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Dod per page 97 of The Armistead Family 1635-1910. Taliaferro Family (Tricia Petitt) at http://members.tripod.com/~Bonestwo/
John Taliaferro, Col., b. 1656, Gloucester Co., Virginia, d. 21 Jun 1720, Essex Co., VA, m. 1682, Sarah Smith b. 1661, York Co., VA, d. 1720, Essex Co., VA, (daughter of Col. Lawrence and Mary (Debman) (sic) (Smith). John's will was proved 21 Jun 1720, in Essex Co., VA. John was listed as a Justice of Essex Co., VA 8 Jul 1702, along with Francis Taliaferro, probably his uncle. John was listed as Sheriff, Essex Co., 1699 and a member of the House of Burgesses for Essex County 17 Apr 1699. He is also listed as Lieutenant, County Militia-Rangers, James City, 13 Jan 1692. In the Quit Rents of 1704, he is listed with 2,000 acres in Essex Co., VA. John was also known as, The Ranger by family and friends. His will can be found in Essex Co., VA, pps. 157-159. Note: Several sources, including Gary Boyd Roberts, "The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies of the United States," (1983) show this to be Mary Hitchin, but she was actually Mary Debnam, daughter of William and Catherine Debnam of York and Gloucester counties, according to Henry G. Taliaferro ("Thomas Smith of Fairfax Co., Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Volume 40, Number 1, Jan-Mar, 1996).
in parents: Daughter of Col. Lawrence Smith and Mary (Dedman) Grymes, step dau of Rev Grymes. Father: William Smith , Sr. b: ABT. 1635 in Yorkshire, England Mother: Jane Wilberfoss b: 1630. "Sarah Smith was a daughter of Major Lawrence Smith--(Old) Rappahannock County Deeds (1682-1688), p. 7: "23 Sept., 1682-Francis Taliaferro..son and heir of Robert Taliaferro, late...the said Robert Taliaferro and Lawrence Smith of the county of Gloucester did patent 6,000 acres in Rappahannock Co...now I as heir...give 3,150 acres to my brother John Taliaferro, he being about to marry Sarah, the daughter of said Lawrence Smith..." Record 7 Feb, 1682/83. John Taliferro's will in 1715, 1720 named his wife Sarah
4. John Taliaferro, Col. b. 1656, Gloucester Co., Virginia, m. 1682, Sarah Smith, b. 1661, York Co., VA, (daughter of Lawrence Smith, Maj. and Mary Debnam) d. 1720, Essex Co., VA. John died 21 Jun 1720, Essex Co., VA. Children: 6. i Mary Taliaferro b. 1686.
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