Robert Taliaferro of Church Neck

Robert TALIFERRO d. 1688 Old Rappahannock [now Essex] Co., VA

!Robert married at 35 and died the following year with no will. His wife Sarah Catlett petitioned the court for administration of his estate. In the rent rolls of 1704, Sarah Catlett(Taliaferro) Sallis is recorded in the quit rolls as owning 1,150 acres,all in Essex County,the exact amount remaining of her deceased husband Robert Taliaferro's inheritance from his fathers estate in Essex.

In 1672-3 Robert Taliaferro, Jr. "Son of Robert Taliaferro" had a grant of land on the Rappahannock River, adjoining the land of Henry Corbin & Mr. Grymes which was due him,..as the step-grandson of Mr. Grymes. On 1 June, 1687, Robert Taliaferro, Jr. gave bond for the estate of Robert Taliaferro, deceased. An alternative marriage date is before April 6, 1687, Essex, VA. Robert lived at "Church Neck," Essex County, VA.

Married

1. 1682 to Sarah CATLETT, a sister of the Elizabeth CATLETT who married Francis TALIAFERRO and a sister of Mary CATLETT who married John TALIAFERRO, son of Col. John TALIAFERRO. 

Children

1. Robert TALIAFERRO III Birth:  1688 Rappahannock County Virginia, USA

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Note: sources indicate this Robert Taliaferro died by June 1688, when his widow, Sarah, married Samuel Sallis & was granted administration of his estate:

Essex County, 6 June 1688, Sarah Taliaferro admx of the estate of her husband Robert Taliaferro.

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Robert TALIAFERRO, (II) born in 1667 and died (June 6, 1726,) at St. Paul's Parish, King George, Virginia.  Many sources have his death date as 1736-06-06, but this is wrong. Another researcher sends:

Portions of his estate are sold by the coroner in 1737, and this is sometimes interpreted that he must have been dead since the coroner was involved. But this was not the case. He owed money to the Sheriff of Caroline. Under Virginia Law at the time, the Coroner assumed the role of Sheriff in legal matters normally handled by the Sheriff when the Sheriff was a party. Since Robert II owed the money to the Sheriff, the Coroner enforced the Court order to sell slaves to settle the debt.

1. Margaret BUCKNER (The Taliaferro & Sherman book suggests that his wife's last name was Buckner. )

Notes 

• from "Historic Georgia Families" by L W Rigsby:  A deed in Essex Co VA, dated 1687, shows that Robert Taliaferro and Francis Taliaferro and their wives, Sarah and Elizabeth, sold 300 acres, part of the land bequeathed to said Sarah and Elizabeth by John Catlett, their father. 
• Robert Had a land Grant on the Rappahannock adjoining the land of Henry CORBIN and Mr. GRYMES, which was due him, the said "Robert TALIAFERRO Juniur", as the Grandson of Mr. GRYMES 

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These notes are incorrect:

From http://sharpwriters.com/genealogy/taliaferro.html#francis2

Robert TALIAFERRO, (II) born in 1667, died in 1728. He married first Sarah CATLETT, a sister of the Elizabeth CATLETT who married Francis TALIAFERRO (our ancestor) and a sister of Mary CATLETT who married John TALIAFERRO, son of Col. John TALIAFERRO. Robert and Sarah's children included: Mary TALIAFERRO; Martha TALIAFERRO; Elizabeth TALIAFERRO; and Robert TALIAFERRO III. He married second Margaret BUCKNER and died June 6, 1726, at St. Paul's Parish, King George, Virginia.

Links

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thamm&id=...
• http://www.genfan.com/getperson.php?personID=I506&tree=MASTER
• http://sharpwriters.com/genealogy/taliaferro.html

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• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 20 2016, 23:27:24 UTC

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In 1672-3 Robert Taliaferro, Jr. "Son of Robert Taliaferro" had a grant of land on the Rappahannock River, adjoining the land of Henry Corbin & Mr. Grymes which was due him,..as the step-grandson of Mr. Grymes. On 1 June, 1687, Robert Taliaferro, Jr. gave bond for the estate of Robert Taliaferro, deceased. An alternative marriage date is before April 6, 1687, Essex, VA. Robert lived at "Church Neck," Essex County, VA.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 30 2020, 21:07:51 UTC