> Hello TAYLOR-L List, > My Surnames: CHEW;PIERPOINT;GRIFFITH;SMITH;SHAW; > BROWN;MUSGROVE;BALE;WHITELY;AYRES; > SUTHERLAND;CANBY;HOUGH;WYNNE;CARTER > This is my BRICK WALL!!! > I am searching for Thomas Taylor born between 1728-1735 in Frederick, > Maryland and died about July 21, 1797 in Waterford, Virginia.. I have his > will. He is buried in Fairfax Meeting House Cemetery, Maryland. Thomas > Taylor > married Caleb Pierpoint daughter of Charles and Sidney Chew Pierpoint. They > were "Quakers". I cannot find which family my Thomas Taylor descends. I > would like you to > give me some directions where to search on the internet for documentations > that go > that far back. I am definitely a "newbie" to genealogy! > > Here is a Quote from "Thomas Bauch Library" about Thomas Taylor: > From: P. Duncan at Loudoun County, Virginia. > From :The Guide to Loudoun" by Eugene M. Scheel: > "As far as can be accurately ascertained, Hunting Hill may be the oldest > of the Quaker stone houses in good repair in Loudoun County. Its > builder, probably the Quaker Richard Brown, laid its cornerstone in what > must have been almost unbroken wilderness sometime after 1737, selling > the property in 1794 to another Friend, Thomas Taylor, for whom > Taylorstown was named. This was after the signing of the Treaty of > Albany, which finally freed the are entirely from Indians and opened up > the land to peaceful settlement by farmers from more crowded sections of > the country. "Hunting Hill" housed some of the very first of this large > wave of immigrants, who bequeathed it its distinguishing characteristic. " > Thanks for any help or advice you can give me. > Sincerely, > Mary K Leitner > e-mail: maryl@wwwebservice.net > URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=marykl