Hello: As one new to the list, I hope that someone can help me in my search for information about the family of Thomas Taylor (#2) of Cumberland County in the late 1500s and early 1600s. He was born in Hadleigh, Suffolk County in about 1573, the son of Thomas Taylor (#1) and Elizabeth Burwell. Thomas Taylor (2) married Margaret Swinderby (Swinderley?), born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and, according to some researchers they had these children, all born in Cumberland County: Robert Taylor b. Nov. 7, 1601 Margaret Taylor b. Sep. 10, 1603 JOHN TAYLOR (my ancestor) b. August 10, 1607 Jane Taylor b. Dec. 25, 1609 Ann Taylor b. abt. 1611 Richard Taylor b. abt. 1615. The John Taylor above and an unknown named wife had these children: John Taylor b. 1627 Robert Taylor b. 1630 William Taylor b.1632 James Taylor b. 1634 THOMAS TAYLOR (my ancestor) b. 1637 Mary Taylor b.(?) Acccording to family legend, John Taylor emigrated to Virginia in about 1637 with some of his children. My Thomas Taylor was said to have followed him to Virginia in 1650. It has been said by some Taylors that the Thomas Taylor (#2) family lived at "Pennington Castle" in Cumberland County but that is not correct. There is no Pennington Castle as such but the Pennington family has resided at Muncaster Castle for many centuries. According to recent research done for me by the Cumbria Record Office, there are no records of this Taylor family associated with the Pennington family, Muncaster parishes or Pennington parish during this era. And the record office did not find a Taylor listed on the "Freemen" of Carlisle during that period. There has been much misinformation passed on by Taylor researchers about this family and I would like to find solid proof to back up the lineage being claimed by so many. However, I have not been able to find any records in Cumberland/Cumbria County of the existence of either the Thomas Taylor (#2) or the John Taylor families. Does anyone have information about any Taylors who lived in this area of Cumberland County during that time? Any assistance will be much appreciated. Norvill Jones

Norvill Jones writes: >As one new to the list, I hope that someone can help me in my >search for information about the family of Thomas Taylor (#2) >of Cumberland County in the late 1500s and early 1600s. <snip> >Does anyone have information about any Taylors who lived in this >area of Cumberland County during that time? <snip> Some time ago I did some look-ups for another person looking into this Taylor line. He was interested in a James Taylor of Lady Hall in Millom. For reasons that now escape me, I extracted the names of James and Francis Taylor from a printed transcript; but there were many others. I used the index rather than reading through the registers, and there could be omissions from the index. Taylors were at Lady Hall until at least the nineteenth century. Millom, Cumberland Baptisms 1599 March 25 Francis Tayler s. of James 1608 Jan 7 Jane Tayler d. of Francis de Ladihall 1610 Nov 1 James Tayler s. of Francis de Ladihall 1613 April 8 David Tayler s of Francis de Lady-hall 1617 July 20 Edward Tayler s. of Francis de Lady-hall 1634 Jan 13 Elizabeth d. of Francis Taylor de Lady-halle 1635 Feb 2 James s. of Francis Taylor de Laydy-Hale 1639 Jan 22 (blank) of Francis Taylor of Ladyhale 1641 Oct 3 Myles s. of Francis Taler de Ladyhale 1644 May 12 Thomas Tayler s. of Francis de Ladyhale 1650 Oct 27 Will. Tailor s. of Francis de Ladyhale 1656 June Francis Taylor d. of Francis de Ladihale Burials 1632 Aug 28 James Taylor de Ladyhale 1643 Nov 15 Elizabeth Taylor uxor Jacobi de Leadihall Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net