Generation No. 1

1. BERNARD¹ TAYLOR died November 06, 1598 in Uffculme, England. He married JANE MILTON.

Child of BERNARD TAYLOR and JANE MILTON is:

2. i. BERNARD² TAYLOR.

Generation No. 2

2. BERNARD² TAYLOR (BERNARD¹). He married THOMASINE LANE September 14, 1622, daughter of GAWAIN LANE.

Child of BERNARD TAYLOR and THOMASINE LANE is:

3. i. GAWAIN³ TAYLOR, b. Abt. 1625, Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, England.

Generation No. 3

3. GAWAIN³ TAYLOR (BERNARD², BERNARD¹) was born Abt. 1625 in Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, England. He married URSULA RUSSELL Abt. 1653 in Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, England.

Child of GAWAIN TAYLOR and URSULA RUSSELL is:

4. i. PHILIP⁴ TAYLOR, b. 1654, Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, England; d. 1709, Oxford Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 4

4. PHILIP⁴ TAYLOR (GAWAIN³, BERNARD², BERNARD¹) was born 1654 in Holcombe Rogus, Devonshire, England, and died 1709 in Oxford Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married JULIANNA LYDDON March 15, 1684/85 in Taunton, Devonshire, England, daughter of WILLIAM LYDDON and ELIZABETH ?.

Child of PHILIP TAYLOR and JULIANNA LYDDON is:

i. ELIZABETH⁵ TAYLOR, b. Abt. 1698; m. JOHN HOUGH, March 04, 1718/19, Falls Mm, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for JOHN HOUGH: John Hough born September 18, 1693 Bucks County, Pennsylvania; died 1761; married June 1, 1719 Elizabeth Taylor.

John Hough, the father of those Houghs who removed to Loudoun County, Virginia, was born in Bucks Co., September 18, 1693. He inherited his father's upper tract adjacent to the Manor of the Highlands, and which was later included in the new township of upper Makefield. He, too, built a stone house here, which he called "Houghton."

He married Elizabeth Taylor probably in May of 1719 (he was reported married at Falls Meeting held June 1, 1719). Over the next 20 years they had eleven children:

John Hough died in 1761 intestate, and , oddly, there seems to have been no administration of his estate. None of his children are known to have lived there; yet some years later Bernard Taylor, nephew of Elizabeth Taylor who married John Hough, acquired this land, which passed to his son Benjamin, and later to his son Mahlon Kirkbride Taylor, who founded the town of Taylorsville on this "upper tract." It is possible there were deeds, unrecorded, from John to the Taylors, but there is also a possibility that he lost his land; even possibly prior to his death.

In 1723 a General Loan Office of Pa. was opened. Among the first applicants for a loan on their land were Richard Hough, Jr., and John. John on May 1, 1723 hocked his 340 acres for 100 pounds at 5% interest. Richard, Jr. did likewise on the same date, but on Richard's mortgage there is a notation "Satisfied April 5, 1728 by Mortgagor," while John's mortgage lacks any indication that it was ever paid. An examination of the books of the General Loan Office might provide the answer as to what happened to this land.

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