Capt
John
Taylor
Jr
Born in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Taylor
and Sarah (Barker) Bisse
Brother of
Frances (Taylor) Bradford, Elizabeth (Taylor) Hamlin, Samuel Lucy [half] and Mary (Lucy) Cargill [half]
Husband of
Henrietta Maria (Hill) Taylor
— married
1685 in Charles City, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Taylor) Duke, Henrietta Maria (Taylor) Hardeman and Mary Sarah (Taylor) Hardeman
Died after
after age 43
in Flowerdew Hundred, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
John Taylor Jr is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
John Taylor,[1] son of Richard Taylor and Sarah Barker, was born in 1663 (of age in 1684).[2]
Taylor resided in that part of Charles City county afterwards known as Prince George. He was Burgess for Charles City County in 1696-97, 1698, 1699,[3] 1700-1702; clerk of the county court in 1699; captain of the militia and died in 1707.[4]
Will & Death
Last Will and Testament of John Taylor[5]
Prince George County, Virginia.
5 April 1707.
9 November 1709 (probated).[6]
"IN the name of GOD AMEN, I JOHN TAYLOR of Prince George County being very sick & weak in body, but of perfect sense and memory thanks be to God for the same do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following. I commit my Soul to Almighty God who gave it trusting in the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ for pardon of all my Sins and to enjoy a blessed and Glorious Eternity, and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, and as to what wordly estate it hath pleased God to bless me with I give and bequeath as followeth,
"IMPRIMIS, I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Duke two Negroes ( Vizt) one man called Dick, and one man called Buck, and my Riding horse called Trooper, besides what I have already given her.
"ITEM, I give and bequeath to my daughter Henrietta Maria Taylor four Negroes (Vizt) Hector, Moll, Caesor and Frank, one feather bed and furniture six young Cowes and Calves, all to be paid her at twenty one years of a ge or day of marriage, which shall first happen.
"ITEM, I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Taylor four Negroes or Mulattoes (Vizt) Henry, George … (torn out) … to be paid to her at twenty one years …. Lying and being in Prince George County. Credits of what nature and quality soever they be
"I do give and bequeath to my dear and Loving wife Henrietta Maria Taylor, as also five Negroes (Vizt) Antilope & his wife Amy, Jack and his wife Sue & Hannah & all my land at Pigeon Swamp I give unto my Loving wife to her and her heirs forever, she paying all my Just debts and funeral charges.
"LASTLY, I do hereby nominate, ordain, appoint my dear and Loving wife Henrietta Maria Taylor and my dear daughter Elizabeth Duke my whole and sole Executrix of this my last will and testament, desiring her to see my Estate managed and improved to the best advantages, my debts and Legacies punctually paid and my children godly and Vertuously educated, and I do here by make void and revoke all other will or wills heretofore by me made
"IN WITNESS hereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this fifth day of April One thousand seven hundred & seven."
Signed: John Taylor.
Witnesses: [?].
Executors: my dear and loving wife Henrietta Maria Taylor, my dear daughter Elizabeth Duke.
Research Notes
Vital Statistics
Birth
John was not of legal age when his father Richard died, presumably before April 1673 when his mother Sarah remarried.[7]
The birth date of 9 Aug 1663 in the data field appears to be unsourced.
Disputed Wives
Extra wives: Detached the profile for Ann Cotton (Unknown-167833), born 1657/died 1709 (her profile said she married John in "Charles City, Charles" in 1669) and the profile for Mary Eppes (Eppes-55), born 1650. ~ Noland-165, 23 October 2021.
