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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
- Mary Taylor -- --, 1700 December 0, 1758
- Edna Ruth Taylor -- --, 1956 April 24, 2012
- Ann Taylor -- --, 1725 Northern Ireland
- James Taylor -- --, 1694
Taylor Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Mary Taylor -- --, 1721 December 0, 1726 England
- Sarah Taylor -- --, 1727 England
- Sarah Taylor -- --, 1835 December 0, 1908
- Thomas Taylor -- --, 1772 May 15, 1856 Rhode Island
- Ambrose Taylor -- --, 1744 March 2, 1831 Connecticut
