William J. Taylor

From http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db...

1. William Joshua TAYLOR was born 1645 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, and died 1730 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland.

Disputed Origins

“He was the son of 2. James “Immigrant” TAYLOR and 3. Elizabeth [Immigrant] UNDERWOOD.”

Note: His parentage is not proven & seems highly unlikely.

Family

He married Addie FRAIM. She was born 1650 in Northern Ireland, and died unk in Ulster, Northern Ireland.

Their children

1. Isaac [Immigrant] TAYLOR b: 1671 in Alderton, Wiltshire, England. Married Martha Roman.
2. Nathaniel J. TAYLOR b: 1679
3. William [Immigrant] TAYLOR b: 1680 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland. Married Janet Paul.
4. Joshua TAYLOR b: ABT 1686 in Cork, Munster, Ireland. Married Elizabeth Griffiths. Father of Pennsylvania founding father George Taylor Sr., signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence

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Disputed descent

Said to be an ancestor of George Taylor, Signer of the "Declaration of Independence"

However, his origins are unknown:

Ref: https://web.archive.org/web/20100611131520/http://www.pabook.librar...

Paternal grandfather of Pennsylvania founding father George Taylor Sr., signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence

Isaac Taylor is from Wiltshire, not Ireland

From http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/taylor/35196/

Pedigree Resource File

• (2) William J Taylor b1645-1730 Antrim, Armaugh, Ulster, Ireland Married: Addie Fraim b1650 Northern Ireland-05 July 1673 England
• (3) William Nathaniel Taylor b1680 Autrim, Ireland-06 February 1781 Rockbridge, Virginia, United States Married: Janet Paul b1683 Antrim, Armaugh, Ulster, Ireland-1732 Augusta, Virginia, United States

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From http://www.genes2.com/boulch/b1374.html

William J Taylor was born in 1645 in Antrim, Ireland. He married Addie Fraim in 1668 in Julian Creek, Norfolk, VA.

Addie Fraim was born in 1650 in Northern Ireland. She married William J Taylor in 1668 in Julian Creek, Norfolk, VA.

from http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/t/a/y/Daniel-M-Taylor-HI/GENE3-0029.html

Five brothers of the name of Taylor, --George, James, William, John, and Caufield--came from county Armagh, Ireland, and settled in Rockbridge, 1760, investing their money in lands and slaves. John was killed in battle, April 25, 1778. Caufield was taken prisoner, but liberated after the surrender of Cornwallis. The four surviving brothers lived in a fine valley at the head of Cedar and are buried there. The wife of William was Janet Paul, said to have been a sister to the famous John Paul Jones of the Revolution. Admiral Jones was a Paul and added the name of his foster parent to his surname by birth. George and James married daughters of Captain Audley Paul. The Pauls were conscientiously opposed to slavery, and imparted their scruples to the families of these two brothers. Stuart, one of the youngest of the fourteen children of James, freed the last of the Negroes in that branch of the family. In doing so he gave each freedman $50.