Robert Taylor

Emigration from England to Pennsylvania 1682.JAT 9/30/2008

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Robert & Mary (Hayes) Taylor were married in 1663 in England.

In 1689 Robert, William, Peter and Thomas Taylor are registered landowners (source "The history of Chester County" , J Smith Fusey/ Gilbert Cope-Philadelphia 1810)

Is this also the Robert, mentioned in same source as "supervisor of highways and juror" (in 1683)?

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weRelate: Robert Taylor Spouse  mary little https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert+Taylor+%2811%29

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Robert Taylor Birth  7 December 1633 • Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Death  14 April 1695 • Springfield MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America Parents  Mary Barrow • Thomas Taylor Spouse  Mary Hayes Children  Alice Taylor • Isaac Taylor • Jacob Taylor • Jonathan Taylor • Josiah Taylor • Martha Elinor Taylor • Mary Taylor • Phebe Taylor • Rachel   Hayes Taylor • Thomas Taylor

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LVM1-RMP

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weRelate: Robert Taylor Spouse  mary watts https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert+Taylor+%28125%29

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weRelate: Robert Taylor Birth  Dec 7, 1633 • Little Leigh, Cheshire, England Death  May 14, 1695 • Springfield (township), Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Marriage  Nov 16, 1646 • 1663 • Cheshire, England|Newport, Rhode Island, United States Parents  Mary Barrow • Thomas Taylor Spouse  mary hanna hayes wood hodges https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Robert+Taylor+%284%29

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wikiTrees: robert taylor Birth  Dec 7, 1633 Death  Apr 14, 1695 • Chester, Pennsylvania, United States Parents  thomas taylor https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/11691162

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wikiTrees: robert taylor Birth  Dec 7, 1633 • Cheshire, England Death  Apr 14, 1695 • Springfield (township), Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Marriage  1663 • Little Leigh, Cheshire, England Parents  mary barrow taylor • thomas taylor Spouse  mary taylor hayes https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/697439

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Geni: Robert Taylor Birth  Dec 7, 1633 • Little Leigh, Cheshire, England Death  Apr 14, 1695 • Springfield (township), Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States Parents  Mary Barrow • Thomas Taylor Siblings  John Taylor • Mary Taylor • Richard Taylor • Thomas Taylor Spouse  Mary Hayes Children  Alice Taylor • Isaac Taylor • Jacob Taylor • Jonathan Taylor • Josiah Taylor • Martha Taylor • Mary Taylor • Phebe Taylor • Rachel Taylor • Thomas Taylor

Lead confidence: 3 Robert Taylor

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Will: 24 Apr 1695 Springfield, Chester, Pennsylvania Probate: 16 May 1695 Springfield, Chester, Pennsylvania Note: !Descendants of Robert Taylor by Alfred Rudulf Justice LDS film #1318400 Robert was the first of his line to severe ties with the Church of England and join the Friends Society. He was put in prison because of his religious beliefs in Jan of 1662. He received a grant of 1000 acres ofland in Pennsylvania from William Penn before they left England. He and two of his children Rachel and Josiah came to America in 1682, the rest of the family coming later. !He wrote his Will 24 Apr. 1695 and it was proved 16 May 1695 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. !Great Budworth Parish Church of England records !Birth, Marriage, and Death records of Friends Society in Cheshire County, England LDSfilm #814836 (births of his children)

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!Information on this family is from the book "Seventeenth Century Immigrants" CS71-H688, 1896.

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Robert Taylor came to America in the first settlement under William Penn from whom he bought land. His family arrived later on the ship Endeavour.

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Information from "Descendants of Robert Taylor" by Alfred Rudulph Justice of Philadelphia, PA. Published by Alfred R. Justice and Joseph W. Taylor, Philadelphia 1925. Fil # 1318400 #6 LDS family history library.

