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Taylor 2: Taylor of Effingham, Taylor of Middletown New Jersey, Taylor of Shadochurst
Commoners reports that the following family descended from Hanger Taylefer a 1256 in Kent, himself descended from "the Norman Baron Taillefer, who accompanied William the Conqueror in his invasion".
John Taylor of the Homestall, Shadockhurst, Kent a temp Edward III who r. 1327-1377
1. William Taylor of Shadochurst a 1399, 1413
A. John Taylor of Shadochurst d c1465
i. William Taylor of Shadochurst d before 20.08.1493
m Joane Gilbard dau of Henry Gilbard of Shadochurst
a. John Taylor of Shadochurst & More Court b about 1470
m Margaret Fairsted dau of Humphry de Fairsted of Shadochurst
1 William Taylor of Shadochurst b about 1490 d 1525
A Joane Taylor
m Robert Lacy of Woodchurch
2 John Taylor of Shadochurst b about 1492 d 1550
m Thomasina Isaac d 1551, dau of John Isaac of Sevington
A William Taylor of Romney b about 1515 d1571
m Mary Taylor dau of Richard Taylor of Cranbroke
i John Taylor of Thurnham
m Anne Brockhill dau of Henry Brockhill of Allington
Commoners & BEB1841 disagree on the allocation of John & Anne's grandchildren between their sons. BEB1841 shows Brockhill a 1619 in Ireland as father of Elizabeth m. Humphrey Perrott & Jane with Thomas of Ballyhaise as father of Brockhill d 1636 father of Mary who married Thomas Newburgh of Ballyhaise. Provisionally, we follow Commoners.
a Brockhill Taylor of Ballyhaise, co. Cavan d 1636
1 Elizabeth Taylor
m Humphrey Perrott
2 Mary Taylor
m Thomas Newburgh
b Thomas Taylor dsp
ii Thomasine Taylor
m John Davy of Udymere
iii+ other issue - Barbara, Mary
B John Taylor of Shadochurst b about 1517
m1 Elizabeth Chute dau of Philip Chute of Bethersden
i George Taylor of Criels Court b about 1545 d 1633, 4th son
m 1591 Joane Burrow d 1602, dau of Richard Burrow of Boughton
a+ issue - John dsp, William dsp, Elizabeth b 1602
ii Matthew Taylor near Chichester, Sussex
m1 Alice bur 21.02.1591
a Matthew Taylor of Effingham bpt by 19.02.1591, bur 05.04.1678
m1 Margaret
1 Mary Taylor
m John Brett son of John of Shipley by Elizabeth Taylor below
2 Margaret Taylor of Effingham b 04.09.1634
m 1656 Thomas White of St. Dunstan
A Thomas White of Effingham
m Jane Pellatt dau of William Pellatt
B Margaret White
m Robert Michell of Shipley
C+ other issue - Jane, Elizabeth
3 Elizabeth Taylor bpt 05.09.1646, dvpsp
m2 sp Frances
m2 Margaret Freeland dau of Richard Freeland of Greatham
b Richard Taylor of Westharling bpt 27.07.1597, d 1665
m Ann
1 Richard Taylor d by 1678
m Frances
A Edward Taylor
2 Mary Taylor
m Richard Matthews
3 Eleanor Taylor
m John Dewes
4+ other issue - Matthew, Edward, Ann
c Freeland Taylor bpt 08.02.1601, dsp after 1664
d John Taylor b 01.12.1611, bur ? 21.11.1683 - continued below
e Elizabeth Taylor
m John Brett of London & Shipley
1 John Brett
m Mary Taylor dau of Matthew Taylor of Effingham above
A Mary Brett
f Martha Taylor
m William Yonge of Midhurst d 1651
iii Susan Taylor b about 1550
m Godwin Freebody of Sussex
iv John Taylor dy or unm
iv Humphrey Taylor dy or unm
iv Roger Taylor dy or unm
iv Philippa Taylor dy or unm
iv Eve Taylor dy or unm
m2 Bridget Rucke a 1618, dau of Richard Rucke of Rye
