Biographical Sketch of Thomas TAYLOR; Delaware County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cyndie Enfinger . http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* Source: "History of Chester County, Pennsylvania”, by J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope, Philadelphia, PA, 1881, page 738-9. THOMAS TAYLOR, with his wife, Frances, resided in Worthenby, in Flintshire, and purchased land in Pennsylvania, but whether Thomas emigrated before his death, which happened in 1682, is not certain. At all events, early in 1684 his widow, Frances, was here, and became the wife of John Worrall. Thomas Taylor had two sons, Thomas and Philip. Philip married Ann, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Conway, in 1705, and settled in Thornbury. He died in 1732. His children were John, d. 1764, m. 9, 27, 1729, Phebe, daughter of John Townsend, from Long Island; Stephen, probably unmarried; Philip, d. 1762, m. 8, 27, 1736, Mary Gilpin, of Birmingham; Phebe, m. 9, 13, 1734, to Robert Mendenhall. Philip (2) had ten children, - Philip, Stephen, Hannah, John, Ann, Phebe, Lydia, Mary, Ruth, and Rachel. Of these, John married Dinah Baily, and had fourteen children, whose descendants are numbered by thousands. John and Phebe (Townsend) Taylor had one son, Thomas, born 5, 15, 1732, died 3, 24, 1782, buried in his own field in Westtown, where a family graveyard has been kept up. He married Martha Woodward, 4, 26, 1753, and left children, - Philip, Titus, Thomas, Caleb, Phebe, Mary, and John. Titus Taylor, b. 12, 14, 1757, was sheriff, 1807-10, and captain of a company of militia in the war of 1812-14. He married, April 10, 1779, Rebecca Hunt, of Westtown, and had children, -William, Anthony, Martha, Ann, Phebe, Rebecca, Thomas, Sarah, and Joseph H.