Nancy Anna LEE (1728-1808). Nancy Anna LEE was the daughter of William LEE, Jr (1704-1764) and Anne. William LEE, Jr. was the son of William LEE, Sr. and Dorothy TAYLOR (1681-1754). Dorothy TAYLOR was the daughter of Thomas TAYLOR (1657-1712) and Elizabeth HARDWOOD. Thomas TAYLOR was the son of Thomas TAYLOR (1628-1687 and Mary. Thomas TAYLOR was the son of John "Immigrant" Taylor (1607-1652) and Elizabeth Jones. John TAYLOR was the son of Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR and Margaret SWINDERBY.

JAMES MADISON 4G grandfather of the 4th President of the United States James MADISON. James Madison (1751-1836) was the son of James MADISON (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose CONWAY. James MADISON was the son of Ambrose MADISON (1700-) and Francis TAYLOR (1700-1761). Francis TAYLOR was the daughter of James TAYLOR, II (1675-1730) and Martha THOMPSON. James TAYLOR, II was the son of James TAYLOR, I (1608-) and Francis WALKER (-1680). James TAYLOR, I was the son of Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR and Margaret SWINDRBY.

ZACHARY TAYLOR 3G grandfather of the 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor. Zachary TAYLOR (1784-1850) was the son of Richard Lee TAYLOR (1742/3-1829) and Sarah Dabney STROTHER. Richard Lee TAYLOR was the son of Zachary TAYLOR, Sr. (1707-1768) and Elizabeth LEE. Zachary TAYLOR, Sr. was the son of James TAYLOR (1675-1730) and Martha THOMPSON. James Taylor was the son of James TAYLOR (1608-1698) and Francis WALKER. James Taylor was the son of Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR and Margaret SWINDERBY.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON 4G grandfather of the 9th President of the United States, William Henry HARRISON. William Henry HARRISON (1773-1841) was the son of Benjamin HARRISON, V and Elizabeth BASSETT (1730-1792). Elizabeth BASSETT was the daughter of William BASSETT, IV (1709-1792) and Elizabeth CHURCHILL. William BASSETT, IV was the son of William BASSETT, III (1671-1723) and Joanna BURWELL. William BASSETT III was the son of William BASSETT and Bridgett CARY (1652-1670). Bridgett CARY was the daughter of Miles CARY (1621-) and ANNA TAYLOR (1611-1657). Anna TAYLOR was the daughter of Capt. Thomas TAYLOR and Margaret SWINDERBY.

BENJAMIN HARRISON 6G grandfather of the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin HARRISON. Benjamin HARRISON (1833-1901) was the son of John Scott HARRISON (1804-1878) and Elizabeth RAMSEY. John Scott HARRISON was the son of President William Henry HARRISON and Anna Tuthill SYMMES.

(Of note, actress Elizabeth TAYLOR (1932-2011) Elizabeth TAYLOR, daughter of Francis Lenn TAYLOR (1897-1968) and Sarah Viola WARMBRODT. Francis TAYLOR was the son of Francis Marion TAYLOR and Elizabeth ROSEMOND. Francis Marion TAYLOR was the son of Peter TAYLOR (1829-1921) and Margaret Jane PERIGO. Peter TAYLOR was the son of Lewis TAYLOR (1780-1874) and Rachel BAKER. Lewis TAYLOR was the son of Joseph TAYLOR (1741/2-1815) and Francis ANDERSON. Joseph TAYLOR was the son of John Powell TAYLOR (1696-1780) and Catherine PENDLETON. John Powell TAYLOR was the son of Sheriff James TAYLOR (1635-1698) and Mary GREGORY. Sheriff James TAYLOR was the son of John "Immigrant" TAYLOR (1607-1652). John "Immigrant" TAYLOR was the son of Capt. Thomas J. TAYLOR and Margaret SWINDERBY

(Contributor: Lloyd Taylor)

