Maybe I HAVE found the right John Taylor! Here is what I have. Please compare and let's talk. Mary Descendants of John Taylor Generation No. 1 1. John7 Taylor (John Powell COLONEL6, James1st5, Thomas@@ Cap. II4, Thomas@@ I3, Rowland@@2, John@@1) was born July 17, 1727 in Caroline Co., Virginia, and died October 26, 1787. He married Betsy Lyne. Child of John Taylor and Betsy Lyne is: + 2 i. Reuben8 Taylor, born in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. Generation No. 2 2. Reuben8 Taylor (John7, John Powell COLONEL6, James1st5, Thomas@@ Cap. II4, Thomas@@ I3, Rowland@@2, John@@1) was born in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. He married Eunice Couch. Child of Reuben Taylor and Eunice Couch is: + 3 i. Adah9 Taylor, born 1746 in Fairfield, Connecticut; died February 09, 1831. Generation No. 3 3. Adah9 Taylor (Reuben8, John7, John Powell COLONEL6, James1st5, Thomas@@ Cap. II4, Thomas@@ I3, Rowland@@2, John@@1) was born 1746 in Fairfield, Connecticut, and died February 09, 1831. She married (1) Elijah Betts January 1768, son of James Betts and Hannah Bouton. He was born June 05, 1745 in Of Wilton, Conneticutt, and died August 1800. She married (2) Samuel Comstock Betts Aft. 1800. He was born March 02, 1731/32 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. Notes for Adah Taylor: Note: Brought royal blood to the Betts family. More About Elijah Betts and Adah Taylor: Marriage: January 1768 More About Samuel Betts and Adah Taylor: Marriage: Aft. 1800 Children of Adah Taylor and Elijah Betts are: 4 i. Elijah10 Betts, born January 20, 1769. 5 ii. Esther Betts, born Bef. December 17, 1772 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. 6 iii. Hepzibah Betts, born Abt. 1774 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. 7 iv. Ira Betts, born June 1779 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. 8 v. Jane Betts, born July 04, 1781 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. 9 vi. James Betts, born July 04, 1782 in Bridgeport, Conn.; died June 07, 1858. He married Esther Benedict April 29, 1810; born February 15, 1790; died January 15, 1859. More About James Betts and Esther Benedict: Marriage: April 29, 1810 10 vii. Aaron Betts, born July 15, 1784 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. 11 viii. Lucy Betts, born October 26, 1787 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karolyn Klaes" <kklaes@inu.net> To: <TAYLOR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 6:40 PM Subject: [TAYLOR] Taylors in VA, NC, GA and MS > I'm looking for any information on the Taylor family who lived in Leesburg. Loudoun County, Virginia in 1776 and between that time and 1840 migrated out of Virginia to North Carolina, Georgia and then into Mississippi. > > I am looking in particular for the family of Reuben Taylor, born in Virginia and died 1830, Caswell Co., North Carolina. In 1776, Reuben Taylor was in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Virginia where his son, John Marcus Taylor was born. Mother's maiden name may have been "Lee". Reuben Taylor had two other sons that I know of: Daniel Taylor and Edmund Taylor. This family left Virginia and moved into North Carolina where they made their home in the counties of Caswell and Granville. > > Around 1820, the Taylor family left North Carolina and moved to Jackson County, Georgia. The only Taylor of this family to have stayed behind in NC was Reuben Taylor, John M. Taylor and his brothers all moved together. Reuben Taylor had his will filed in 1830, Caswell County, NC. > > I find Reuben's son, John Marcus Taylor, with his family, and both brothers, Edmund and Daniel Taylor, in Old Tishomingo County, Mississippi in 1845. John Marcus Taylor married Mary Knott, daughter of James Knott and Sarah Brasfield, May 1801 in Granville Co., North Carolina. Children of this John Marcus Taylor and Mary Knott were: > > 1. Francis Taylor - b. Aug 8, 1803 Caswell Co., NC. Married George Swain Jr. 1822 Jackson Co., Georgia > 2. Robert Knott Taylor - b. May 3, 1804; d. 1820 Georgia > 3. Franklin Taylor - b. May 3, 1805. Married Elizabeth Ann Boring 1831 Jackson Co., Georgia > 4. Elizabeth Taylor - b. Nov. 22, 1806 > 5. John Marcus Taylor, Jr. - b. May 8, 1808; d. Sept. 1875 Rienzi, Alcorn Co., Mississippi > 6. Mary Ann Taylor - b. Dec 1, 1809 Caswell Co., NC; d. Nov. 1892 Rienzi, Alcorn Co., Mississippi. Married Cody Fowler 1835 > Jackson Co., Georgia > 7. Martha Taylor - b. May 26, 1812 > 8. Calvin Alexander Taylor - b. Jan 6, 1813; d. July 3, 1891 Rienzi, Alcorn Co., Mississippi. Married Sarah > Elizabeth Heigh Dec 13, 1854 Booneville, Old Tishomingo Co., Mississippi. > 9. Elsie Taylor - b. 1814; d. 1890 Memphis, Tennessee. Married James Rosamond in 1839. > 10. Luther Rice Taylor - b. 1816 > 11. Sarah C. Taylor - b. Sept. 28, 1818; d. 1876 Alcorn Co., Mississippi. Married Andrew Boyd Dilworth 1840. > 12. William Augustus Taylor - b. Jan 26, 1821; d. Dec 12, 1904 Prentiss Co., Mississippi. Married Hanna P. McCrory 1849. > 13. James Marcus Taylor - b. Jan 12 1827 Jackson Co., Georgia; d. Dec 28, 1895 Corinth, Alcorn Co., Mississippi. > Married Mary Elizabeth Cox Oct 8, 1851 Alcorn Co., Mississippi. > > Families associated with this Taylor family were; ARNOLD; DAVENPORT; KNOTT; LONG; SWAIN; BORING; FOWLER; HEIGH; BRASFIELD. > > Thanks, > > Karolyn > > > ==== TAYLOR Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBCRIBE from LIST - mailto:TAYLOR-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > To UNSUBCRIBE from DIGEST - mailto:TAYLOR-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com > Leave Subject Line empty; Put Only: UNSUBSCRIBE in body of message > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237