Richard Taliaferro, (9th child)

Notes:

Capt. Richard Taliaferro was the ninth child of John and Sarah Smith, born in 1706. He served as a Capt. and Colonel in the Colonial Armies. He married Rose Berryman on June 10, 1726 and they had 13 children. He met his death while he and his men were crossing the Potomac on a flat boat on Sept. 27, 1748 - he was 42.[FamilyTree.FTW]

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1605640&id=I568425182


note: this Richard and Rose Berryman seem to be misplaced as another record shows Richard (son of Francis) as the only child of Zachariah; but contains the same bio.

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