Albert Sthreshley Taylor 
Albert Sthreshley was born on March 6th, 1825.1 Albert Sthreshley's father was Sthreshley Taylor and his mother was Aphrey Moody. His paternal grandfather was Samuel Taylor and his paternal grandmother is Susanna UPSHAW; his maternal grandfather was Lewis Moody and his maternal grandmother is Sarah Moody UNKNOWN. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Lewis Lunford, William Lunsford, James Washington, George Henry, Julia Ann, Mary Susan, Sarah Elizabeth and Lucy Ann. He was the fifth oldest of the nine children. He died at the age of 73 in January 1899 in Urbanna, VA. He was buried in January 1899 in Taylor/Carneal Family Cemetery - Essex County, VA.1 1 General Notes
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It appears all the Taylor family was quite prominent in Essex and Middlesex Counties and owned extensive real estate in the town of Urbanna, VA.
Urbanna is the second largest town in Middlesex County. Urbanna, meaning City of Anne, was created in 1680. Then the Urbanna Creek was named Wormeley Creek. Later the creek was named Nimcock Creek after a tribe of Indians in the Urbanna area.
Three centuries ago, boats entered Urbanna Creek from London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow bringing people, goods and merchandise and loading tobacco for the return trip. Along with ships came pirates. When pirates were captured they would be hanged and left to dangle as a warning to other mariners considering straying from the right life..
Tobacco in great quantities was exported from Urbanna. Tobacco as well as corn was grown on nearby plantations and brought to the Old Tobacco Warehouse for inspection. Then it was shipped through Urbanna, whose Prettymans Rolling Road was alive with hogsheads of tobacco headed for ships. Tobacco in those days was the main crop in Middlesex County.
The Old Tobacco Warehouse (which is not a warehouse at all) was the building where the tobacco leaf was inspected. Later, it was made into the Urbanna Public Library which has recently moved to a newer building.
Another historical house in Urbanna is the Gressit House. This house was built in 1740. This was before the era of the tobacco business. The Gressit House is located next to the Tobacco Warehouse. The house once belonged to the harbor master and if you open the door going to the roof of the front porch you will have a great view of the Urbanna Creek. It was the house that William Clark left to go explore the Northwest Territory.
The last historical house is the Customs House. In this house there is an unusual rear wall where business was conducted. An old vault in the basement confirms that there were many uses for this building. This house has belonged to the family of the Virginia Governor Andrew Jackson Montague since 1934.
According to a 1953 letter from Charles A. Taylor, Jr (and Other family members)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.~ 1763 in Essex County, VA
- b. in England d.~ 1791 in Essex County, VA
- b.23 Apr 1788 in Urbanna, VA d.17 Sep 1871 in Urbanna, VA
- b.1666 d.01 Jun 1720 in , Essex, Va
- b.1713 in Essex, Va d.1801 in , Essex, Va
- b.~ 1679 in Gloucester, County VA d.~ 1763 in , Essex, Va
- b.~ 1742 in , , Virginia
- b.~ 1715 in , , Virginia
- b.06 Mar 1825 d.Jan 1899 in Urbanna, VA
- d.~ 1814 in Essex County, VA
- b.12 Apr 1795 in Essex County, VA d.27 Aug 1871 in Essex County, VA
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