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Colonel James Taylor 1655–1698 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 11, 1655

Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 30 Apr 1698

Death Location: King and Queen, Virginia, USA

Father: Jonathan Taylor

Mother: Mary Wright

Spouse(s): Mary Gregory, Mary Taylor

Children(s): Ann Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, John (twin), Edmund Taylor, Mary Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Taylor, Dorothy Taylor, John Taylor

Colonel James Taylor was born in 1655 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, the child of Jonathan Taylor And Mary Wright. Colonel James Taylor married Mary Bishop Gregory, Mary Emma Taylor, and had children including Ann Catherine Parker Clements 3Rd Gr Grandmother To Mark Twain Taylor, Dorothy Taylor, Edmund Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, John Taylor, John Taylor Twin, Joseph Zachary Taylor, Mary Bishop Taylor, Mary Taylor. Colonel James Taylor passed away in 1698 in King and Queen, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Colonel James Taylor was born in 1655 in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States, the child of Jonathan Taylor And Mary Wright.
  • Colonel James Taylor married Mary Bishop Gregory, Mary Emma Taylor, and had children including Ann Catherine Parker Clements 3Rd Gr Grandmother To Mark Twain Taylor, Dorothy Taylor, Edmund Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, John Taylor, John Taylor Twin, Joseph Zachary Taylor, Mary Bishop Taylor, Mary Taylor.
  • Colonel James Taylor passed away in 1698 in King and Queen, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Colonel Taylor's Ancestors

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Colonel Taylor
1655–1698
Birth Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Parents
Jonathan Taylor
1620–1683
Springfield, Hampden, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Wright
1634–1683
Springfield, Hampden, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Walter (Taylor, 1635 Immigrant to) MA
1608–1686
Meathop, Westmoreland, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colonel Taylor's Descendants

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Colonel (James) Taylor (January 11, 1655–30 Apr 1698) m. Mary (Bishop) Gregory (29 June 1665–30 Apr 1698 or 1747?) m. Mary (Emma) Taylor (1-16-1652–1717)
  1. 1. Ann (Catherine Parker Clements (3rd gr grandmother to Mark Twain)) Taylor 1679–1731 m. Judge (William Jeremiah (3rd gr grandfather of Mark Twain)) Clements 1680–1760
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Clements 1712–1783
    2. 2. Mary (Clements\Clemmons (Gilliam)) (Appling) 1700–1743
    3. 3. Peyton Clements 1715–1774
    4. 4. William (Charles John) Clement\Clements 1702–1766
    5. 5. Rebeckah Clement\Clements 1715–
    6. 6. Adam Clement\Clements 1716–
    7. 7. Barbara Clements 1710–1711
    8. 8. Thomas Clements\Clemens 1713–1758
    9. 9. Francis Clement\Clements 1706–1766
    10. 10. Elizabeth (Clement\Clements (Ford)) (Ellyson) 1708–1783
    11. 11. Barsheba\Bathsheba Clement\Clements 1710–1800
    12. 12. Captain (Benjamin Clement) Sr. 1700–1780 m. Susannah Hill 1710–1788
      1. 1. Benjamin (J.) Clements 1735–1813
      2. 2. Susannah (Clement (Evans)) (Slaton) 1754–1814
      3. 3. Captain (Adam Clement) Sr 1738–1811
      4. 4. Thomas Clement 1760–1785
      5. 5. Jeremiah ((ggm Mark Twain)) Clements 1732–1811
      6. 6. Jane (Lucretia Clements) Busby 1734–1820
      7. 7. Elizabeth Clement 1751–1780
      8. 8. Hugh (William) Clements 1720–1800
      9. 9. John (Francis) Clement 1743–1816
      10. 10. James Clement 1745–1778
      11. 11. Reverend (Stephen O.) Clements\Clemens 1732–1798
      12. 12. Juriah\Jeriah (Lucy Clement) (Gilbert) 1741–1780
      13. 13. David Clement 1737–1738
      14. 14. Captain (Isaac) Clement 1727–1816
      15. 15. Daniel Clement 1749–1749
      16. 16. Rachel (Clement) (Abston) 1747–1780
      17. 17. Mary (Polly) Clements 1734–1790
    13. 13. Benjamin Clement 1715–1780
  2. 2. Joseph (Zachary) Taylor 1707–1768
  3. 3. Elizabeth Taylor 1694–1694
  4. 4. John (Taylor) (twin) 1694–1779
  5. 5. Edmund Taylor 1690–1755
  6. 6. Mary (Bishop) Taylor 1688–1770
  7. 7. Elizabeth Taylor 1685–1695
  8. 8. Mary Taylor 1684–1685
  9. 9. Dorothy Taylor 1681–1754
  10. 10. John Taylor 1684–1684

Colonel Taylor's Timeline

2 Records

1655
January 11, 1655
Birth of Colonel James Taylor in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
1698
30 Apr 1698
Age 43
Death of Colonel James Taylor in King and Queen, Virginia, USA
King and Queen, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 11, 1655
    Event Place: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 174
    [2] England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Apr 1698
    Event Place: King and Queen, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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