Taylor Ancestors
This section will document my research on my Taylor ancestors. Ann Jane Taylor married Robert Nurse and was my great great grandmother.
My Taylor Ancestors were the link to the Landed Gentry of England and eventually to the English Nobility and Royalty through two important women.
The first is Rebecca Luther, my 5x great grandmother, who married the Landscape Painter John Taylor of Bath. It is through Rebecca’s paternal grandmother that I am related to Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII’s Chancellor who was made famous in the play - A Man for All Seasons.
In addition through Rebecca’s mother, I am related to the Chamberlain family, who were famous for inventing the birthing forceps and the Paston family, famous for the letters they wrote in the time of The War of the Roses.
The second is John Taylor’s mother Philadelphia Gordon, my 6x great grandmother. She was the daughter of Patrick Gordon, who was Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania during Colonial times, and who was from a cadet branch of Clan Gordon in Scotland.
I have proven that both women were descended from English Royalty, Rebecca from Edward I and Philadelphia from Edward III. In addition, Philadelphia is descended from Scottish Royalty as a descended of James I of Scotland.
I have created individual articles for all my male Taylor Ancestors.
- Colonel Abraham Taylor of Philadelphia, Merchant Venturer, (born 1702)
- John Taylor of Bath, Landscape Painter, (born 1735)
- Henry Taylor of Winsley, Wiltshire, Farmer, (born 1775)
- Francis Fane Taylor of Winsley Wiltshire, Farmer (born 1802)