TAYLOR, OF PENNINGTON. TAYLOR, PRINGLE, esq. of Pennington House, in the county of Southampton, a major in the army, and a knight of the Royal Guelphic order, m. at St. Marylebone, London, on 12th July, 1827, AdelaideFrances, eldest daughter of Colonel John Shedden, formerly of the 15th Hussars, of Eastonton, near Andover, and of Efford, near Lymington, Hants, by Sophia-Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Lewis, deputy-secretary at war, (by Fanny-Maria, daughter of Sir Robert Sewell, bart.), and co-heiress with her sister Maria, wife of Sir Henry Lushington, bart. on the death of their brother, Matthew-Gregory Lewis, esq. M.P. author of the Monk, &c. By this marriage Major Pringle Taylor has had issue, JOHN-CORTLANDT SKINNER, b. 4th September, 1828. From Major Pringle Taylor first entering the army in 1811, his conduct and character acquired for him the most honourable testimonials from every officer under whom he served his behaviour in battle was noticed on several occasions with the highest applause, particularly as Brigade-Major to the Cavalry at Ashta, on the 20th February, 1818 (the Action of most importance from its results of any fought during the Deccan War, and which was confined to the Cavalry peculiarly under his control, upon the Brigadier-General falling insensible from a sabre wound); and also as a volunteer in leading the Forlorn Hope on the storm of Copaul, on the 13th May, 1819, when he was shot through the body and lungs, at the moment of complete success, in the capture of that strongly fortified hill. For his services during the Deccan War, he was recommended on " public grounds," by General the Marquess of Hastings, Governor General of India, for the favourable consideration of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Commander-in-Chief of the Army. Major Pringle Taylor served in the East Indies in the late 22nd Light Dragoons, and on the Staff in the field in that country; in the interior of the Cape of Good Hope colony, in the late Cape corps of Cavalry; in the Mediterranean, in the 95th Regiment; a short time in England in that corps, and also for one year in the 61st Regiment, from which he retired on half pay as major. WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Shadochurst, living in the time of RICHARD II., HENRY IV., and HENRY V., co-heir in gavelkind with his brother John, as appears by several ancient deeds, was succeeded by his son, JOHN TAYLOR, of Shadochurst, who died about the 5th year of EDWARD IV., and was s. by his son, WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Shadochurst, who purchased additional lands adjoining the Little Green, 15 EDWARD IV. He m. Joane, daughter of Henry Gilbard, of Shadochurst; his will was proved 20th August, 1493, and he was s. by his son, JOHN TAYLOR, of Shadochurst, in the time of RICHARD III. and HENRY VII., who purchased More Court in Ivie Church; he m. Margaret, daughter and sole heir of Humphry de Fairsted, of Shadochurst, (who bore for arms, argent a chevron ermine between three greyhounds courant or), by whom he left issue, WILLIAM, of Shadochurst, son and heir, Joane, who m. Robert Lucy, of JOHN, of whom presently. Joane, m. William Dewer, about 22 The second son, JOHN TAYLOR, of Shadockurst, m. Thomasine, daughter of John Isaac, of Sevington, and by her, who d. 1551, he left at his decease 5 EDWARD VI. (1550), two sons and three daughters, viz. 1. WILLIAM, of Romney, who m. Mary, daughter of Richard Taylor, of Cranbroke, and had 1. John, of Thurnham, who m. Anne, daughter and heiress of Henry Brockhill, of Allington, in Thurnham, leaving issue, Brockhill, of Ballyhaise, co. of Cavan, who d. 1636, leaving issue, Elizabeth, m. to Humphry Perrott. Mary, m. to Thomas Newburgh. Thomas, second son, d. s. p. Philip Chute descended from Alexander Chute, lord of the manor of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, in 1268, through Philip Chute, of Appledore, in the county of Kent, standard-bearer to HENRY VIII., which branch became extinct on the demise of Sir George Chute, bart. in 1721: the other male line of the family through Challoner Chute, who died Speaker of the House of Commons, whose only son, Challoner Chute, m. GEORGE, of Criels Court, who removed into Sussex, and d. in 1633. MATTHEW, of whom presently. He m. secondly, Bridget, daughter of Richard Rucke, of Rye, and by her (whose will was dated in 1619) he had issue, 1. Thomas, of Wilsboro', lord of the manor of Shadochurst, who m. in 1595, Agnes, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Northfleet, and d. in 1611, leaving 1. Thomas, of Willsboro', lord of the manor of Shadochurst, born 1595, was of the king's body in ordinary; he m. first, Catharine, daughter of Sir Thomas Honeywood, knt. of Elmested; she d. 1625, and they left John, of Willsboro', son and heir, b. 1623; d. 1642, s. p. Catherine Lennard, dau. of Lord Dacre, finished with their grandsons, when the Vine, in the county of Southampton, purchased in 1653 by Chaloner Chute, descended in the female line through Elizabeth Chute, whose descendants assuming the name of CHUTE, it vested in John Chute, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Joshua Smith, esq. of Earl Stoke Park, Wilts, and sister of the Marchioness of Northampton. Elizabeth, m. Norton Halke, Mary, m. Henry Johnson. 