Charles City County,Virginia Court,Jan. 4,1691. Mrs. mary Taylor,wife of Capt. John Taylor surrenders her right of dower in 50 acres of land at Flower de Hundred, known by name as Charles Towne,latley conveyed for use of County.[8]
- The family this portrays matches WikiTree profiles attached to this one: John, born 1663, would have been of age in 1684. The profile for his mother, Sarah, has her marriage to Robert Lucy (abt.1641-bef.1684) as April 1673. This John's sisters, also children of Richard Taylor (bef.1620-bef.1672) and their husbands:
- Sarah Taylor[9]
- Katherine Taylor[9]
- Elizabeth (Taylor) Hamlin (abt.1664-1720), married
- Capt. Jno. Hamblin: John Hamlin (abt.1655-bef.1699)
- Frances (Taylor) Bradford (-1716), married
- John also had a brother named Richard. Boddie's Virginia Historical Genealogies notes that John's will "probated Nov. 9, 1709 in Prince George," leaves to his daughter Elizabeth Duke 1000 acres at Blackwater, "formerly the land of his brother Richard".[10]
- Not sure who "James Ward, dec'd," is... maybe an uncle of Sarah Barker's?
- Tyler's Bio of John: John Taylor's will, dated 5 April 1707, names his daughters as Elizabeth Duke, Henrietta Maria Taylor, and Sarah Taylor.[5] Not sure why, but Elizabeth is not mentioned in the biography for him in Tyler's Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, in full:
- "Taylor, John, resided in that part of Charles City county afterwards known as Prince George; burgess for Charles City county in 1696-1697, 1698, 1699, 1700-1702; clerk of the county court in 1699, and doubtless other years; captain of the militia; died in 1707. He left two daughters—Sarah, who married John Hardiman, and Henrietta Maria, who married his brother, Francis Hardiman, both of Charles City county."[4]
Oct. 9,1690, Westover,Charles City County,Virginia Capt. Peter Perry on behalf of Capt. James Bisse, who married admx. of Cpt. Robert Lucy,confessed judgement to Mr. John Taylor for 10,000 lbs. tobacco for payment for 50 acres land sold by said Lucy for a town at Flower de Hundred to this county, for which Lucy received said tobacco, and same now is due said Taylor,(who is now full age.) by his right of inheritancein the said land, the said Lucy being his gaurdian in his minority, Taylor is to give full discharge of said tobacco,and gives 20,000 lbs. tobacco bond to Col. Edward hill, President of this court, and at next court Mr. John taylor and Henreitta Maria his with should acknowledge deed. Hugh Davis to draw the deed.[11] page 93
Nov. 3,1691,Westover Court,Charles City County ,Virginia. Mr. Richard Taylor appears and enters his claim to land now in possession of John Taylor in Flower de Hundred by viture of certain deed made by Robert Lucy and Sarah his wife on April 14,1678, and doth offer a survey and division od this , in said Richards possession,lying at Blackwater for his brther John Taylor,to make his choice in said division.[12](Page 112)
- Abstract of John's 1707 will in Boddie's Virginia Historical Genealogies includes another daughter, Frances - "to daughter Frances Taylor, certain property" - whom Boddie says married Mr. Greenhill.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Taylor, John - A7812; living in 1700, Charles City Co.: 1693, 1696-97, 1698, 1699 (Burgess). accessed 30 October 2021
- ↑
- ↑ New River Notes Colonial Virginia Register
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Volume I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company 1915. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008.Page 337
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Prince George County Deeds 1713-1728, p28.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 John Bennett Boddie, Virginia Historical Genealogies, page 151 (accessed 29 September 2023).
- ↑
From the profile John's mother/wife of Richard Tayler, Sarah (Barker) Bisse (abt.1641-1694):
- Abstract. Whereas, Robert Lucy and Sarah his wife and Phillip Limbrey and Elizabeth his wife jointly own 1000 acres in Flower du hundred, inherited from John Barker Dec'd, brother to sd Sarah and Elizabeth, desire partition. Request that Col. Robt Wynne for the Lucy's and Lt. Col Geo Jordan for the Limbreys meet James Minge surveyor on the 22nd instant and divide the land.