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[v05t0712.ftw] HE DIED IN CHESTER CO, BUT IT IS NOW DELAWARE COUNTY. HIS PARENTS WERE THOMAS TAYLOR AND MARY BARROW. HE ARRIVED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA ON THE "ENDEAVOR" ON 29 JULY 1683. ANCESTRAL LINES:CARL BOYER III P. 291-292, PRIVATELY PRINTED IN 1975 BIBL: 5 P.18; 6; 7 P.507; 15; 20 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES, 3RD SERIES VOL.III, P.173 Transcript of will of: ROBERT TAYLOR Proved: 16 May 1695 Inventory filed: Settlement filed: Registered in will book "A", page 311 Office of Register of Wills, Philadelphia County I, Robert Taylor of Springfield in the County of Chester and province of Pensilveaneabeing weake in body (but) of good and perfect Remembrance by the providence of god do make and ordeane this to be my Last will and testement Revoking all former wills and testements whatever in manner and forme as followeth the (four) and twenty day of the Second Month called April in the year of our Lord one thousand six hunmdred ninty fiv(e) Imps I give unto my Loving wife the halfe of my Rayall Esteate in England which was setteled upon her at t(he) time of her marriage for her naturall Life with a good bedd and to have a Lawfull mentainnence at this place I now live on and Likewise to have a horse and a bovine beest for her naturall Life Secondly I leave unto my sonn Thomas Taylor the house and houseing and plantation I now Live on with the Land thereto belonging to him and his Heiresfor Ever and Likewise tow hundred Aikers of my Land in Marple (T)hirdly I give unto my sonn Jonathan Taylor tow hundred Aikers of Lande in Marple to him and his heires for Ever and twenty pounds of sillver moneyes (Four)thly I give unto my daughter Martha forty pounds of Silver moneyes when she is one and twenty yeares of age (Fi)fthly I give unto my sonn Jacob Taylor forty pounds of silver and to be set out upon the Countrey and to be paid him when hee Comes to bee one and twenty yeares of age (Si)xthly I Leave the overplouse of all my personalle Esteata that I have here in pensilveanea to bee Equequly devided a(mong) my four Children that is to say Thomas Jonathan Jacob and Martha at the discression of my Exevutors (a)s the(y) beheave them selves and no further (Sev)enthly I Leave my Reall Esteate that I have in England as the(y) beheave themselves to bee devi(ded) at the desscrission of my Executors to bee devided amongst all my nine children And furthermore I Leave my deare and Loveng wife and brother Jonathan Heyes to bee my Lawfull Executors to see this my last will and testament performed ROBERT TAYLOR Walter Faucit John Maris Philadelphia 16th day of May 1695 personallie appeared before mee Patrick Robinson Secrie of ye province of Pennsylvania the above named Walter Faucit and John Maris who did solemnly attest according to Law that they saw the above named Robert Taylor sign, seal, publish and declare ye above to be his last will and testament and yat att the doing yeof he was of a sound & disposing mind & memory to the best of their Knowledge Pat Robinson, Secry(Words and parts of words in parenthese indicate that they are indecipherable in the original will) Above will is as transcribed by A.R. Justice, 1925 with its queer spelling and use of capital letters, quaint phraseology, and the total absence of puncuation. E. G. Davies May 1986

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His father was named Thomas Taylor.

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Came from Little Leigh, Cheshire, England in 1684 and settled in Springfield, Delaware, Pennsylvania

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Personal history 1) Ashmead's "History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. pg. 580-582

At a meeting in Chester the "13th of ye 8th mo. 1690" of the Quakers a committee was appointed "to take the subscriptions of Middletown, Edgmont, Springfield, Upper & Nether providence and Marple "of what these friends are free to Give towards the building a meeting house in Chester. Viz: for Upper providence Randall Malin, for Middletown John Worrall, David Ogden, for Edgmont, Thomas Worrelle, James Swaffer, for Springfield, George Morris, Junr, & Mordica Maddock, for Marple Thomas Person and Josiah Taylor."

