In the Name of God, Amen. This is the Last Will and Testament of me, Richard Luther of Vicar’s Hill in the Parish of Boldre in the County of Southampton, Esquire, which I make and declare in manner following (that is to say):

In the Name of God, Amen. I Charlotte Luther of the City of Bath, Widow being weak of body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be God, do make this my last Will and Testament.

I John Taylor of Duke Street in Bath Esq. do make this my last will and testament as follows I desire to be privately buried in a wall’d grave in any one of the country churches near Bath or any other place where I may die and that no settlement be put up over my door and that all my just Debts may be paid as soon as convenient after my Decease which at this time I do not think amount to fifty pounds

This is the Last Will and Testament of me, Rebecca Taylor of the Hotwells of the Parish of Clifton in the County of Gloucester, widow

In many ways Henry Taylor is a pivotal player in my Family Tree research. In my article on the life of Francis Fane Taylor I mentioned that he was born in Farley, nr Salisbury and his father was Henry Taylor. I have also shown in my article on John Taylor - the landscape painter - that Henry Taylor was the youngest child of John and Rebecca Taylor. But how do we know that this was the same Henry Taylor. After all Henry and Taylor are both common names today and were also common names in early 19th century England.

Ann Jane Taylor, Robert Nurse’s wife, and my great great grandmother was a descendent of John Taylor, the Landscape Painter, so he was my 5th great grandfather. John was the only son of Abraham Taylor and Philadelphia Gordon - the daughter of Major General Patrick Gordon2, Deputy Governor and effective head of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1726 until his death in 1736.