The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Taylor
Generation No. 1
  1. William Taylor He was born 8th Feb 1757 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 13th Feb 1757 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died 26th Jul 1836 at Chiddingstone, Kent; buried 30th Jul 1836 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Mercy Keeys on 10th Sep 1777 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent. She was born 6th Sep 1758 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 24th Sep 1758 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died 6th Apr 1800 at Chiddingstone, Kent; buried 9th Apr 1800 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
2 iRichard who was born 2nd Mar 1778 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 27th Mar 1778 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
3 iiElizabeth who was born 14th Aug 1780 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3rd Sep 1780 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, parents William & Mercy Taylor
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Richard Taylor, inn keeper was the son of William Taylor and Mercy Taylor [Keeys]. He was born 2nd Mar 1778 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 27th Mar 1778 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Sutton on 10th Oct 1800 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, witness James Faulkner. She was born 1777 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 1st Jan 1778 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent, parents Thomas & Elizabeth Sutton. They had the following children:
  iRichard who was born 1st Mar 1801 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3rd Apr 1801 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent; died 6th Jul 1823 Penshurst, Kent, Richard TAYLOR son of Richard & Elizabeth Taylor died 6 July 1823 aged 22 years
4 iiEleanor who was born 1803 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 4th Mar 1803 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died 30th Jul 1835 Gloucestershire
  iiiJames who was born 1806 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 13th Apr 1806 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
  ivMary Ann who was born 1807 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 26th Jul 1807 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
  vSarah who was born 1810 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 10th Jun 1810 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
  viJohn who was born 1813 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 7th Nov 1813 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex
5 viiHenry who was born 1816 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 29th Jul 1816 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died 17th Apr 1891 Penshurst, Kent; buried after 17th Apr 1891 Fordcombe, Kent
   
  3. Elizabeth Gower [Taylor] was the daughter of William Taylor and Mercy Taylor [Keeys]. She was born 14th Aug 1780 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 3rd Sep 1780 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, parents William & Mercy Taylor
6 iMercy who was born 1803 at Hever, Kent; christened 10th Apr 1803 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent; buried 1st May 1840 Chiddingstone, Kent
  She married Thomas Gower on 6th Feb 1803 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, witnesses William Chapman, John Everest & Mercy Taylor. He was born 1782 at Hever, Kent; christened 5th May 1782 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent, mother Sarah Gower, base born. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1804 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 6th Jan 1805 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Eleanor Battyll [Taylor] was the daughter of Richard Taylor, inn keeper and Elizabeth Taylor [Sutton]. She was born 1803 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 4th Mar 1803 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died 30th Jul 1835 at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
  She married Richard Collier Battyll on 8th Jul 1830 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, witnesses Richard & Henry Taylor, Susanna Woodhams & Frances Balfour. He was born 1791 at Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire; christened 27th Jul 1791 at All Saints Church, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, parents Richard Collier & Elizabeth Battyll; buried 27th Aug 1869 at All Souls Cemetery, Kensal Green, London
   
  5. Henry Taylor, farmer was the son of Richard Taylor, inn keeper and Elizabeth Taylor [Sutton]. He was born 1816 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 29th Jul 1816 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; died 17th Apr 1891 at Ford Place Farm, Penshurst, Kent; buried after 17th Apr 1891 at St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Fielder Hook on 3rd Nov 1842 at St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, witnesses William Taylor, Imogene Garthwaite & J Jeffries Jnr. She was born 1816 at Dover, Kent; christened 15th Sep 1816 at St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, parents George & ELizabeth Hook; died 6th Aug 1871 at Ford Place Farm, Penshurst, Kent; buried after 6th Aug 1871 at St. Peter's Church, Fordcombe, Kent. They had the following children:
7 iRichard Henry who was born 1843 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; christened 10th Dec 1843 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; buried 2nd May 1883 Hildenborough, Kent, aged 39 years
  iiEleanor who was born 1847 at Penshurst, Kent
8 iiiClara Elizabeth who was born 1850 at Penshurst, Kent
9 ivHenry George who was born Oct to Dec 1855 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1855 Q4 Vol 2A Page 329; christened 30th Dec 1855 St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
   
  6. Mercy Towner [Gower] was the daughter of Thomas Gower and Elizabeth Gower [Taylor]. She was born 1803 at Hever, Kent; christened 10th Apr 1803 at St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent; buried 1st May 1840 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  iJane who was born 1827 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 1st Apr 1827 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
  iiRobert who was born 1832 at Chiddingstone, Kent
  She married John Towner on 31st Dec 1838 at St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent, witnesses George Bridge & Harriet Gower. He was born 1806 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 9th Nov 1806 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, parents Edmund & Mercy Towner. They had the following children:
  iMary who was born 1839 at Chiddingstone, Kent; christened 10th Mar 1839 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent
   
Generation No. 4
  7. Richard Henry Taylor, corn merchant was the son of Henry Taylor, farmer and Elizabeth Fielder Taylor [Hook]. He was born 1843 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; christened 10th Dec 1843 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent; buried 2nd May 1883 at St. Johns Parish Church, Hildenborough, Kent, aged 39 years
  He married Emma Head on 9th Sep 1874 at Felbridge, Surrey, registered at Godstone District, Surrey, ref: 1874 Q3 Vol 2a Page 269, witnesses George & S ? Head. She was born 1843 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 9th Aug 1843 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex, daughter of George Head (banker) and Sarah Head
   
  8. Clara Elizabeth Hutchins [Taylor] was the daughter of Henry Taylor, farmer and Elizabeth Fielder Taylor [Hook]. She was born 1850 at Penshurst, Kent
  She married James Benjamin Hutchins on 22nd Sep 1881 at St Matthew's Church, Earls Court, London, witnesses Henry & Eleanor Taylor, Elizabeth Stephens & Olive Hutchins. He was born 20th Dec 1835 at London; christened 15th Jan 1836 at St John Zachary Church, Gresham Street, London, parents Charles Coryton & Amelia Caroline Hutchims
   
  9. Henry George Taylor, farmer was the son of Henry Taylor, farmer and Elizabeth Fielder Taylor [Hook]. He was born Oct to Dec 1855 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1855 Q4 Vol 2A Page 329; christened 30th Dec 1855 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
  He married Margaret Foster on 26th May 1883 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, witnesses Henry Taylor & Henry & Caroline Foster. She was born July to Sep 1860 at Penshurst, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1860 Q3 Vol 2A Page 383; christened 9th Sep 1860 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent
   

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