Individual Details
Jonathan Taylor
(Abt 1690 - Aft 1750)
(From research by Fletcher Freeman)
Jonathan Taylor III seems to have been born about 1690 in Perquimans co., N.C. When only about 8 years old, Jonathan was left a poor orphan, and at the Perquimans Precinct Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Jan. 1698/99 (p. 48) we find: "Jonathan Taylor and William Taylor Orfens being Left destressed ordered that they be Bound to William Long and Sarah his Wife till they come of age."
This chance event seems to have provided the foundation for Jonathan's later prosperity, for the Longs were a well-connected but childless couple. Notes on the Long family (North Carolina Genealogy, 16:2513) show that William, son of James and Alice Long was born about 1670 and married on Jan 6, 1697/98 widow Sarah Kent Gonsolvo Johnson. Sarah Kent had married first Lawrence Gonsolvo Sr. who died Dec. 27, 1687. Secondly she married John Johnson on June 1, 1689. He died in 1693 and there were no surviving children of either of these marriages.
At the Court of July 20, 1702 (p. 87) "William Long recorded for Johnathan Taylor one Cow Calfe Marked with a Swallofork And An under keele on ye Rite eare And on ye left an under Keele...but if he die in his My Nority then to goe to his brother Will Tayler..."
William Long died in 1712, and Sarah apparently chose Jonathan Taylor to be her heir. On April 6, 1717 widow Sarah Long sold to Jonathan Taylor 184 acres on the west side of Indian Creek ( B # 12, witnessed by Samll. Tayler, John Stepney), to which Jonathan responded by granting a life-time estate in the land to Sarah Long "for love and affection" (B # 13) Sarah died on May 3, 1718. She made a will on Sept. 10, 1712, proven July 8, 1718, which mentions her "Servant William Tayler, until his brother Jonathan Tayler comes & takes care of him further."
Jonathan probably married his wife Katherine about 1717, but I have not identified her surname. Perquimans was one of the very few North Carolina Counties where some vital records were kept, and these show the births of two of Jonathan's children, but not his marriage.
In 1721 Jonathan move to Bertie County. Bertie was formed out of Chowan in 1722 and the Chowan deeds show that on Feb. 22, 1720/21 James Williamson of Perquimans sold for 30 pds. to Jonathan Taylor 300 acres on the east side of Quittsnie and northside of Morattoke (Roanoke) River, joining Mosely ( C # 1:294, witnessed by Richard (RB) Baley, Rebecca (R) Snoden, Thomas Taylor). Jonathan sold the land on Indian Creek in Perquimans to James Chesson for 50 pds. on Oct. 11, 1721 ( B # 119).
In Bertie, Jonathan was once again subject to good fortune. George Clark, who had substantial lands in Bertie, made a will in Bertie on Feb. 25, 1723/24, proven July 31, 1724, leaving his property to be divided between his wife Elizabeth and "friends" Thomas Taylor, John Swan and Jonathan Taylor, the last being Executor. What relationship, if any, Jonathan Taylor had to George Clark is presently unclear. As a legatee of Clark, Jonathan Taylor sold 600 acres on Rocquis Creek to John Colson in Feb. 1727/28 (B:362, witnessed by Edward Smithwick, Edward Wingate). Also possibly in connection with the Clark estate on Nov. 11, 1728, Doctor James Williamson and Jonathan Taylor gave a power of attorney to George Eubanck to acknowledge a sale to David Standly (C:50, witnessed by James Castelaw and Mary Gray).
We next find that on May 14, 1733, Jonathan Taylor and wife Catherine sold to George Pollock, merchant, for 10 pds., 640 acres on the south side of Morratock "half a mile below Quitanah" (D:19, witnessed by John White, James Black), and on Feb 1, 1737 Jonathan Taylor sold for 600 pds. to Henry Bate 300 acres on the northside of Morrattuck, joining Mosely (E:225, witnessed by Thomas Whitmell, William Pierce, Rebecca Pierce). On July 11, 1738 James Williamson sold for 100 pds. to Jonathan Taylor 100 acres on the east side of Quitzna Swamp (E:410, witnessed by H. Bate, Martha Bates, John Barten), which Jonathan sold to Henry Bate, "Province Sergeon" for 145 pds on Sept. 18, 1739.
I did not find Jonathan again in the deeds, but the Bertie Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes show that he remained in Bertie for several years. On Aug 11, 1741 (p, 333) a sale from Edwd. Wingate to Jonathan Taylor was proved by Wm. Purcey although I did not find the deed indexed. On Sept. 9, 1742; (p. 379), Jonathan Taylor was one of those appointed to divide the estate of Joseph Wimberley, while on Geb. *, 1742/43 (p. 391), He was assigned to work on the road from Indian Town Swamp to Quitzny. Finally, at a Court of Nov. 8, 1743 (p. 414), "Jonathan Taylor proved his Rights to wit 6 whites." These were headrights to qualify for a land grant.
Jonathan apparently applied these rights when he moved south. On April 20, 1745 he obtained a grant of 600 acres on Goshen Swamp in what was then New Hanover County. This fell into Duplin County, where Jonathan sold the remaining 300 acres of the grant to Dennis Foley of Johnston Co. on March 16, 1750 (2:81, witnessed by William Goodman, Samuel Allen, James Hurst).
Jonathan probably died in Duplin County soon after 1750, without leaving a will. Unfortunately, both the Duplin intestate records and court minutes of this period are lost. However, there may have been no proceedings on his estate in any case as he seems to have sold all his lands before his death. Although we do not have any list of heirs, Jonathan's children seem to have included the following: Mary, Thomas, William, and Jonathan IV.
Jonathan Taylor III seems to have been born about 1690 in Perquimans co., N.C. When only about 8 years old, Jonathan was left a poor orphan, and at the Perquimans Precinct Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Jan. 1698/99 (p. 48) we find: "Jonathan Taylor and William Taylor Orfens being Left destressed ordered that they be Bound to William Long and Sarah his Wife till they come of age."
This chance event seems to have provided the foundation for Jonathan's later prosperity, for the Longs were a well-connected but childless couple. Notes on the Long family (North Carolina Genealogy, 16:2513) show that William, son of James and Alice Long was born about 1670 and married on Jan 6, 1697/98 widow Sarah Kent Gonsolvo Johnson. Sarah Kent had married first Lawrence Gonsolvo Sr. who died Dec. 27, 1687. Secondly she married John Johnson on June 1, 1689. He died in 1693 and there were no surviving children of either of these marriages.
At the Court of July 20, 1702 (p. 87) "William Long recorded for Johnathan Taylor one Cow Calfe Marked with a Swallofork And An under keele on ye Rite eare And on ye left an under Keele...but if he die in his My Nority then to goe to his brother Will Tayler..."
William Long died in 1712, and Sarah apparently chose Jonathan Taylor to be her heir. On April 6, 1717 widow Sarah Long sold to Jonathan Taylor 184 acres on the west side of Indian Creek ( B # 12, witnessed by Samll. Tayler, John Stepney), to which Jonathan responded by granting a life-time estate in the land to Sarah Long "for love and affection" (B # 13) Sarah died on May 3, 1718. She made a will on Sept. 10, 1712, proven July 8, 1718, which mentions her "Servant William Tayler, until his brother Jonathan Tayler comes & takes care of him further."
Jonathan probably married his wife Katherine about 1717, but I have not identified her surname. Perquimans was one of the very few North Carolina Counties where some vital records were kept, and these show the births of two of Jonathan's children, but not his marriage.
