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About Martha Taylor
Biography
Martha Taylor was born on February 23, 1679, in Blackwell Neck, Hanover County, Virginia. Her parents were Colonel William F. Thompson and Mary Ann Thompson. (disputed). She was a Great-grandmother of James Madison and Zachary Taylor.
Martha married James Taylor, Jr., of 'Rapidan' on February 23, 1699 in King Queen,Virginia,USA. He was the son of James Taylor “the elder” and his unknown 1st wife.
James and Martha had nine children, the few eldest not born there at Bloomsbury but most reared there: [3]
- Frances, b. 1700, m. Amrose Madison, d. 1761 - their son James Sr. m. Nelly Conway, and their son was Pres. James Madison.
- Martha: b. 1702, m. Thomas Chew, d. 1786 - they had eight children, and their grandson Thomas Chew (1777-1846), held Captain Lawrence of the frigate Chesapeake as he died, saying "Don't give up the ship!"
- James III, b. 1703, d. 1784, m. Alice (Thornton) Catlett and two others, inherited Bloomsbury
- Joseph Zachary, b. 1707, m. Elizabeth Lee, d. 1768 - built the Taylor home Meadowfarm, grandson was Pres. Zachary Taylor, and granddaughter Sarah m. Confederate President Jefferson Davis
- George, b. 1711, m. Rachel Gibson, d. 1792, built the Taylor home Midland and had 11 sons, all but one of whom served in the Revolution.
- Tabitha, b. 1713, m. Thomas Wylde / Wild
- Erasmus, b. 1715, m. Jane Moore, d. 1794, inherited the Taylor home Greenfileld
- Hannah, b. 1718, m. Nicholas Bataille
- Mildred, b. 1724, m. Richard Thomas
Biography
Biography by Jouett (Taylor) Prisley:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Thompson-640
She was said to be a worthy woman who was lavished with praise and attention, and described as “brilliant, vivacious, graceful, a famous beauty, proud and queenly, firm and dignified in character, with charming manners.
Family tales told by Helen Marie Taylor include the story of Martha fending off an Indian attack from the kitchen of their Bloomsbury house, where she was directing dinner preparations when three Indians darted inside, voices raised in war whoops and tomahawks flailing. The alert and quick-thinking Martha dipped a pot into the large simmering kettle of mush bubbling on the open hearth and dashed the scalding contents over their naked bodies. They panicked and instead of escaping into the woods, fled into the house and rolled under a bed where she held them at bay until her husband and sons rushed into the house. [3]
A different version relates that Martha is inside the house, in the dining room, looking out toward the kitchen, when she sees the threatening attitude of the approaching Indians. Noting how thin and hungry they look, she seeks to appease them by calling for a servant to bring food. Rather than slinging hot porridge at them, she has them served at her dining table knowing that someone from the kitchen would already be running to the fields for Master James.
After her husband James' death, Martha was left with four adult children over 20, and five younger ones aged four to 17. She was fortunate not to be bereft financially, and she lived in the bosom of a close, fond and supportive family for another 33 years, dying at age 83.
Some few years after James’ death, the Virginia House of Burgesses ordered the counties of Hanover, Caroline, Orange and Spotsylvania to pay 15,000 pounds of tobacco to Martha, in recognition of James's surveying services in running the boundaries of those counties.
Her will, recorded at Orange County, 17 April 1750, twelve years before her death, named her sons, Zachary, George and Erasmus as executors, requesting no appraisal of property, and asking that distribution be done according to James’ will - which has not been found.
One Taylor family Bible shows Martha's date of death as 19 Nov 1762. [4]
References
- James Taylor I Descendants Association: The Taylor Family Tree (on linen), by Steve Taylor link tree scan Scan
- Library of Virginia Online Catalog: Taylor family Bible record, 1668-1906 Link%
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116206202
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 3 2018, 3:19:01 UTC
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jul 27 2019, 0:22:46 UTC
- https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/James-Taylor-Jr/p60078#
Source:
MyHeritage Family Trees
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Family tree:
R T nutt family, managed by PATSY wade
https://www.myheritage.com/site-388892362/r-t-nutt-family
Record:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-388892362-1-500610/col...
Citation:
Colonel James Taylor, of 'Rapidan'
Birth: Mar 14 1675 - King and Queen County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: June 23 1729 - Orange County, Virginia, Colonial America
Father: <Private> Taylor
Wife: Martha Taylor (born Thompson)
Children: Elizabeth Taylor, Charles Taylor, Frances Thompson Madison (born Taylor), John Taylor, Martha Thompson Chew, James Taylor, Iii, Zachary Taylor, Sr., George Francis Taylor, Tabitha Wilde, Erasmus Taylor, Hannah Battaile, Mildred “milly” Thomas (born Taylor), <Private> Taylor, <Private> Taylor, <Private> Taylor
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Martha Taylor's Timeline
| 1679 |
February 23, 1679
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Blackwell Neck, Hanover County, Virginia
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| 1700 |
August 30, 1700
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Rapidan, King and Queen County, Virginia
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| 1703 |
March 20, 1703
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Rapidan, King & Queen, now Culpeper County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1705 |
1705
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Previously King & Queen County, Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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| 1707 |
April 17, 1707
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Previously King & Queen County, Caroline County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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| 1711 |
February 11, 1711
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Rapidan, Culpeper County, Province of Virginia
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| 1713 |
March 2, 1713
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Orange, Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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| 1715 |
September 5, 1715
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King & Queen County, Virginia, Colonial America
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| 1718 |
March 15, 1718
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Rapidan, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States
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