Taylor Surname History

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SURNAME MEANING
An English, Scottish, and Irish occupational surname for a tailor, from the Old French word tailleor, derived from the Latin word taliare, meaning “to cut”.

EARLY BEARERS
Walter Taylur – Canterbury – 1180
William le Taillur – Somerset – 1182
Roger le Taylur – Lincolnshire – 1273
Henry le Taliur – Norfolk – 1273
Cecil le Tayllour – Cambridgeshire – 1273
Roger le Taylur – Lincolnshire – 1273
Richard le Taylor – Northamptonshire – 1273
John le Taillur – Selkirk – 1292
Brice le Taillur – Scotland – 1296

NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Taylor Baronetcy of Park House in the County of Kent was created in the Baronetage of England on in 1665 for Sir Thomas Taylor. He was a descendant of John Taylor of the Homestall, co. Kent, who lived in the 14th century. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Maidstone. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1720.

The Taylor Baronetcy of Lysson Hall in Jamaica was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1778 for Sir John Taylor. The title became extinct on the death of the second BaroneT, Sir Simon Richard Taylor in 1815.

The Taylor Baronetcy of Hollycombe in the County of Sussex was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1828 for Sir Charles Taylor, Member of Parliament for Wells. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet, Sir Charles Taylor, in 1876.

The Taylor Baronetcy of Kells was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1704 for Sir Thomas Taylor, Member of Parliament, son of Thomas Taylor, Treasurer of War for Ireland

Thomas Taylour, 3rd Baronet of Kells, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Headford in 1760, as Viscount Headfort in 1762, and as Earl of Bective in 1766.

Thomas Taylour, 2nd Earl of Bective, was created Marquess of Headfort in 1795

LANDED GENTRY
Tayleur of Buntingsdale Hall, co. Shropshire, England
Taylor of Ardgillan Castle, co. Dublin, Ireland
Taylor of Aston Rowant, co. Oxford, England
Taylor of Bifrons
Taylor of Burnham Manor, co. Lincolnshire, England
Taylor of Castle Taylor, co. Galway, Ireland
Taylor of Tyn Llwyn, co. Merioneth, Wales
Taylor of Eccleston Hall, co. Lancashire, England
Taylor of Chipchase Castle, co. Northumberland, England
Taylor of Erlestoke Park, co. Wiltshire, England
Taylor of Kirkham Abbey,
Taylor of Pennington House, co. Southampton, England
Taylor of Strensham Court, co. Worcestershire, England
Taylor of Moseley Hall and Moor Green, co. Worcestershire, England
Taylor of Radcliffe-on-Trent, co. Nottingham, England
Taylor of Todmorden Hall, co. Lancashire, England
Taylor of Ballinure, co. Tipperary, Ireland

NOTABLES
Ann Taylor (1782-1866) was an English poet and literary critic

Brook Taylor (1685-1731) was an English mathematician best known for creating Taylor's theorem and the Taylor series, which are important for their use in mathematical analysis.

William Taylor (1765-1836), often called William Taylor of Norwich, was a British essayist, scholar and polyglot.

Thomas Taylor (1758-1835) was an English translator and Neoplatonist, the first to translate into English the complete works of Aristotle and of Plato

George Taylor (c. 1716-1781) was an American ironmaster and politician who was a Founding Father of the United States and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania.

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general and becoming a national hero for his victories in the Mexican–American War.

William Taylor (1744-1823) was a Scottish minister, Principal of Glasgow University and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Richard Taylor (c. 1649-1699) was an English Member of Parliament. He was the only son of Major Samuel Taylor of Wallingwells Priory, Nottinghamshire.

Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667) was a cleric in the Church of England who achieved fame as an author during the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell, served as Bishop of Down and Connor.

John Taylor (1711-1788) of Ashbourne, Derbyshire was an English lawyer and cleric, known as a wealthy landowner and stockbreeder.

John Taylor (1711–1775) of Bordesley Hall was an English manufacturer and banker. He served as High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1756–57.

Reverend John Taylor (1711–1772), Archdeacon of Leicester

William Taylor (d. 1847), Banker of Oxford

EARLY SETTLERS
Richard Taylor – 1608 – Margaret & John
John Taylor – 1610 – Swan
Dorothy Taylor – 1620 - London Merchant
Rebecca Taylor – 1623 – Margaret & John
Thomas Taylor – 1634 – BoNaventure
William Taylor – 1634 – Ann & Elizabeth
James Tayler – 1635 – Truelove
John Tayler – 1635 – Hopewell