In 1721 Jonathan move to Bertie County. Bertie was formed out of Chowan in 1722 and the Chowan deeds show that on Feb. 22, 1720/21 James Williamson of Perquimans sold for 30 pds. to Jonathan Taylor 300 acres on the east side of Quittsnie and northside of Morattoke (Roanoke) River, joining Mosely ( C # 1:294, witnessed by Richard (RB) Baley, Rebecca (R) Snoden, Thomas Taylor). Jonathan sold the land on Indian Creek in Perquimans to James Chesson for 50 pds. on Oct. 11, 1721 ( B # 119).
In Bertie, Jonathan was once again subject to good fortune. George Clark, who had substantial lands in Bertie, made a will in Bertie on Feb. 25, 1723/24, proven July 31, 1724, leaving his property to be divided between his wife Elizabeth and "friends" Thomas Taylor, John Swan and Jonathan Taylor, the last being Executor. What relationship, if any, Jonathan Taylor had to George Clark is presently unclear. As a legatee of Clark, Jonathan Taylor sold 600 acres on Rocquis Creek to John Colson in Feb. 1727/28 (B:362, witnessed by Edward Smithwick, Edward Wingate). Also possibly in connection with the Clark estate on Nov. 11, 1728, Doctor James Williamson and Jonathan Taylor gave a power of attorney to George Eubanck to acknowledge a sale to David Standly (C:50, witnessed by James Castelaw and Mary Gray).
We next find that on May 14, 1733, Jonathan Taylor and wife Catherine sold to George Pollock, merchant, for 10 pds., 640 acres on the south side of Morratock "half a mile below Quitanah" (D:19, witnessed by John White, James Black), and on Feb 1, 1737 Jonathan Taylor sold for 600 pds. to Henry Bate 300 acres on the northside of Morrattuck, joining Mosely (E:225, witnessed by Thomas Whitmell, William Pierce, Rebecca Pierce). On July 11, 1738 James Williamson sold for 100 pds. to Jonathan Taylor 100 acres on the east side of Quitzna Swamp (E:410, witnessed by H. Bate, Martha Bates, John Barten), which Jonathan sold to Henry Bate, "Province Sergeon" for 145 pds on Sept. 18, 1739.
I did not find Jonathan again in the deeds, but the Bertie Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes show that he remained in Bertie for several years. On Aug 11, 1741 (p, 333) a sale from Edwd. Wingate to Jonathan Taylor was proved by Wm. Purcey although I did not find the deed indexed. On Sept. 9, 1742; (p. 379), Jonathan Taylor was one of those appointed to divide the estate of Joseph Wimberley, while on Geb. *, 1742/43 (p. 391), He was assigned to work on the road from Indian Town Swamp to Quitzny. Finally, at a Court of Nov. 8, 1743 (p. 414), "Jonathan Taylor proved his Rights to wit 6 whites." These were headrights to qualify for a land grant.
Jonathan apparently applied these rights when he moved south. On April 20, 1745 he obtained a grant of 600 acres on Goshen Swamp in what was then New Hanover County. This fell into Duplin County, where Jonathan sold the remaining 300 acres of the grant to Dennis Foley of Johnston Co. on March 16, 1750 (2:81, witnessed by William Goodman, Samuel Allen, James Hurst).
Jonathan probably died in Duplin County soon after 1750, without leaving a will. Unfortunately, both the Duplin intestate records and court minutes of this period are lost. However, there may have been no proceedings on his estate in any case as he seems to have sold all his lands before his death. Although we do not have any list of heirs, Jonathan's children seem to have included the following: Mary, Thomas, William, and Jonathan IV.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1690 | Perquimans, North Carolina, British America | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1717 | probably, Perquimans, North Carolina, British America - Catherine | |||
| Death | Aft 1750 | probably, Duplin, North Carolina, British America |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Taylor (1718 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Taylor (1720 - ) |
| Child | William Taylor (1722 - 1787) |
| Child | Jonathan Taylor (1717 - ) |
| Father | Jonathan Taylor (1665 - 1698) |
| Mother | Elizabeth (1673 - 1698) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Taylor (1693 - 1694) |
| Sibling | William Taylor (1690 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Taylor (1690 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Taylor (1690 - ) |