Martha (Taylor) Chew (1702 - 1782)

Born 27 Jan 1702 in King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Chew — married 1724 in Rapidan, Culpeper, Virginia

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1782 at age 80 in Orange County, Virginia, United States

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Biography of Martha Taylor

Martha Taylor was born 27 Jan 1701/02 in King and Queen County, Virginia; before her parents settled in the area of Virginia that would become Orange County. Martha was the daughter of James Taylor II and Martha Thompson.

Martha married Col. Thomas Chew about of sometime before 1724. No marriage record has been located.

Martha and her husband Thomas Chew sold land they owned in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on the 19th of December, 1746. The first parcel of 307 acres was sold to John Penn for twenty pounds. The second parcel of 307 acres was sold to George Penn for twenty pounds.^[1]

Martha died the 17th of November 1782, in Orange county, Virginia. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Spotsylvania County, Virginia Deed Book D, (1742-1751) pages 313 through 319; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GF-B6JP
2. ↑ Information provided by James Taylor I Descendants Association genealogist Steve Taylor

• Courses of Empire: The Thomas Chew Family of Orange County and the Colonial Virginia Recessional, by Frederick Madison Smith, Secretary, NSMFD

• A History of Caroline County, Virginia: From Its Formation in 1727 to 1924, by Marshall Wingfield, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1969, p. 471

• James Taylor I Descendants Association, scan of the Taylor family tree on linen

• WikiTree profile Taylor-7904 created through the import of BaxterFamilyTree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Jason Baxter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jason and others.

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