James Taylor IV (1732 - 1814)

Born 27 Dec 1732 in Midway, Caroline County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

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Died 12 Mar 1814 at age 81 in Midway, Caroline County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Colonel James Taylor IV served with Virginia during the American Revolution.

James Taylor IV is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A112616.

Name

James was born on 27 December 1732 in Midway, Caroline County, Virginia,^[1][2]the sixth of seven known children and the youngest of three sons of James Taylor and Alice Thornton.

Probably in the late 1750s at an unknown place James married Ann Hubbard and they had five known children, four sons and one daughter:

1. Hubbard Taylor
2. James Taylor
3. Reuben Taylor
4. Mary Taylor
5. Josiah Taylor

On 12 March^[3] or May 12 1814, when he was eighty-one James died of unknown causes in Midway.^[4][5]

James /Taylor/ IV^[6][7][8]

From his son, James

According to his son, James Taylor had one brother and one sister:

"James, my father, was born in Caroline County, Virginia the 27th of December 1732 and died there the 12th of March 1814 in his 82nd year [at age 81]. I was born the 19th of April 1769, at the same place. My father had one brother and one sister. His brother Colonel Francis died about my birth [There is a discrepancy about the year of Francis Taylor's death. General Taylor's statement here puts Francis' death about 1769, but Hayden's research shows he was alive through 1783.]. His sister married Anthony Winston and died young leaving one daughter who married Dr. Cabell of Lynchburg, Virginia who left a large family [Alice Thornton Taylor and Anthony Winston had 5 children (one sons and 4 daughters)].^[9]

More on James IV from his son General James Taylor's recount of his family history:^[10]

"James Taylor [1732-1814] and George Muse were with George Washington at Braddock's defeat. General Washington spent a week with Colonel Muse at his residence in Caroline, a neighbor to my father. My father went with them. General Washington introduced him to Muse and he spent a week at his house studying military tactics. It is remarkable that I should know the officer well with whom our beloved Washington studied the rudiments of his military education.

"My father [James Taylor, born 1732] was High Sheriff of Caroline in 1788. I was one of his deputies and started to return the first member from our district at the organization of the Federal Court. John Page of Rosehill of King William County was our first member. My father was born the same year as George Washington, served with him six months tour after Braddock's defeat and helped to fortify the frontier west of Winchester from the Potomac towards Staunton. My father, with Judge Pendleton, represented Caroline in the Convention and both warmly advocated its adoption. He served about forty years in the Councils of his State, and did not lose an election during the whole time. He visited the District of Kentucky in the fall of 1783 to look after his land, did think of making it his residence but my mother dying a few years afterwards, he married a second and third wife and gave up his intentions to move.

"The oldest Justice of the Peace [of the county] received the office of Sheriff in rotation. In December 1787 my father [James Taylor 1732] became Sheriff a second time. I was in bad health from imprudence at school in overheating myself running course races, playing fox and hounds, running to my father's mill pond a mile from the schoolhouse, bathing in the pond, running back with a wet shirt and sitting on a damp dirt floor of the schoolhouse, fixed a disease on my lungs and affected my eyes, that my physician advised I should be taken from school, ride much on horseback, attend the medical springs in summer, as the most likely mode of restoring my health.

"My father advised me to qualify myself as one of his deputies. I did so in December 1781. In 1788, I attended at the election of members of the Virginia Convention to pass on the adoption of the Federal Constitution. The Hon. Edmund Pendleton and my father were elected without opposition and Judge Pendleton was President of that distinguished body. Both of the members warmly advocated its adoption and voted for it. It was ratified by a majority of only nine votes in that body. The celebrated Patrick Henry, Colonel Grayson, Cuthbert Battaile, and many other eloquent men being opposed to its adoption.

"I must name an incident which happened on the Courthouse Green between the late Colonel John Taylor of Caroline [and my father]. He was violently opposed to the adoption of the Constitution, came up to my father and remarked that that instrument abounded in defects and ought in his opinion not to be adopted. My father remarked that he had been waited upon by many of the influential men of the County and unsolicited called on to become a candidate with Judge Pendleton, and he consented and could not withdraw, but told Colonel Taylor if he thought proper to offer his services and assured him it should not be considered by him a breach of their friendship. About this time Colonel Pendleton stepped up and remarked No, Colonel Taylor, you must not decline, my nephew John thinks he knows better than we do and will support nothing which does not accord with his opinion of perfection. We know the old Confederation is like a rope of sand, nothing compulsory in it. My father remarked, there was some features in the instrument he thought required amendment, that a mode was provided in the instrument for that purpose and whenever its defects were experienced by Congress, he had no doubt amendments would be affected. But reserved his remarks to offer if he thought proper and it would give no offense. Colonel Taylor remarked, no sir, for very good reasons, I will not be a candidate, I know I could not if I would, and I would not if I could succeed against you."

