Biographical Sketch of Joseph TAYLOR (Arrived in PA 1708); Chester County, PA

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JOSEPH TAYLOR, son of Abiah Taylor, of Didcott, in Berkshire, England, was married 
March 16, 1700, to Elizabeth Haines, of Harwell, in the same county. They arrived 
in Chester county in 1708, bringing a certificate from Friends in their native 
place, and settled on the Brandywine, in Kennet (now Pennsbury) township. Later he 
built a mill on Pocopson Creek. Elizabeth Taylor died 6, 21, 1743, and her husband 
3, 30, 1744; both probably buried at Birmingham Meeting, of which he was one of 
the trustees. Their children were Joseph, Richard, Jeremiah, John, Mannah (m.
William Temple), Benjamin and Sarah (m. John Jones).

BENJAMIN TAYLOR, b. 1, 27, 1710; d. 7, 1, 1775; m. 5, 5, 1733, at Birmingham 
Meeting, Sarah Nookes, d. 8, 20, 1789; dau. of William Nookes, from Bromsgrove, in 
Worcestershire, Eng. He received from his father the mill on Pocopson and considerable 
land, to which he made additions by purchase. His children were Isaac, m. Hannah Amold;
Benjamin, m. Rebecca Webb and Ann (Edge) Parke; Elizabeth, m. Emmor Jefferis; Hannah,
m. Samuel Morton, and Ann, m. Joseph Cope.

By his first wife, Rebecca Webb, Benjamin Taylor Jr., had children, Joseph, m. Mary 
(Lownes) Levis; Benjamin, d. young; William, m. Mary Osborne; Elizabeth, m. George 
Lownes; Sarah, d. unmarried, and Benjamin, m. Jane Mercer and Hannah Dobson. Upon his 
marriage to Ann Parke he removed from Pennsbury to East Cain.


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