Taylor (No. 1.) family genealogy

Of Ireland[1]

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Edward Taylor, of Beverley, in Yorkshire, England, who was chief “Faulkiner” to King Henry the Third, A.D. 1273, was the ancestor of Taylor and Falkener, in Ireland.

1. Edward Taylor, of Beverley.

2. James: his son.

3. Nicholas: his son; settled in Ireland in the second year of the reign of King Edward the First.

4. John Taylor, of Swords, in the co. Dublin; son of Nicholas.

5. William: his son.

6. Alexander: his son.

7. John (2): his son.

8. John (3): his son.

9. James: his son.

10. Richard: his son.

11. Robert: his son.

12. George: his son.

13. Michael: his son.

14. John (4): his son.

15. John (5): his son.

16. John (6): his son.

17. John (7): his son.

Notes

[1] Taylor: This family had several branches in Ireland, viz.; Taylor or Taylour, of Dublin; Taylor, of Ballyhaise, county Cavan; Taylor, of Ballyphilip, county Cork, who came to Ireland in Colonel Saunder’s regiment; Taylor, of Old Court, Harold’s Cross, co. Dublin; Taylor, of Cranbrook, co. Fermanagh; Taylor, of Athboy, county Meath; Taylour, of the city of Dublin; Taylour, of Carrickfergus; Taylour, Earl of Bective; Taylor, of Swords; etc.

Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective (b. 1844), was the son of Thomas (b. 1822), the third Marquis, who was the son of Thomas (d. 1870), the second Marquis, by his wife Olivia Stevenson (d. 1834), who was the daughter of Sir John Stevenson, by his wife, Anne Butler Moreton, the daughter of John Moreton, of Rehoboth, South Circular-road, Dublin (see No. 2 on the “Bayly” pedigree, ante), who, in 1755, married Margaret Butler.