William Taylard (ca. 1660-ca. 1711/12)
Anne Arundel County Court Clerk, 1699-1702/3
MSA SC 3520-1230
Biography:
Born: ca. 1660, in England
Immigrated: in 1680, as a free adult
Resided: in St. Mary’s County; in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, ca. 1699
Married: first, (first name unknown), widow of
William Cocks; second, by 1707/8, Audrey, widow of John Llewellin (?—1698)
Children: Richard Llewellin, stepson
Education: literate, had clerical skills
Religious Affiliation: Anglican
Social Status and Activities: served in a series
of minor clerkships in the early 1680s; Gent., by 1683/84; bought a printing
house in St. Mary’s City, 1694; described by Philip Clarke (?—1699) as
“being poor and Indigent and for an Imploy would doe aney thing,” 1698
Occupation: placeman; clerk-attorney, admitted
to the following courts: Provincial Court, 1695, Anne Arundel County, 1702/3;
land speculator
Public Career: Lower House, St. Mary’s City, 1697/98-1700
(Aggnevances 1; Laws 1, 3; Elections and Privileges 3; resigned during
the 4th session of the 1697/98-1700 Assembly to become clerk of the Lower
House); clerk, Prerogative Office, 1685-1687, 1700-1708; clerk, Secretary’s
Office, 1689-1694, 1699-1703; clerk, Lower House, 1700-1707, 1709
Local Offices: clerk, St. Mary’s County, 1689-1692;
clerk, Anne Arundel County, 1699-1702/3; St. Anne’s Parish Vestry, Anne
Arundel County, 1704-1705
Stands on Public/Private Issues: active support
of the Protestant Associators’ Revolution brought Taylard profitable patronage
in 1689; was an opponent and rival of Thomas Lawrence (ca. 1645-1714) in
the early 1690s; he was arrested for perjury and for withholding public
records, 1697; probably regained favor with Francis Nicholson (1655-1727/28)
by helping to expose the alleged conspiracy of John Coode (ca. 1648-1708/9)
and Philip Clarke (?-1699) in 1698
Wealth: at least 100 acres in St. Mary’s County;
acquired by patent and purchase ca. 1,000 acres in Anne Arundel, St. Mary’s,
and Baltimore counties; personal property at death TEV, at least £58.1.8
(including 4 servants and books); Land ca. 1,000 acres in Anne Arundel,
St. Mary’s, and Baltimore counties; his will mentioned property in Pennsylvania
and England
Died: between November 8, 1711, and January 26,
1711/12
Source: Papenfuse, Edward C., et al., A Biographical Dictionary
of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vol. II, I-Z, (Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins University
Press, 1985), 802-803.
"William Taylard, succeeded Gregory in August, 1699; discharged 12 Jan.
1702/3."
Source: Owings, Donnell MacClure. His Lordship's Patronage:
Offices of Profit in Colonial Maryland. (Baltmore: Maryland
Historical Society, 1953.), 148.
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