ix Thomas Taylor of Wilsborough, Shadochurst & Linstead b 1595, d 1631
m1 Catharine Honeywood d 1625, dau of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmested
a John Taylor of Wilsborough b 1623, dsp 1642
b Elizabeth Taylor
m Norton Halke of Bircholt
c Mary Taylor
m Henry Johnson
d Katharine Taylor
m Boys Owen
m2 Anne Hendley dau of Sir Thomas Hendley of Corshorne
e Sir Thomas Taylor of Park House in Maidstone, Linstead, Shadochurst, 1st Bart b 1630, d 1665
m Elizabeth Hall d 1688, dau of George Hall of Maidstone, she m2. Percy Goring, son of Sir William, Bart of Cockham & Burton
1 Sir Thomas Taylor of Leeds Castle, 2nd Bart b 10.08.1657, d 1696
m Alicia Colpeper d 1734, dau/sister of Sir Thomas Colpeper of Preston Hall, she m2. Thomas Colpepyr, m3. John Milner
A Sir Thomas Taylor, 3rd Bart b 1693, d unm 1720
2+ other issue - John, William, George, Elizabeth, Bridget, Arabella all dsp young, Elizabeth b 1656
f William Taylor dsp 1632
x John Taylor of Momfords 'of Kingsnorth'
m Anne Austen d 1623, dau of William Austen of Goudhurst
a John Taylor of Winchelsea
m Elizabeth Amy dau of Rev. Henry Amy of Hawkins
1 John Taylor dsp
2 Anne Taylor
m William Whitfield of Patricksborne
b Elizabeth Taylor
m Thomas Roberts son of Edward, brother of Sir Thomas, Bart
c Anne Taylor dsp
d Mary Taylor
m Walter Bustian son of Wigan of Shorne
xi Mary Taylor
m Robert White of Waltham
xii Elizabeth Taylor
m Thomas Broadnax of Godmersham
C Joane Taylor d unm 1573
D Margaret Taylor
m Giles Collins of Hythe
E Alice Taylor
m John Stringer of Old Romney
i Susan or Alice Stringer
m 1601 Sir Edward Scott of Scottshall
3 Joane Taylor
m c1531 William Dewer
2. John Taylor of Great Chart
A. Thomas Taylor of Great Chart
John Taylor b 01.12.1611, bur ? 21.11.1683 - continued above
1. Matthew Taylor a 1687, in North America
2. Edward Taylor of Middletown, New Jersey
A. George Taylor of Middletown
m c03.1708 Helena Johnstone of Long Island
i. John Taylor, Sheriff of New Jersey b 1716, d 23.11.1798, judge, 3rd son
m Mary Heard
a. John Taylor b c1744
m _ Winthrop
1+ issue - son m. _ Clinton, son m. _ Ludlow, son m. _ Winthrop, daughter m. _ Delaney, daughter m. Governor Winthrop
b. William Taylor b 17.03.1746, d 16.08.1806, Chief Justice of Jamaica
m Eliza Van Cortlandt dau of Col. Philip Van Cortlandt
1 Pringle Taylor of Pennington House, Southamptonshire Major had issue
m 12.07.1827 Adelaide Frances Shedden dau of Col. John Shedden of Eastonton & Efford
2 Catharine Eliza Taylor
m 1814 Clement Clarke Moore son of Benjamin Moore, Bishop of New York, by Charity Clarke
3+ other issue - John William b 1792, dsp, Cortlandt had issue, Geoirge Elliott had issue, Susan Helen dsp
c. Joseph Taylor b c1748 had issue 2 daughters
m Harriet Waddell
d. Mary Taylor b c1745
m _ Bainbridge
ii. Anne Taylor
m David Barclay b c1682, d 1769, son of Robert of Urie
iii.+ other issue - George, Edward b 20.08.1712
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without known relationship to the above was:
Ta18John Taylor
Susan Rowland
Ta17Dr. Rowland TAYLOR LL.D. 6 Oct 1510 - 5 Feb 1555
MARGARET TYNDALE dau of Sir John Tyndale "was one of ye Knights of the Bath at ye coronation of Queen Anne BOLLEN."
