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VI. Anthony Thornton", fourth son of Anthony Thornton and Winifred Presley of "O- 2 This estate was presented to him in 1715, by his father. Married, first, Miss Taliaferro; second, Miss Fitzhugh.
Issue by second wife :
I. Anthony Thornton7.
II. Peter Thornton ?.
III. Charles Thornton7.
IV. George Thornton7.
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V. Reuben Thornton7.
VI. Presley Thornton7.
VII. Judith Presley Thornton7.
VIII. Henry Thornton7.
IX. Thomas Thornton7.
X. John Thornton7.
Presley Thornton7 married Miss McCulloch. Issue: Ten children.
VI. Francis Thornton®, son of Francis" Thornton, of "Fall Hall." Francis®, of "Fall Hall," married Ann, daughter of Rev. John Thompson, whose wife was Butler Bayne, widow of Gen'l Spottswood. Issue :
I. Francis Thornton7.
II. Elizabeth Gregory Thornton7.
III. Mary Thompson Thornton7.
IV. Dorothea Thompson Thornton7.
V. Mildred W. Thornton7. Married Maury.
VII. George Thornton7, fourth son of Anthony Thornton6. Married Mary Alexander. Issue :
I. Lucy F. Thornton8.
II. Reuben Thornton8.
III. George Washington Thornton8.
Col. William Thornton5, son of Francis Thornton, founder of the "Fall Hall" family, is supposed to be the direct ancestor of the Johnstons, from whom Mrs. Charles Johnston (see Johnston Family), the Nannic Trent Johnston, is descended.
This I had from Judge James Thornton of the Supreme Court of California, the uncle of Professor Thornton of University of Virginia ; though like so many Virginians of good birth, he took no more interest in such subjects than his nephew, Professor Thornton.
Hc could tell no more than that his father, Col. William Mynn Thornton, was a descendant from Francis Thornton4, of "Fall Hall," whose son William2 was Col. William Thornton's direct ancestor. His mother was Miss Mynn of Virginia.
Col. William Mynn Thornton married Miss Anderson. Issue :
I. Judge James Thornton, of the Supreme Bench of Cali- fornia. Marry Sally Innis Crittenden, fifth child of
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Sally Innis Thornton. She was daughter of Francis H. Thornton and Sally Innis. (See Callaway.) Elizabeth Callaway married Judge Harry Innis, of Kentucky, 1750. Sally Innis married Francis Thornton of "Fall Hall," and had issue :
I. Elizabeth Thornton. Married James H. Fitzgerald.
II. Rev. Frank Thornton. Married, first, Jane Thornton ; second, Susan Wormeley.
III. Sally Thornton. Married Murry Forbes.
IV. James Innis Thornton. Married Miss Smith, of Alabama.
V. Judge Harry Innis Thornton. Married Lucy Crittenden, sister of Hon. J. J. Crittenden.
VI. Robert Callaway Thornton.
VII. Catharine Marshall Thornton. Married Thomas Marshall, of Happy Creek. (Sce Marshall, Chapter XIV.)
VIII. Butler Bayne Thornton.
The children of Judge James Thornton and Miss Crittenden, his wife, arc:
I. Sally Thornton. Married Mr. Kinney, of California. Issue : Many children.
II. Crittenden Thornton and others. They all live in Cali- fornia.
The second child and son of Col. William Mynn Thornton and Miss Anderson was Col. John Thornton, who commanded the third Virginia Cavalry, and was killed at the battle of Sharps- burg, September 17, 1862. Colonel John Thornton was the son of Captain William M. Thornton, of Cumberland Co., Va., and Capt. John Thornton of Hanover Co., Va. Married Sarah Thruston, a sister of Colonel Charles Wynn Thruston, who was an Episcopal minister and known during the Revolution as "Fighting Parson." Professor William Mynn Thornton and Rev. Byrd Thornton Turner are great-grandsons of Sarah Thruston, sister of the Rev. Thruston, consequently their fathers were first cousins.
