| Below find the names and bequests from the will of Thomas Taylor
which was written on 1/22/1686 and probated on 3/2/1686 in Rappahannock
Co VA:
1. Godson John Taverner, Jr. received 1000 lbs. Tobacco.
John was Thomas's grandson.
John Taverner b. 1655 Lancaster Co VA married 1678 in Rappahannock Co VA
to Thomas's daughter, Elizabeth Taylor, b. 1660 Rappahannock Co VA.
They had son John Taverner b. 3/7/1683 Rappahannock Co VA.
2. Samford Jones received 1000 lbs. Tobacco.
Samford was friend James Samford's grandson.
Alicia Samford b. c. 1655 in Virginia married 8/27/1679 in Rappahannock
Co VA to Edward Jones b. c. 1650.
They had son Samford Jones b. 4/13/1685 Rappahannock Co VA.
3. Isaac Webb, s/o John Webb received 1000 lbs Tobacco.
Isaac was friend James Samford's grandson.
Mary Samford b. c. 1650 in Virginia married 7/14/1673 in Rappahannock Co
VA to John Webb b. 1649 Rappahannock Co VA.
They had son Isaac Webb b. 12/18/1881 Rappahannock Co VA.
4. friend Rees Evans received 1000 lbs Tobacco.
5. Thomas White received 400 lbs Tobacco.
6. Elizabeth Pond received 400 lbs Tobacco.
7. discharge and set free the boy Thomas Huitt.
8. friend Edward Jones received 6 lb. Sterling to buy [a]
ring.
Edward was friend James Samford's son-in-law and Samford Jones' father.
Alicia Samford b. c. 1655 in Virginia married 8/27/1679 in Rappahannock
Co VA to Edward Jones b. c. 1650.
9. Elisha [Mrs. Alicia] Jones received 6 lb. Sterling to buy
[a] ring.
Alicia was friend James Samford's daughter and Samford Jones' mother.
Alicia Samford b. c. 1655 in Virginia married 8/27/1679 in Rappahannock
Co VA to Edward Jones b. c. 1650.
10. Thomas Baylis received 6 lb. Sterling to buy [a] ring.
Thomas was friend James Samford's son-in-law.
Catherine Samford b. c. 1660 Rappahannock Co VA married 1680 in
Rappahannock Co VA to Thomas Baylis b. 1647 in Virginia.
11. Mrs. Catherine Baylis received 6 lb. Sterling to buy [a]
ring.
Catherine was friend James Samford's daughter.
Catherine Samford b. c. 1660 Rappahannock Co VA married 1680 in
Rappahannock Co VA to Thomas Baylis b. 1647 in Virginia.
12. John Webb and Isaac Webb received 6 lb. Sterling to buy
[a] ring.
John and Isaac were friend James Samford's grandsons.
Mary Samford b. c. 1650 in Virginia married 7/14/1673 in Rappahannock Co
VA to John Webb b. 1649 Rappahannock Co VA.
They had son Isaac Webb b. 12/18/1881 Rappahannock Co VA and son John b.
c. 1675 Rappahannock Co VA.
13. Executors: Wm. Coleston.
William was Clerk of Rappahannock Co VA in 1683.
William's son Charles Colston b. 4/17/1691 Rappahannock Co VA married
5/1713 in Richmond Co VA to Rebecca Travers b. 10/15/1792 Richmond Co
VA. She was the widow of John Taverner b. 3/7/1683 Rappahannock Co VA.
Their daughter, Mary Colston, b. c. 1725 in Richmond Co VA married c.
1755 in Virginia to Edward Herndon of Spotsylvania Co VA.
Edward Herndon's siblings married into the William and Sarah Lewis
Family of Spotsylvania Co VA.
John Herndon married Mary Lewis.
Elizabeth Herndon married James Lewis
14. James Samford.
James was a friend and contemporary of Thomas. He was the father of
Mary, Alicia, and Catherine, and grandfather of Samford Jones and Isaac
and John Webb.
15. witn. by Isaac Webb
This may be the Isaac Webb b. 1647 in England who married Mary
Bedwell. Current information indicates Isaac migrated to Kent Co DE with
his father-in-law Robert Bedwell.
16. John Blake
17. Joseph Davis
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