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![Show Contents]() Tayloe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
During the Middle Ages, the surname of Tayloe was used in Scotland. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Scotland, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Tayloe family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Tayloe was an occupational name for a tailor. Interestingly, the name Tayloe was originally derived from the Anglo Norman French word taillour, meaning tailor. 1 Early Origins of the Tayloe familyThe surname Tayloe was first found in many places throughout Scotland. Some of the early records include: Alexander le Tayllur who was valet of Alexander in 1276; John le Taillur who was held the mill of Selkirk as firmar in 1292; and Brice le Taillur who was one of the Scottish prisoners taken at the capture of Dunbar Castle in 1296. The last entry's year is of great significance to the surname and indeed to much of Scotland; for it was that year that King Edward I invaded Scotland and insisted that the native Scots pay homage to him. Six persons of this name in the counties of Roxburgh, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Lanark, and Angus all rendered homage, 1296. 2 They held lands in Forfar, Cesseworth, Cunningham, Lanark, and Stirling in Scotland. Early History of the Tayloe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tayloe research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1292, 1376, 1645, 1729, 1779, 1784, 1850, 1890 and 1920 are included under the topic Early Tayloe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Tayloe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Taylor, Taylour, Taylur, Tailler, Taillefer and many more. Early Notables of the Tayloe familyNotable among the family at this time was Edward Taylor (1645-1729), who was hailed as the finest American poet of the 17th century upon the publication of his work in 1920...
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Some of the Tayloe family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Tayloe Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Joseph Tayloe, who landed in Virginia in 1653 3
- William Taylor (1645-1710), from London who immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in the 17th century, he was the progenitor of the famous Tayloe plantation owners 3
Tayloe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- William Tayloe, who arrived in Virginia in 1710 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Tayloe (post 1700) | + |
- John Tayloe I (1688-1747), American plantation owner and businessmen in Virginia
- John Tayloe I (1688-1747), American plantation owner and businessmen in Virginia
- Benjamin Ogle Tayloe (1796-1868), American businessman, diplomat, co-eponym of the Willard v. Tayloe contract law case in 1869
- John Tayloe III (1770-1828), American prominent businessman, plantation owner
- Colonel John Tayloe II (1721-1779), American richest plantation owner in Virginia at that time
- W. H. Tayloe, American politician, Delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Perry County, 1933 4
- George Plater Tayloe (1804-1887), American politician, Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861 4
- William Tayloe Murphy Jr. (1933-2021), American Virginia lawyer and Democratic politician who served part time as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates between 1982 and 2000, as well as Secretary of Natural Resources under Governor Mark Warner from 2002-2006
- Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977), American politician, Governor of Wyoming
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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