Col. John Thornton, of Hanover Co., Va. and Sarah Thruston, his wife, had issue:
I. Prof. Wm. Thornton, of University of Virginia. Married
II. Frank Thornton.
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III. Harry Thornton, murdered by the Esquimaux in Alaska, 1892.
IV. Catharine Thornton. Married George Turner, of Hanover Co., Va. He was b. April 19, 1775, at Moss Neck, Caroline Co., Va. Issue :
Turner, b. May 23, 1814, at Beech Creek, Hanover Co., Va. Married Ceciller Dabney Shelton. Issue :
Rev. Byrd Thornton Turner, of King George Co., Va. (Issue: Volume I, Chapters VI and VII.)
V. Polly Thornton. Married William Kennon, of Norwood, Va.
The third child of Col. Wm. Mynn Thornton was Mary Thorn- ton. Married Mr. Gilliam.
Fourth child, Richard P. Thornton, married Maria Trent Moseby. Issue :
I. William Mynn Thornton, single.
II. Nannie Trent Thornton. Married Charles Johnston. (See Johnston Family.)
III. John Thornton. Married
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CHAPTER XXI
THE TALIAFERRO FAMILY.
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TALIAFERRO COAT-OF-ARMS.
Of all the old family legends and traditions which have come down to us as to the origin of our colonial ancestors in America, there is no story more interesting and certainly none more ancient than that of the origin of the Taliaferro family, for it carries us back to Julius Cæsar and his campaign in Gaul, in the year 58 B. C. The old tradition tells us that Julius Caesar, while
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inspecting his camp at twilight, was surrounded by Gallie barba- rians, who would have killed him had it not been for the inter- vention of one of the barbarians, who so admired Cæsar for his bravery and courage in defending himself that he refused to let him be murdered. Cæsar, in return for this timely assistance made this man one of his personal attendants, and he was allowed to carry arms (a sword or dart), and thus the name of Taliaferro originated from the Latin tutum (a dart) and ferro (to bear). It was, of course, contrary to custom to allow a stranger or bar- barian in the Roman camps to carry arms.
A branch of the family wandered to Normandy, and thence came to England with William the Conqueror, Baron Taliaferro being called "the hero of Hastings," who received large grants of land for his bravery in County Kent, which descended to his posterity, who became the Earls of Pinnington.
In Bulwer's novel, "Harold," we have the story of a troubadour named Taliaferro who was the personal friend of William the Conqueror. This Taliaferro died a gallant death at Hastings. In 804 a Taliaferro was created Duke of Angouleme by Charles the Bold of France, and in Hume's "History of England" we read that Isabel Taliaferro, daughter of the Count d'Angouleme, mar- ried King John of England, and from them dcseended a long line of kings and queens. They were also dukes of the Plantagenet line, thus linking them not only with the Norman kings, but also with the older line of English rulers, Edward the Confessor, and others.
After the revocation of the Ediet of Nantes there came to America, from France, two brothers, James and John Taliaferro, leaving behind them a brother who was a Catholic priest, through whom they saved a large part of their estates in Europe.
John Taliaferro married a Miss Hay, descended from Lord Hay. James married a Miss Nicholson, who also belonged to the English nobility. The two brothers purchased a large estate on the James River extending forty miles. John Taliaferro, the ancestor of the Virginia family of Taliaferros, settled near Williamsburg, on the James River. Hc called his beautiful estate "Powhatan." "Hay" is the name of another of the old Taliaferro manors. It is in King George County. Originally this estate covered many aeres. The bricks for building the house were brought from England.
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The situation is an ideal one, commanding a view of the surround- ing country. This estate is still in possession of the Taliaferros.
John Taliaferro1 and his wife left issue:
I. John Taliaferro2, who inherited "Powhatan," but removed to Petersburg, founding that branch of the family. Married Miss Hannon.
