Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
Bernard Taylor
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1. Bernard Taylor was born in cir 1755 (son of Timothy Taylor and Letitia Kirkbride).
2. Timothy Taylor was born in cir 1730. Timothy married Letitia Kirkbride on 27 Dec 1752 in Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Letitia (daughter of Mahlon Kirkbride and Mary Sotcher) was born on 23 Apr 1734 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Letitia Kirkbride was born on 23 Apr 1734 in Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Mahlon Kirkbride and Mary Sotcher). Children:
- Mahlon Kirkbride Taylor was born in cir 1755.
- Stacy Taylor was born in cir 1755.
- Timothy Taylor was born in cir 1755.
- 1. Bernard Taylor was born in cir 1755.
Generation: 3
6. Mahlon Kirkbride was born in 1703 (son of Joseph Kirkbride and Sarah Stacey); died on 19 Nov 1776. Mahlon + Mary Sotcher. Mary (daughter of John Sotcher and Mary Loftus) was born on 18 SEPT 1704 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Nov 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Sotcher was born on 18 SEPT 1704 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of John Sotcher and Mary Loftus); died on 22 Nov 1778. Children:
- Stacy Kirkbride was born on 2 SEPT 1725 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 6 Mar 1789.
- Hannah Kirkbride was born on 29 SEPT 1726 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 30 May 1728 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Mary Kirkbride was born on 22 Dec 1727 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Sarah Kirkbride was born on 13 Oct 1729 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Jan 1783 in Solebury, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Rebecca Kirkbride was born on 14 Aug 1731 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 15 Jan 1732 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Ruth Kirkbride was born on 10 Nov 1732 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 14 Jun 1745 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- 3. Letitia Kirkbride was born on 23 Apr 1734 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Mahlon Kirkbride was born on 9 Mar 1736 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in Feb 1798 in Pennsylvania, USA.
- Robert Kirkbride was born on 23 Nov 1737 in Lower Makefield, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in SEPT 1798.
- David Kirkbride was born on 10 Jun 1739 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1764.
- Jonathan Kirkbride was born on 10 Jun 1739 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1824.
- Joseph Kirkbride was born on 27 Apr 1745 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1745.
Generation: 4
12. Joseph Kirkbride was born on 29 Jul 1662 in Fulton, Cumberland, England (son of Matthew Kirkbride and Magdalen Dalston); died on 1 Jan 1738 in Pennsylvania, USA. Joseph married Sarah Stacey on 17 Oct 1702 in Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. Sarah was born on 4 Jul 1675; died on 29 Sep 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Sarah Stacey was born on 4 Jul 1675; died on 29 Sep 1703. Children:
- John Kirkbride was born in cir 1702.
- 6. Mahlon Kirkbride was born in 1703; died on 19 Nov 1776.
14. John Sotcher was born in cir 1674 in Sussex, England (son of Robert Sotcher and Elizabeth Shelle); died on 19 Nov 1729 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Falls Friends Meeting Cemetery #1, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Notes:
John Sotcher was from Sussex, England. He was a barber by trade, and came with William Penn to America in 1699. Some sources say that he came to America as early as 1687. In either case, he became the steward of Penn's estate, Pennsbury Manor, where he married Mary Loftus (or Lofty). She had come from Bristol, England, to Pennsylvania in 1694, on a certificate prepared by Thomas Callowhill, father of Penn's second wife, Hannah. William Penn and his wife witnessed the marriage and marriage certificate of the Sotchers. Letitia Penn gave the bride a chest of drawers. John Sotcher went to England late in 1701 to collect a legacy from his brother. The Sotchers continued working at Pennsbury until 1714, when they moved to operate a ferry nearby. They owned land on the Pennsylvania side of Burlington ferry. William Penn considered John Sotcher his "trusted friend, whom he delighted to call 'Honest John' and to whom the great founder consigned the care of his domestic affairs at Pennsbury on his first departure from America." (J.H. Battle, History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania) John Sotcher was also for many years a member of the colonial assembly.
John married Mary Loftus on 16 Oct 1701 in Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Loftus and Katherine Ford) was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mary Loftus was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (daughter of Thomas Loftus and Katherine Ford); died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. Children:
- Hannah Sotcher was born on 25 Nov 1702 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Dec 1732 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 7. Mary Sotcher was born on 18 SEPT 1704 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 22 Nov 1778.
- Robert Sotcher was born on 3 Sep 1706 in Pennsbury, Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Ann Sotcher was born on 27 Mar 1710 in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Aug 1787.
Generation: 5
24. Matthew Kirkbride was born in cir 1630 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Matthew married Magdalen Dalston in cir 1652. Magdalen was born in cir 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
25. Magdalen Dalston was born in cir 1630. Children:
- 12. Joseph Kirkbride was born on 29 Jul 1662 in Fulton, Cumberland, England; died on 1 Jan 1738 in Pennsylvania, USA.
28. Robert Sotcher (son of Richard Sotcher and unknown); died in cir 1674; was buried on 28 Jul 1674. Robert + Elizabeth Shelle. Elizabeth died on 28 Feb 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
29. Elizabeth Shelle died on 28 Feb 1680. Children:
- Elizabeth Sotcher died in 1668.
- Mary Sotcher died in 1670.
- Robert Sotcher was born in 1665; died on 18 Aug 1701.
- Anne Sotcher was born in cir 1670.
- 14. John Sotcher was born in cir 1674 in Sussex, England; died on 19 Nov 1729 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Falls Friends Meeting Cemetery #1, Fallsington, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
30. Thomas Loftus was born in 1644 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was christened in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England (son of Nicholas Loftus and M. Elizabeth ?); died on 25 Mar 1694 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Notes:
Thomas Loftus (Lofty, Loftis, etc.) was from St. James Parish, Bristol, England.
Thomas + Katherine Ford. Katherine was born in cir 1648 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 7 Apr 1697 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
31. Katherine Ford was born in cir 1648 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 7 Apr 1697 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. Children:
- Thomas Loftus was born in 1670 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 10 Apr 1670 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
- Mary Loftus was born in 1672 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 20 Jan 1675.
- Thomas Loftus was born in 1674 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 20 Feb 1677.
- 15. Mary Loftus was born in 1677 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1728 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Thomas Loftus was born in 1679 in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 17 May 1721.
Generation: 6
56. Richard Sotcher (son of Richard Sotcher, of Strowd and Rose Hurst); died in 1646. Richard + unknown. unknown died in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
57. unknown died in cir 1650. Children:
- 28. Robert Sotcher died in cir 1674; was buried on 28 Jul 1674.
- Susan Sotcher died in 1638.
- Elizabeth Sotcher died in cir 1660.
- William Sotcher died in cir 1660.
- Thomas Sotcher died in 1661.
- Richard Sotcher was born in cir 1615.
- John Sotcher was born in cir 1615.
60. Nicholas Loftus was born in 1611 in Ireland. Nicholas + M. Elizabeth ?. M. was born in 1617 in Ireland; died on 19 Mar 1693 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Clifton Churchyard, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
61. M. Elizabeth ? was born in 1617 in Ireland; died on 19 Mar 1693 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Clifton Churchyard, Clifton, Bristol, Bristol, England. Children:
- 30. Thomas Loftus was born in 1644 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; was christened in St. James, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died on 25 Mar 1694 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.