From Daughters of the American Revolution

TAYLOR, JAMES JR

Ancestor #: A112616

Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, COLONEL

Birth: 12-27-1732 CAROLINE CO VIRGINIA

Death: 3-12-1814 CAROLINE CO VIRGINIA

Service Source: CREEL, SELECTED VA REV WAR RECS, VOL 3, P 155; SCRIBNER & TARTER, REV VA: ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, VOL 2, PP 167-169; VOL 7, PP 20-22

Service Description: 1) MILITIA; MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF SAFETY; MEMBER OF CONVENTION

Residence: County: CAROLINE CO - State: VIRGINIA Created: 2005-02-24 09:31:01.0, Updated: 2005-02-24 09:31:01.0, By: MSTEWART 1)

Spouse(s):

(1) ANNE HUBBARD: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1)

(2) SARAH TALIAFERRO: Created: 2005-02-24 09:31:01.0, Updated: 2005-02-24 09:31:01.0, By: MSTEWART 2)

(3) ELIZABETH FITZHUGH CONWAY: Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 3)

Child son: JAMES TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] KETURAH MORSE LEITCH :Child daughter: ALICE TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] WASHINGTON BERRY

Child daughter: ELIZABETH TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] THOMAS MINOR

Child daughter: ANN TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] ROBERT TALIAFERRO

Child daughter: ALICE TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] WASHINGTON BERRY

Child daughter: MARY TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] PETER THORNTON

Child daughter: HUBBARD TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] CLARISSA MINOR

Child daughter: EDMUND TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY TODD HINDE

Child daughter: LUCY TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] JAMES EUBANK

Child son: REUBEN TAYLOR [Spouse #] Spouse: [1] MARY TODD THORNTON

From Findagrave.com

James Taylor

Birth: 27 Dec 1732 Caroline County, Virginia; Death: 12 Mar 1814 (aged 81) Caroline County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Taylor-Quarles Family Cemetery, Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA. Memorial #: 18541119.

Bio: Son of James Taylor & Alice Thornton Taylor.Husband of Ann Hubbard Taylor.

Family Members: Parents: James Taylor (1703-1784), Alice Thornton Taylor (1708-1739); Spouse: Ann Hubbard Taylor (1738-1789); Siblings: Charity Taylor Prickett (1739-1833) [I think the inclusion of Charity as a sister is a mistake. Patricia Prickett Hickin 1 May 2018.]; Children: Hubbard Taylor (1760-1840), Elizabeth Taylor Minor (1763-1836), James Taylor (1769-1848), Alice Thornton Taylor Berry (1773-1837), Ann Taylor Todd (1776-1848), Reuben Thornton Taylor (1779-1864), Edmund Taylor (1780-1811), Martha Todd Taylor Thornton (1783-Unknown)^[11]

Citations

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Frederick Sheffield for creating WikiTree profile Taylor-12265 through the import of Adkins Family Tree_2013-02-16.ged on Feb 16, 2013.

• Taylor-18780 was created by Albert Colbert through the import of Direct Line GEDcom - Louis Colbert Sr.ged on Apr 10, 2014.

Spouse Ann Hubbard Taylor 1738–1789

Children Hubbard Taylor 1760–1840 Elizabeth Taylor Minor 1763–1836 James Taylor 1769–1848 Alice Thornton Taylor Berry 1773–1837 Ann Taylor Todd 1776–1848 Reuben Thornton Taylor 1779–1864 Edmund Taylor 1780–1811 Martha Todd Taylor Thornton 1783 – unknown

BURIAL Taylor-Quarles Family Cemetery Orange, Orange County, Virginia, USA

No biography yet.^[12] Can you add information or sources?

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com, SAR Membership Number: 95560; Reference: 1,2204::1033891
2. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com, SAR Membership Number: 95560; Volume: 183; SAR Membership Number: 36497, Reference: 1,2204::440700
3. ↑ Paul Taylor "Moochie" (46596943), “James Taylor,” Findagrave.com. Record added 21 Mar 2007. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18541119. Accessed 30 April 2018.
4. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com Birth date: 27 Dec 1732 Birth place: Caroline, Virginia Death date: 12 May 1814 Death place:
5. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com, SAR Membership Number: 95560; Volume: 183; SAR Membership Number: 36497 Reference: 1,2204::1033891
6. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com Birth date: 27 Dec 1732 Birth place: Caroline, Virginia Death date: 12 May 1814 Death place:
7. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees. No URL; therefore impossible to access on 30 Apr 2018.
8. ↑ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com, SAR Membership Number: 95560; Volume: 183; SAR Membership Number: 36497
9. ↑ Ann Blomquist, “General James Taylor Recounts His Family History,” Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/taylor/26048/. Accessed 30 Apr 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.
10. ↑ Gen. James Taylor Recounts his Family History by Ann Blomquist January 19, 2004
11. ↑ Paul Taylor "Moochie" (46596943), “James Taylor,” Findagrave.com. Record added 21 Mar 2007. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18541119. Accessed 30 April 2018.
12. ↑ Taylor-25343 was created by Bob Gambill through the import of Robert Gambill family tree.ged on Mar 19, 2015. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.

*https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18541119/james-taylor

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A112616

• Ancestry Family Trees. No URL; therefore impossible to access on 30 Apr 2018. Info comes from one or more family trees.

• Blomquist, Ann. “General James Taylor Recounts His Family History,” Genealogy.com. URL: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/taylor/26048/. Accessed 30 Apr 2018 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com

• Taylor, Paul "Moochie" (46596943). “James Taylor,” Findagrave.com. Record added 21 Mar 2007. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18541119. Accessed 30 April 2018.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18541119/james-taylor