Taylor Family Tree 1851

Access and use

Location of collection:
Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library
208 West Market Street
Leesburg, Virginia 20176
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Alexandra S. Gressitt
Phone: (703) 737-7195
Fax: (703) 737-7195

Summary

Creator:
Nona Press, Forest Hills, NY
Abstract:
This collection contains one item, a 25 x 19 inch photocopy of the Taylor family tree, drawn by Yardley Taylor in 1851. The tree begins in 1719 with the marriage of Benjamin Taylor (1696-1780) to Hannah Towne (1698-1780) in Pennsylvania and continues through six generations. The original lithograph was published by A. Hoen and Company of Baltimore.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains one item, a 25 x 19 inch photocopy of the Taylor family tree, drawn by Yardley Taylor in 1851. The tree begins in 1719 with the marriage of Benjamin Taylor (1696-1780) to Hannah Towne (1698-1780) in Pennsylvania and continues through six generations. The original lithograph was published by A. Hoen and Company of Baltimore.

Biographical / historical:

The Taylor family left Devonshire, England in the late 17th century and settled in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Much of the family relocated to Bucks County, PA in the 18th century, and several members eventually moved to Loudoun County, Virginia. Members of the Society of Friends, the Taylors settled in Goose Creek, an established community of Quakers in central Loudoun County. Much of the family is buried in the Goose Creek Burial Ground.

Yardley Taylor (1794-1863) was a son of Bernard Taylor (1771-1848), one of the Taylors that settled in Loudoun County. Yardley Taylor was a surveyor, mapmaker, letter carrier, and nurseryman. In 1851, he compiled a book of genealogical information called Descendants of Benjamin and Hannah (Towne) Taylor, Who Were Married in 1719. As part of that volume, he drafted a family tree that begins in 1719, with the marriage of Benjamin Taylor (1696-1780) to Hannah Towne (1698-1780) in Pennsylvania and continues through six generations. This is a traditional representation of the family as a tree, with the first five generations represented as the trunk and branches, and their children as leaves.

Acquisition information:
Nona Press, Forest Hills, NY