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I have researched this allegation. Here is what I believe can be documented. A John Taylor with wife Elizabeth __?__ died in Lancaster Co., VA (not PA), in 1651. He seems to be the John Taylor who was born in 1607 in England. He had a brother, James Taylor (b. 12 Feb. 1609/10) who appears to be the James Taylor, surgeon, who married Elizabeth Underwood and died in Surry Co., VA, in 1655. [He had an affair with his servant, Ursula Kettle, in 1651 which produced a bastard son, James Taylor, who was born in 1652 in Surry Co., VA. He also apparently mistreated his wife physically (and emotionally) who sued him for legal separation in 1653-1654.]
From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=...
!"Elizabeth Underwood married first Dr. James Taylor. Was he a son of Rev. James Taylor who was associated with the family in Isle of Wight County? He certainly was NOT a kind or faithful husband to her so that she felt compelled to appeal to the Governor and Council for a separation in order that she could return to the home of her mother. The details are such that it would have been impossible for her to have remained with him without being killed or maimed. Before the matter was finally settled the husband obligingly departed this life, according to the first record book of Surrey County. Recorded 26 March 1654. Virginia Genealogies #1, Genealogies of Virginia Families V, Underwood Family of Virginia, page 630.
!26 Mar 1654: James Taylor deceased. Surry County, VA.
!1 May 1655: 1 May 1655, the estate account of Mr. James Taylor returned and among other items is where Mr. Slaughter was paid one third of the estate in right of his wife (Vol. 1, 53). 6 November 1655, Francis Slaughter for and in consideration of two cowes with caves and 2000 pounds of tobacco to be paid the 10th of October next and 1000 pounds more to be paid of 1657 by Thomas Culmer of Surrey Countye Chyrurgion all claim (in right of his wife) unto the house and plantation where he now lives. (Page 83). Virginia Genealogies #1, Genealogies of Virginia Families V, Underwood Family of Virginia, page 630.
Warning: This profile is often confused with that of James Taylor of King & Queen. That profile includes references to Frances Taylor and Mary Gregory as wives before and after emigration. It seems plausible that the sources listed here that attribute those wives to Dr. James Taylor made an error and confused the two James Taylors.
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taylor-49951
Elizabeth Underwood married first Dr. James Taylor. Was he a son of Rev. James Taylor who was associated with the family in Isle of Wight County?
He certainly was NOT a kind or faithful husband to her so that she felt compelled to appeal to the Governor and Council for a separation in order that she could return to the home of her mother. The details are such that it would have been impossible for her to have remained with him without being killed or maimed. Before the matter was finally settled the huband obligingly departed this life, according to the first record book of Surrey County. Recorded 26 March 1654.[2]
—- Elizabeth Underwood was born before 1640, the daughter of ____ Underwood and Margaret ____. She married first between 1652-54 to Dr. James Taylor, who died 1655 in Surry Co., VA shortly after Elizabeth received a legal separation from him.
Ancestry.com England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; @R2@ Place: Plumpton-Wood, Lancashire, England; Collection: ; BTs; Date Range: 1604 - 1618; Film Number: 1470949
Ancestry.com 1851 England Census Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; @R2@ Class: HO107; Piece: 1500; Folio: 22; Page: 37
Ancestry.com U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; @R2@ Place: Virginia, USA; Year: 1648; Page Number: 250
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999; @R2@
Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Deaths Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; @R2@
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February 12, 1610
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Pennington Castle, Carlisle, Cumberland, England (United Kingdom)
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February 12, 1610
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Carlisle, Cumberland, England (United Kingdom)
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1643 |
1643
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Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States
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1648 |
1648
Age 37
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Virginia, United States
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1651 |
1651
Age 40
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Islington, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
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1653 |
October 18, 1653
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Flowerdew Hundred, Charles City County, Virginia Colony
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1654 |
March 26, 1654
Age 44
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Surry County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
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