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Vol V File 4: The Genealogy of Genevieve Simmons James

Ref: Mormon Church Ancestral File Records.

• 1. John Taylor, married Susan Rowland.

• 2. Rowland Taylor, born October 5, 1510, in Rothbury, co. Northumberland, England, died February 5, 1555, in Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, England, married Margaret Tyndale, born 1526. They had the following children:
  
  • 1. Thomas Taylor, born September 19, 1548, in Hadley, co. Middlesex, England. See below.

  • 2. Mary Taylor, born about 1550, in Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, England.

  • 3. Elizabeth Taylor, born about 1552, in Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, England.

  • 4. Ann Taylor, born about 1554, in Hadleigh, co. Suffolk, England.
    

• 3. Thomas Taylor, born September 19, 1548, of Hadley, co. Middlesex, England, married Elizabeth Burwell, born about 1552, of Hadley, co. Middlesex. They had one son, Thomas.

• 4. Thomas Taylor, born March 15, 1574, of Hadley, Middlesex, died about 1618, married October 9, 1599, Margaret Swinderry (Swinderby), born about 1578, from Copenhagen, Denmark, daughter of Andrew Swinderby, born about 1552. They had the following children:
  
  • 1. Robert Taylor, born November 7, 1601, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England.

  • 2. Margaret Taylor, born September 10, 1603, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England.

  • 3. William Taylor, born July 8, 1605, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England.

  • 4. John Taylor, born August 10, 1607, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England.

  • 5. Jane Taylor, born December 25, 1609, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England.

  • 6. James Taylor the Elder, born February 12, 1610, Carlisle, co. Cumberland, England. See below.

  • 7. Ann Taylor, born about 1611.

  • 8. William Taylor, born in 1613.

  • 9. Richard Taylor, born in 1615.
    
    • 1. James Taylor the Elder, born February 12, 1610, of Carlisle, England, died April 30, 1698, in Caroline County, Virginia, married about 1666, Francis Walker, born in 1610, died in 1680, daughter of Thomas Walker. James Taylor emigrated to America in 1635 on the "Truelove." They had the following children:
      
      • 1. James Taylor, born December 27, 1668, in Orange County, VA., died in infancy.

      • 2. Jane Taylor, born December 27, 1668, a twin, in Orange County, VA., died in infancy.

      • 3. James Taylor II, born March 14, 1674. Lived in Caroline County, VA. See below.

      • 4. Sarah Taylor, June 30, 1676, in Orange County, VA.

      • 5. Martha Taylor, born about 1670, in Orange County, VA.
        

    • 2. James Taylor II, born March 14, 1674, died June 23, 1729, lived in Caroline County, Virginia and King's and Queen's County, Virginia, married February 23, 1699, (1) Martha Thompson. The following children resulted from the first marriage:
      
      • 1. Frances Taylor, born August 30, 1700, died November 25, 1761, married August 24, 1721, Ambrose Madison, a planter, son of John Madison and Isabella Minor Todd, died August 27, 1732. They had the following children:
        
        • 1. James Madison, a planter, born March 27, 1723, died February 27, 1801, married Nelly R. Conway, daughter of Francis Conway, son of Edwin Conway and Elizabeth Thornton, and his wife Rebecca Catlett, daughter of John Catlett.
          
          • 1. James Madison, married Mrs. Dorothy Paine Todd. James Madison was the 4th President of the United States. He was born March 16, 1751, at Port Conway, on the Rappahannock River, in Virginia. He died June 28, 1836, at Montpelier, VA.

          • 2. Francis Madison, born June 18, 1753, died April 5, 1800.

          • 3. Ambrose Madison, born January 27, 1755, died October 3, 1793.

          • 4. Catlett Madison, born February 10, 1758, died March 18, 1758.

          • 5. Nelly Madison, February 14, 1760, died February 11, 1829.

          • 6. William Madison, born May 1, 1762.

          • 7. Sarah Madison, born August 17, 1764.

          • 8. Elizabeth Madison, born February 19, 1768, died May 17, 1775.

          • 9. Rueben Madison, born September 19, 1771, died June 5, 1775.

          • 10. Frances Taylor Madison, born October 4, 1774.
            

        • 2. Elizabeth Madison, born June 14, 1725, married John Willis.

        • 3. Frances Madison, born March 6, 1726, married Taverner Beale.
          

      • 2. Martha Taylor, born January 27, 1702, married Thomas Chew.

      • 3. James Taylor.

      • 4. Zachary Taylor, born April 17, 1707, died in 1768, married Elizabeth Lee. They had a son, Richard.
        
        • 1. Richard Taylor, died January 29, 1829, married Sarah Dabney Strother. He was a Colonel of a Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary War and removed to Kentucky in 1785, where he purchased a large plantation near Louisville and became an influential citizen; he was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of Kentucky; served in both branches of the legislature; was Collector of the port of Louisville under President George Washington; as a Presidential elector, voted for Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Clay. He died January 19, 1829. They had two sons as follows:
          
          • 1. Hancock Taylor, the eldest son.

          • 2. Zachary Taylor was born September 24, 1784, in Orange County, Virginia, died July 9, 1850, married _____ Smith. Zachary Taylor remained on his father's plantation until 1808, in which year (May 3) he was appointed First Lieutenant in the 7th Infantry, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of his older brother, Hancock. Up to this point he had received but a limited education. [Copy from reproduced material from "Presidents of the United States", as collected by Bobbye Miniard.] He fought in the Indian Wars all over the United States. He commanded troops in Corpus Christi, TX. and later in Mexico against General Santa Anna. He was in possession of the Rio Grande Valley until November 1847. He was nominated by the Whig Party for President in June 7, 1848. Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, from 1849 to 1850. They had two daughter, one married Colonel W. W. S. Bliss, Adjutant-General for President Taylor, as well as the Chief of Staff in Florida and Mexico, and also his Private Secretary during the presidency; the other, Sarah Knox Taylor, married in 1833, Jefferson Davis, born in 1808, in Christian (now Todd), Kentucky, died in 1889. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Southern Confederacy.
            

      • 5. Tabitha Taylor, born March 2, 1713, married Thomas Wild.

      • 6. Erasmus Taylor, born September 5, 1715, died December 1794, married October 13, 1749, Jane Moore.

      • 7. Hannah Taylor, born March 15, 1718, married Nicholas Battaile.

      • 8. Milley Taylor, born December 11, 1724, married Richard Thomas.
        

        James Taylor II., married (2) Mary Gregory, born in 1665, died after 1745, daughter of John Gregory, of old Rappohannock County (now Essex County, Virginia), probably married several times. In January 1674, the name of his wife was Elizabeth. Mary had two brothers: John Gregory, Jr. and Richard Gregory; and a sister, Elizabeth Gregory, who married Thomas Wheeler. (Ref: "Winston and Allied Families," pp. 237-242, also see notes prepared by Bobbye Miniard). Mary Gregory married (2) Rowland Thomas of Caroline County, Virginia. To this second marriage of James Taylor II., the following children were born:
        

        • 1. Anne Taylor, born January 12, 1685, married about 1704, Edward Eastman.

        • 2. Elizabeth Taylor, born January 12, 1685, died in infancy.

        • 3. Mary Taylor, born January 21, 1686, died in infancy.

        • 4. Mary Bishop Taylor, born June 29, 1688, died in 1770, married (1) Henry Pendleton, and (2) Edward Watkins.

        • 5. Edmund Taylor, born July 5, 1690, married Sarah Brooking

          * 6. John Taylor, born in July 1692, died in infancy.

        • 7. Elizabeth Taylor, born June 10, 1694.

        • 8. John Taylor , born November 18, 1696. See below.
          

        • 2. John Taylor, born November 18, 1696, died March 22, 1780, in Granville. North Carolina, married February 14, 1716, Catherine Pendleton, born December 8, 1699, died July 26, 1774, daughter of Phillip Pendleton and his wife, Isabella Hurt. They had the following children (from Bobbye Jo Miniard's records):
          
          • 1. Mary (Elizabeth?) Taylor, born May 30, 1718, died September 22, 1757, married February 3, 1735, Joseph Penn. See continuation of this lineage under the Penn Line.

