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Taylor Coat of Arms and Name History

Taylor

Origin Displayed: English

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.

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 (b. 1932), 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
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
Nathaniel William Taylor (1786-1858), American theologian
Paul Taylor (b. 1930), American modern dance choreographer
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor (1917-1994), American author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1987
President Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th American President
Robert Lewis Taylor (1912-1998), American author and winner of the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
George W. Taylor (1901-1972), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Gardner Calvin Taylor (b. 1918), American preacher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Alan John Percivale Taylor (1906-1990), English historian
Alfred Edward Taylor (1869-1945), English scholar
Brook Taylor (1685-1731), English mathematician
Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975), English novelist
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor (1886-1975), English physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory
Isaac Taylor (1829-1901), English philologist
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), English theologian
John Henry Taylor (1871-1963), English golfer
William Taylor (1765-1836), English author
William Howson Taylor (1876-1935), English potter
Richard E Taylor (b. 1929), Canadian scientist who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1990
Rod Taylor (b. 1929), Australian actor
Apirana Taylor (b. 1955), New Zealand poet, novelist, performer, story-teller, musician and painter
Ernest Archibald Taylor (1874-1951), Scottish furniture designer
Chad Taylor (b. 1964), New Zealand writer
Tom Taylor (1817-1880), Scottish dramatist
George Anthony Morgan Taylor GC (1917-1972), awarded the George Cross for gallantry
Robert George Taylor GC (1921-1950), posthumously awarded the George Cross for heroism
Lieutenant Commander William Horace Taylor GC (1908-1999), awarded the George Cross for gallantry
Sir Richard Leslie Taylor KNZM, creator and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Weta Workshop and winner of five Academy Awards

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Taylor, sept of the Clan Cameron

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