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!Desc. of Robt. TAYLOR of Pa. by A. Justice, 113 pg, 1925. (Hist. Soc. Pa.) Found English ancestry & desc. !Boyer, Card 3rd, Ancestral Lines, 3rd ed. 1998, TAYLOR p. 613... This Robt. p. 615: gives bap. info (which had), + death 1895 Springfield Chester (Delaware now), Penn. His will dated 24 April 1695 which proved Phil. 16 May 1695. (Will Book A,311). He m. abt. 1663 Mary HAYES who d. 11 April 1728, having m. 2nd 31 Mar. 1701 Joseph SELBY who d. intestate 7 Feb. 1727-8. She was a sister of Jonatha HAYES who m. Cheshire 4 Jan 1675 Ann WILLIAMSON of fam. at Crewood Hall & settled Marple Twp, Pa. where he was the largest landowner, justice of the court & Rep. to Assembly from 1689-1697/ A handwritten paper by Albert Cook MYERS of Moylan, Pa. dated 15 Aug. 1954, gave parents of Mary HAYES asJonathan JEY of Weaverham Parish, Cheshire, a Quaker in 1665 , & Margaret MERRICK, a spinster when m. by license dated 1 Aug. 1640. Robt. TAYLOR was of record in Chester, Eng. as l of 29 Quakers who were indicted "for unlawfully assembling together at house of John DOVE in Coddington" on 19 Nov. 1662 "upon Pretence of joining together in religious worship of God," & found guilty by a jury, with the fine set at £2.10s (see rec. of Bishop of Chester's visitation to Great Budworth). While he retained rest estate at Clatterwich in Little Leigh until his death, if his will has been interpreted correctly, he acquired from Wm. PENN on 3 Mar. 1681-2 a grant of 1,000 acres to be located & surveyed to him after his arrival in PPPenn. On 30 Oct. 1683 he was allotted 550 acres near what is now Broomall, Delaware Co., having been allowed 400 acres on 11 Nov. 1682, so. of the Springfield water basin. These lands were located bet. Darby & Crum Creeks & covered with virgin stands of oak, maple, & beech. With trout, bass, water foul quail, turkey, deer, elk, a variety of wild fruits & berries, & friendly Indians in the neighborhood, life was not apparently, as hard as it might have bee n. It has been suggested that he brought his children Rachel & Josiah with him in 1682. In any event his wife Mary & children Isaac, Thomas, Jonathan, Phebe, Mary & Martha arr'd in Phil on board the Endeavor on 29 July 1683. He had lots, as an original settler, on Sassafras (now Race) St, & on High (now Market) St. in the city. Confirmation of his Chester Co. lands has been found in Phil. deeds (H15:150). Children, all but the last b. in Clatterwich in Little Leigh, parish of Great Budworth (Eng. Friends' Recs, Cheshire):

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came 29 Sep 1683 on ship Endeavor from Cheshire Eng

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!Frank's direct line. Genealogy of Chester & Delware Co. Pa; Vol. (pA2) (Logan lib) (C426 C); Bennett family history A13 A117; R.A.R. Genealogy History Am 182, Vol.15.

