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Taylor Family History
Taylor Genealogy & Family TreeTaylor is an English/Scottish name first found in Kent, England, in the 11th Century, where the family was given lands by King William for assisting in the Battle of Hastings. It refers to the occupation of a tailor, or a person who makes and mends clothes, and comes from the Anglo-Latin word “taliare,” or “to cut.” Roots of this name are also found in Germany, Hungary, Russia, Poland, and the Netherlands. It is the fifth most common name in the U.K.; the thirteenth most common in the United States; and is also very popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Northern Ireland. It has also become a very popular first name in recent years. The family motto is “In Cruce Salus” or “Salvation from the cross.”
Other spellings include “Taylour,” “Tayler,” “Taylur,” “Tailour,” “Tailler,” “Tailleur,” “Tailor,” “Tayloe,” “Tyler,” and “Taillefer.” Notable people with the surname include English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), American musician James Taylor, American President Zachary Taylor (12th President of the United States), English musician Andy Taylor (Duran Duran), and American athlete John Baxter Taylor (the first African American Olympic gold medalist). The first Taylor to come to the Americas was James Taylor in Virginia in the 1600s.
Taylor Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Mavis Jean Taylor Taylor -- --, 1933 May 29, 2002 Montana
- John Taylor -- --, 1603 January 0, 1646
- Rebecca Taylor -- --, 1684 May 10, 1743 Connecticut Colony
- Henry Taylor -- --, 1748 March 10, 1815 England
- John Taylor -- --, 1574 July 7, 1618
Taylor Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Robert Taylor -- --, 1580 October 16, 1618
- John Taylor -- --, 1719 May 25, 1779
- Abraham Taylor -- --, 1692 December 0, 1745 Virginia
- Absalom Taylor -- --, 1734 January 5, 1791 North Carolina
- Nancy Ann Taylor -- --, 1770 December 0, 1852 North Carolina
