. Origin and history of the name of Taylor, with biographies of all the most noted persons of that name. And an account of the origin of surnames and forenames. Together with over five hundred Christian names of men and women and their significance. The Crescent family record . he individuals that constituted them. From this outline of the first elements of sociallife, let us remove, in thought, for a moment, and placeourselves in the heart of civilized existence. The namesof lands and dwellings have changed into the designa-tions of powerful states and magnificent cities; nameswhich will be f
. Origin and history of the name of Taylor, with biographies of all the most noted persons of that name. And an account of the origin of surnames and forenames. Together with over five hundred Christian names of men and women and their significance. The Crescent family record . he individuals that constituted them. From this outline of the first elements of sociallife, let us remove, in thought, for a moment, and placeourselves in the heart of civilized existence. The namesof lands and dwellings have changed into the designa-tions of powerful states and magnificent cities; nameswhich will be familiar for centuries after the grass hasgrown over and hidden even the ruins of their palacesand their fortresses and obliterated the very traces oftheir existence, and after political or naturally inducedrevolutions have depopulated, divided and totally dis-membered the provinces of mighty empires. Here thenames of men distinguish the individual members of agreat social body, magistrates, princes, chiefs of thegreat civil and political whole; and among these names,all of them less or more important at present, thereare some which hereafter shall be handed down to his-tory as a rich inheritance, an object of envy to the am-bitious, and a pattern of conduct to the HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL. 33 THE NAME OF TAYLOR. The name of Taylor is derived from the well-known trade-sartor. Many families with common and plebean names haveendeavored to give them a more distinguished character, byaltering the orthography, as, Tayleure, for Taylor= The commonness of the occupation has led to the frequencyof the surname, which according to the Sixteenth Report ofthe Reg. Gen. of 1856, stands fourth in the list of the mostcommon family names in England and Wales, giving prece-dence only to Smith, Jones and FIRST OF THE NAME OF TAYLOR IN AMERICA. Edward Taylor was one of the first settlers in New was a proprietor; and settled in Reading in 1647. He wasalso a town of
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