The first of the name of Pendleton who came to the Colony of Virginia to make their home (in 1674 ) were two young men, Philip Pendleton , a teacher, and Nathaniel , his brother, a clergyman. The latter died very soon, unmarried; he evidently held no clerical charge in the Colony, as his name has never been given among the lists of the clergy of that time. Philip returned to England about 1680 ; tradition says he married a lady of high social position, but she died, and he returned to the Colony, and in 1682 married Isabella Hurt (or Hert or Hart,) and from this marriage are descended all the Pendletons of Virginia . Philip was born in Norwich, England , in 1650 , son of Henry Pendleton , 3rd son of Henry Pendleton , son and heir of George Pendleton , Gentleman, who married Elizabeth Pettingall dau. of John Pettingall , Gentleman of Norwich, Eng. George Pendleton moved from Manchester to Norwich in 1613 . His son and heir, Henry , probably married Susan- because in Vol. 48 of the New England Hist. and Gen. Register, is found a copy of the will of Sir John Pettus , Knight, of Norwich , Jan. 1613 , which says: "Appoint my cousin, Henry Pendleton , Supravisor of my estate." Also Thomas Pettus , of Caistree, St. Edmond's Norfolk , Oct. 1618 . "To my Cousins, Henry Pendleton and Susan , his wife, annuity out of my houses &c. in Norwich ." This family of Pettus is the same as the one in Va. The Pendletons were originally from Manchester , where the name was well known, some of them being in public life as early as the reign of Henry VIII. The Coat of Arms used by the Pendletons of Norwich and by the emigrant, Philip , indicate by the presence of Escallop shells and by the Cardinal's chapeau, in the Crest, a connection with Crusader traditions. The New England Pendletons , descendants of Brian Pendleton , came from Lancaster , and show a different Coat of Arms. Philip Pendleton is said to have settled in New Kent Co. , but there is no record of the family on the Register of St. Peter's Parish ; he probably lived always in the portion called afterwards Caroline county , the records of which were burnt during the war of '61-65 . Most of his descendants settled in counties New Kent . He died in 1721 , the same year his oldest son Henry died, and the same year his grandson, the eminent Judge Edmund Pendleton , was born. He had three sons and four daughters, two of his family married into the family of James Taylor , of Carlisle, Eng. , and by other intermarriages, a close connection with the Taylor family has been preserved. Some of his descendants were among the founders of St. Mark's Parish .

Thomas was born about 1574. He passed away about 1618.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18652140
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Pennington Castle Hill page on Gatehouse website, accessed 6 November 2019
3. ↑ Pennington Castle page of Old Cumbria Gazetteer website, accessed 6 November 2019
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18652140
5. ↑ Bio from ancestry.com tree
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Rootsweb: Thomas Taylor cites: John Taylor 1478 to Ron Taylor 2000 From: Ron Taylor
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} William Taylor Wittel. 500 Years of Wittel and Related Families, 2000, pp360-1, Familysearch] (search for Hadley to get to the pages)
8. ↑ E Stuart Gregg Jr. A Crane's Foot (or Pedigree) of Branches of the Gregg, Stuart, Robertson, Dobbs and Allied Families, privately printed by the R L Bryan Company, Columbia, South Carolina, 1975, p. 219, Google Books
9. ↑ Pennington Castle page on CastlesFortsBattles.co.uk, accessed 6 November 2019
10. ↑ "The parish of Pennington," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1914), 338-342, footnote 3, British History Online, accessed 6 December 2019
11. ↑ The True Love 10 June 1635 , accessed 9 December 2019
12. ↑ Category: Truelove, sailed September, 1635

• U.S. and International Marriage Records 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing.

• Millennium File by Heritage Consulting on ancestry.com

• A Crane's Foot (or Pedigree) of Branches of the Gregg, Stuart, Robertson, Dobbs and Allied Families p217 by E. Stuart Gregg in 1975.

• Ancestry Family Tree with dead link - http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6855369&pid=8104
• H. McNutt family book, completed 1960, self.
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYSJ-68N
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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2020), memorial page for Capt Thomas John Taylor II (15 Mar 1574–1618), Find a Grave Memorial no. 18652140, citing St. Mary's Churchyard, Hadleigh, Babergh District, Suffolk, England ; Maintained by Moochie (contributor 46596943) .