1. John, of Winchelsea, who m. Anne, his heiress, who m. Wil- 1. Elizabeth, m. Thomas, son of Edward Roberts, brother of Sir Thomas Roberts, bart. 2. Anne, d. s. p. Sir Thomas Taylor, created a 3. Mary, m. Walter, son of Wigan The youngest son of John Taylor, of Shadoc MATTHEW TAYLOR, removed into Sussex, and settled in the neighbourhood of Chichester. By his first wife, Alice, who was buried at Stoughton, 21st February, 1591, he had issue, Sir Thomas Taylor, of Sir Thomas Taylor, I. Matthew, stated in his will to have 1. Mary, to whom her father left 2. Margaret, b. at St. Dunstan in the East, 4th September, 1634; m. there, in 1656, to Thomas White, of St. Dunstan, in the West, and of Horsham, in the county of Sussex, and had issue, Thomas White, who inherited the manor of Effingham, under the will of his grandfather, Matthew Taylor; he was under age at its date, 1678: he m. Jane, dau. of his kinsman, William Pellatt. Margaret White, m. Robert Michell, of Shipley, in the county of Sussex. Jane White. ces Elizabeth White. 3. Elizabeth, baptized at St. Mary Newington Butts, in the county of Surrey, 5th Sept. 1646, and predeceased her father, s. p. Matthew Taylor m. secondly, Franby whom he had no issue, and who survived him. He purchased the manor of Effingham and other lands in Surrey in 1660, (which were sold by his descendant, William White, in 1790, to the late General Oliver Delancy), and was buried at St. Dunstan in the East, 5th April, 1678. Matthew Taylor, sen. wedded, secondly, Margaret, daughter, and eventually co-heir (with her sister Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Love, esq. of Basing) of Richard Freeland, esq. of Greatham, Hants. By this lady he had, 11. Richard, of Westharling, baptized 1. Richard, who was dead in 1678, 2. Matthew. 3. Edward. 1. Ann, unm. in 1664. 2. Mary, m. Richard Matthews. 3. Eleanor, m. John Dewes. III. Freeland, christened at Stoughton, 8th February, 1601, d. s. p.; alive in 1665. IV. JOHN, of whom presently. I. Elizabeth, m. John Brett, of London, and of Shipley, in the county of Sussex, and left issue, John Brett, married, as already stated, his cousin, Mary Taylor, to whom her father left his heriditaments in Kent, and had in 1678 a daughter, Mary Brett. 11. Martha, m. William Yonge, of Midhurst, in the county of Sussex, who died in 1651, leaving his estates in Virginia, to his second son, William, who was alive in 1678. The fourth son, JOHN TAYLOR, b. at Shadochurst 1st December, 1611; alive at the date of his brother Matthew's will; appears to have been buried at St. Dunstan in the East on 21st November, 1683, leaving issue, MATTHEW TAYLOR, who was employed with his cousin White, at New York, in North America, in purchasing lauds from the Indians in New Jersey, under the grant to his connection (through Sir Thomas Scott, as already shewn) Sir George_Carterett, bart. the proprietor of East New Jersey. A deed bearing date 19th November, 1681, conveys from certain Indians therein named to the Lady (Elizabeth) Carteret, in trust for Matthew Taylor, of New York, a tract of land on the Řariton river, beginning at place called Aqueckson and running to Tuckaramochachinge, in depth on both sides of the river four miles. Matthew Taylor, by his will dated at New York in 1687, bequeathed ten guineas to his friend J. Manning, of New York, to buy a mourningring, and all the rest of his property to his brother Edward, then residing in London, with reversion to Edward's son, George Taylor. EDWARD TAYLOR, succeeding to his brother Matthew's property, purchased a thousand acres of land at Middletown, New Jersey, in 1692; and by a deed, dated in 1710, license was granted to George Taylor to administer to the estate of his late father, Edward Taylor, of Middletown. GEORGE TAYLOR, succeeded his father, having by special license from the governor of New York, dated in March, 1708, m. Helena Johnstone, of South Hampton, Long Island, by whom he left issue, 1. George. 11. Edward, b. 20th August, 1712. 