Sthreshley Taylor 
Sthreshley was born on April 23rd, 1788 in Urbanna, VA.1 Sthreshley's father was Samuel Taylor and his mother is Susanna UPSHAW. His paternal grandfather is John Taylor; his maternal grandfather was William Upshaw and his maternal grandmother is Tamazen STRESHLEY. He had nine sisters named Mary, Lucinda, Lucy, Polly, Sally, Sarah B. Sally, Tamason, Betsy and Elizabeth. He died at the age of 83 on September 17th, 1871 in Urbanna, VA. He was buried on September 19th, 1871 in Taylor/Carneal Cemetery, Essex County, VA.1 1 General Notes
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According to a 1953 letter from Charles A. Taylor, Jr (and other family members) Streshley Taylor is buried in a cemetery at "the old home place" in Essex County. Aphrey Moody, his wife is also noted to have been buried in this same cemetery.
The October 26, 1871 (Volume 6 No.43) issue of The Religious Herald carried Obituaries on Aphrey and Streshley Taylor,, but spelled his name without the "S" as " Threshley" Taylor. They died within a month of each other.
On Tuesday December 5, 2000, Melanie Marquis, great ganddaughter of Bernice Marie Carneal, Steven Taylor Brooks, Jean and DeWitt Taylor Brooks, finally located what we feel is the "The Old Home Place" and burial site of many of our ancestors. A beautifully engraved flat granite headstone contains the names of: Sthreshley Taylor, his wife, Aphrey Moody Taylor, Albert Sthreshley Taylor, Jane Alice CridlinTaylor, Lucy Anne Taylor Gary, Mary Ida Taylor, James Cridlin's Infant Son, Freddie Carneal, William A. Carneal, WIllitam A. Carneal and Cora Carneal. These engraved names agree exactly with those containted in the 1953 letter from Charles A. Taylor, Jr. to my father requesting a contribution for this gravemarker, mentioned above. The site is located today on the farm of Mr. Lawrence B. Andrews at 5695 Mt. Landing Road several miles south of Tappahannock, VA The family burial site has even been referred to as the "Cemetery at the Old Home Place."
This plot, although a part of the larger tract owned by Lawrence B. Andrews with his home at Paynfield can be reached by turning on Rt. 619 off of Rt. 360 which runs between Richmond and Tappahannock, VA. Rt. 619 is also labeled as Kino Road. Passing Dunborroks Hunt Club on the right, turn left on Sunnyside Road (Rt 619). Turn right on Crittenden's Mill Road (which is Rt 717. Proceed about a mile and enter the farm area between two oak posts on each side of the entrance road. The home has been razed but the cemetery is still visible just beyond where it probably stood.
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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
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‌Sthreshley and Aphrey were married in a religious ceremony on December 16th, 1815 in Essex County, VA. They had five sons and four daughters, named Lewis Lunford, William Lunsford, Albert Sthreshley, James Washington, George Henry, Julia Ann, Mary Susan, Sarah Elizabeth and Lucy Ann.
Family Notes
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Aphrey was the daughter of Lewis Moody and his wife, Sarah. She was also an aunt of Colonel W.W. Moody (CSA) who left Virginia for the frontier in Galveston, TX where he accumulated great wealth in cotton sales, and banking.
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Children
Albert Sthreshley Taylor
Albert Sthreshley was born on March 6th, 1825.1 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
Lucy Ann Taylor
Lucy Ann was born on June 12th, 1834 in Essex County, VA.1 She died in Urbanna, VA. She was buried in Taylor/Carneal Family Cemetery - Essex County, VA.1 1