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A Partial Life Story An early Quaker settler of Pennsylvania. In his early life, he became a member of the Society of Friends (Quaker) and suffered religious persecution. Besse in his "Suffering of the Quakers", Vol. 1, page 103, says "In the month called January 1662, 29 of this people were indicted at Quarter Sessions in Chester for being at an unlawful assembly and were imprison -- Robert Taylor of Chatterwick, yeoman, together with several other persons, being above the number of five and above the age of 16 years were indicated for unlawful assembly together at the home of John Dove in Coddington for the purpose of joining together in religious worship of God contrary to an Act of this present parliament." On December 22, 1665, Robert Taylor, John Minshall, Samuel Naylor, Thomas Livesay, and "their pretended wives" were ordered to appear before the Consistory at Chester for being "unlawfully maryed". The fines were small but the Quakers refused to pay any fines for their religiousconvictions. Such persecution caused the immigration of the Quakers to Pennsylvania in large numbers. "Visitation 22, Dec. 1665, in the Consistory Court at Chester. Great Budworth Against Samuel Nayler, Ralph Fisher, Robert Taylor, William Gandy, gen., John Eaton, senior, John Eaton, junior, Thomas Eaton, John Shawe, Peter Pickering, Hugh Crosby, John Williamson, Thomas Burroughts, Thomas Betton,John Alexander, & John Darling, for Quakers. On which day, the said Gandy appeared by Alexander Boniman, & he is to attend Church, & to Certify at Chester on the 27th March next. 2s. 6d. Against JohnEaton & his pretended wife, Robert Taylor & his pretended wife, John Minshall & his pretended wife, Samuel Naylor & his pretended wife, Thomas Bretton & his pretended wife, Quakers, for being unlawfully marryed. Against Thomas Eaton, a Quaker, who hath been presented for teaching school." While retaining real estate at Clatterwich in Little Leigh until his death, according to his will, he acquired from William Penn on 3 Mar 1681/2 a grant of one thousand acres to be located and surveyed to him after his arrival in Pennsylvania. It was alloted in 2 surveys, one of 550 acres and under date October 30, 1683 in the neighborhood of the village of Broomall, Delaware County and the other of 400 acres November 11, 1682, south of Springfield Water basin between Crum Creek and Barby Creek. The county abounded in fowl, forests and fish and was a paradise for the settlers. As a first purchaser Robert Taylor became entitled to lots in the limits of the City of Philadelphia, or "Liberty Lands" as they were called. One was on Sassagra (now Race) Street and another was on High (now Market) street. Confirmation of his Chester County lands is found in Philadelphia deeds. Robert Taylor's wife and children arrived July 29, 1683 on the ship "Endeavor." The ship's list shows: Mary Taylor, late of Clatterwich, Cheshire, Isaac Taylor, Thomas Taylor, Jonathan, Taylor, Phebe Taylor, Mary Taylor, MarthaTaylor. Rachel and Josiah doubtless accompanied their father the previous year and the youngest child, Jacob was born in Pennsylvania (all of the children are recorded in Friends' Register of Cheshire, England, except Jacob). On the same ship was a Daniel Williamson, servant to Robert Taylor and brother of Mary Williamson Howell. In his will, he leaves "to living wife half my real estate in England which was settled upon her at time of marriage for her natural life", a good bed, and "lawful maintenance at this place I now live on" and to have a horse and bovine beast. (In 1701 Mary Taylor married Joseph Selby. She died 4-11-1728, intestate.) To son Jonathan 200 acres of land in Marple and 20 pounds silver money. To daughter Martha and to son Jacob east 40 pounds silver money when they become 21 years of age. The overplus of the personal estate was to be divided among Thomas, Jacob, Jonathan and Martha. Real estate in England was to be divided at discretion of executors among the nine children. Deed after death of Robert Taylor - "Indenture Mar 10, 1700 Mary Taylor, widow of Robert Taylor late of Springfield, Chester County, Pa., yeoman, deceased, and Jonathan Hayes of Marple, executors of will, to Isaac Taylor of same county, yeoman, son of heir of said Robert; Thomas Taylor, another son of Robert, John Fincher of same county, cordwainer, and Martha his wife, the daughter of said Robert and Mary Taylor; to Jonathan Taylor of said county, yeoman, another son of Robert and Mary. Witnesseth: that by Deeds of Lease and Release May 2 and 3, 1681, William Penn granted unto s'd Robert Taylor in the year 1683 obtained a warrant from the Proprietor to survey to s'd Robert Taylor 600 acres of the 100 acres southard of Darby Creek which tract by direction of the surveyor general,Thomas Habin, was surveyed by Chas. Ashcomb and 550 acres of land lying between Crum Creek and Darby Creek was returned as surveyed Nov 7, 1688 and said Robert Taylor being lawfully seized thereof, made his will April 20, 1695 and died inter alia devise unto his son Thomas Taylor 100 acres, to Jonthan Taylor 200 acres of the said 550 acres named in his will as "my land in Marple" and made the said Mary and Jonathan Hayes his executors, and whereas there is another peice of land of 73 acres which is also part of the s'd 550 acres on Darby Creek south 54 degrees west of the line of Jonathan Hayes containing 373 acres (See Philadelphia Deecs H 15 p 150). They may have had another daughter, Alice, born before they became Quakers. Alice married Robert Worthington, & died bef Aug 1729, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Found at: *******************************************************************************

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Emigration Robert emigrated first, travelling with a servant, Daniel WILLIAMSON. They sailed on the Concord, leaving Liverpool in 1682. Mary Taylor "late of Clatterwitch in Cheshire" and her children,"Isaack, Tho:, Jona:, Phebe, Mary, Martha" arrived in Philadelphia on Seventh Month 29, 1683 on board the ketch Endeavour of London. Mary's brother Jonathan HAYES went with them.[12]

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First purchaser When the possibility of moving to Pennsylvania became known, Robert Taylor bought 1000 acres in the new proprietary while he was still in England, thus making him a First Pur-chaser. As a First Purchaser Robert received lot #20 on the Delaware Front in Philadelphia. He took up 400 of his 1000 acres November 11, 1682, in the vicinity of what is now the village of Broomall, then in Chester County, now Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The remaining 600 acres of Taylor's land was laid out south of the present Springfield Water Basin.[11]

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persecution Robert and Mary were persecuted for their faith. For example, in January 1662/3, charges were brought against "Robert Taylor & his pretended wife, . . . Quakers, for being unlawfully marryed." In 1680 Frandley Meeting reported that a tithe farmer, Peter BROMFIELD, took from Robert Taylor for "tythe corn [i.e. grain] worth £1.14.00, and in 1681 corn worth £1.02.00.[10]

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Emigrated from Little Leigh, County of Chester, England, and settled in Springfield, Chester Co., PA, as early as 1684.