II. William Taliaferro2, who settled in King George County, on the Rappahannock, calling his seat "Hagley."
III. Philip Taliaferro2, who settled in King and Queen County, calling his seat "Hockley." Married Lucy Baytops, granddaughter of King Carter.
II. John Taliaferro2 (John1), son of John Taliaferro, emigrant, and Miss Hay, his wife. Married Miss Hannon. Issue :
I. John Taliaferro3.
II. Richard Taliaferro3, who emigrated to Georgia and gave his name to a county there. He returned late in life to Virginia, but left sons and daughters in Georgia. One of his sons, Richard, accompanied him to Vir- ginia and married Miss Baldwin, of Augusta County, and settled in Amherst County. They were the parents of Judge Norborne M. Taliaferro, of General Court of Virginia.
III. A son Taliaferro3, removed to Ohio, and has descendants living in Cincinnati.
IV. A daughter Taliaferro3, who married Chancellor Wythe. In Bishop Meade's "Old Churches of Virginia," it is said that George Wythe of Williamsburg married for his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Eliza Taliaferro, of "Powhatan." They left no issue.
II. William Taliaferro2 (John1), second son of John Taliaferro and Miss Hay, his wife. Settled in King George County, Va., on the Rappahannock, calling his seat "Hagley." Married and had issuc :
I. John Taliaferro3, of "Hay," who married Betty Garnett, of Elmwood, in Essex County.
II. James Taliaferro3. Married the widow of Sir John Pey- ton, of Middlesex County.
III. Francis Taliaferro8, of Epsom, b. 1700; d. 1757. Married Elizabeth Hay.
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IV. Hay Taliaferro3.
V. Lawrence Taliaferro3.
VI. Baldwin Taliaferro3.
VII. Elizabeth Taliaferro3. Married Mr. Brooke.
VIII. Lueie Taliaferro3. Married Colonel Daingerfield.
III. John Taliaferro3 (William2, John1), son of William Talia- ferro2. Married Betty Garnett, of Elmwood, in Essex County. They had issue :
I. James Garnett Taliaferro4. Married Wilhelmina Wishart, a descendant of the martyr George Wishart, who was burned at the stake at St. Andrew's, Scotland, and daughter of the Rev. John Wishart, of Scotland, who was sent by the Church of England to preach in the colony of Virginia, his charge county.
II. John Taliaferro4, of "Hagley," b. 1768; d. 1853. Mar- ried Lucie Thornton Hooe. John Taliaferro was mem- ber of Congress from 1801-1803, 1811-1813, 1824-1831, 1835-1843. In 1805 and 1821 he was Presidential Elector, and for three years before his death he was librarian of the treasury department at Washington.
III. Lucie Taliaferro4. Married Thornton Alexander, a multi- millionaire, for whom Alexandria, Va., was named.
IV. James Garnett Taliaferro+ (John3, William2, Jolin1), of Oakland, King George County, eldest son of John Taliaferro, of "Hay," and his wife, Betty Garnett Taliaferro. Married Wilhel- mina Wishart Taliaferro, and had issue:
I. John Wishart Taliaferro5, who was a surgeon on the Bon Homme Richard, under John Paul Jones, during the War of 1776. John Wishart married Sarah Brooke, daughter of Dr. Lawrence Brooke. John W. Taliaferro and his wife, Sarah, had two daughters-Elizabetlı Taliaferro and Frances Taliaferro. Both married gentlemen of the name of White.
II. William F. Taliaferro5, second son of James Garnett Taliaferro and his wife, Wilhelmina Taliaferro. Mar- ried Mary Turberville, of Pecatone, on the Potomac. The children of William F. and Mary Turberville Taliaferro were:
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I. Kate Taliaferro®. Married Dr. Gustavus Rose, of Stafford County.
II. Fenton TaliaferroG. Married Dr. Brown.
III. Mary Taliaferro®. Married Dr. Murphy.
IV. Gavin Taliaferro®, who now resides in Baltimore.
III. James Garnett Taliaferro5, third son of James Garnett Taliaferro, of Oakland. Married, first, Mary Brent, of Richmond; second, Anne Seymour Taliaferro, his first cousin, daughter of John Taliaferro, of "Hagley."
Issue by second marriage :
I. James Garnett Taliaferro6.
II. William Hunter Taliaferro6.
III. John Seymour Taliaferro6.
IV. Betty Taliaferro6.
V. Sally Taliaferro6.
V. Lawrence Taliaferro" (James Garnett+, John3, William2, John1), fourth son of James Garnett Taliaferro, of Oakland, was a major in the United States Army. He married Eliza Dillon. No issue.
V. Hay Taliaferro" (James Garnett4, John3, William2, John1), fifth son of James Garnett Taliaferro, of Oakland. Mar- ried three times: first, Helen Tyler, niece of President Tyler ; second, Mary Brent, of Prince William Co., Va .; third, Rebecca Seymour Hooe, great-granddaughter of George Mason, of Gunston Hall, Fairfax County, Virginia. Rebecca Hooe Taliaferro left one daughter, Mary Austin, who married her first cousin, Lawrence Taliaferro.
The children of Mary Brent Taliaferro, second wife of James Garnett Taliaferro, were Sarah Taliaferro (who married Thomas Goody Carter) and Edmonia Taliaferro.
Gustavus T. Taliaferro®, seventh son.
Muscoe Garnett Taliaferro®, eighth son.
Charles E. Taliaferro®, ninth son.
Elizabeth Fenton Taliaferro6.
V. James Monroe Taliaferro" (James Garnett+, John8, William2, John1), tenth son of James Garnett Taliaferro, of Oak- land, was a godson of President Monroe and a classmate of Robert E. Lee, at West Point. James Monroe Taliaferro was born at "Oakland," the family estate; was senator for a number of years.
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He married, first, Valcria O'Brien, of Philadelphia, by whom he had one daughter, Emily, who married Mr. Brown, a banker, of Philadelphia. James Monroc Taliaferro married, second, Marion L. Grymes, great-granddaughter of George Mason Taliaferro, who married E. M. McDowell, of Fredericksburg, and their only child, Marion Mason, married Mr. P. V. Daniel, of Fredericksburg, Va., a member of the prominent family of that name. Another daughter, Martha Carter Stuart Taliaferro, marricd Mr. Mason Throckmorton. James Monroe Taliaferro married the third time Annie Coleman, of Stafford County.
A great poet has told us we can find sermons in stones and good in everything if we only have eyes to see and ears to hear. In- deed, it is from the simple things in life we learn the funda- mental principles which guide us, with this object in view, of learning what the stones can teach us. The Society for Histori- cal Research, in which Governor Warfield and the colonial and patriotic societies are so much interested, have appointed certain members of the society to visit all the old churchyards in the State and copy the epitaphs and inscriptions on the tombstones. What sermons in stones these inscriptions will be to the descend- ants ! If the little stone which lies in our pathway can teach us so much, what wonderful lessons, thrilling stories and even history could be found inscribed on the numerous tombstones scattered all over our land, carved by the hand of some patient artist long since passed away and set up to perpetuate the memory of our dead. If some industrious person would collect and compile for our reading epitaphs from all parts of the world, what an epitome of history it would make; from the magnificent mausoleums of Frederick the Great, and the Emperor Napoleon down to the lowliest tombstones in the quiet country churchyard, bearing to onc and all its simple lesson-"Hic jacet in pace."
The following inscriptions were copied from the tombstones in Hickory Neck churchyard in James City County, Virginia :
Here lies interred the body of Col. John Taliaferro, of Snow Creek, in the County of Spottsylvania, who departed this life on the third day of May, anno Domini 1744, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.
He left issue two sons and three daughters.
