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JAMES GAINES,
was Sheriff of Orange Co., in 1786-87. He died Nov.25, 1788. "Old Mrs.Gaines," who went about and officiated at births, was probably his mother. There was a distant connection between the Taylors and the Caines's , the latter having descended from Mary Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, the emigrant, by his second wife, Mary Gregory. She(Nary Taylor) married Henry Pendleton and afterwards Ed.Watkins.
Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines of the War of 1812, was of this family.
JONATHAN GIBSON,
was father of Rachel, Col. George Taylor's first wife, and so was grandfather of the diarist and all his own brothers. In 1736, Jonathan Gibson was a member of the Va.House of Burgesses, from Caroline Co. He was also Clerk of Orange Co. for many years. He died while yet in his prime from accidental poisoning. Jonathan Gibson was one of the God-fathers of President Madison. Col. George Taylor's son, Jonathan, was named in his honor. Jonathan Taylor's eldest son, William, married Nov.26,1795, Susan, or Susannah Gibson and she was daughter of John Gibson, who in turn was gradson of Jonathan Gibson. That is to say; William Taylor and his wife, Susan, or Susannah Gibson, were both great-grandchildren of Jonathan Gibson. The names "Gibson" and "Jonathan" appear to this day in every generation of the Taylor.
ANDREW GLASSELL,
a Scotchman, married Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Erasmus and niece of Col. George. They had nine children. Dr. Andrew Glassell Grinnan, of Madison Mills, from whom the writer purchased the Diaries of Col.Frank Taylor, is one of their descendants. Perhaps no living (1900, since deceased) person is as well versed in Taylor history and traditions as he, and he must soon pass away. Dr. Grinnan died in 1902.
CHARLES P. HOWARD,
often mentioned in the diaries, married Jane Taylor, youngest daughter of Erasmus and niece of Col.George Taylor. He was a merchant at Orange C.H.
MAJOR LEE,
merchant at Orange C.H. and also of Madison C.H., was probably a brother of Elizabeth Lee, whom Zachary Taylor, the elder, married.
From the TAYLOR DIARY #1907-z in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. FOR REFERENCE ONLY: PERMISSION TO PUBLISH MUST BE REQUESTED. WARNING: MOST MANUSCRIPTS ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT.