Person:John Taylor (5)

John Taylor, "Immigrant"
b.Abt 1590 England
d.Bef 10 Jan 1652/53 Virginia
  • HJohn Taylor, "Immigrant"Abt 1590 - Bef 1652/53
  • WRebecca RaveningAbt 1602 -
m. Abt 1624
m. Est 1637
  1. Elizabeth TaylorBet 1638 & 1644 - Bet 1714 & 1715
  2. Richard TaylorBet 1648 & 1653 - 1669
Facts and Events
Name John Taylor, "Immigrant"
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Abt 1590 England
Immigration[1] 1610 Virginiaon the Swan
Marriage Abt 1624 to Rebecca Ravening
Marriage Est 1637 to Elizabeth Unknown
Death[2][5] Bef 10 Jan 1652/53 Virginia
Probate[2] 10 Jan 1652/53 Lancaster Co., Virginia
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
    86:27.

    'In the 7 February 1624/5 Muster for Elizabeth City, Virginia, appear:
    John Taylor aged 34 in the Swan 1610
    Rebecca Taylor aged 22 in the Margett and John 1623'
    [citing John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., 1:59]

  2. 2.0 2.1 Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
    86:27.

    '... John Taylor, who came to the colony in 1610, and who can now be shown to be the same man who died some time before 10 January 1652/3, when his estate entered probate in Lancaster County in the Northern Neck.'

  3. Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
    86:28.

    'A deposition of John Taylor of Elizabeth City, aged 37, was given on 23 June 1625 ...'

    Since this deposition was given only 4 months after the Muster, it is possible that the age in one or the other of the records includes a transcription error, as mistaking 4s and 7s is not uncommon.

  4.   Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13).

    This article presents several pieces of evidence, involving land deeds, migration patterns in Virginia, and proximity of certain other individuals, to show that the John Taylor who arrived in the Swan in 1610 (as per the 1624/5 muster) is the same John Taylor whose will was probated in 1652/3.

  5. Carrell, William P. II. A New First Family of Virginia: John Taylor of Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight County, and Lancaster County, Virginia. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (2012-13)
    86:32-33.

    Evidence is presented that John Taylor never lived in Lancaster County, although he had recently acquired land there, and his widow initiated probate there after being brought to Lancaster County by Tobias Horton, her next husband.