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Origin Displayed: English-Alt

Origins Available: English-Alt, English, German, Scottish

Spelling variations of this family name include: Taylor, Taylour, Taylur, Tailler, Taillefer and many more.

First found in Somerset, and in Kent where they were granted lands by King William for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Achsah Taylor, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630; James Taylor, who emigrated Dumfries to Virginia in the 1600's, Abraham Taylor, who settled in Virginia in 1664.

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Suggested Readings for the name Taylor
The Forebearers and Descendants of William Taylor and Mahala Cromwell by Carrie Cathern Carte, From Log Cabins to the White House: A History of the Taylor Family by Mary Taylor Brewer.

Some noteworthy people of the name Taylor
  • Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (1932-2011), famous actress who is as well-known for her highly publicized personal life as she is for her long film career
  • Deems Taylor (1885-1966), American composer
  • Billy Taylor (b. 1921), American jazz pianist, composer, and educator currently the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University
  • Margaret Smith Taylor (1788-1852), wife of American President Zachary Taylor
  • Robert Taylor (1911-1969), American film and television actor
  • James Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), American travel-writer
  • Angelo F. Taylor (b. 1978), American athlete, winner of 400 m hurdles at the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Cecil Percival Taylor (b. 1933), American avant garde pianist
  • Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), American engineer
  • Henry S. Taylor (1942-1886), American poet awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

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Taylor, sept of the Clan Cameron

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