- Virginia Colonial Abstracts, by Beverley Fleet, Vol. III, pg 347 - Charles City County, Virginia, Court Orders, Fragments, 1650-1696, April Court 1673, pg 514.
- ↑ Charles City County order book 1687-1695.(page 380)
( Is this Mary Epps or Maria?)
Possible Records
- A Charles City County Court record talks of a John, son of Richard:
- "In Oct. 1684 Col. Edwd. Hill, as guardian to Jno. Taylor, orphan of Richd. Taylor, dec'd, obtained administration of estate of Sarah and Katherine Taylor, sisters to said Jno. Whereas Capt. Jno. Hamblin as marrying Elizabeth, daughter of said Richard & Mr. Richard Bradford, as marrying Frances, daughter of said Richard, pretend a claim of a childs part of est. of said sisters, and they being in court with Jon.Taylor, now of lawful age; said Jno. Taylor, Jno. Hamblin, and Richard Bradford, jointly, acquit Sarah Lucy, Adm'x of Robert Lucy, dec'd, from all claims due them under the wills of Richard Taylor and James Ward, dec'd, due by said wills to Katherine and Sarah Taylor. In consideration Jno. Taylor affirms that said Sarah Lucy, his mother, shall give said Hamblin and Bradford each a ring of 10 shillings price."<ref>
Benjamin B. Weisiger III, ''Charles City County, Virginia Court Orders (1687-1695)'' (1980), <ref>[https://www.americantapestry.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Charles-city-County-Virginia-Court-Orders-1687-1695.pdf pdf - pages 26-27 (32-33 of 255)], accessed 22 Oct. 2021.</li> <li id="_note-dead">↑ <sup>[[#_ref-dead_0|9.0]]</sup> <sup>[[#_ref-dead_1|9.1]]</sup> A quick look through the family's profiles, it seems most interpret the 1684 court entry to mean that Sarah and Katherine have died.</li> <li id="_note-3">[[#_ref-3|↑]] John Bennett Boddie, ''Virginia Historical Genealogies,'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=AyhusD7Hc2MC&pg=PA151&lpg=PA151&dq=John+Taylor+Henrietta+Maria&source=bl&ots=9ji1PU-7G2&sig=zMZyFakBNDIbvubNc_OQWRR6MLs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hHZ9UaP-Hpbj4APCkoCYCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=John%20Taylor%20Henrietta%20Maria&f=false page 151] (accessed 22 Oct. 2021).</li> <li id="_note-4">[[#_ref-4|↑]] Charles City County order book 1687-1690</li>
<li id="_note-5">[[#_ref-5|↑]] Charles City order book , 1687-1691</li></ol></ref>
See also:
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Cheri Passey for creating WikiTree profile Taylor-15733 through the import of wikipaternal.ged on Sep 16, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.39%
Mary (Duke) Black
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A019134 [compare]
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~0.39%
James Duke :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A971174 [compare]
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~0.39%
Robert Duke :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T200066 [compare], FTDNA kit #275422
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http://genealogytrails.com/vir/isleofwight/land_grants_1628_1674.html
I was intrigued that Tyler only mentioned two daughters, when the transcriptions of his will in the profile clearly specifies that Elizabeth Duke is his daughter. On another profile (Ward's IIRC) are court records that support Francis m Greenhill. ...
nope. Not Frances Ward's profile. It was the sister's profile, Elizabeth Duke's - Elizabeth (Taylor) Duke (1680-aft.1751). For example:
also, in his will, he says he's "of Prince George County" but does not mention Flowerdew. His mother's profile has text that supports him owning land in Flowerdew, but not sure it supports that he died there & Flowerdew (of any spelling) isn't mentioned in his profile. Should it be removed from the datafield?
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/235412966.pdf
See https://www.vagenweb.org/shenandoah/wars/bacons_rebellion.html
Please continue to manage normally, and review US Southern Colonies Project Editing Guidance before editing.
update - detached profiles for Ann Cotton & Mary Eppes
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett