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TALIAFERRO, Robert Sr.

TALIAFERRO, Robert Sr.

Male 1626 - Bef 1672  (46 years)   Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name TALIAFERRO, Robert  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 11 Nov 1626  Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Christening 19 Nov 1626  St. Dunstan Church, Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Address:
    St. Dunstan Church
    High St.
    Stepney, Middlesex
    England, UK 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 12889015 
    Residence From 1647 to 1666  Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7] 
    • The location of his residence was in Yourk County until 1651 when Gloucester County was created from a portion of York County.
    Immigration Bef 1 Nov 1647  York County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 8] 
    from Stepney, Middlesex, England, adjacent to the City of London, 
    • On that date he resided in York County, witnessing the Will of Robert MEEK (or WEEKS) - York County Will Book, 1647. This is the first documentation of him being in Virginia. Some stories, without naming a source, say that he sailed to Virginia on the ship Honor, leaving from the Stepney docks on the Thames River a few days before his father's death on 19 August 1647. So far this record has not been located.
    Land 12 Feb 1651/52  Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    patented jointly to himself and Samuel SALLIS for the transportation of 16 persons into the Colony, 800 acres on the south side of Coropolanko Creek, 
    Land 26 Mar 1655  Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    patented jointly to him and Samuel SALLIS, 900 acres on the southeast side of Poropotank Creek adjoining the lands of Oliver GREEN, 
    • This patent was renewed on 27 November 1661 to SALLIS and TALIAFERRO. On 1 December 1662, it was granted soley for Robert TALIAFERRO, as Samuel SALLIS was then deceased.
    Land 17 Mar 1662/63  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    patented to him, 793 acres, adjacent to patents for GRYMES and CORBYN, 
    Residence From 1666 to 1672  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19] 
    • Later in 1692, Rappahannock County was split into Essex County and Richmond County, and ceased to exist. The location of Robert TALIAFERRO's residence was in the portion that became Essex County.
    Land 22 Mar 1665/66  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 20, 21, 22] 
    jointly patented to Robert TALIAFERRO I and Lawrence SMITH, 6300 acres, located at the mouth of Snow Creek on the south side of the Rappahannock River 
    • Further, TALIAFERRO and SMITH agreed that if either died before they divided this land between them, that the heirs of the deceased would have equal rights and propriety with the survivor. This agreement was recorded in the Gloucester County Court on 16 May 1667.
    Land 5 Sep 1666  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24] 
    purchased from Richard and Adria WHITE, 1500 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River adjacent to Charles GRYMES and Abraham MOONE, 
    • Payment included £20 sterling in goods, three English servants and one able mare.
    Land 21 Sep 1667  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    that he sold to Henry CORBYN, 4000 acres, 
    • When it was determined that Robert TALIAFERRO's houses were included in the 4000 acres, Henry CORBYN returned 334 acres with the houses to Robert.
    Death Bef 20 Nov 1672  Taliaferro Mount, Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 26] 
    Address:
    Taliaferro Mount
    Port Royal, Virginia
    USA 
    • Date based on a petition to the Jamestown Council on 20 November 1672 by Lawrence SMITH and John BUCKNER for orphans Richard, Robert, Charles and Katherine, Robert I's 4 youngest children - Virginia Genealogist, vol 38, p 169.
    Age 46 years 
    Burial Bef 20 Nov 1672  Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Address:
    Taliaferro Mount
    Port Royal, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I4034  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2025 

    Father TALIAFERRO, Francis,   b. 25 Jan 1589/90, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1647, Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother HAIE, Bennett,   b. 18 Oct 1587, London, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1642, Stepney, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F1968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family DEBNAM, Katherine,   b. Abt 1638, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2 Mar 1686/87, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1660  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 27, 28, 29] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years and 1 month - She : ~ 22 years. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
    +  1. Male TALIAFERRO, Francis Sr.,   b. Abt 1661, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1710, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)
    +  2. Male TALIAFERRO, Capt. John "The Ranger" Sr.,   b. Abt 1662, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1720, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
       3. Female TALIAFERRO, Mary,   b. Abt 1663, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +  4. Male TALIAFERRO, Richard Sr.,   b. Abt 1664, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1716, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    +  5. Male TALIAFERRO, Robert Jr.,   b. Abt 1665, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1688, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
    +  6. Male TALIAFERRO, Charles Sr.,   b. 1670, Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1734, Caroline County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    >  7. Female TALIAFERRO, Catherine,   b. Abt 1672, Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Aug 1692, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F1632  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 May 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Nov 1626 - Stepney, Middlesex, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - Address:
    St. Dunstan Church
    High St.
    Stepney, Middlesex
    England, UK - 19 Nov 1626 - St. Dunstan Church, Stepney, Middlesex, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1647 to 1666 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - from Stepney, Middlesex, England, adjacent to the City of London, - Bef 1 Nov 1647 - York County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - patented jointly to himself and Samuel SALLIS for the transportation of 16 persons into the Colony, 800 acres on the south side of Coropolanko Creek, - 12 Feb 1651/52 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - patented jointly to him and Samuel SALLIS, 900 acres on the southeast side of Poropotank Creek adjoining the lands of Oliver GREEN, - 26 Mar 1655 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1660 - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - patented to him, 793 acres, adjacent to patents for GRYMES and CORBYN, - 17 Mar 1662/63 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1666 to 1672 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - jointly patented to Robert TALIAFERRO I and Lawrence SMITH, 6300 acres, located at the mouth of Snow Creek on the south side of the Rappahannock River - 22 Mar 1665/66 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - purchased from Richard and Adria WHITE, 1500 acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River adjacent to Charles GRYMES and Abraham MOONE, - 5 Sep 1666 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - that he sold to Henry CORBYN, 4000 acres, - 21 Sep 1667 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Address:
    Taliaferro Mount
    Port Royal, Virginia
    USA - Bef 20 Nov 1672 - Taliaferro Mount, Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Taliaferro Mount
    Port Royal, Virginia
    USA - Bef 20 Nov 1672 - Rappahannock County (Old), Colony of Virginia, England    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S311] Church Records - England - Births & Christenings -1538-1975 (FamilySearch), ((https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014)), 20 Oct 2018, accessed 20 October 2018), Robert Talafero [Taliaferro], Christening 19 November 1626.
      Birth Record - Robert Taliaferro I      		 Birth Record - Robert Taliaferro I


    2. [S1137] Charles M. Marsteller, Book - Taliaferro Index, (Millsboro, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2015.), 1 Aug 2018, p 37.

