James Taylor, of Christopher Bay

Not the same as James Taylor, ll, of 'Rapidan'

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/taylor/19909/

[From] Pauline Denormandie (Taylor) Wannamaker, born in 1900 and died in 1976. I quote:

"James Taylor Sr. came to America from Carlise, England A.D. 1658. Settled near Christopher Bay, Virginia. James Taylor Jr. married Miss Hannah Williams of Philidelphia and lived at "Stone House" farm, now in that city. After the birth of his only child, Samuel, was thrown from his horse and was killed. His estate desended to his son Samuel. His widow married Mr. Swearingson whose desendants are Polks, Shanklins and others."

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https://www.thejamesmadisonmuseum.net/single-post/a-hidden-presiden...

We go back to the Taylor family, and pick up with James the Younger/James the II:

DAUGHTER: Wife’s name not given but he is listed as the father of Martha Taylor Polk who was born in 1763 at Stone House Farm in the Colony of Pennsylvania. “…was the daughter of James Taylor, of "Stone House Farm" (PA) and his wife, who wasn’t Martha Thompson.”

QUESTION: Is there a mix-up on various James Taylor's? Is this simply a clerical error? Was James in Pennsylvania? Lots to learn!

http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/greene/bios/gbs597horton.txt

She [Drusilla Taylor born 1808, wife of Grief Richardson] was a daughter of Samuel Taylor, who was among the firstsettlers of Greene county. He was a son of Samuel Taylor, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, and quite a distinguished soldier, having been the first to fight the British in South Carolina. He lost a leg during the war, and fought with a price offered for his head by the British governor, and consequently could not be properly considered a prisoner of war. He received a large Revolutionary bounty, which placed his family in affluent circumstances. James Taylor, the father of Col. Samuel Taylor, came over from England as one of the king's officers, and settled upon a farm upon which the city of Philadelphia now stands. The place was known as the Stone House farm.

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References

• http://stilesgen.com/familygroup.php?familyID=F2365&tree=SG2012 (dead link)
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/peter/362/