Brief Life History of John
When John Taylor was born on 1 March 1684, in Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Tayler, was 22 and his mother, Ann Smith, was 24. He married Joane Nickland on 8 February 1710, in Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 February 1759, in Godalming, Surrey, England, at the age of 74, and was buried in Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
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- John Tailles, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Tayler, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- John Tayler in entry for Jane Tayler, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
1720 · South Sea Bubble
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: occupational name for a tailor, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English taillour ‘tailor’ (Old French tailleor, tailleur; Late Latin taliator, from taliare ‘to cut’). The surname is extremely common in Britain and Ireland. In North America, it has absorbed equivalents from other languages, many of which are also common among Ashkenazic Jews, for example German Schneider and Hungarian Szabo . It is also very common among African Americans.
In some cases also an Americanized form of French Terrien ‘owner of a farmland’ or of its altered forms, such as Therrien and Terrian .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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