Francis "Tallafer" Taliaferro

Biography

Francis Taliaferro, I.(1.Bartholomew1) b. abt. 1589, Baptized: 25-Jan-1589/90, St. Olave's, Hart St., London, England, Francis died __-Aug-1647, St. Dunstan's Stepney Parish, Buried: 19-Aug-1647, Bethnal Green, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.--OR--Buried: St. Olave's, Hart St., London.

• m. (1) 3-Feb-1613/14, in St. Saviour's, Southwark, Surrey, Eng., Bennet HAIE, b. 1587, d. Bef. May.1629 [sic] buried July 05, 1642.
• m. (2) aft __-Nov-1626, Marian. Marian, Buried: 16-Aug-1647, St. Dunston's, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.

On April 13, 1637, Francis Taliaferro & Wm. Heath were appointed by the Vestry of Stepney Parish to carry out the responsibilities of "Sideman" for the year of 1637 in the village of Milend. A "Sideman" was an assistant to the Chief Warden of a Parish. They were reappointed in 1638. Mile End, an ancient English village, came to be known as Bethnal Green, a fashionable London suburb on the Thames River, Middlesex Co.

Bennet: Bennet's childhood parish was St. Savior's in Southwarke across the river from St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

Children by Bennet HAIE:

• i Joane TALIAFERRO b. 8-Dec-1614, Myland Greene, Baptized: 21-Dec-1614, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.
• ii Sara TALIAFERRO, b. 12-Jan-1615/6, Mile End, Baptized: 25-Jan-1615/6, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.
• iii Rebecca TALIAFERRO, b. 3-Sep-1619, Myleend, Baptized: 12-Sep-1619, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.
• iv Frances TALIAFERRO, b. 30-Sep-1620, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Baptized: 8-Oct-1620, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.
• v Anne TALIAFERRO, b. 31-Dec-1621, Stepney, Middlesex, England Baptized: 9-Jan-1622, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng.
• 3. vi Robert TALIAFERRO, I. (Immigrant). b. 11-Nov-1626.
• vii Anne TALIAFERRO, b. Bednall Greene, Baptized: __-May-1629, St. Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex, Eng. Anne administered the estate of her father, Francis Taliaferro.

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Francis Taliaferro was baptised at St. Olave's, Hart Street London on Jan 25 1589/1590 to Bartholomew Taliaferro or Tallafer and his wife Joanne Lane or Laine. Francis married Bennett Haie, possibly the daughter of John Haie or Hay. Francis married a 2nd time to Marian nee Unnamed. Recorded in the Register of St Dunstan, Stepney is the burial of Francis on the 19th of August 1647, Yeoman of Bethnal Green. His wife Bennett was also buried at St Dunstan on the 5th of July 1642. The second wife of Francis, Marian, was also buried at St. Dunstan on the 16th of August 1647.

1. Gentleman farmer. a class below the gentry who farms his own land.
2.An attendant or manservant in a royal or noble household.
3.an assistant, as to a sheriff.
4. One not advanced to the rank of gentleman

Francis was baptized at the age of eight days on Jan.25,1589/90 at St. Olqaves, Hart Street London, England.

He married Bennett Haie 3 Feb. 1613/14 at St Saviors, Southwark, County Surrey.

After her death he married Miriam(Unknown). They died within a week of each other. He was buried Aug 19,1647,at Stepney, County Middlesex where she was buried on Aug 16.

There were two children by his first wife, a daughter Anne, who was not married at the time of his death and a son Robert, who is known as Robert "the immigrant" or the settler.

At the death of Frances his daughter was made exeturex of his will since his son was already in America.

Wikipedia Accessed 20 January 2025.

Taliaferro, also spelled Talliaferro, Tagliaferro, Talifero, Taliafero or Taliferro and sometimes anglicised to Tellifero, Tolliver (/ˈtɒlɪvər/ TOL-iv-ər) or Toliver,[1] is a prominent family in eastern Virginia and Maryland. The Taliaferros (originally Tagliaferro [%CB%8Cta%CA%8E%CA%8Ea%CB%88f%C9%9Brro], which means "ironcutter" in Italian) are one of the early families who settled in Virginia in the 17th century. They migrated from London, where an ancestor had served as a musician in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. The surname in that line is believed to trace back to Bartholomew Taliaferro, a native of Venice and subject of the Doge of Venice, who settled in London and was made a denizen in 1562.[2]

Arms of Tagliaferro family of Tuscany. Sketch sent from Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe, 1786

The origins of the Taliaferro name were of interest to George Wythe, a Virginia colonial lawyer and classical scholar, who had married Elizabeth Taliaferro, the daughter of Richard Taliaferro. Wythe urged his former student and friend Thomas Jefferson to investigate the name when Jefferson traveled to Italy. Jefferson later reported to Wythe that he had found two families of the name in Tuscany, and that the family was of Italian origin.[3] Jefferson enclosed his sketch of the coat of arms of the Tagliaferro family as reported to him by a friend in Florence, Italy.[4]

Etymology

Unknown to Jefferson,[citation needed] Taliaferro appears to arise due to a transcription error and a variation of the Italian surname Tagliaferro, which is, even today, widespread in Italy especially in Lombardy, but it also has representation in the Bolognese, Florentine, and Lazio regions. The name Tagliaferro, less common, has families in Vicenza, Gorizia, in the province of Rome and in Campania. A slight variation, Tagliafierro, is also typical of the Campania region, Caserta in particular.

From the etymological point of view, the term tagliaferro indicates a soldier skilled in piercing the opponent or the shield of the adversary with his weapons, which cleave/slice medieval armor, such as with a stroke of ax or sword. In reality, these surnames may also derive from the medieval name Tagliaferro, that is, the Italianization of the French name Taillefer, made famous by the chivalric epic (the name Tagliaferro, on the other hand, is also mentioned in the eighteenth-century opera La Cecchina, by Niccolò Piccinni).[5]

References

1. St. Olave Hart Street, London < atlasobscura.com >
2. St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London < Wikipedia >
3. WikiTree contributors, "Francis Taliaferro (1589-1647)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Taliaferro-34 : accessed 20 January 2025).
4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71073331/francis_collesra-talia...: accessed January 20, 2025), memorial page for Francis Collesra “Tallafer” Taliaferro (19 Aug 1589–Aug 1647), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71073331, citing St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard, Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England; Maintained by Cherie Lynn (contributor 46822884). (no reference for middle name 'Collesra.')
5. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVFX-S2C
6. Wagner, Sir Anthony and Andrus F.S., article "The Origin of the Family Taliaferro", {The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", Vol. 77 Jan. 1969.
7. Lively, James R., article"The Italian Origins of the Taliaferros of Virginia", 243--253, "The Virginia Genealogist", Vol. 46, Oct-Dec, 2002
8. "The early history of East London" < link > St. Dunstan and All Saints, the parish church of Stepney, dates back to Saxon times and is dedicated to Dunstan, Lord of the Manor of Stepney, who was canonised in the 11th century. It was rebuilt in the 14th century but the present building is largely from the 15th century.
9. http://www.sharpwriters.com/genealogy/taliaferro.html#francis