Here lies the body of Lawrence Taliaferro, son of Col. John Taliaferro, of Snow Creek, in Spottsylvania County, who departed this life the first
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day of May, 1748, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. He married Susannah Power, of James City County, and left issue by her one daughter.
John Taliaferro, of Hagley, born 1768, died 1853; second son of John and Betty Garnett Taliaferro; member of Congress from 1811 to 1843. Married Lucie Thornton Howe Taliaferro; had issue, first, John Seymour, who married Lucie Barbour.
John Seymour Taliaferro married Lucie Barbour, daughter of Hon. John Barbour, at one time Governor of Virginia, and also Minister to the Court of St. James. (See Chapter XII.) Issue :
I. Barbour Taliaferro.
II. Lucy Taliaferro.
III. Anne Burd Taliaferro.
IV. Cornelia Taliaferro.
V. Sarah Lindsay Taliaferro. Married William S. Waters,
of Baltimore. Issue :
I. John Seymour Waters. Married Mary Frances Donald- son, of Baltimore.
II. Lucie Maria Waters. Married Charles F. Penniman. Issue :
I. Son Penniman.
II. Anne Seymour Penniman. Married, first, Major John A. Burd, United States Army; second, James Garnett Taliaferro.
III. Francis Taliaferro3 (William2, John1), of Epsom, b. 1700; d. 1757, third son of William Taliaferro, of "Hagley." Marricd Elizabeth Hay. Issue :
I. Col. Lawrence Taliaferro4, of "Rose Hill." Marricd Sarah Dade. Issue :
I. Francis Taliaferro5. Married Henrietta Thornton. Issuc :
I. John Taliaferro®. Married Mary Cason. Issue :
I. Edward Francis Taliaferro7. Married Eliza Dickenson, Baltimorc.
III. James Taliaferro3 (William2, (John1), son of William Taliaferro, of "Hagley." Married Mrs. Peyton, widow of Sir John Peyton, of Middlesex Co., Va. Issue :
I. James Taliaferro4, d. unmarried.
II. Francis Taliaferro4. Married Miss Willis, of "The Re- treat," in Orange County.
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III. Bettie Taliaferro4. Married Henry Brooke, of Spottsyl- vania Co., and was the mother of Gov. Robert Brooke, of Virginia and of Judge Franeis Taliaferro Brooke, of the Supreme Court of Appeals, of Virginia. (See Chapter XI, Brooke Family.)
IV. Franeis Taliaferro4 (James3, William2, John1), son of William Taliaferro and Mrs. Peyton, his wife, b. 1700; d. 1757. Married Miss Willis, of "The Retreat," in Orange Co., Va. Issue:
I. Benjamin F. Taliaferro", of "The Mount," a physician. Married Louisa Carter.
II. John P. Taliaferro5, of Orange Co., Va. Married Miss Mallory.
III. Charles L. Taliaferro5, an Episcopal elergyman. Married Miss Armistead.
IV. Eliza Taliaferro5, d. unmarried.
V. James P. Taliaferro5 (Senator), belongs to this branch of the family.
5. John P. Taliaferro" (Franeis+, James3, William2, John1), son of Franeis Taliaferro and Mary Willis, his wife. Married Miss Mallory. Issue :
I. John Taliaferro8.
II. James Taliaferro".
. III. Mary Taliaferro". Married Samuel Maxwell, of Culpeper Co., Va.
IV. Daughter Taliaferro6.
V. Daughter Taliaferro".
2. Philip Taliaferro2 (John1), son of John Taliaferro, emi- grant and Miss Hay, his wife, settled in King and Queen Co., Va., ealling his seat "Hoekley." Married Luey Baytops, grand- daughter of King Carter .. Issue :
I. Dr. William Taliaferro3. Married two sisters, named Throekmorton.
II. James Taliaferro3. Married, first, Katy Bootlee; second, Mrs. Thornton.
III. Rev. Philip Taliaferro3, of the Baptist Church. Married, first, Miss Oliver; second, Elizabeth Premont.
IV. Richard Taliaferro3, of "Hoekley." Married Betsy Wed- deburn.
V. Thomas Taliaferro3. Married Sarah Oliver.
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VI. George Taliaferro3. Married Louisa Dixon, of Matthews County.