          • 2. Catherine Taylor, born December 30, 1719, died November 4, 1774, married July 4, 1739, Moses Penn. They had a son, John Penn, who married Susannah Lynne. He was the signer of the Declaration of Independence from the Virginia Colony.

          • 3. Ann Taylor, born May 10, 1721, died August 10, 1761. Marriage status unknown.

          • 4. Edmund Taylor, born May 12, 1723, married Ann Lewis

          • 5. Isabella Taylor, born June 26, 1725, married January 25, 1750, Samuel Hopkins.

          • 6. John Taylor, born July 17, 1727, died October 26, 1787, married Betsy Lynn.

          • 7. James Taylor, born September 7, 1729, died September 26, 1756(?), married Anne Pollard.

          • 8. Philip Taylor, born February 17, 1732, died September 7, 1765, married Mary Walker.

          • 9. Elizabeth Taylor, born July 9, 1735, married (1) James Lewis, and (2) William Bullock.

          • 10. William Taylor, born December 19, 1735, died November 5, 1803, married July 28, 1763, Elizabeth Anderson.

          • 11. Joseph Taylor, born February 19, 1742, married Frances Anderson.
            

Ref: "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. IV., pp. 646-654.

Ref: "Some Prominent Virginia Families," Vol II-IV, Chapter X., pp. 224-231.

Ref: Harleian, 1552, folios 241 and 246, "Visitation of Norfolk, 1613.", Harleian Society, Vol. 32, page 219.

The following is taken from "Some Prominent Virginia Families," Vol II-IV, Chapter X., pp. 224:

"Three miles from Manchester, in co. Lancashire, England, is the town of Pendleton, known as a portion of Salfordborough. Over the door of one of the inns swings the arms of the Pendleton family, exactly like those brought to the America by the emigrant, Philip Pendleton. Some little distance off is the manor house, occupied still by a family of Pendletons, and around the old church are the tombs of the departed Pendletons. Here we pause, feeling ourselves aliens in our father's house. Under that roof truss are the records that would carry us back along the line of English history until we found the ancestor whose bravery in the Crusades, won him the right to place upon his shield the silver pilgrim's shells, which form a distinctive feature of the coat-of-arms. The family evidently belonged to English gentry, a purer and prouder distinction oftentimes than many of the titles which have changed hands and family names many times as they come down the avenue of ages."

From "Virginia Families," we find the following:

"The name of Pendleton seems to have been originally Pen-Hulton, meaning "top of the hill;" then Pen-Elton and finally Pendleton. The anme id from two Gaelic words, pendle and dun, meaning summit (or top) and hill, respectively. In Lancashire the name appears as early as 1246 when Siward de Penelton, deceased, was mentioned. The same year in the Assize Rolls of Lancashire, mention was made of Thomas de Parva Pendleton, who was surety for Adam. Rochard and Roger de Penelton, sons of Matilda de Penelton, who was probably the widow of Siweard de Penelton. In 1332 Adam de Penelton paid taxes there. The town of Pendleton was a portion of Salfordborough. Judge Edmund Pendleton of Virginia, in his Family Chronology of 1792 stated that "About the year 1674 Nathaniel Pendleton, a Minister, and Philip Pendleton, a school master, sons of Henry Pendleton of the City of Norwich, co. Norfolk, in England, came thence to Virginia in America......In 1469 Thomas Pendleton was living in Lancashire, in which county he held lands; at the same time were two brothers, William and Robert Pendleton, who were probably his sons. Another member of the family was the Rev. Henry Pendleton (1521-1557), who may have been a brother of George Pendleton, Sr., who lived in the town of Pendleton during the reign of King Henry VII. (1485-1509). Thomas Pendleton, who died in 1534, was a nephew of the Rev. Henry Pendleton; he had five sons: George, Edward, etc......George Pendleton, Esq., Sr., of the town of Pendleton, was living in the reign of King Henry VIII. (1509-1547)."

