Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research.

Use Restrictions

No physical characteristics affect use of this material.

Preferred Citation

Taylor Family Tree, 1851 (OM 016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Acquisition Information

Nona Press, Forest Hills, NY

Alternative Form Available

None

Accruals

2007.0129

Processing Information

Elizabeth Preston, 9 January 2012

Historical Information

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.

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.

Related Material

Yardley Taylor Survey Book, 1832-1884 (M 036), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA; Taylor Family Papers, 1817-1873 (SC 0097), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA; Yardley Taylor Map, 1853, Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA. Memoir of Loudoun County, Virginia. To Accompany the Map of Loudoun County , by Yardley Taylor, Leesburg, VA: T. Reynolds, 1853 (V REF 975.528 TAY)

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Ancestry Library Edition. US Census. www.ancestrylibrary.com (accessed 6 January, 2012).

Hiatt, Marty. Early Church Records of Loudoun County, Virginia . Westminter, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995.

Janney, Asa Moore. Ye Meetg Hous Smal: A Short Account of Friends in Loudoun County, Virginia 1732-1980 . Lincoln, VA: the author, 1980.

Taylor Family Papers, 1817-1872 (SC 0097), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Taylor Family Tree, 1851 (OM 016), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.

Other Finding Aid

None

Technical Requirements

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