1. Anne, who m. David, second son of Robert Barclay, of Urie, county of Kincardine, Scotland, governor of East New Jersey. Mr. David Barclay entertained at his house in London Kings GEORGE I., II., and III., and d. in 1769, aged eighty-seven, leaving issue by his wife Anne, from whom is descended the representative of the family of Barclay of Urie. The third son, JOHN TAYLOR, b. at Middletown in 1716, m. Mary, daughter of Heard, esq. and sister and heiress of General Heard, of the army employed in the East Indies. This John was Sheriff of New Jersey, and for many years one of the Justices and one of the Judges of his Majesty's Court at Monmouth, in that Colony. On Lord Howe going out as Commissioner and Commanderin-Chief for the American colonies, Judge Taylor was appointed (1776) his Majesty's Lord High Commissioner for New Jersey. In which influential station the conscientious discharge of his duty, added to the fact of all his children having joined the British army, brought down upon him the hostility of the revolutionary party, and the Colonial Association having declared in 1778, that any one who supported the British cause was guilty of high treason, Judge Taylor was imprisoned and tried for his life on several indictments for high treason; his property was at the same time seized and appropriated to the use of the revolted state; and he was subsequently obliged to accept for that property, sold at the greatest disadvantage, the bills of Congress, when those bills were scarcely worth any thing. Judge Taylor died at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 23rd November, 1798, aged eighty-two, leaving issue, I. JOHN, b. at Middletown about 1744; m. at New York, Miss Winthrop, leaving issue, three sons: one m. Miss Clinton; another m. Miss Ludlow; a third m. Miss Winthrop: one of his daughters m. Mr. Delancey; another, a son of Mr. Winthrop, his majesty's governor of one of the Eastern states. II. WILLIAM, of whom presently. 11. Joseph, born at Middletown about 1. Mary, b. at Middletown about 1745; 1. John, who m. Cornelia Ogden, 2. William, a commodore in the 3. Joseph, a captain in the Ameri- 1. Mary, m. Dr. Maclean, Pre- The second son, WILLIAM TAYLOR, who was born at Middletown on 17th March, 1746, took an active part in favour of the British Government during the American war, and lost a considerable property, beside the emoluments arising from his professional pursuits as a barrister. He was eventually appointed Chief Justice of Jamaica, but retired from that high office upon his marriage with Eliza, dau. of Col. Philip Van Cortlandt. After the war he repurchased his estate at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and died there on the 16th August, 1806, aged sixty years, leaving 1. John-William, born at Halifax in 1792; d. in the military service of the East India Company in command of the Dacca Provisional Battalion, s. p. 11. PRINGLE, the present Major PRINGLE TAYLOR, of Pennington. III. Cortlandt, Captain in the Madras artillery, married at Bangalore in the East Indies 2nd October, 1826, Emily, daughter of Lieut.-col. Peter Latouche Chambers, C.B. of his majesty's 41st regiment, by whom he has issue, Emily-Eliza, born at Nagpore. IV. George-Elliott, m. at New York 16th October, 1828, Laura, daughter and co-heiress of William Jephson,* esq. of the same city; d. 2nd February, 1833, leaving issue, 4. Catherine Van Cortlandt. 5. Maria-Theresa Barrington. II. Susan-Helen, s. p. Arms-Ermine, a lion rampant guardant azure, on a chief embattled gu. a fleur-delis or between two boars' heads couped erect argent. Crest-A dexter arm embowed in armour the hand in a gauntlet grasping a javelin, all ppr. pendant from the rist by a ribbon, az. and resting on a wreath of the colour, an escocheon gu. thereon a boar's head couped erect argent. Motto-Consequitur quodcunque petit. Estates-Pennington, near Lymington Hants, Hordley in Jamaica, and Corlandt in King's County, Nova Scotia. Seat-Pennington House, near Lymington, Hants. Cortlandt Family. The Van Cortlandts are descended from one of the most noble families in Holland,. to which country their ancestors migrated when deprived of the sovereignty of Courland. THE RT. HON. OLIVER-STEPHEN VAN CORTLANDT, a privy councillor, accompanied, in 1629, as Secretary to Government, the first Dutch governor sent out by the States General of Holland to the colony now called New York, which they had settled some time previously. As a compensation for large sums of money advanced to the government of Holland, he obtained a grant of two manors of 1. William Jephson, b. 15th Sep-great extent and fertility on the North River, tember, 1829. 2. Cortlandt Mulcaster, b. 8th Fe- 1. Maria Farquhar. Mr. Jephson is the only child of the late Col. Jephson, of Mallow Castle, by his first marriage at New York with Eliza, daughter of John Appy, of that city. not far from New York, one called the ma- 1. STEPHEN, of whom presently. III. Jacob, b. 7th July, 1658; m. Eve 1. James, m. Elizabeth, daughter |