The first name upon the Virginia record is that of George Pendleton, Esquire, of the town of Pendleton, Lancashire, England.

• 1. George Pendleton, Sr, Esq., married about 1557. He had a son, George Pendleton, Jr.

• 2. George Pendleton, Jr, born about 1558, died in 1603, buried at St. Stephen's, Norwich, on October 27, 1603, the family having moved to Norfolk. He was admitted to the Freedom of Norwich as a Scrivener's apprentice on September 21, 1578. He married at St. Peters Mancroft, Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, on July 29, 1579, Elizabeth Pettingale, born about 1562, in Swardiston, co. Norfolk, England, died January 27, 1625, in Norwich, co. Norfolk, buried at St. Stephen's, Norwich, on January 27, 1625, daughter of John Pettingale, a Gentleman, of Swardiston (Norwich), co. Norfolk. They had the following children:
  
  • 1. George Pendleton, died young.

  • 2. Henry Pendleton, Sr. See below.

  • 3. Francis Pendleton, buried at St. Stephen's, in Norwich, October 8, 1618, married, in 1610, Anne _________. They had six children, all baptized at St. Stephens's: Elizabeth, Anne, Susan, Mary, Elizabeth, and Enoch.

  • 4. Anne Pendleton.

  • 5. George Pendleton, buried at St. Simon and St. Jude's, June 1, 1621, married February 13, 1614, Elizabeth Osborne.
    
    

• 3. Henry Pendleton, Sr, born in 1583, Norwich, co. Norfolk, died in 1635, buried July 15, 1635, in St. Stevens, Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, married in St. Simon & St. Jude's, on September 30, 1605, Susan Camden, born about 1584, daughter of Humphrey Camden, born in 1562, married September 13, 1581 to Cecily Pettus, born in 1560, in Norwich, co. Norfolk. Susan was the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Pettus, Mayor of Norwich in 1591, who married Christian Dethick, daughter of Simon Dethick, Esq. of North Elmham, Norfolk. Sir Thomas Pettus was a son of John Pettus, Esq., whose father was Thomas Pettus, an opulent citizen of Norwich, who was buried in St. Edmund's, Lombard Street, London. See this lineage under the Pettus Line. Henry had the Freedom of Norwich as a Sciptor on September 6, 1605. They had the following thirteen children:
  
  • 1. George Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, April 1, 1607, buried there June 2, 1607.

  • 2. Cecily Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, July 3, 1608, married, February 19, 1625, Thomas Fitton.

  • 3. John Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, July 27, 1609, buried there January 9, 1637.

  • 4. Susan Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, July 27, 1609, buried there January 9, 1637. The coincidence of the birth and death date of John and Susan seem to suggest an error.

  • 5. Henry Pendleton, born September 19, 1613, Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, baptized at St. Stephen's, September 19, 1613, buried there September 26, 1613.

  • 6. Henry Pendleton, Jr, born in 1614. See below

  • 7. Anne Pendleton', baptized at St. Stephen's, June 20, 1615.

  • 8. Abigail Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, October 20, 1617, buried there December 28, 1617.

  • 9. Thomas Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, February 29, 1619. Note the Leap Year birthdate.

  • 10. Matilda Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, February 23, 1619.

  • 11. Mary Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, July 27, 1623.

  • 12. Matthew Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, November 30, 1624. buried there January 23, 1626.

  • 13. George Pendleton, baptized at St. Stephen's, December 13, 1626.
    

• 4. Henry Pendleton, Jr, born in 1614, baptized December 26, 1614, in St. Stephen's, Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, died in 1682, married in 1636, (1) Hanna ________, died in 1648, buried April 15, 1648, St. Peters Mancroft, Norwich, co. Norfolk, England. On September 8, 1637, he had the Freedom of Norwich as a grocer. They had the following children:
  
  • 1. Henry Pendleton, baptized at St. Peter's Mancroft, March 4, 1637, died before 1676. He was married and had two children: Henry Pendleton and John Pendleton.