Ta16-1SUSAN TAYLOR
Ta16-2ANNE TAYLOR
Ta16-3ELLEN TAYLOR
Ta16-4ROBERT TAYLOR
Ta16-5ZACHARY TAYLOR
Ta16-6GEORGE TAYLOR
Ta16 THOMAS TAYLOR I b 19 Sep 1548, Hadleigh, Middlesex, Engl d 1576, Cambridge Engl
m1 1572 Hadley, Middlesex Elizabeth BURWELL / Bruwell
Ta15 THOMAS TAYLOR, b 15 Mar 1574 in Hadleigh, Suffolk, England d there 1618; titled "captain".
m MARGARET SWINDERBY, b Copenhagen, Denmark, about 1578 and died before 1672 in Hadleigh; her father was ANDREW SWINDERBY. Three children of Thomas Taylor and Margaret Swinderby, who married about 1599, emigrated to America on the Truelove in 1635, more than a dozen years before John Taylor [I] and his son John Taylor [II] made the trip in 1648.
Ta14-1 Robert TAYLOR "the Immigrant" b 7 Nov 1601, Pennington Castle, Carlisle, Cumberland d 1689, Essex South Co. Va bur Carlisle Cem., Carlisle, Cumberland Co, Engl
m 1 June 1627 Patience Margaret Palmer
Ta14-1-1 Andrew TAYLOR b 18 Nov 1629
m 20 Nov 1655 in Pa Hester Ann Hitchcock
Ta14-1-1-1 Nathaniel Taylor b 10 Feb 1659, Spotsylvania Co. Va d 1764
m 9 Oct 1689 Drucilla Walsh and had "Swede" George Taylor 6 Jan 1692 d 1763 Madison Co Ky m Hanah Groom and had Hannah Ann, Nathaniel, Thomas and Frank Taylor
Ta14-1-2 David TAYLOR b 20 Oct 1631, Engl m 25 Jan 1655 Rachel Stevens
Ta14-1-3 Joseph TAYLOR b 10 May 1634 m1 Bethia Brundage m2 10 Oct 1662 Rebecca Smith b about 1641
Ta14-1-4 Richard TAYLOR b 6 Dec 1636 d about 1678 m6 Jul 1655 Jane Walker
Ta14-1-5 Elizabeth TAYLOR b 30 Jan 1637 d after 1679 m 10 Dec 1659 Edward Barlow
Ta14-1-6 George TAYLOR b 14 Mar 1639
Ta14-2 Margaret Ellen TAYLOR b 10 Sep 1603, Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Ta14-3 William TAYLOR b 8 Jul 1605, Carlisle, Cumberland Engl d St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co Va "was a soldier in Cromwell's Army, wounded in battle 1649/50"
m x
Ta14-3-1 John Taylor b about 1631, Rochester, Kent, Engl d Jul 1698, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co Va
m1 Mary x
Ta14-3-1 James Taylor b 1656, St Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. Virginia
m2 Margaret x
Ta14-3-1 Sarah Taylor b about 1710
m about 1630 Thomas William Underwood
Ta14 John Taylor b 10 Aug 1607 in Pennington Castle, Carlisle, Engl d about 16 Jan 1652 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
m1 1637 in Carlisle Engl ELIZABETH x There are conflicting reports
Ta13-1 Richard TAYLOR "the Immigrant"
Ta13-2 William TAYLOR
Ta13 John Taylor b about 1627 in Hadleigh, County Suffolk, England; died April 05, 1702 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland Co Va
m October 1650 Alice Gascoigne b about 1630 in Northumberland Co Va 		Thomas Gascoyne b about 1601 d 1665 Va
m1 about 1624 in Engl Elizabeth Gambling.
m2 Ann Vavasour		 Henry Gascoigne
Anna Hobbs dau of John Hobbs b 1543 Salisbury d there and Elizabeth Kerrie
John Josias GAMBLING b. About 1581 in England
Ta12-1 Thomas TAYLOR b 1650 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland Co Va; d June 1716 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland Co., Virginia; married Elizabeth Therriat.
Ta12-2 William TAYLOR
Ta12-3 John TAYLOR III born Abt. 1645/54 in Northumberland Co Va d 10 Apr 1717 in Northumberland Co., Va
m Abt. 1684 in Lancaster Co Va Ann Vezey b Abt. 1666 in Northumberland Co Va; d aft. 1713 in probably Northumberland Co., Va. dau of George Vezey b about 1633 Aldham Suffolk Engl d 1665 Northumberland Co Va and Joan grdau of Edward Vezey
Ta12-3-1 John "the Younger" TAYLOR IV
Ta12-3-2 Thomas TAYLOR
Ta12-3-3 Moses TAYLOR
Ta12-3-4 James TAYLOR
Ta12-3-5 Richard TAYLOR
Ta12-3-6 Benjamin TAYLOR b 1713 Wicomoco Parish Va d 1774 Lancaster Co Va Data from Ysearch.org/3D4WY
m1 Elizabeth Lee b 1709 Westmoreland Co Va d Apr 1750 Orange Co Va dau of John Lee b 1677 Lea Hall Cheshire Engl d 5 Oct 1731 Surry King and Queen Co Va. and Ann Taylor b 12 Jan 1683/4 Carlisle Cumberland Engl d St George Parish Spotsylvania Va
m2? Elizabeth Waters mother of Mary Frances
Ta12-3-6-1 Winnifred TAYLOR b 1737 Lancaster Co Va d Jan 1805 Culpepper Co Va
Edmond Bayse b 1720 Northumberland Co Va d 1804 Culpepper Co Va son of Edmund Bayse and Eliza Taylor Ta12 below
Ta12-3-6-2 Mary Frances TAYLOR b 1744 Fauquier Co Va d 13 Oct 1825 Davidson Co Ind
m James Basham son of Jeremiah Basham and Mary Dowell
m2 Judith HUDWELL MARRIAGE: ABT 1680, Virginia
Ta12-3-7 Benjamin TAYLOR
Ta12-3-8 James TAYLOR
4-1-2-1 John Taylor
Ta12 Elizabeth "Eliza" Taylor, born Abt. 1645 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; died 1714;
married Edmund Bayse Abt. 1675 in Northumberland Co., Virginia.
Ba11-1 Isaac BAYSE
Ba11 Edmund BAYSE Jr. According to Wm Labach on ancestry.com tree: Edmond not John Bayse. "Edmond Basye emigrated to America about 1665 and landed in Maryland. Shortly thereafter he took up residence in Northumberland County, Maryland where he lived the rest of his life. Edmond Basye was a lawyer."
Ba10-13 Isaac Basye b: 1671 d: 1739
m Elizabeth Pope b: 1675 ?m2/1 Frances Bashaw. There may have been another Pope family other than the descendants of Nathaniel Pope or one of the Elizabeths there may have married twice.
