Thomas Taberer (abt. 1616 - 1692)

Born about 1616 in Darby Parish, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Womble) Taberer — married about 1660 in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1692 at about age 76 in Basses Choice Plantation, Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Taberer is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Thomas Taberer was a Virginia colonist.

John Taberer,^[1] son of William Taberer and Ann Bennett, was born between 1616 and 1624 in England.^{[citation needed]}

He was transported to Gloucester County, Virginia, by Peter Knight before 1652. A grant of 700 acres was recorded by Mr. Peter Knight on 25 August 1652 for transport of 14 persons including Tho. Taberer.^[2]

Also in August 1652 Thomas Taberer recorded patents, jointly with partners, for a total of 1,150 acres in Isle of Wight County:

• Nicho. George, Thomas Taberer & Humphry Clarke, 900 acs., Aug. 14, 1652, p. 205. Beg. at the mouth on N. side of a branch where Francis England's land endeth, &c. cross the branch &c. to the great swamp, being the first branch of the black water, etc. Trans, of 18 pers: [incl. Joshua Taberer, brother of Thomas]^[2] This land was later sold to Francis Ayres on 28 February 1656.^[3]
• Thomas Taberer & Francis Higgins, 240 acs. Isle of Wight Cr., on head of the first swamp of blackwater, beg. at marked trees of Christopher Lewis; etc. 14 Aug. 1652, p. 206. Trans. of 5 pers.^[2]
• Thomas Taberer purchased 300 acres in Isle of Wight County called "Basses's Choice" from John Bland before 1690 who purchased it from Peter Knight about 1640.^[4]

Thomas is named in the will of his brother, Joshua Taberer, date 24 November 1656.

To brother Thomas Taberer all houses and lands left me by last will and test. of my father William Taberer of the county of Derby, he my brother giving a legacy to my brother William Taberer of Derby and the rest of my fathers kindred of ten pounds sterling * * in England. After my brother Thomas' decease, his only dau. and heir Ruth Taberer to be possessed with all my said estate in England as my only heir and executrix forever. To my cousin Ruth Taberer all my female cattle and rest of my estate in Va. To my Brother Thomas full power to recover my estate in England. Test, William Lewer, Francis Higgins.^[5]

Thomas Taberer/Tabenor was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Isle of Wight County in 1658^[6] and 1680-82,^[7] and for a long time was one of the justices and a major of the militia. He sympathized with, and may have been, a Quaker.^[8] The births of his children, Christian and Elizabeth, with wife Margaret Womble were recorded in the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.^[9]

Marriages & Children

Thomas Taberer married his first wife about 1654 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. No marriage record has been found. Some online family trees state his wife was Ann Bennett, but there is no documentation for the name. They may have confused Thomas' mother, Ann Bennett, with his first wife. They had only one known daughter, Ruth Taberer, born about 1655.

Thomas married second, Margaret (Womble) Taberer, widow of John Wood, about 1660 in Isle of Wight County. They had children:^[9]

1. Christian Taberer, b 1661
2. Elizabeth Taberer, b 1663
3. Mary Taberer, b c 1777 [?]

Death & Legacy

Note: 1. "The Copeland Family & Allied Lines" by J Hoyle Mayfield (1989)

2. "Copeland & Related Lines of Taberer & Woodley" by Norman A

Shockley

The Will of Thomas Taberer dated 24 January 1692/3 and proved 9 February 1694/5 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia,^[8] is as follows:

Will of Major Thomas Taberer "of the Isle of Wight County VA being in

health and memory do make and ordayne this my last will and Testament

with my own handwriting this 24th day of Jan 1692": Land I now own,

400 acres, with houses, fences and orchards, commonly called Basse's

Choyce, to my grandson Joseph Copeland, and should be decease without

male or female issue, then to my grandson Thomas Numan, son of John

Numan, and daughter Ruth; to grandson Thomas Webb, son of Wm Webb and

daughter Mary Webb, land I bought of Charles Edwards which John

Bidwood now lives upon with houses, orchards, &c.; all my household

here or in England to be divided into 5 parts, viz; to daughter

Elizabeth Copeland's children, and to Elizabeth Wombwell's children

except my wearing apprell both linen and woolen, which I bequeath to

son John Numan; to daughter Ruth one feather bed furnished, and a

feather bed I lie on usually to grandson Joseph Copeland, and I give

a feather bed in the shed to Thomas Wombwell, with sheets and

covering, &c.; to daughter Mary my horse called "Sparke" and the rest

of my horses, mares, sheep, and cattell equally to my daughter Ruth's

children by John Numan, my daughter Christian's children, and

daughter Elizabeth Copeland's children to each of the three families

a part; to John Numan the enjoyment of my plantation till grandson

Joseph Copeland comes to age to make no waste upon it and to keep

Joseph to school at his own charge till he can write and cyper

sufficiently; corn and provision now in my house to be spent to

maintayn those on my plantation this year, and for my hoggs in

generall I bequeath them to the maintenance of house and family I

have placed there upon my plantation, &c; makes his grandson Joseph

Copeland whole and sole exor. Proved 9th of Feb 1694, and admn

granted to Mr John Numan. Codicil: Gives his goods lately received

from England, lynin, woolen, thred and spice to his three

grandchildren Joseph Copeland, Thomas Numan, and Isabella Numan

equally between them, all nayles found in my house to y use of y

plantation.

Margaret Wombel had been married to John Wood before she married

Thomas.

Thomas Taberer had been married to Ann Bennett before he married

Margaret.

Chd of Thomas/Ann: Ruth Taberer

Chd of Thomas/Margaret: Christian Taberer, Elizabeth Taberer, Mary Taberer

Sources

1. ↑ Taberer, Thomas - A7805; born Derbyshire, England, died 1695, Isle of Wight Co.: 1658, 1680-82 (Burgess). accessed 29 October 2021]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Page 277, 278
3. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Originally published: Chicago, 1938. Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1973, 1980, 1994, 2003. Ancestry image, Page 523
4. ↑ Seventeenth century Isle of Wight County, Virginia [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Image, page 171
5. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett. Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Originally published: Chicago, 1938. Reprinted: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1973, 1980, 1994, 2003. Ancestry image, Page 521
6. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 1, page xxiii
7. ↑ McIlwaine, H. R. and J. P. Kennedy, Editors. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia. 13 Volumes. Richmond, Virginia, 1905-1915. Editors: vols. 1-9, H. R. McIlwaine; v. 10-13, J. P. Kennedy. Vol. 2, pages x, 120
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Volume I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1915. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008. Page 335
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data:Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948. Ancestry Image, Vol. 6, page 37

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Acknowledgements

Profile created by Owen Smith through the import of outlandmaddox.ged on Jan 31, 2018.