  • 2. John Pendleton, baptized at St. Peter's Mancroft, December 7, 1640.

  • 3. Matthew Pendleton, baptized at St. Peter's Mancroft, December 22, 1642.

  • 4. Samuel Pendleton, born September 6, 1647, baptized at St. Peter's Mancroft, September 14, 1647, buried there November 30, 1647.
    

    Henry Pendleton, Jr., married in 1649, (2) Elizabeth Douglas (Douglass), who probably died in 1708. She survived him and was granted administration on his estate, December 20, 1682, in Norwich. They had the following children:
    

    • 1. Rev. Nathaniel Pendleton, born March 31, 1650, baptized at St. Peter's Mancroft, April 7, 1650. He was admitted to the Merchant Taylor's School, London, in 1661; in 1669 he was admitted sizar Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, as a son of "Henry Pendleton, Merchant, of Norwich." He was an A.B. of Corpus Christi in 1672. On September 20, 1673, he was ordained Deacon in the Church of England by the Bishop of Norwich; he became Curate of Badwell Ask in Suffolk and in 1674 came to Virginia with his younger brother, Philip. He died very soon, leaving no children.

    • 2. Phillip Pendleton, born in 1654. See below
      

  • 5. Philip Pendleton, born March 26, 1654, in Norwich, co. Norfolk, England, baptized April 2, 1654, in St. Peter's Mancroft, Norwich, in died November 9, 1721, in King and Queen County, Virginia, the same year that his son Henry died, and the same year that his grandson, Edmund Pendleton, was born. At the age of 20, in 1674, with his brother, the Rev. Nathaniel Pendleton, he migrated to Virginia, where he was apprenticed to Edmund Craske, Clerk of Rappahannock County, and in 1678 he was Deputy Clerk of that county. He later lived in Essex County, and about the beginning of the 18th century he moved to King and Queen County. In 1704 his name appears on the Rent Roll of King and Queen County, as owning 300 acres. In the same year his son, Henry Pendleton, was taxed for 700 acres. His emigration to Virginia in 1674 from England, was influenced, according to one record, by a cousin, Thomas Pettus, son of either John or Thomas Pettus, brothers. This Thomas Pettus was one of the early councilors of the Virginia Colony. About 1682 Philip returned to England, at the terminal illness and death of his father, and tradition says he was married, and his wife died. There may be no foundation for this. In 1682 he returned to the colony and married Isabella Hurt, or Hart. Her parentage is unknown. Philip Pendleton was a schoolmaster. He and his wife are said to have lived in New Kent County, but the parish records of that county, which are very early and very full, do not contain the names of any Pendletons. It is more probable that they lived in King and Queen County, Virginia. He signed a deed in Essex County in 1677, and his son, Henry, signed one there in 1719, and is designated as being from King and Queen County, VA. He was probably a man of quiet tastes and not progressive enough to build up a large estate, as many of his contemporaries did. They had the following children:
    
    • 1. Henry Pendleton, eldest son, born in 1683, in Rappahannock, Virginia, died in 1721, in King and Queen County, VA., the same year his youngest son, Edmund, was born. He married in 1701, Mary Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, of Carlisle, England, who died April 30, 1698, and his second wife (whom he married August 10, 1682), Mary Gregory, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Bishop?) Gregory of Farnham and Sittingbourne Parishes, Rappahannock County, of which he was a Vestryman in 1665. Henry was eighteen and Mary thirteen years of age at the time of their marriage. On February 20, 1663, Henry had a grant of 600 acres in Rappahannock County. He was referred to as Captain on May 24, 1676. He died late in the year of 1676. His wife, Mary Taylor, after his death in 1721, married in 1723, (2) Edward Watkins. Almost all the Pendletons of Virginia trace their descent from Henry Pendleton and Mary Taylor. Henry and Mary (Taylor) Pendleton of St. Stephen's Parish, King and Queen County, had seven children as follows:
      
      • 1. James Pendleton, born in 1702, died in 1761 or 1763, married Mrs. Mary Lyall, of Lancaster County, Virginia. They had four children as follows:
        