    3. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 19 Oct 2018, Sir Anthony Wagner, "The Origin of the Family of Taliaferro," January 1969, Vol 77, No. 1, p 24-25; digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 19 October 2018).
      Origin of the Family Taliaferro      		 Origin of the Family Taliaferro


    4. [S1145] Internet Forum - Debnam (Genealogy.com), 2 Sep 2018, Joseph Moore, "The Debnam and Grymes-Lee Family Lines of Virginia," >, 13 December 2011 (https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/debnam/137/ : accessed 7 August 2018).
      Debnam-Grymes-Lee Families in VA      		 Debnam-Grymes-Lee Families in VA


    5. [S1148] Charles Taliaferro Sr., Research Report - Taliaferro Family, 3 Sep 2018, p. p 12.

    6. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #3, p 534.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    7. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 3 Aug 2018, Vol I: p 72.
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #2, p 359; Gloucester County Deed Book #3, p 341.
      Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records      		 Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records


    8. [S1148] Charles Taliaferro Sr., Research Report - Taliaferro Family, 11 Sep 2018, p. p 12.

    9. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 26 Nov 2018, Robert Troliner [Taliaferro], Gloucester County, 12 February 1651, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 26 November 2018).
      Source:  Land Office Patents No. 2, 16-1651, p 359.
      Land Grant - Gloucester Co., VA - Robert Taliaferro I      		 Land Grant - Gloucester Co., VA - Robert Taliaferro I


    10. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 11 Sep 2018, Vol I: p 72.
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #2, p 359.

    11. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 186; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #2, p 359.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    12. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 22 Nov 2018, Robert Tolliver [Taliaferro], Gloucester County, 27 November 1661, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 22 November 2018).
      Source:  Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p 534-535.
      Land - Gloucester County - Robert Taliaferro I      		 Land - Gloucester County - Robert Taliaferro I


    13. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 22 Nov 2018, Robert Trolwer [Taliaferro], Gloucester County, 26 March 1655, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 22 November 2018).
      Source:  Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p 341.
      Land - Gloucester County - Robert Taliaferro I      		 Land - Gloucester County - Robert Taliaferro I


    14. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 3 Aug 2018, Vol I: p 72.
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #3, p 341.
      Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records      		 Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records


    15. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Gloucester County Deed Book #3, p 341 & 534.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    16. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Essex County Deed Book #17, p 421.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    17. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 27 Nov 2018, Robert Taliaferro, Rappahannock County, VA, 17 March 1672/1673, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 27 November 2018).
      Source:  Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt. 1 & 2), p 445.
      Land Grant - Rappahannock County, VA - Robert Taliaferro      		 Land Grant - Rappahannock County, VA - Robert Taliaferro


    18. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Essex County Deed Book #17, p 421; Rappahannock County Deed Book #3, p 303.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    19. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 3 Aug 2018, Vol I: p 72.
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #3, p 79; Rappahannock County Deed Book #7, p 7.
      Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records      		 Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records


    20. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 28 Nov 2018, Robert Tallifer [Taliaferro] & Lawrence Smith, Rappahannock County, VA, 26 March 1666, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 28 November 2018).
      Source:  Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v. 1 & 2), p 587.
      Land Grant - Rappahannock County, VA - Robert Taliaferro      		 Land Grant - Rappahannock County, VA - Robert Taliaferro


    21. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 3 Aug 2018, Vol I: p 95, 100.
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #7, p 7; Essex County Deeds & Wills #11, p 242.
      Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records      		 Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records


    22. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    23. [S1142] Polly Cary Mason, Book - Gloucester County VA Colonial Records (Ancestry), (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 3 Aug 2018, Vol I: p 92.
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #3, p 79.
      Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records      		 Colonial Gloucester Co., VA Records


    24. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #3, p 79.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    25. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #3, p 303 and 305.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    26. [S1140] Magazine - Tyler's Quarterly (FamilySearch), 3 Aug 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "The Taliaferro Family," January 1940, Vol XXI, No 3, p 183-191; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238155?availability=Family%20History%20Library : accessed 3 August 2018).
      Citing:  Rappahannock County Deed Book #5, p 99.
      Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly      		 Taliaferro Family, JBC Nicklin - Tyler's Quarterly


    27. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 3 Sep 2018, John Bailey Calvert Nicklin, "Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro," V 56, No. 2, April 1948, p 208-210; digital images, Jstor (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245546?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 27 August 2018).
      Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro      		 Debman-Grymes-Taliaferro


    28. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 7 Sep 2018, Mary Burton Derrickson McCurdy Dr., "The Townleys and Warners of Virginia and Their English Connections," Vol 81, No. 3, July 1973, p 360; digital images, JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org : accessed 7 September 2018).
      Townleys & Warners of VA      		 Townleys & Warners of VA


    29. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 9 Aug 2021, accessed 9 August 2021<, Katherine Frances Jennings Debnam Grymes, Memorial #87399189.


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