Clymer Weir Cox Genealogy » Col. John Richard Debnam (the Ranger) Taliaferro (1656-1720)

Personal data Col. John Richard Debnam (the Ranger) Taliaferro 


Household of Col. John Richard Debnam (the Ranger) Taliaferro

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Sarah Debnam Smith) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Sarah Debnam Smith.

They got married in the year 1682 at Essex, Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Mary Smith Taliaferro  1686-1774 
  4. John Smith Taliaferro  1687-1744 


(2) He is married to Mary Hitchon Smith.

They got married.


Notes about Col. John Richard Debnam (the Ranger) Taliaferro


Col John Taliaferro Sr.
Birth: 1656 Essex County, Virginia, USA
Death: 21 Jun 1720 (aged 63œ64) Essex County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Unknown

Memorial #: 12888885
Bio: Son of Robert Taliaferro who immigrated from Middlesex, ENG. Husband of Sarah (Smith). This man was Lt. Col. John "The Ranger" Taliaferro, Sr. Colonel in the Caroline Company of Rangers Lieutenant, County Militia-Rangers, James City, VA 13 Jan 1692; member of the House of Burgesses for Essex County 17 Apr 1699; on 19 Jun 1699, appointed Sheriff of Essex County, VA. and Justice of Essex Co., VA 8 Jul 1702, along with Francis Taliaferro [probably his uncle]. Quit Rent Rolls of 1704: had 2,000 acres in Essex Co., Va. Also listed in Essex Co. are Francis and Charles We really do not know when he died.

Lt. Col. John "The Ranger" Taliaferro signed his will on 1 Jun 1715 and devised property to his son, John Taliarerro; to his daughter, Mary Taliaferro (Thornton); to sons--Robert, Richard, Charles, Lawrence, Zachariah, and William Taliaferro; to his daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Catherine Taliaferro; to his wife; and to his brother, Francis Taliaferro. John's will recorded on 20 Jun 1715. The inventory of his estate was made in August, 1715.

Thornton had ancestors who were among the most ancient in Europe. This was the Taliaferro family of Tuscany, Italy, one of whose members is said to have migrated to Normandy in the year 868, and whose descendant–a Taliaferro–was "among those present" when William the Conqueror successfully invaded Saxon England on Christmas Day, 1066. The mother of Elizabeth and Mildred Thornton (both of whom married a Meriwether) was Mary Taliaferro who married Francis Thornton, Sr.
Family Members
Parents
Robert Taliaferro 1626-1671
Catherine Debnam Jones 1638-1700
Spouse
Sarah Smith Taliaferro 1661-1720
Siblings
Robert Taliaferro 1652-1688
Mary Taliaferro Johnson 1658-1695
Charles Taliaferro 1663-1734
Katherine Taliaferro Battaile 1668-Unknown
Half Siblings
Frances Ann Jones Slaughter 1680-1726
Children
Lawrence Taliaferro 1683-1726
Mary Taliaferro Thornton 1685-1741
John Taliaferro 1687-1744
Robert Taliaferro 1689-1728
Charles Taliaferro 1690-1715
Catherine Taliaferro Bronaugh 1697-1748
Richard Taliaferro 1703-1748
Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining (11705756)
Added: 4 Jan 2006
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12888885/john-taliaferro
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12888885/john-taliaferro : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Col John Taliaferro Sr. (1656œ21 Jun 1720), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12888885, ; Maintained by Kaaren Crail Vining (contributor 11705756) Unknown.

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Day of death June 21, 1720

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