Re: Penn ancestor Taylor?
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Re: Penn ancestor Taylor?
Robert Allen 3/18/00
Yes Robert, that's basically correct.
I've gotten more information from the Taylor side to help with this, although the primary sources are not in complete agreement.
My error in original post was in assuming that the name "James" pertained to one line. It did not.
Your James II actually had three wives and the last was Mary Gregory. I have him being born 1670.
I'm not sure about his son James' birthday.
But he also had a son named Edmund born to Mary in 1690 (one source say '94, but I doubt this because of his son's age below).
Edmund's son by unknown wife was James born in 1710 who married Eleanor Smith.
There son David is my ancestor.
My speculation was that Edmund's full-sister Elizabeth married John Penn (father of George and Moses among others).
That was based on your earlier post.
However, further research has led me to doubt this.
Elizabeth and Edmund also had an older half-sister named Elizabeth by one of their father's previous wives. That Elizabeth was born in the 1680s as, I believe, you indicated. BUT she died before reaching maturity and could not have become Elizabeth Penn.
Because of the problems with the dates, I'm now convinced that Elizabeth Taylor could not have been Elizabeth Penn. That leaves Elizabeth Madison as the best candidate.
-- Frank Taylor
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