BIOOUAPIIICAL NOTICES. 



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Taylor, Robert, emigrated from 

 Little Leigh, County of Chester, Eng- 

 land, and was settled in Springfield 

 townshii) as early as 1G84. His wife, 

 Mary, there is reason to believe was a 

 sister to Justice Jonathan Hayes, who 

 settled about the same time in Marple. 

 Robert died in KJO'i, leaving his wife 

 and a numltcr of children to survive 

 him. His widow married Joseph Selsby 

 in 1701. Of his children, Isaac inter- 

 married with Surah Broadwell, of Dub- 

 lin Meeting; Josiah with Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Robert Pcnnell ; .Mary with 

 Henry Lewis, of Haverford ; Phebe 

 with Thomas Massey, of Marple, and 

 after his death, with Bartholomew 

 Coppock, of Marple ; Thomas with 

 Hannah , and Jonathan with Mar- 

 tha Hugh. He also had a son Jacob 

 and other children. During the short 

 time Robert Taylor was permitted to 

 enjoy his new home in America, he 

 gained the confidence and respect of 

 his fellow-citizens, and as a member of 

 the Society of Friends he was highly 

 esteemed. His widow died in 1728. 



Taylor, Thomas, with his wife, 

 Frances, resided in Worthenby, in 

 Flintshire, and purchased land in 

 Pennsylvania, but whether Thomas 

 emigrated betore his death, which 

 happened in 1682, is not certain. At 

 all events, early in 1684, his widow, 

 Frances, was here, and became the 

 wife of John Worrall. Thomas Taylor 

 had two sons, Thomas and Philip. 

 Philip married Ann, the daughter of 

 Thomas and Mary Conway, in 1705, 

 and settled in Thornbury. He died in 

 1732. His descendants are very nu- 

 merous. 



Taylor, Isaac, was the eldest son of 

 Robert Taylor of Springfield, and 

 doubtless immigrated with his father. 

 In 1689, he was married to Sarah 

 Broadwell of Dublin Monthly .Meeting, 

 Philadelphia County, according to the 

 usages of Friends. Their children 

 were Isaac, John, Joseph, Mary, Benja- 

 min, Sarah, Elizabeth and Josiah. 



Test, John, emigrated from London, 

 and was a resident of Upland as early 

 as 1677. Here he engaged in the mer- 

 cantile business, but upon the establish- 

 ment of Penn's Government in 1681, 

 he was appointed Sheriff of Upland 



County, which office he held till after 

 the arrival of the Proprietary, ami the 

 division of Ujjland County into the three 

 Counties of Philadelphia, Chester and 

 Bucks. He now removed to the em- 

 bryo City of Brotherly Love, and be- 

 came the first Sheriff of the newly 

 organized County of Philadelphia. 

 After some time he removed within our 

 limits again, and kept a tavern at 

 Darby ; at which place and in th;it oc- 

 cupation lie died in 1718, leaving three 

 children, Thomas, John and .Margaret. 

 It is not certain that John Test was a 

 Friend, but his wife Elizabeth, who 

 died in Philadelphia in 1689, was in 

 membership with that Society, 



Thatcher, Richard, with his wife 

 and a family of several children, came 

 from England. They were Quakers at 

 the time of their arrival, which must 

 have been two or three years after the 

 first visit of Penn. His settlement was 

 in Thornbury, adjoining the land of 

 William Brinton the colonist, whose 

 only son William married his daughter 

 Jean. His son Jonathan intermarried 

 with Hannah Dix. There is reason to 

 believe that Richard Thatcher migrated 

 from UfBngton in Berkshire, where he 

 had suffered persecution on account of 

 his religion. He died in 1722. 



Thomas, William, with his wife, were 

 among the earliest settlers of Radnor, 

 but dying in 1689 without children, he 

 devised his estate to a nephew of the 

 same name, then residing in Wales, on 

 condition that he would come and re- 

 side in this country. The nephew Wil- 

 liam, who was a ma.ried man with a 

 family, complied with the condition 

 imposed by his uncle's will, and settled 

 where he had resided. They were all 

 members of the Society of Friends. 

 The eldest son Thomas, of the nephew 

 William, married Tamar the daughter 

 of Samuel Miles, and his son John, 

 married Mary daughter of Richard 

 Ormes. Both uncle and nephew had 

 suffered religious persecution in Wales. 



Thomas, Peter, was an early settler 

 in Springtown, (Springfield.) In 1686, 

 he married Sarah Steadman of the same 

 place. They were Friends, and appear 

 to have removed to Willistown, where 

 he was still living in unity with that 

 Society in 1722. 



