An American Family History

Francis S. Taliaferro

Francis S. Taliaferro was born about 1654. He was the son of Robert Taliaferro.

He married Elizabeth Catlett. Elizabeth was born about 1663.

Francis and Elizabeth's children may have included:

John Taliaferro (1685, married Agatha Hay)
Robert Taliaferro (1689)
Sarah Taliaferro (1693, married George Mason),
Francis Taliaferro (1695),
Elizabeth Taliaferro (1695, married Thomas Stribling)
Richard Taliaferro (1705, married Elizabeth Eggleston ),
William Taliaferro (1706, married Ann Walker)

In 1682 he gave his brother, John, 1,000 acres inherited from his father. And he gave his brothers, Richard and Charles, 1,600.

He was a justice of Essex County from 1690 to 1700.

On September 5, 1687 Francis and Elizabeth Taliaferro deeded John Battaille 300 acres that John Catlett had left to his daughters.

Francis died in 1710.

In 1710 Elizabeth, as administrator of Francis Taliaferro, presented an inventory of estate. March 20, 1716, John Taliaferro of The Mount, and Thomas Catlett were Elizabeth Taliaferro's administrators.