VII. Elizabeth Taliaferro3. Married Col. Lyne Shackelford.
VIII. Mary Taliaferro8. Married, second, Matthew Kemp.
III. Dr. William Taliaferro3 (Philip2, John1), eldest son of Philip and Lucy Baytops Taliaferro. Married, first, Miss Throck- morton; second, Throckmorton. Issue:
I. Warner Taliaferro4. Married, first, Fanny Boothe; second, Leah Seddon, of Fredericksburg.
II. Alexander Galt Taliaferro4. Married Agnes Marshall. (Issue Volume I, Chapters VI and VII.)
III. Dr. William Taliaferro4.
IV. Philip Taliaferro4.
ANCESTORS OF THE MISSES THROCKMORTON- SMITHS OF SHOOTER'S HILL.
Augustine Smith, of Shooter's Hill, b. June 16, 1689; d. Married Sarah, daughter of Mr. Carver, b. April 25, 1694; d. March 12, 1726. Issue:
I. Mary Smith, b. July 30, 1713; d. June 8, 1720.
II. John Smith, b. Nov. 13, 1715; d. -. Married Mary Jaquelin, Nov. 17, 1737.
III. Sarah Smith, b. Sept. 8, 1717; d. - --. Married, first (Nov. 6. 1735), Mordecai Cooke, d. Jan. 1737; second, Major Robert Throckmorton.
IV. Mildred Smith, b. Sept. 22, 1719; d. - -. Married John Willis, Jan. 26, 1743.
V. Elizabeth Smith, b. May 8, 1722; d. - Married, first, Philip Aylett, March 16, 1749; second, Chris- topher Todd, of Toddsburg.
VI. Ann Smith, b. Feb .. 10, 1724; d. June 2, 1724.
VII. Susannah Smith, b. April 27, 1725; d. -. Married (about 1745) Col. William Langbourne.
VIII. Jane Smith, b. March 6, 1726; d. March 29, 1732.
The third of the above, Sarah Smith, b. September 8, 1717, married, first, Mordecai Cooke, November 6, 1735. He was of Ware Parish, Gloucester Co., Va. Issue :
I. Frances Mordecai Cooke, b. about 1737. Married Gabriel Throckmorton.
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Major Robert Throckmorton, of Ware Parish, Gloucester Co., Va., married, first (August 14, 1735), Mary, daughter of John Lewis, also of Ware Parish; second, Sarah Smith, widow of Mordecai Cooke, of Ware Parish. Issue :
I. Philip Throckmorton, of Church Hill, Gloucester Co., Va. Married Mary Langbourne, daughter of Col.
William Langbourne and Susannah Smith, first cousin. The seventh child, Susannah Smith, b. April 27, 1725, married Col. William Langbourne, b. 1723; was son of Robert Langbourne, of Fetter Lake, London, England, and Mary Dandridge, sister of Col. William Dandridge. Issue :
I. William Langbourne, 6th Va., April 27 1777.
By an act of October 6, 1786, it was "Resolved that whereas William Langbourne had served from the commencement of the war in the Army of the United States with equal disinterestedness and reputation, that a brevet commission as Lieutenant Colonel be given him."
He was aid-de-camp of Gen'l Lafayette, whom he visited at his home in "La Grange," in France, after the war. Married Miss Claiborne, of King William Co., Va., and his shattered tomb- stone on the Pamunkey marks his death in 1814. He left an only son, William, who died s. p. at the age of twenty-two, when the name Langbourne became extinct in Virginia.
