Jennet (White) Taylor (abt. 1730 - abt. 1804)

Born about 1730 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1804 at about age 74 in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Jennet (White) Taylor was a South Carolina colonist.

Jennett White was born in Ireland around 1730. She may have been a daughter of John White (b. 1710) and his wife Margaret.^[1]

On 25 Apr 1744, she married William James Taylor, Sr. at Saint Stephen and Saint Benet, Sherehog, London, London, England.^[1] In 1767, they boarded the ship Earl of Donegal and sailed from Belfast to Charleston, South Carolina.^[2] From there, they made their way to Laurens County, where a land grant awaited them.

The following is a list (unverified) of the children of William and Jennett White:

1. Mary A. (1749-1823)
2. Margerite (1750-1819)
3. William, Jr. (1750-1822)
4. Margaret (1754-1805)
5. Robert (1757-1806)
6. Margaret Jane (1760-1848)
7. Jannett, b. 1762
8. John, b. 1765
9. Alexander (1767-1821)
10. Henry (1768-1848)
11. Samuel
12. Richard (1768-1843)
13. Samuel, d. 1843
14. Elizabeth, b. 1778
15. Robert, b. 1778
16. Mary, b. 1781

The Taylors are listed in the 1790 U.S. Federal Census for Laurens County, South Carolina,^[3] and also in the 1800 census.^[4]

Jennett passed away in 1804 in Laurens County, South Carolina. She lies buried in Rocky Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Laurens, Laurens County, South Carolina.^[5]

Research Notes

Original Information
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Name: Jannet Taylor, Age: 37, Birth Year: 1730, Arrival Year: 1767, Arrival Place: Charles Town, South Carolina, Primary Immigrant: Taylor, Jannet.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Life Sketch of Jennett White FamilySearch.org; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2. ↑ Ancestry Record 7486 #862226 Place: Charleston, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 704. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
3. ↑ 1790 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
4. ↑ 1800 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data:Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #54855369 Jennett White Taylor

• Lists of Earl of Donegal Petitioners and Royal Land Grantees [1] Family Records of Mary Atkins.

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