William Tayloe (planter)

His coat of arms, Vert a sword erect Or between two lions rampant addorsed Ermine,[1] matches those of the Teylow families in Gloucester, England.

[9] In 1466 Agnes Teylowe initiates a Quit-Claim of "Heymedow in Newland, late the relic of Philip Barbour, in pure widowhood, to James Hwett...within the parishes of Newlond and Stanton.

The first record of the name Tayloe is from "The History and Antiquities of Gloucester: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; Including an Account of the Abbey, Cathedral, and Other Religious Houses, with the Abbots, Bishops, and Dignitaries of Each, Voorkant, Thomas Rudge J.

Where Thomas "Tayloe" or Teylowe is recorded as Sheriff of Gloucester under Mayor Philip Pridith during the final days of the 15th Century and again in the early 1500s.

[18][19] Elizabeth had obtained the patent on 26 September 1638, with John Jackson for 600 acres in James City County "being a small parcel of islands up Chickahominy River [en]compassed round with a marsh, ... due by right of transportation of 12 persons.

As Major William Tayloe, he was present as a member of the council, 6 November 1651, but lost his seat on the surrender of Virginia to the parliament.