Mary, second child of Col. William Langbourne and Susannah Smith, of Shooter's Hill, married Philip Throckmorton, of Church Hill, Gloucester Co., Va., son of Robert Throckmorton, of Ware Parish, Gloucester Co., and Sarah Smith, of Shooter's Hill.
Mary Langbourne and Philip Throckmorton had issue :
I. A daughter. Married Dr. William Taliaferro.
II. Another daughter. Married Dr. William Taliaferro. Ancestors of Susan Taliaferro, who married Judge Beverly R. Wellford.
III. Another daughter. Married Judge W. T. Jones, Major Thomas S. Taliaferro and Gen'l William Booth Talia- ferro.
IV. Warner Taliaferro4 (William3, Philip2, John1), oldest son of Dr. William Taliaferro and Miss Throckmorton, his wife. Mar- ried, first, Fanny Boothe; second, Leah Seddon, of Fredericks- burg, Va.
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Issue by first marriage :
I. William B. Taliaferro5, Major General Confederate States Army. Married Sallie Vivison Lyons. (The record above says General William Boothe Taliaferro married a Miss Throckmorton; she may have been a second wife.)
II. Philip A. Taliaferro5, M. D. Married Susan Byrd Mc- Candlish, great-granddaughter of William Byrd, of Westover, on the James River.
III. Thomas Taliaferro5. Married Hattie Lee, daughter of Cassius Lee.
IV. Warner T. Taliaferro5. Married, first, Martha Paul; second, Fanny Hardy.
V. Edwin Taliaferro", Major Confederate States Army. Married Bland Tucker.
VI. Seddon Taliaferro5, son of Warner Taliaferro and Miss Leah Seddon, second wife.
VII. Susan Taliaferro5. Married Judge Beverly R. Wellford, Richmond, Va.
3. James Taliaferro3 (Philip2, John1), son of Philip Taliaferro and Lucy Baytops, his wife. Married, first, Katy Boothe; second, Mrs. Thornton. Issue :
I. Thomas B. Taliaferro4. Married Mary Sinclair, of Shabby Hall, now Gherwood on the Ware River.
III. Rev. Philip Taliaferro3 (Philip2, John1), son of Philip and Lucie Baytops Taliaferro; he was a Baptist minister. Mar- ried, first, Miss Oliver. Issue :
I. James Taliaferro4.
II. Benjamin Taliaferro4.
III. Richard Taliaferro4.
III. Richard Taliaferro3 (Philip2, John1), son of Philip and Lucie Baytops Taliaferro, of "Hockley." Married Betsy Wedder- burn. Issue :
I. John Taliaferro4, of Toddsburg.
II. Andrew Taliaferro4, of King and Queen Co., Va.
III. Thomas Taliaferro8 (Philip2, John1), son of Philip and Lucie Baytops Taliaferro. Married Sally Oliver. Had issue :
I. William Lewis Taliaferro4.
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II. Thomas Taliaferro4.
III. Martha Taliaferro4. Married Mr. Fox.
IV. Gabriella Taliaferro4. Married Colonel Davis, of King and Queen Co., Va.
V. Lewis Taliaferro4. Married Catherine Doswell, of Han- over Co., Va. Issue :
I. Lewis Taliaferro5, of Augusta Co.
II. Susan Taliaferro5. Married Mr. Pendell, of Richmond, Va.
Zachary Taliaferro8, grandson of the emigrant, Robert Talia- ferro, settled in Amherst Co., Va. Had issue :
I. Benjamin Taliaferro4, soldier in the Revolution 1776. Married, first, Martha Merriwether; second Miss Cox.
II. Zachary Taliaferro4, son of Zachary Taliaferro, Jr., re- moved to Kentucky.
III. Sarah Taliaferro4. Married Daniel Harvie.
IV. Richard Taliaferro4.
V. Warner Taliaferro4. Married Mary M. Gilmer.
VI. Burton Taliaferro4. Married, first, Sarah Gilmer; second, Miss Carter.
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