Ba10-23 Elizamond Basye b: Abt 1674 d: 1756
Nancy Bayse (This indicates that his uncle also immigrated to Maryland and had a family)
Ba10-33 Edmond Basye b: 1675 d: 14 Apr 1746
Lylia Karenhappuch ?wid Whitfield b: Abt 1703 d: Aft 9 Jul 1781
Ba10-43 John Basye b: Abt 1677
Ba10-53 Josiah Basye b: Abt 1679 d: 1756 m. Sarah Sinclair
Ba10-63 William Basye b: Abt 1680 d: Aft 1753
Ba10-73 Julilia/Juliata Basye b: Abt 1685
Ba10-83 Elesha Basye b: Abt 1687 + James Love d: 1681
Ba10-93 Julitia Basye b: Abt 1691
Ba10-103 Elishe Basye b: Abt 1693
Nancy Bayse

Sarah Coppage b about 1735 d 1765
Mitochondrial Haplogroup H
descent:
Gascoyne/Taylor/Bayse/Coppage/ Cumming/Hobbs/Lawrence/Brown/ Pope/Nicholas/Bland/Hester
 Ba103 Elizabeth Basye b: Abt 1694 Mitochondrial HVR1 Mutations 16295T and 16519C transmittable in the maternal line. Other mitosearch users with these mutations: GZ7UR, BD9TC, 6WGV5, Y3C7C, NQ5NT, RDEUP, FGAT8, UCR6Z
m before 1724 John Coppedge
Co9-1John COPPEDGE (AFN: JC2K-WH) b 31 Jan 1710 Northumberland C, Virginia d 1746 Northumberland, Va Will: 13 JAN 1746 (Death also given as 27 Mar 1763 but this seems to be a grandson of Co10)
, Fauquer Co Va There are conflicting reports that seem to confuse him with his father.
m Judith DAMERON (AFN: 1RQT-6WX) ?m1/2 about 1741 Fauquier, Virginia Elizabeth Dameron b about 1724 Northumberland, Va Submitter: Andrea M NOWLIN 2692 W Deshong Drive Pendleton, IN 46064 		dau of Christopher Dameron
m 1700 Sarah Ball (AFN: JC2M-C1) 		Captain George Ball
m Grace Haynie
Co9-1-1William Coppedge, born Abt. 1740 in Hamilton Parish, Fauquier Co., Virginia; died 1806 in Bristerburg, Fauquier Co., Virginia; married Mary Tippett July 15, 1791 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.
Co9-1-2Elizabeth Coppage, born 1745 in Fauquier Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1839 in Kentucky; married John Leewright December 11, 1767 in Fauquier Co., Virginia; born Abt. 1742 in Stafford, Virginia; died 1785 in Prince William, Virginia.
Co9-1-?3John Coppage b About 1720 Northumberland, Va d 1760
Co9 Sarah COPPAGE (AFN: JC2K-G8) F Family Birth: Abt 1724 ?Northumberland, Virginia b 1737 - 1739 Eastern Shore, Maryland Death: 1765
m: about 1752 William CUMMING
Ba10-12?3 Hannah Basye b: Abt 1678
m Louis Kemper
Ba10-13?3 x Basye b: Abt 1695
m William Everett
Ta12-5 Mary Taylor, born 1651 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland Co., Virginia; died 18 Jun 1713 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; married George Everett in Northumberland Co., Virginia.
m George Everett b about 1635 d before Jun 1712
Ta12-5-1- Thomas Everett b about 1678 d 13 Sep 1727
m Elizabeth x
Ta12-5-1-1- Rawleigh Everett b about 1714 d20 Mar 1767
m Sarah x
Ta12-5-1- Simmonds Everett b about 1749 d 25 Nov 1822 m x
Ta12-5-1- Jeremiah Everett b 6 Apr 1771 d after 1831
m Alice Sanders
Ta12-5-1- John Sunders Everett b about 1796 in Ky d 22 Sep 1878 Coryell Co Tx
Ta12-6 Lazarus Taylor, born Abt. 1667 in Northumberland Co Va; d Aft. 1725 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; married Mary Vezey Bef. November 13, 1689 in Lancaster Co., Virginia; born Abt. 1668 in Northumberland Co., Virginia; d bef. 1711. Justice of Prince Wm. Co. VA; 1745-1755 sheriff
Mary VEZEY b about 1632 in Suffolk Engl d 14 Mar 1664 MARRIAGE: before 13 Nov 1689, Lancaster Co. Va dau of George Vezey the immigrant and Joan x, sis of Anne Vezey above and Thomas Vezey
Ta12-6-1 William TAYLOR
Ta12-6-2 Elizabeth Margaret TAYLOR
Ta12-6-3 Argyle TAYLOR
Ta12-6-4 John TAYLOR
Ta12-6-5 Aaron TAYLOR
Ta13-4 Robert TAYLOR "the Immigrant" b 1639, Hadleigh, Suffolk d 25 Mar 1685, Va Elizabeth Welch and had son Richard Taylor Sr.
