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1. | Major Richard Taliaferro, Sr. was born in 1705 in James City Co, Virginia (son of Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth Catlett); died on 3 Jun 1779 in James City Co, Virginia. Notes: Maj. Richard Taliaferro, Sr. married Elizabeth Eggleston of James City County, VA, and lived at Powhatan, the Eggleston ancestral estate where Taliaferro designed and built a new house, Powhatan, in the Georgian style. Powhatan passed out of the Taliaferro family in 1810. Richard married Elizabeth Eggleston about 1730. Elizabeth was born in 1705 in James City Co, Virginia; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Francis Taliaferro was born about 1655 in Essex Co, Virginia (son of Robert Taliaferro, (immigrant) and Catherine Debnam); died about 1710 in Essex Co, Virginia. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Property: Francis married Elizabeth Catlett about 1675 in Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of John Catlett) was born about 1654; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Elizabeth Catlett was born about 1654 (daughter of John Catlett); died after 1710.
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4. | Robert Taliaferro, (immigrant) was born on 11 Nov 1626 in Middlesex, England; died in May 1671 in Essex/Caroline Co, Virginia. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: He apparently "came to Virginia in 1645. He was a man of prominence; he and his sons holding high state and church offices in the Colony. He owned large tracts of land, including one of 6,500 acres which he patented jointly with Major Lawrence Smith. His children and grand-children were related by blood and marriage to the first families of Virginia; their names being mentioned in 'The Genuine Aristoc of Virginia' and in The Richmond Critic as 'The First Families of Virginia.' Robert Taliaferro was married to Sarah Grymes, daughter of Rev. Charles Grymes, of 'Brandon,' then of Gloucester County, now of Middlesex County. Robert Taliaferro and Maj. Lawrence Smith, being great friends and intimately associated in business, were drawn closer together by the intermarriage of their children, John Taliaferro and Sarah Smith. The terms of the Treaty of Yorktown were arranged in the Moore House which, at one time, belonged to Maj. Lawrence Smith, and at this time was owned and occupied by his great-granddaughter, Lucy, the wife of Col. Augustine Moore. Nicholoas Taliaferro, the great-great-grandson of Major Lawrence Smith, was present when the treaty was made. This estate is now known as 'Temple Farm.' [citations omitted.]" Robert married Catherine Debnam in 1658 in York Co, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)) was born in 1628 in Kent, England; died in Nov 1672 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Catherine Debnam was born in 1628 in Kent, England (daughter of William Debnam, (immigrant) and Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant)); died in Nov 1672 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. Notes: daughter of Rev. Charles Grymes, of 'Brandon,' then of Gloucester County, now of Middlesex County. Notes: The children of Robert and Katherine (Debnam) Taliaferro were: (1) Robert Taliaferro, Jr., died 1688, married Sarah Catlett, daughter of Colonel John Catlett, Sr., and his wife Elizabeth (Underwood) Taylor Slaughter, later Butler (see later, Catlett Excursus), and lived at ?Church Neck,? Essex County; (2) Francis Taliaferro, died 1710, married Elizabeth Catlett, sister of Sarah Catlett (see Catlett Excursus), and lived first at the head of Ware River in Gloucester County, and later at ?Taliaferro?s Mount,? Essex County; (3) Colonel John
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6. | John Catlett was born about 1620; died after 1660. Other Events and Attributes:
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10. | William Debnam, (immigrant) was born in 1600 in Kent, England; died on 6 Jun 1655 in Gloucester, Gloucester Co, Virginia. Notes: On 6 May 1636, William Debnam was listed as a headright for Captain (later Colonel) Christopher Calthorpe of "Thropland." William married Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant). Catherine was born in 1605 in Kent, England; died on 26 Aug 1678 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Catherine Frances Jennings, (immigrant) was born in 1605 in Kent, England; died on 26 Aug 1678 in Gloucester Co, Virginia. Notes: Katherine was born in England. Her presence in VA has not been documented prir to 1637.
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