Richard Taliaferro

Richard married Jane Bankhead about 1763. Jane was born about 1749 in Essex Co, Virginia; died in 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Taliaferro was born about 1747; died after 1775.

Notes:

Capt. Richard TALIAFERRO and wife Rose BERRYMAN.

Capt. Richard TALIAFERRO was born at "the Mount", Virginia, in 1706, the son of Zachariah TALIAFERRO. He married Rose BERRYMAN, June 10, 1726, in Caroline County, Virginia.

One of the resources I've found most frustrating (for reasons explained in Chapter XI) but also most endearing gives the following biography of the family:

Rose BERRYMAN was born in the historic County of Westmoreland, Virginia, probably in the year 1708. She came of distinguished ancestry, her father, Major Benjamin BERRYMAN, being a man of prominence in the Colony....

Rose BERRYMAN was one among a family of seventeen children, and she spent her girlhood days on the BERRYMAN estate in Westmoreland County. On June 10, 1726, she was united in marriage to Captain Richard TALIAFERRO of Caroline County. Their home was blest with thirteen children, one of whom died in infancy. This family resided in Caroline County and probably belonged to St. Thomas' Parish, the records of which have been destroyed. Captain Richard TALIAFERRO was a large landholder and patented 10,000 acres in the present counties of Amherst and Nelson. He passed away on September 27, 1748. The cause of his death is unknown; although traditional accounts in the family of his granddaughter, Anna TALIAFERRO McCRARY state that he was killed while crossing the Potomac on a flatboat, and only a few of his men escaped death.

The sad loss of her husband left Rose BERRYMAN TALIAFERRO with entire responsibility of her home and the rearing of twelve children. She reared and educated them according to the standards of the old Virginia Colony; breathing into their lives love in its truest form; love for one another; love for their fellowman; love for their country; and love for their God. Several of her sons and grandsons served with honor and distinction in the Revolution; one son, Dr. John TALIAFERRO, being not only a soldier, but a prominent physician and a Baptist Minister. In her declining years she could have pointed to these boys with pride and said, 'These are my Jewels.' Her parents could not have chosen a more fitting name for her than Rose. In the garden of life she lived and grew and bloomed, not for herself, but for the pleasure of others.... Though she sleeps today in an unmarked grave, she is not forgotten...

http://www.sharpwriters.com/genealogy/taliaferro.html#zachariah

Richard married Rose Berryman on 10 Jun 1726 in Caroline Co, Virginia. Rose was born in 1708 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Little is known about this ancestor, Zachariah TALIAFERRO, the second son of Francis TALIAFERRO and Elizabeth CATLETT. He had a son, Richard TALIAFERRO, who married Rose BERRYMAN and who is the subject of the following section (I). Richard was evidently an only son, probably an only child. Zachariah died in 1726.

Because of the lack of information, this Zachariah and his cousin of the same name, (the son of Francis' brother, John TALIAFERRO) have been often confused by genealogists. Proof that this is the right one follows:

Col. John TALIAFERRO in his will (1715-1720), devised to sons Robert and Zachariah 675 acres each, in Golden Vale Swamp, Essex County. The will of Zachariah, the son of John, dated 1721-2 and probated 1745, bequeaths to brothers Richard and William "675 acres of land being a moiety of a dividend of land lying in Essex Co, parish of St. Marys, on the Golden Vale Swamp." The remainder of his estate he devised to his "two cousins, Kemp TALIAFERRO and Mildred TALIAFERRO, "as they shall arrive at age of 16 years". The "cousins" were the children of his brother, Charles and his wife Ann KEMP. It is of course apparent that the man who made this will was a bachelor, or possibly a widower, who died without being survived by children. The other Zachariah, son of Francis, or his son Richard or both patented lands in Amherst which descended through the sons of Richard and Rose BERRYMAN TALIAFERRO

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 7 Feb 1682, Glocester Co, Virginia
• Property: 28 Sep 1682, Gloucester Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 1688, Gloucester Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: Between 1690 and 1700, Essex Co, Virginia; Justice
• Property: 1701, Essex Co, Virginia; her father's age?
• Research Notes: 17 Dec 2012; siblings

Notes:

Property:
DEED - FRANCIS TALIAFERRO TO RICHARD AND CHARLES TALIAFERRO - 1682 (Same preamble as in proceeding deed from Francis Taliaferro to John NOW KNOW YE that I the sd Francis Taliaferro...
NOW KNOW YE that I the sd Francis Taliaferro...in consideratio n of Witnesses: Francis Taliaferro John Mann Richard Brooke Lewis Burwell Henry Hill Clerk Recd: Rappahannock: 7th Februrary 1682 Test: Ed mo: Craske: Cl Cur
in consideration of Witnesses: Francis Taliaferro John Mann Richard Brooke Lewis Burwell Henry Hill Clerk Recd: Rappahannock: 7th Februrary 1682 Test: Ed mo: Craske: Cl Cur

Property:
On Sept. 28, 1682, Francis made two deeds, one to his brother, John, alone, and one to his brothers John and Richard, together.
DEED-FRANCIS TALIAFERRO TO JOHN TALIAFERRO-1682 (I) Francis Taliaferro of the County of Glocester Gent son and heir 28th day of September 1682. Francis Taliaferro
Witnesses: John Mann Recd: Rappahannock: 7th February 1682 Lewis Burwell Test: Edmo: Craske C l Cur Richard Brooke Henry Hill Clerk



Other-Begin:
In 1688, Francis Taliaferro, and his brother, John Taliaferro, gave bond for their mother, Mrs. Sarah Taliaferro, widow of Robert Taliaferro.

Property:
in 1701 Francis and his wife, Elizabeth Catlett, sold their half of a 416 acre tract of land in Essex County which was granted to her father, Col. John Catlett, on Sept. 10, 1600 and by his will, Francis gave to his two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, certain land surveyed by Will Moseley, Surveyor, on May 4, 1691

Research Notes:
Siblings and some of their children all named in Robert Taliaferro's will. Will written 19 Jul 1726; proved by brothers John and William 19 Jul 1726.

Francis married Elizabeth Catlett about 1675 in Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of John Catlett) was born about 1654; died after 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]