Ta13-4-2 Richard TAYLOR
Ta13-4-3 Elizabeth TAYLOR
Ta13-5 James I TAYLOR b ABT 12 Feb 1635, Carlisle, Northumberland d 30 Apr 1698, New Kent, Now Caroline Co. Va bur Farm 8 M.S., Bowling Green, Carolina Co. Va
m about 1667 Va Frances Walker
Ta13-5-1 James TAYLOR
Ta13-5-2 Jane TAYLOR
Ta13-5-2 Martha TAYLOR
Ta13-5-3 James TAYLOR II
Ta13-5-4 Sarah TAYLOR
m2 Mary GREGORY MARRIAGE: 12 Aug 1682, Caroline Co. VA [S408]
Ta13-5-5 Elizabeth TAYLOR
Ta13-5-5 Ann TAYLOR John TAYLOR
Ta13-5-6 Anne TAYLOR
Ta13-5-7 Elizabeth TAYLOR
Ta13-5-8 Mary TAYLOR
Ta13-5-9 Mary Bishop TAYLOR
Ta13-5-10 Edmund TAYLOR
Ta13-5-11 John TAYLOR III
Ta13-6 Thomas TAYLOR "the Immigrant" b 1637, Hadleigh, Suffolkshire d 25 Mar 1685, Rappahannock
Mary MARRIAGE: ABT 1656
Ta13-6-1 Thomas TAYLOR II b 1657, Rappahannock d 1712, Richmond Co. Va
m1 x
Ta13-6-1-1 Thomas TAYLOR
Ta13-6-1-2 John TAYLOR
Ta13-6-1-3 William TAYLOR
Ta13-6-1-4 Mordecai TAYLOR
m2 Elizabeth Harwood
Ta13-6-1-5 Dorothy Taylor
Ta13-6-2 Richard TAYLOR
Ta13-6-3 Elizabeth TAYLOR
Ta13-7 Elizabeth TAYLOR
Ta14-5 Jane TAYLOR b 25 Dec 1609
Ta14-6 James TAYLOR of "Hare Forest" - between York (James) and The North Rivers, b 12 Feb 1610, Pennington Castle, Carlisle, Engl d 1655, Rappahannock or Surry Co. Va
m1 Elizabeth Underwood m2 Ursula Kettle and had James Taylor Jr
Ta14-7 Thomas TAYLOR b about 1610 d 1618
Ta14-8 Ann TAYLOR b about 1611 Carlisle Engl
Ta14-9 Richard TAYLOR "The Immigrant" b about 1617 London d 15 Jul 1672 Charles City Va
m Sarah Barker
Ta14-9-1 Frances Taylor b about 1640 Va or London
m before 1661 in Charles City VaRichard Bradford
Ta14-9-1-1 John BRADFORD Sr. b 1664 Brunswick Co Va d there 6 Nov 1735
m about 1718 in Pr George Co Va Rebecca Poythress Pace
Ta14-9-1-1-1 Nathaniel Bradford b about 1720 Surry Co Va d 1756 Edgecombe Co NC
m Sarah Green and had
John BRADFORD
Nathaniel BRADFORD
Mary BRADFORD
Patience BRADFORD m John Wooten
Ta14-9-1-1-2 John Bradford
Ta14-9-1-1-3 Tabitha Bradford
Ta14-9-1-2 Richard BRADFORD
m2 unknown
Ta15-2 Edmond Taylor b about 1570 d 1607
Ta15-3 Nathaniel Taylor b 1578 m 1605 Mary Dean and had Jeremy Taylor Note from Gordon Taylor: My records show that he was the 4th child on Nathaniel Taylor and Mary Drage (Dean). He was christened at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, 15 August 1613. His older brother Nathaniel is my direct ancestor. Jeremy married twice, Phoebe Landsdale and Joanna Bridges and he was survived by three daughters, Phoebe, Mary and Joanna. My view is that he was descended from Rowland Taylor's son Thomas. More later. Regards: Gordon
Ta16-8MARY TAYLOR
Ta16-9ELIZABETH TAYLOR
Ta-10ANNIE TAYLOR

Sources: Commoners vol IV, Taylor of Pennington + BEB1841 Taylor of Park House
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/GENE11-0026.html
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from: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0045/g0000031.html#I21494 "THE VEN. ROWLAND TAYLOR, Archdeacon of Exeter, and chaplain to Archbishop Cramer, commonly known as Taylor the Martyr, b14_5, was burned for his defence of Protestantism at Hadleigh 8 Feb. 1554.

