Person:Francis Taliaferro (1)
Francis Taliaferro, of Epsom
b.Est 1708 Virginia
d.23 Feb 1756 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Oct 1706
  1. Sarah TaliaferroEst 1707 - 1763
  2. Francis Taliaferro, of EpsomEst 1708 - 1756
  3. John TaliaferroAbt 1709 - 1750
  4. Mary Taliaferro1720 - 1787
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Francis Taliaferro, of EpsomEst 1708 - 1756
  • W.  Elizabeth HayAbt 1710 - 1757
m. Bef 1730
  1. Elizabeth Taliaferro1730 -
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Facts and Events
Name Francis Taliaferro, of Epsom
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 1700 4 Miles Below, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Birth? Est 1708 Virginia
Marriage Bef 1730 to Elizabeth Hay
Death? 23 Feb 1756 Spotsylvania County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Orange County, VA

Disposition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

  • Pages 421-23. 28 May 1741. John and Francis Taliaferro of St. Mary's Parish, Caroline County, to Nicholas Christopher of St. Thomas' Parish, Orange County. For valuable considerations. Lease for lives of Nicholas Christopher Junr., John Christopher and Wm. Christoper. 150 acres in St. Thomas' Parish... on a hill in a dividing line between Captn. Laurence and Capt. John Taliaferro... on the south east side of Barbour's road... Yearly rent, one ear of Indian corn if demanded. (signed) Jno. Taliaferro, Frans. Taliaferro. Wit: Edmund Pendleton, Ambrose Powell. 28 May 1741. Acknowledged by John and Francis Taliaferro, Gent. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 4, Dorman, pg. 63].


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Will

7 Mar 1758: TALIAFERRO, FRANCIS, Spotsylvania, dated Feb. 23, 1756, probate Mar. 7, 1758.
Wit. James Tutt, John Waller; Humphrey Brooke, Richard Tutt, Junr.
Ex. sons, Lawrence, Hay, Francis and John Taliaferro.
Leg. daughter, Anne Hay Brooke, land and plantation in Spotsylvania, whereon she now lives, which I purchased of Thomas Turner, of King George Co., Gentl. and Thomas Turner and Mary his wife, late of Spotsylvania; daughter Elizabeth Taliaferro, 1,000 acres of land in Orange Co., formerly Spotsylvania, granted to me by my deced. brother, John Taliaferro, by patent dated Sept, 28, 1728; son, Lawrence Taliaferro, all my estate, both real and personal, in Caroline Co., also 1,200 acres of land and two plantations in Orange Co., it being one moiety of 2,400 acres taken up by my father, Lawrence Taliaferro, and my uncle, John Taliaferro, and adjoining the land where William Taliaferro now lives; son Hay Taliaferro, estate in King George Co., and 2,000 acres of land in Orange Co, 1,000 acres thereof purchased by my now deced. brother, John Taliaferro, of Richard and William Taliaferro, and the other 1,000 acres purchased by me of Thomas Smith; son Francis Taliaferro, land and plantation whereon I now live in Spotsylvania, and to hold the same according to the division made between me and my brother John Taliaferro, deced. also 1,000 acres of land in Orange Co., it being one moiety of land which was patented by my brother John Taliaferro, deced. and divided between us; son, John Taliaferro, my land and plantation in Spotsylvania, whereon my brother, John Taliaferro lived, also 1,000 acres of land in Orange Co., being the other moiety of the aforesaid mentioned 2,000 acres, and is that part whereon Nicholas Christopher lived; brother, William Taliaferro; Elizabeth and Ann Battaley, the two daughters of my friend Moseley Battaley.
Codicil to the above dated Feb. 25, 1757, witnessed by Robert Jackson, John Catlett and Thomas Catlett, recites "the testator of this will hath disposed of some estate in his possession belonging to my brother William Taliaferro (which I claim as heir apparent to him) to several of my children, he the said William being found an idiot by a jury convened for that purpose summoned and sworn and their report recorded among the records of Spotsylvania Co. Court."
Spotsylvania County VA, Will Book B, 1749-1759 page 10.


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Records in Virginia

Francis Taliafarro is mentioned in the will of his brother, John Taliaferro [d. 1751] of Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

References
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    (b) Francis Taliaferro, of "Epsom", who married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Robert Hay, and his wife, Rachel ____. Robert was the son of John Hay, and of his wife, Mary Wade, daughter of Arminger Wade [William and Mary Quarterly].

  2.   RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project.

    Home was Epson four miles below Fredericksburg, one mile above Massaponax Run.

    Francis Taliaferro (died 1758) of "Epson," Spotsylvania County; Major, 1742; Colonel, 1752; married Elizabeth [probably Battaile] and had issue: Ann Hay Taliaferro. Clayton Torrence, Genealogical Section, Sons of Revolution, Quarterly Magazine, Vol 2, No. 4, Oct, 1923, p. 47. Google Books, online

    7 May 1726: Mentioned in father's will.

    Francis Taliaferro -mr- FNU Haye, daughter of Anne Robinson Haye. Record title Steptoe &ux vs Taliaferro Year recorded 1794 Collection CR-DC-L Record ID 387-6 . http://www.historiccourtrecords.org

    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=I25917&ti=%2C

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