        • 1. James Pendleton, born in 1735 and died in 1793; he was a Member of the House of Burgesses from Culpepper County, Justice of that county in 1762-3-4, and High Sheriff in 1762. He was one of the Culpepper Minute Men and later a Colonel of the Culpepper Militia in the Revolutionary War. On May 21, 1763, he succeeded his brother, Henry Pendleton, as Surveyor of the Roads. From 1782 to 1788 he was a member of the House of Delegates. In 1788 he was Sheriff of Culpepper County. In 1763 he married Catherine Bowie (1747-1795), daughter of John and Judith (Catlett) Bowie. They had the following children:
          
          • 1. John Pendleton (1766-1807), married on November 9, 1785, his cousin, Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of James and Anne (Pendleton) Taylor (see below). There are many descendants from them.

          • 2. Margaret Pendleton, who married three times; (1) in 1783, Robert Slaughter (1762-1803); (2) John Lightfoot; and (3) Rev. Joshua Morris.

          • 3. Catherine Bowie Pendleton, died in 1818, married Archibald Tutt.

          • 4. James Bowie Pendleton, died unmarried.

          • 5. Thomas Pendleton, married Jane Farmer.

          • 6. William Pendleton, married Nancy Strother.

          • 7. Elizabeth Coleman Pendleton, married her cousin, Henry Pendleton.

          • 8. Catlett Pendleton, died unmarried, was an Ensign in the Virginia Troops during the War of 1812.

          • 9. Nancy Pendleton, married (1) William C. Brown, and (2) Col. Valentine Johnson.
            

        • 2. Henry Pendleton (1733-1798), married Anne Thomas.

        • 3. Philip (1745-1811), married Martha Awbrey.

        • 4. Anne Pendleton (1745-1811), married her cousin, James Taylor (1738-1808), one of ten brothers who served in the Revolutionary War. They had a daughter Elizabeth Taylor, who married John Pendleton, her cousin (see above).
          

      • 2. Philip Pendleton, born in 1704, died in 1770 or 1778, married Martha Ruffin (?). They had five daughters, all of whom married and had issue. One of the daughters was Elizabeth Pendleton, who married Samuel Clayton, of Caroline County, Virginia. They had a son, Major Philip Clayton, of Catalpa, who married Anne Coleman, by whom there were five children: Philip, Lucy, Susan, and two other daughters.

      • 3. Mary Pendleton, born about 1703, married James Gaines. There were at least descendants to the fourth generation.

      • 4. Isabella Pendleton, born before 1715, married William Henry Gaines, born in 1710, died in 1799. There were many children.

      • 5. Nathaniel Pendleton, born 1715, died in August, 1793, married his first cousin, _____Clayton. He had several children and grandchildren.

      • 6. John Pendleton, born 1719, died in April, 1799, married (1) ______ James, (2) _____Madison. He had children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

      • 7. Edmund Pendleton, born September, 1721, died October 26, 1805, a patriot and jurist. He married in January, 1743, (1) Elizabeth Roy, who died in child-birth, the same year. He married in June, 1743, (2) Sarah Pollard, born in 1725, living in 1792, daughter of Joseph Pollard, born in 1701, and died in 1791. The second marriage was also childless.

    • 2. Elizabeth Pendleton, married Samuel Clayton, of Caroline County, Virginia. Issue: Philip Clayton, of Catalpa.

    • 3. Isabella Pendleton, married Richard Thomas. The descendants of these are numerous.

    • 4. John Pendleton, married Mary Tinsley, of Madison County, Virginia.

    • 5. Rachel Pendleton, married John Vass

    • 6. Philip Pendleton, born in 1695, married Elizabeth Pollard.

    • 7. Catherine Pendleton, born December 8, 1699. See below.
      

  • 6. Catherine Pendleton, born December 8, 1699, died July 26, 1774, married February 14, 1716, John Taylor, son of James Taylor, of Carlisle, England, and brother of Mary Taylor.
    

    See continuation of this lineage under the Taylor Line.
    

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