On page 12 it mentions a record during the trial of Rowland Taylor which indicates that he had 9 children. It mentions that five of his children were deceased and names them: Susan, George, Ellen, Robert and Zachary. It mentions that the trial record does not name the living children and goes on to try and identify the living children. It identifies the following living children: Thomas, Anne (who married William Palmer), Elizabeth and an unknown child which is said to maybe have been an adopted daughter, Elizabeth. No Edmund is mentioned (but theoretically, he could have been a 9th child).

Rowland and Margaret Tyndale Taylor were the parents of nine children:
1. Susan Taylor; b. ca. 1527; d. before 1555
2. George Taylor; b. ca. 1529; d. before 1555
3. Ellen Taylor; b. ca. 1531; d. before 1555
4. Robert Taylor; b. ca. 1533; d. before 1555
5. Zachary Taylor; b. ca. 1535; d. before 1555
6. Anne Taylor; b. ca. 1537; m. William Palmer
7. Mary Taylor; b. ca. 1539
8. Elizabeth Taylor; b. ca. 1541 (adopted)
9. Thomas Taylor; b. 15 Sep 1548; m. (1) Elizabeth Burwell, (2) _____
Rowland was born in Rothbury, England in 1509. He was educated at Cambridge as a Doctor of Civil and Canon Law. He lived in Hadleigh wherethe Catholic Bishop of Winshester burned him at the stake in 1555.(Although sometimes spelled the same, Hadleigh, east of London, shouldnot be confused with Hadley, northwest of Birmingham. Hadleigh was in theportion of Suffolk County that is now Essex County).
"The Taylor Family Directory" 2000/Third Millenium Edition - edited by Lynette and Bill Everson.
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A stone marker lies still at the site of his burning that simply says (in Modern English) "1555: Dr. Taylor, in defending that which was good, at this place left his blood"
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Rowland was educated at Cambridge as a Doctor of Civil and Canon Law. He lived in Hadleigh where the Catholic Bishop of Winchester burned him atthe stake in 1555. (Although sometimes spelled the same, Hadleigh shouldnot be confused with Hadley, northwest of Birmingham). James Taylor I wasa lawyer from Carlisle when he emigrated to the American Colonies.William Taylor, the brother of James I, died from wounds received in theBattle of Naseby in the English Civil War. Source: The Taylor Family Ancestry, May 1997, Edited by William F. Everson, Sr.
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Contributed by William Arthur Taylor on July 27, 1999: Dr. Rowland Taylor was beaten and burned at the stake in Hadleigh, England 9 Feb 1555 for his religious beliefs. LDS data shows Rowland Taylor had more than one wife. His mother was Susan Data Rowland. His father was John Taylor. Children: (1) Susan b. 1535; (2) Ellen b. 1537; (3) Robert b. 1543; (4) Zachary b. 1545 (5) George b. 1546; (6) Thomas b. 1548.
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The Life and Family of Rowland Taylor, L.L.D. In his book, The Life of Rowland Taylor, Rev. William James Brown said the Taylor name was not common in England at the time of Dr. RowlandTaylor. It has been established by many sources that Taylors were in England from the time of William the Conquoror 1066, being decendants of Baron William Taillerfer, who accompanied the King of England and died inthe Battle of Hastings. For his heroic deeds in battle William Taillerfer and his brother, Foulques, also in battle, received large lands andestates in County Kent, England. The name Taillerfer changed over the years so by 1400 it was Tailor or Taylor.
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From the 1911 Edition Encycopedia: TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555), English Protestant martyr, was born at Rothbury, Northumberland; he took minor orders at Norwich in 1528 and graduated LL.B. at Cambridge in 1530 and LL.D. in 1534. Adopting reformed views he was made chaplain by Cranmer in 1540 and presented to the living of Hadleigh, Suffolk, in 1544. In Whitsun week, 1547, he preached a "notable sermon " at St Paul's Cross, and was given the third stall in Rochester cathedral. In 1549 he was placed on a commission to examineAnabaptists, and in 1551 he was appointed chancellor to Bishop Ridley, select preacher at Canterbury, and a commissioner for the reform of the canon law; in 1552 Coverdale made him archdeacon of Exeter. Apparently he advocated the cause of Lady Jane Grey, for on the 25th of July 1553, only six days after Mary's proclamation as queen, he was committed to the custody of the sheriff of Essex. He was released not long afterwards, and with the support of his parishioners offered strenuous resistance to the restoration of the Mass. He was consequently imprisoned in the King's Bench prison on the 26th of March 1554. The sturdy protestantism of Taylor and his flock, who seem to have caused various commotions, marked him out for the special enmity of Mary's government; and he was one of the first to suffer when in January 1555 parliament had once more given the clerical courts liberty of jurisdiction. He was sentenced.
Dr. Rowland Taylor was educated at Cambridge University where he specialized in ecclesiastical and civil law. He received an LL.B degreein 1530 and an LL.D in 1534.
In 1544 he was appointed Rector of Hadleighin County Suffolk at a time when England was still in religious turmoil over Henry VIII's break with the Church of Rome. Dr. Taylor was enthusiastic in support of the Protestant cause. He was active in support of the Church of England, serving as a member of many church bodies such as a commission for the reformation of ecclesiastical laws.
Following Henry's death in 1547, his sickly, only son held the throne until his death in 1553. Then his daughter Mary Tudor, a fervent Catholic, succeeded to the throne and set about restoring Catholicism to England. Rowland Taylor, by his active opposition to the Catholic church, must have made himself peculiarly obnoxious to Mary for he was arrested by the sheriff of Essex on July 25, 1553, only six days after her proclamation as Queen. He was later released and allowed to resume his ministry at Hadleigh. Perhaps the final breaking point came when he strenuously objected to a Catholic priest performing mass in his church. On March 26, 1554, he was again arrested and sent to up to London where he was imprisoned in the king's bench. The following January he was condemned to death, excommunicated and sent back to Hadleigh. On February 9, 1555, he was burned at the stake on Aldham Common outside Hadleigh where there is a stone memorial to commemorate the event. Another memorial to his martyrdom is a stall in the choir of the Cathedral at Bury St. Edmunds. The "Dictionary of National Biography" related that"Taylor was a man of ability and learning .. the beau-ideal of a parish priest, and his unblemished and attractive character has made him one of the most famous of the martyrs who suffered in Mary's reign. He is commemorated in many popular poems."
Dr. Taylor and his wife, Margaret, had nine children, four of whom survived him. He is buried in the Hadleigh Cemetery.